Setting the Research Priorities for Pregnancy Scanning: A Nationally co-produced vision with expectant women, the public and healthcare professionals.

Objectives: Despite sonography studies being integral to routine high quality antenatal care, clinical research in this field is less commonly initiated or led by sonography professionals. It is also unclear what the research priorities are for service users within the UK's sonography screening and diagnostic pathway.

Methods: Here, we present a national priority setting partnership project, which included two surveys which were co-produced with the oversight of a stakeholder PSP group comprising service users and healthcare professionals, n = 12.

Diversity of representation in pregnancy research: A national mixed-methods survey of women's perceptions and experiences in the United Kingdom.

Aim: To explore the experiences and perceptions of women who may take part in antenatal research, including their perceived motivators, enablers, and barriers to participating in research with a sub-analysis of under-represented groups.

Methods: A mixed-methods parallel explanatory design was employed, and a national semi-structured online survey was circulated nationally using a start to end participatory framework. Likert scale responses and participant experience and demographic data were cross-tabulated to explore the differences between groups using descriptive and non-parametric statistics.

Integrating patient and public involvement into co-design of healthcare improvement: a case study in maternity care.

Background: Despite recognition of the importance of patient and public involvement (PPI) in healthcare improvement, compelling examples of "what good looks like" for PPI in co-design of improvement efforts, how it might be done, and formalisation of methods and reporting are lacking. In this article, we sought to address these gaps through a case study to illustrate a principled approach to integrating PPI into the co-design of healthcare improvement.

Methods: The case study aimed to involve maternity service users in the co-design of clinical resources for a maternity improvement programme, using a four-stage approach: 1) establishing guiding principles for PPI in the programme, 2) structuring PPI for the programme, 3) co-designing improvements with PPI, and 4) seeking feedback on PPI in the co-design process.

Inside the 'imperfect mosaic': Minority ethnic women's qualitative experiences of race and ethnicity during pregnancy, childbirth, and maternity care in the United Kingdom.

Background: Persistent, high rates of maternal mortality amongst ethnic minorities is one of the UK's starkest examples of racial disparity. With greater risks of adverse outcomes during maternity care, ethnic minority women are subjected to embedded, structural and systemic discrimination throughout the healthcare service.

Methods: Fourteen semi-structured interviews were undertaken with minority ethnic women who had recent experience of UK maternity care.

Targeted health and social care interventions for women and infants who are disproportionately impacted by health inequalities in high-income countries: a systematic review.

Background: Disadvantaged populations (such as women from minority ethnic groups and those with social complexity) are at an increased risk of poor outcomes and experiences. Inequalities in health outcomes include preterm birth, maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality, and poor-quality care. The impact of interventions is unclear for this population, in high-income countries (HIC).