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Can Scotland's maternity services meet the needs of refugee women?

NCT ID NCT06354751

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: University of Aberdeen Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Aug 31, 2026 · Last updated Sep 01, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study asks how asylum-seeking and refugee women experience maternity care in Scotland. Researchers will survey women who used NHS maternity services in the last five years and interview them along with healthcare professionals and policymakers. The goal is to find out what helps, what creates barriers, and how services can be improved.

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What this could lead to
If successful, this study could identify what works in maternity care for asylum-seeking and refugee women and where services fall short, guiding improvements in Scotland and beyond.
What could go wrong
This is a small, interview-based study, so its findings may not apply to all regions or groups. It does not test a treatment, so it cannot directly change care on its own.

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Study facts

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Participants

40 people

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Started

May 2024

Finished

Apr 2025

Lead sponsor

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Who can take part

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Who is studied

The study population for the survey consists of asylum-seeking and refugee women who were pregnant or who had been pregnant in Scotland the last five years, regardless of the outcome of pregnancy ( e.g live birth, stillbirth, miscarriage or abortion). The study population for the interviews consists of two samples. First, asylum-seeking and refugee women who are pregnant or who had been pregnant in Scotland in the last five years, regardless of the outcome of pregnancy (e.g live birth, stillbirth, miscarriage or abortion). Second, the HCPs who are providing care to those women in maternity services in Scotland.

Ages

16 to 50 years

Sex

Female participants only

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( Phase one: Survey) \- Inclusion Criteria: * Women aged 16 and over. * Women who are or were or had been pregnant within the last 5 years. * Women who were living in Scotland within the last 5 years and used National Health Service (NHS) maternity services. * Asylum-seeking woman at the time of being pregnant or Refugee woman at the time of being pregnant. * Able to understand written or spoken English, Arabic, Persian or Urdu sufficiently to complete the survey. Exclusion Criteria : * Women who are economic migrants or illegal migrants or hold British citizenship at the time of being pregnant and using maternity services within last five years in Scotland. * Women who are asylum-seeking or refugee women and live in England or Wales or Northern Ireland. * Women with insufficient English, Arabic, Persian or Urdu to participate in the online survey. (Second phase: interview) Inclusion Criteria for women: * Women aged 16 and over. * Women who can provide verbal or written consent. * Women who are currently pregnant or have been pregnant within the last 5 years. * Women who were living in Scotland within the last 5 years and used NHS maternity services. * Asylum-seeking woman at the time of being pregnant or Refugee woman at the time of being pregnant. * Able to understand written or spoken English or Arabic sufficiently to participate in the interview. Exclusion Criteria for women: * Women who are economic migrants or illegal migrants or hold/held British citizenship at the time of being pregnant and used maternity services within last five years in Scotland. * Women who are asylum-seeking or refugee women and live in England, Wales or Northern Ireland. * Women with insufficient English or Arabic to participate in the interviews. Inclusion Criteria for HCPs: * Currently employed in NHS Scotland in maternity services, including: * health care support worker, * midwife, * doctor and obstetrician, * Maternity care leader/manager. * Able to provide verbal or written consent. Exclusion Criteria for HCPs: • HCPs working in other specialists (outside of the previously mentioned professions).

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Asylum-seeking women Maternity Refugee

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  • NHS Grampian

    Aberdeen, United Kingdom

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