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BackgroundPlace of birth can impact on a woman’s labour and birth experience. Planning to birth at home offers women more control over their environment, with less unnecessary intervention. Appropriate support from maternity care providers can enhance the woman’s experience and optimise outcomes. This study aimed to examine women and maternity care providers’ experiences and perceptions of home birth service provision in Northern Ireland. Method Online surveys were administered to women aged over 18 years, who planned a home birth (from November 2018 - November 2020) or had a view on planned home birth and maternity care providers. Data was analysed using descriptive statistics and thematic analysis.Findings Sixty-two women and seventy-seven maternity care providers responded. The women were all multigravida, with over half (53.2%) having planned a home birth in their latest or current pregnancy. Women mostly found out about home birth service either through social media or friends (61.3%) and the majority (80.6%) discussed their plan to have a home birth with their maternity care providers. In relation to their antenatal care women were very satisfied (31%) or somewhat satisfied (32%) with the care they received while a few reported being very dissatisfied (9.7%). Maternity care providers were mostly supportive of women having a choice about place of birth (57.1%) and highlighted the need for information about home birth to be more accessible for women and their families. ConclusionExperiences relating to either planning or providing home birth services highlight the importance of listening to women and service providers. Women need to be informed about place of birth and supported in their choices. Maternity care infrastructures that support home birth provision are required and midwives working in planned home birth teams need collegial support.

This is a scoping review protocol for the project title 'A risk-stratified approach to bowel cancer screening'

Purpose: Prostate cancer (CaP) is the most common cancer in Black men (BM), and the number of Black CaP survivors is rapidly increasing. Although Black immigrants are among the fastest-growing and most heterogeneous ethnic groups in the US, limited data exist regarding their CaP experiences. Therefore, this study aimed to explore and model the experiences of ethnically diverse Black men with CaP., Methods: In-depth interviews were conducted with 34 participants: Native-born BM (NBBM) (n=17), African-born BM (ABBM) (n=11), and Caribbean-born BM (CBBM) (n=6) CaP survivors recruited through QR-code embedded flyers posted in Black businesses, clinics, social media platforms, and existing research networks within the US. Guided by Charmaz's constructivist grounded theory methodology, the interviews were analyzed using constant comparison following key stages of initial, focused, and theoretical coding using Atlas.ti v23., Results: Participants were thirty-four men aged 49-84 years (mean±SD, 66±8). Most were married (77%), likely to be diagnosed at Stage I (35%), and treated with radiotherapy (56%). Our study findings explored the complex trajectory of Black prostate cancer (CaP) survivors, unveiling a comprehensive model termed " Journeying through Unfamiliar Terrain ." Comprising three phases and 11 sub-phases, this model uniquely captures the pre-diagnosis awareness and post-treatment adaptation among survivors., Conclusion: The resulting theoretical model delineates the entire CaP survivorship process among BM, providing contextual and conceptual understanding for developing interventions and enhancing patient-centered care for ethnically diverse CaP survivors, pivotal in bridging the gaps in survivorship research and healthcare practices., Competing Interests: Competing Interests: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.