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Research type:	Primary Research (e.g. trial)
Title (lead author) etc:	Routine examination of the newborn: the EMREN study. Evaluation of an extension of the midwife role including a randomised controlled trial of appropriately trained midwives and paediatric senior house officers (Townsend) 112 pages, Volume 8, number 14
DOI	10.3310/hta8140
View/print executive summary View/print abstract View full text in pdf format (541 KB) Buy a printed version of this title - cost £20.00 each. [How to order] This title is available on our CD-ROM of the journal. Order a CD-ROM - free of charge worldwide. Outputs from this project Wolke, D; Dave, S; Hayes, J; Townsend, J; Tomlin, M. Routine examination of the newborn and maternal satisfaction. Archives of Disease in Childhood, Fetal Neonatal edition 2002; 86(3):155-160. Wolke, D; Hayes, J; Dave, S; Townsend, J; Tomlin, M. Routine examination of the newborn and maternal satisfaction: a randomised controlled trial. Archives of Disease in Childhood, Fetal Neonatal edition 2002; 86(3):155-160. Wolke, D; Dave, S; Hayes, J; Townsend, J; Tomlin, M. A randomised controlled trial of maternal satisfaction with the routine examination of the newborn: are effects maintained over three-months?. Midwifery 2002; 18(2):145-154.. Rogers, C; Bloomfield, L; Townsend, J. A qualitative study exploring midwives' perceptions and views of extending their role to the examination of the newborn baby. Midwifery 2003;19 (1) 55-62. Bloomfield, L; Townsend, J; Rogers, C. A qualitative study exploring junior paediatricians', midwives', GPs' and mothers' experiences and views of the examination of the newborn baby. Midwifery 2003;19(1):37-45.
Project ref:	94/40/05
Original project title:	Extending midwife/nurse roles in the routine examination of the newborn: randomised controlled evaluation and cost-effectiveness (EMREN trial)
Chief Investigator:	Professor Joy Townsend, Visiting Professor of Primary Health Care, PEHRU, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Start Date:	March 1999
Date of publication in HTA journal series	March 2004
Cost:	£203,940
MeSH* index primary terms:	MIDWIFERY Q-organization-&-administration; POSTNATAL-CARE Q-organization-&-administration (* = Medical Subject Headings)
MeSH* index secondary terms:	RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED-TRIAL; CLINICAL-TRIAL; INTERVIEWS; MEDICAL-STAFF-HOSPITAL Q-utilization; COST-BENEFIT-ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT-NEWBORN (* = Medical Subject Headings)
ISRCTN* number:	ISRCTN 89169926 (International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number) URL of this project on the Controlled Trials Website: http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN89169926*
NRR* number, if applicable:	N0484008614 (*National Research Register) The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive.
Project Protocol:	Project protocol not available
Printed copies of this title despatched:	143 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month)
URL of this page:	http://www.hta.ac.uk/1061

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