Research | Explore the negative consequences of delayed or inappropriate maternity care for disabled women who experience domestic abuse |
 | Understand women’s reasons for accessing maternity services and the factors that influence their decision making, particularly disability and domestic abuse |
 | Further explore the effects of long term mental health conditions on access to maternity care when accompanied by domestic abuse |
 | Explore maternity care practitioners’ understanding of disability and domestic abuse and evaluate the effectiveness of existing staff education |
 | Identify, develop and evaluate the most effective models of antenatal service delivery for disabled women who experience domestic abuse |
 | Studies which focus explicitly upon disability, domestic abuse and access to maternity care, including more qualitative research |
Policy | Organisational policies and guidelines which account for the co-existence of disability and domestic abuse and establish core service requirements e.g. accessible facilities and appropriate referral pathways. |
 | Promote evidence based strategies for improving access to maternity care for disabled women experiencing domestic abuse |
 | Incorporate outward looking improvement strategies which capitalise on community resources and involve colleagues in community education and health promotion |
 | Involve other agencies in improving access to maternity services and ensure that non-maternity services promote the importance of early prenatal care |
Practice | Foster positive, non-judgmental relationships with disabled women who experience domestic abuse |
 | Women centered care that does perpetrate negative stereotypes about disabled women |
 | Develop and implement evidenced based staff education in disability and domestic abuse issues |
 | Improve access and utilisation of maternity care through multidisciplinary collaboration |