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.
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.
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.
6 short video lessons (captions & transcripts)
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)
Self-paced, online. Approx. 6 hours total (watch, complete templates, upload).
Designed to sit under: Training & Capacity Building, PPIE/Public Engagement, EDI, Staff CPD, Community Partner Costs, and Accessibility.
We provide invoice wording and a one-page syllabus on request for easy sign-off.
Captions, transcripts, dyslexia-friendly workbook. If you need alternative formats, tell us – access isn’t an add-on.
Abuela Doulas centres reproductive justice, cultural safety, and advocacy done in concert with parents. This course mirrors rather than moulds – rooted in listening deeply, interrupting gently, and working with communities, not on them.
Individual licence (one seat, self-paced) – £400
Team licence (5–25 seats for universities/NHS Trusts/ICSs; optional add-on: live ethics or recruitment clinic) – Please get in touch for a quote
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Abuela Doulas recognises that as well as doing the work, they need to support the work of others. With that in mind, here are some links to support not only us, but other organisations that we are involved in.
