Dr. Colm Oboyle

• Biesty, L, OBoyle, C, Lalor J, Begley C., Choosing home birth in Ireland, 5th International Nursing and Midwifery Conference, Galway, 30th and 31st March, 2015Oral Presentation, 2015, TARA - Full Text
• OBoyle, C, Lalor JG, Maths and miscommunications, AIMS Journal, 27, (2), 2015, p22 - 23Journal Article, 2015
• OBoyle, C, Why is it so hard? how the HSE removes agency, making homebirth in Ireland so difficult, AIMS Journal, 27, (1), 2015, p15 - 17Journal Article, 2015
• OBoyle, C, Freebirth in Ireland , Normal Labour and Birth 10th Research Conference 'Into the Future' , Grange over Sands, Cumbria, UK , 15th - 17th June , 2015Poster, 2015, TARA - Full Text
• Writing of one's own culture An auto-ethnography of home birth midwifery in Ireland in, editor(s)Fiona Dykes and Renée Flacking , Ethnographic Research in Maternal and Child Health, Oxford, Routledge , 2015, pp53 - 72, [OBoyle, C]Book Chapter, 2015
• OBoyle, C, Freebirth in Ireland, TCD School of Nursing and Midwifery, 16th Healthcare Interdisciplinary Research Conference 2015, TCD School of Nursing and Midwifery, 3-4 November 2015, 2015Oral Presentation, 2015
• Fiona Timmins, Maryanne Murphy, Sílvia Caldeira, Eimear Ging, Carole King, Vivienne Brady, Jacqueline Whelan, Colm OBoyle , John Kelly, Freda Neill , Geralyn Hynes, Kathleen Neenan, Nicolas Pujol, Lisa Fitzgerald, Deborah Hayden, Barbara Sweeney, Mary Threadgold, Michael O' Sullivan, Bernadette Flanagan, Elizabeth Weathers , Philip Larkin, Therese Meehan, Karen Ward, Hannah Chew, Eunice Minford, Mandy Lee, Margaret Mulchaire, Anne Mc Auliffe, PJ Boyle, Noel Keating, Brian Nolan , The Development of a Spirituality Interest Group in the Republic of Ireland (ROI), Religions, 7, (3), 2016, p30 - 34Journal Article, 2016, TARA - Full Text
• OBoyle, C, Deliberately unassisted birth in Ireland: Understanding choice in Irish Maternity Services, British Journal of Midwifery, 24, (3), 2016, p181 - 187Journal Article, 2016
• Reynolds, Alison; OBoyle, Colm , Nurses' experiences of leech therapy in plastic and reconstructive surgery, British Journal of Nursing , 25, (13), 2016, p729 - 733Journal Article, 2016
• Timmins, F. McSherry, W. OBoyle, C., Brady, V. and Caldeira, S., Special Issue "International Conference of Spirituality in Healthcare. Sowing the Seeds"-Trinity College Dublin, Religions, 7, (11), 2016, p126-Journal Article, 2016, TARA - Full Text
• Gallagher L, Lawler D, Brady V, OBoyle C, Deasy A, Muldoon K, An evaluation of the appropriateness and effectiveness of structured reflection for midwifery students in Ireland, Nurse Education in Practice, 22, 2017, p7 - 14Journal Article, 2017, DOI
• OBoyle, C., Brady, V. and Timmins F., Making space for spirituality in childbirth, Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26, (19), 2017, p2823 - 2825Journal Article, 2017, DOI
• Lalor, Joan Gabrielle, Brady, Anne-Marie, Ryan, Padhraig, Hasson, Felicity, McKenna, Hugh, Sheaf, Greg, Vilinsky-Redmond, Aliona, Pittalis, Chiara, OBoyle, Colm, Systematic literature review of the evidence to inform the future education, role and function of the maternity care assistants in Ireland , Dublin, Health Service Executive, April , 2017, p1 - 227Report, 2017, TARA - Full Text
• OBoyle, Colm , Home birth midwifery in Ireland - choice of place to birth needs space for midwives to practice. , 17th ESHMS book of abstracts , 17th European Society for Health and Medical Sociology: Old Tensions, Emerging paradoxes in Health; Rights, Knowledge and Trust Biennial Congress, Lisbon, Portugal, 6-8 June 2018, edited by Correia T, Carvalho de Silva V. , ISBN 978-972-8048-25-9, 2018, pp125 - 126Conference Paper, 2018
• Fay, Zara, OBoyle Colm, An Exploration of How Specialist Palliative Care Nurses Identify and Manage Patients with Existential Distress , 22 International Congress on Palliative Care , Palais des Congrès, Montréal, Canada, October 2 - 5, 2018, 2018Oral Presentation, 2018
• Farsaci, LIz. OBoyle, Colm. Newnham Elizabeth , Women's lived experiences of access to alternative birth options in contemporary Ireland , Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2019 , School of Nursing and Midwifery TCD, 06/07 March 2019 , 2019Poster, 2019
• Spirituality in Childbirth in, editor(s)Timmins, F. Caldeira, S. , Spirituality in Healthcare, Paris, Springer Nature, 2019, pp83 - 96, [OBoyle, Brady Vivienne ]Book Chapter, 2019, URL
• Fay, Zara., OBoyle, Colm , How specialist palliative care nurses identify patients with existential distress and manage their needs , International Journal of PAlliative Nursing , 25, (5), 2019, p233 - 243Journal Article, 2019, URL
• Neenan, K. Timmins, F. OBoyle, C. Whelan, J. Brady, V. Muldowney, Y. and McSherry, W. , Special Issue "International Conference of Spirituality in Healthcare. Creating Space for Spirituality in Healthcare,"-Trinity College Dublin 2017, Religions, 2019, p1-8Journal Article, 2019, DOI
