Multicenter study midwife-led care

Duration: 02/01/2007 - 03/31/2011
Principal investigator: Prof. Dr. PH Friederike zu Sayn-Wittgenstein

Project B7 in the Nursing Services Research Network North-Rhine-Westphalia
(funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research [BMBF], funding focus “Applied nursing research”)

Management of normal birth in midwife-led units 

Duration: 02/01/2007 - 03/31/2011
Principal investigator: Prof. Dr. PH Friederike zu Sayn-Wittgenstein,
Research assistant: Astrid Krahl, Health-care manager grad. (Dipl. Pflegewirtin (FH))

University of Applied Sciences Osnabrueck, Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences 

Project B8 in the Nursing Services Research Network North-Rhine-Westphalia (funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research [BMBF], funding focus “Applied nursing research”)

Cost/benefit and cost/effectiveness – an analysis of different care services in obstetrics

Duration: 02/01/2007 - 03/31/2011
Principal investigator: Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Manfred Haubrock, 
Research assistants: Nina Knape, Grad. in Health-Economics (Dipl. Kauffrau (FH)), Rainhild Schäfers, Health-care manager grad. (Dipl. Pflegewirtin (FH))

University of Applied Sciences Osnabrueck, Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences 

Project B9 in the Nursing Services Research Network North-Rhine-Westphalia
(funded by Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research [BMBF], funding focus “Applied nursing research”)

“New kidz on the block” – how to interest socially disadvantaged girls and women in preparing for birth

Duration: 04/01/2008 - 09/30/2010
Principal investigator: Prof. Dr. PH Friederike zu Sayn-Wittgenstein,
Research assistant: Ute Lange, Social scientist (Sozialwissenschaftlerin (M.A.), Barbara Knorz, Degree in Education (Dipl. Pädagogin)

University of Applied Sciences Osnabrueck, Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences 

(funded by the Ministry for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony)

Health system research in the context of  women’s health reporting – an analysis of data on the provision of care by midwives

Duration: 10/01/2006 - 12/31/2008
Principal investigator: Prof. Dr. PH Friederike zu Sayn-Wittgenstein,
Research assistant: Rainhild Schäfers, Health-care manager grad. (Dipl. Pflegewirtin (FH))

University of Applied Sciences Osnabrueck, Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences 

(funded by the Ministry for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony)

Investiagtion of changed social and specialized demands on the level and nature of family care provided in nursing and midwifery 

Duration: 02/01/2007 - 08/31/2008
Principal investigators: Prof. Dr. PH Elke Hotze; Prof. Dr. PH Friederike zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Dipl. Soz. Päd. Ute Schöniger
Research assistant: Melita Grieshop, Health Care Education grad. (Dipl. Pflegepädagogin (FH))

University of Applied Sciences Osnabrueck, Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences 

(funded by University of Applied Sciences Osnabrueck)

Decision-Guidelines for Medical Interventions

Duration: 02/01/2004 - 12/31/2007

Principal investigator: Prof. Dr. med. Beate Schücking,

Research assistant: Dr. Claudia Hellmers

University Osnabrueck, FB 8 Human Sciences, research focus "Maternal Health“ 

(funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, funding focus “Applied nursing research”, collaborative project of the Network of Midwifery Research “Women- and family-oriented obstetric care provision concepts: promoting health in the birth process - implementation of a midwife-led care model project”)

Decision criteria of women for or against a birth in a midwife-led unit

Duration: 02/01/2004 - 03/31/2007

Principal investigator: Prof. Dr. phil. Petra Kolip,

Research assistant: Oda von Rahden, Psychologist (Dipl. Psychologin)

Bremen University, Institut für Public Health und Pflegeforschung, "Prevention and health promotion“ / Bremer Institut für Präventionsforschung und Sozialmedizin) department.  

(funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, funding focus “Applied nursing research”, collaborative project of the Network of Midwifery Research  “Women- and family-oriented obstetric care provision concepts: promoting health in the birth process - implementation of a midwife-led care model project”)

Intervention study midwife-led unit

Duration: 02/01/2004 - 01/31/2007

Principal investigator: Prof. Dr. PH Friederike zu Sayn-Wittgenstein 

Research assistants: Nicola Bauer; Health-care manager grad. (Dipl. Pflegewirtin (FH); Rainhild Schäfers, Health-care manager grad. (Dipl. Pflegewirtin (FH))

University of Applied Sciences Osnabrueck, Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences 

(funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, funding focus “Applied nursing research”, collaborative project of the Network of Midwifery Research “Women- and family-oriented obstetric care provision concepts: promoting health in the birth process - implementation of a midwife-led care model project”)

"Geburtshilfe neu denken" (Reshaping maternity care): a report on the status and future of midwifery in Germany

Duration: 05/01/2002 - 10/31/2006

Principal investigator: Prof. Dr. PH Friederike zu Sayn-Wittgenstein

Research assistants: Astrid Krahl, Health-care manager grad. (Dipl. Pflegewirtin (FH); Antje Kehrbach, Health Care Education grad. (Dipl. Berufspädagogin) 

University of Applied Sciences Osnabrueck, Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences 

(funded by the Robert Bosch Foundation and the University of Applied Sciences Osnabrueck)

The development of an innovative midwife training concept through cooperation between University of Applied Sciences Osnabrueck and the midwifery school, Klinikum Osnabrueck

Duration: 10/01/2004 - 09/30/2006

Principal investigators: Prof. Dr. PH Friederike zu Sayn-Wittgenstein

Research assistants:  Antje Kehrbach, Health Care Education grad. (Dipl. Berufspädagogin)

University of Applied Sciences Osnabrueck, Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences 

(funded by the Ministry for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony)

Concept development of a midwife-led unit

Duration: 02/01/2004 - 07/31/2005

Principal investigator: Prof. Dr. PH Friederike zu Sayn-Wittgenstein,

Research assistants: Antje Kehrbach, Health Care Education grad. (Dipl. Berufspädagogin); Simone Kirchner,  Psychologist (Dipl. Psychologin)

University of Applied Sciences Osnabrueck, Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences 

(funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, funding focus “Applied nursing research”, collaborative project of the Network of Midwifery Research “Women- and family-oriented obstetric care provision concepts: promoting health in the birth process - implementation of a midwife-led care model project”)

Forms of treatment and the potential for development in out-of-hospital midwifery care

Duration: 04/01/2000 – 12/31/2004

Principal investigator: Prof. Dr. PH Friederike zu Sayn-Wittgenstein

Research assistants: Babette Müller-Rockstroh, M.A.; Astrid Krahl, Health-care manager grad. (Dipl. Pflegewirtin (FH))

University of Applied Sciences Osnabrueck, Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences 

(funded by Ministry for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony)