Turn good research into work that families can feel. This short, self-paced course helps experienced researchers design and deliver maternal-health studies with doulas and communities – trauma-aware, culturally safe, and non-extractive. You already know methods. We show you how to use them in real perinatal contexts, with integrity and impact.

Who It's For

Researchers, clinicians, and evaluators working in maternal and perinatal health who want to strengthen PPIE/co-production, consent and safeguarding, and community feedback loops – without starting from scratch. 

What You'll Learn 

Reframe aims around outcomes that matter to families. Design PPIE that shifts power (roles, decision rights, fair pay, accessibility). 

Apply trauma-aware, culturally safe practice to recruitment, consent, and data collection. Build safeguarding, risk, and data-protection pathways that fit perinatal realities. Read the evidence with equity lenses and spot gaps/harms. 

Close the loop: plain-language briefs and feedback pathways that influence practice. 

What You'll Get 

6 short video lessons (captions & transcripts)  

Module 1 – Reframing the Brief: From Targets to What Matters 

Module 2 – Power-Aware PPIE & Co-Production 

Module 3 – Trauma-Aware Practice in Qualitative Work 

Module 4 – Ethics, Safeguarding & Data 

Module 5 – Reading for Equity: Rapid Appraisal 

Module 6 – From Findings to Change 

A practical workbook with ready-to-use templates: 

PPIE & reimbursement plan, topic-guide builder with somatic pauses, ethics & risk log lite, equity appraisal tool, plain-language summary template  

Two micro-quizzes + a simple portfolio upload to earn your certificate Certificate: 6 CPD hours (Maternal Health Research & PPIE)