(1) Patient representatives
Women with lived experience of managing pre-existing multimorbidity (two or more long-term physical or mental health conditions) in pregnancy and/or their partners/carers |
Service user associations/groups: for example, Maternity Voice Partnership Parent support networks: for example, National Childbirth Trust Community groups: local maternity groups, baby/toddler groups, local authority baby class, nursery, health visitor society, faith group and baby groups by church Social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Linkedin Parent-oriented social media: home schooling, weaning, budget family menu sites, breast feeding, outdoor activities for family, local outdoor groups, Mumsnet and Gingerbread (single parents) Patient support groups/charities for specific conditions: Tommy’s, Epilepsy Action, Association of Medical Research UK member charities and National Council for Voluntary Organisations Royal Colleges women’s networks: Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Women’s Voices Involvement Panel, and Royal College of Midwifery Maternity Voices Network Victims of domestic abuse: Refuge, Women’s Aid, WE:ARE (Women’s Empowerment and Recovery Educators) People with disability: Disabled Parents Network, disabled parents Facebook groups Drug and alcohol: Drug and Alcohol Abuse Support for Women Refugee: Refugee Council, Refugee Survival Trust LGBT: LGBT Mummies Tribe, Stonewall, Facebook groups for transgender men or lesbian women experiencing pregnancy
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(2) Healthcare/social care professionals
Any healthcare/social care professionals involved in providing multidisciplinary team care for pregnant women: for example, obstetric physicians, obstetricians, physicians, paediatricians, neonatologists, psychiatrists, primary care clinicians, public health professionals, clinicians of established joint antenatal clinics, perinatal mental health team, drug and alcohol services, social services, midwives, health visitors, dieticians, policy-makers and commissioners |
Personal, professional and clinical network of the researchers Royal Colleges Societies (eg, McDonald Obstetric Medicine Society, European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology) Maternity charities (eg, Ammalife and Elly) Social media for professional groups (eg, Twitter and Facebook).
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(3) Researchers
Academics, triallist and journal editors (as future implementers) |
The SAG’s personal network, social media (Twitter), the COMET and Core Outcomes in Women’s Health (CROWN) network, the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth group, and peer-reviewed journals of obstetric medicine and obstetrics |
