Effecting change in midwives' waterbirth practice behaviours on labour ward: An action research study

it appears that the co-ordinators were able to influence waterbirth practice because of changes in social support and frequency of waterbirth practice. Given the widespread and continued impact of the intervention, on midwives who attended workshops and those that did not, we feel it likely that a significant proportion of this change could be attributed to the introduction of problem solving waterbirth workshop. The findings from this study suggest that problem solving waterbirth workshops based on an action research format have the potential to normalise midwifery care within medically dominated hospital birthing environments.