BU Research Blog

Today we received a copy of the book Appreciating Health and Care in the post.  This book has a sub-title ‘A practical appreciative inquiry resource for the health and social care sector’ and refers to the work led by Bournemouth University’s Dr. Rachel Arnold.  Appreciative Inquiry values people’s expertise and vision and can motivate people to see the world differently and instigate positive change.  Rachel been the lead author on several publications around Appreciative Inquiry [1-3].

Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

Centre for Midwifery & Women’s Health (CMWH)

References:

1. Arnold, R. (2024) Learning to use Appreciative Inquiry, i2Insights, 16th January.
2. Arnold, R., Way, S., Mahato, P., van Teijlingen, E. (2024) “I might have cried in the changing room, but I still went to work”. Maternity staff managing roles, responsibilities, and emotions of work and home during COVID-19: an Appreciative Inquiry, Women & Birth 37: 128-136. 
3. Arnold, R., Gordon, C., Way, S., Mahato, P., van Teijlingen, E. (2022) Why use Appreciative Inquiry? Lessons learned during COVID-19 in a UK maternity service, European Journal of Midwifery 6 (May): 1-7.