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New youth resources for the Miscarriage Association

Posted on June 24, 2015October 29, 2015 by Clare Foster
A quick summary:
  • “People said it was lucky really. I don’t know how to deal with that”
  • A soft launch at Primary Care 2015
  • Sharing our new resources far and wide
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“People said it was lucky really. I don’t know how to deal with that”

This quote was one of many we gathered from young women we spoke to during the youth young girl with bookproject consultation process I ran for the Miscarriage Association. It highlighted the need for additional support resources that  reflected the experiences of younger people.

Young women told us about dealing with miscarriage after an unplanned pregnancy, finding themselves isolated and unable to speak to parents or partners, turning only to friends for support and experiencing difficult reactions from hospital and nursing staff.

And now I’m excited to help the Miscarriage Association launch the resources we developed as a result.

A soft launch at Primary Care 2015

It sMA stall at Primary Careeemed appropriate to soft launch the resources at the Primary Care conference in Birmingham. It was here, last year, that community midwives and school nurses asked for more specialist resources for younger women. The Miscarriage Association’s National Director Ruth, some wonderful volunteers and I spent two days spreading the word about the Miscarriage Association and sharing our new resources.

They were universally well received and we sent boxes worth of leaflets out into the world as well as showing our new films (created for us by Rob Mitchell of MadCutta films) and chatting to anyone who would listen about what we were up to. It was wonderful to see how many people benefitted from the work the Miscarriage Association does – professionally but also in some cases personally.

Sharing our new resources far and wide

MA leafletToday we’re launching the resources more widely.

We’ve created a leaflet for use in schools, clinics, surgeries and hospitals. The leaflet reflects the experiences and needs that young women reported and includes a number of illustrated quotes from young women we spoke to. It’s also available online of course.

Young women told us that more films and personal stories would be “the biggest emotional support”. We’ve created a series of short films and a collection of written pieces in which young women share their stories. We hope these will help other young people feel less isolated and more able to make sense of their own experience.

Young people told us that calling a helpline often made them nervous. We’d like to explore new contact routes in the future but in the meantime we’ve created an infographic about what happens when you call our helpline. We hope that this will help young people feel more confident about getting in touch with us.

It’s often difficult for anyone to talk about miscarriage. But the young women we spoke to said they found it hard to talk to parents, partners, teachers and medical professionals. We’ve added a new page offering suggestions to make talking about miscarriage easier. We hope this page will be useful for all women and their partners.

Although the resources are available throughout the Miscarriage Association website, all of them are linked to from this page as well.

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Wow! This is a wonderful example how good consultation and understanding your audience can lead to great quality information! The consultation, planning, and promotional plans show excellence in producing health information. This shows through in the end products – high quality and extremely well-tailored to the audience. The insight and thought that has gone into this is commendable. 

Dr Hannah R Bridges – HB Health Comms Ltd

Clare created fantastic bespoke moderator training and helped us develop our brand-new survivors’ community. She went out of her way to ensure that the training met our needs exactly by engaging in various in-depth discussions and learning about our sector. But beyond that, she also helped us to build our vision for the community and the community guidelines; created an editable handbook for our future use and changing needs as the community grows; and offered ongoing support with tweaking the training as the forum develops.

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Clare highlights the wide range of feelings and reactions during and after pregnancy loss, the different impact that each experience can have on each individual and the diverse needs of those affected. Just as important, she acknowledges the difficulty of those who want to offer help, but aren’t sure how to, or when. She makes it easier for them to understand and empathise, and offers practical suggestions with knowledge and also with humility… This is what makes for such a special book, for which many many people will be grateful.

Ruth Bender Atik, National Director, The Miscarriage Association
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