• Muldowney, Y., Timmins, F., Brady, V., Caldeira, S., Whelan, J., Murphy, M., O'Boyle, C. Neenan, K., Shared Understandings of Spiritual Care Among the Members of an Innovative Spirituality Interest Group in the Republic of Ireland , 37th Annual International Nursing & Midwifery Research And Education Conference; Integrated Care: Ensuring Quality And Enhancing Patient Flow, Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery., St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2., 28th February -1st , 2018, pp134 - 134Poster, 2018
• Timmins, F., Whelan, J., Brady, V, OBoyle, C., Neenan, K., Muldowney, Y. & Caldeira, S., Enhancing Nurses and Midwives Competence in Providing Spiritual Care through Innovative Education and Compassionate Care' : Progress Towards Implementation of final spiritual care education standard.Teaching & Learning Event 3 (EPICC 2016-2019) , (EPICC Erasmus Plus Project Enhancing Nurses' and Midwives' Competence in Providing Spiritual Care through Innovative Education and Compassionate Care 2016-2019, University of the West of Wales,, 1-3 July 2019., 2019Poster, 2019, URL
• Farsaci, Elizabeth. OBoyle, Colm. Newnham, Elizabeth, Cut Up and Drugged: Women's Experiences of Non-Consent and Control in Contemporary Irish Maternity Services, Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2020 (THEconf2020): 'Integrated healthcare: developing person-centred health systems' , Dublin, 03 - 05 March 2020 , 2020Oral Presentation, 2020
• O'Sullivan, Emma. Adams, Niamh. OBoyle Colm , The Use of Military Metaphor in Cancer Conversations, Trinity Health and Education International Research Conference 2020 (THEconf2020): 'Integrated healthcare: developing person-centred health systems' , Dublin, 03 - 05 March 2020 , 2020Poster, 2020, TARA - Full Text
• Daly D., Brady., V Oboyle C., Cusack C., Clive A., Power F. and Eustace-Cook J., Evidence to inform the development of innovative midwifery led postnatal services for women in the SouthEast region of Ireland, NMPDU, November , 2022, p1 - 100Report, 2022
• Liz Farsaci, Colm OBoyle and Elizabeth Newnham, ., Access to alternative birth models: What women teach us about translating policy into practice. , University of Lancaster, International Labour and Birth Research Conference UK, , Grange-Over-Sands, , 24-26 April 2023. , 2023Conference Paper, 2023
• Devane D, Begley CM, Clarke M, Horey D, OBoyle C, Evaluating Maternity Care: A Core set of Outcome Measures, Birth , 34, (2), 2007, p164 - 172Journal Article, 2007
• Begley CM, OBoyle C, Carroll M, Devane D. , Educating advanced midwife practitioners: a collaborative venture, Journal of Nursing Management , 15, (6), 2007, p574 - 584Journal Article, 2007, URL
• Daly D, OBoyle C., Time to make midwifery matter in Ireland, The Practising Midwife, 13, (2), 2010, p15 - 17Journal Article, 2010
• Colm OBoyle, Professionalism and Midwifery in Ireland, Work, Organisation and Ethnography, Queen Mary, University of London, 1st - 3rd Sept 2010, 2010Oral Presentation, 2010
• Biesty, L., LALOR, J., OBoyle, C, An Ethnographic Study of In-Labour Transfer to Hospital for Planned Home Birth - The Beginning, School of Nursing & Midwifery 3rd bi annual conference, Galway, 2011Oral Presentation, 2011, TARA - Full Text
• Colm OBoyle, Independent home birth midwifery in Ireland, Ethnographic Futures Conference, , University of Liverpool Management School , 2009, 2009Oral Presentation, 2009
• Colm OBoyle, Independent midwives as advocates of home birth in Ireland: A compromised position? , University of Liverpool Management School / Keele University Ethnographic Futures Conference, , Liverpool , 2008, 2008Oral Presentation, 2008
• Colm OBoyle, The dilemmas and potential inherent in full participation and autoethnography, 9th Advances in Qualitative Research Methods Conference , Banff Canada , October 2008 , 2008Oral Presentation, 2008
• Colm OBoyle, Buying in to governance, playing into their hands ? , 14th Qualitative Health Research Conference, , Banff Canada , October 2008, 2008Oral Presentation, 2008
• ColmOBoyle, Artefacts: Enculturated Objects : from an Ethnography of Independent Midwifery in Ireland, 9th Annual Interdisciplinary Health Conference, , TCD School of Nursing and Midwifery , 2008, 2008Oral Presentation, 2008
• Colm OBoyle, An ethnography of Independent Midwifery in Ireland: the wisdom or otherwise of integrating autobiography in ethnography., University of Liverpool Management School / Keele University Ethnographic Futures Conference, , Keele , 2007, 2007Oral Presentation, 2007
• Colm OBoyle, The Observer as participant: An exploration of the ethical and practical considerations of ethnography in the domiciliary midwifery setting., 8th Annual Interdisciplinary Health Conference, , TCD School of Nursing and Midwifery, Dublin , 2007, 2007Oral Presentation, 2007
• Colm OBoyle, An Ethnography of Independent Midwifery in Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, 2009Thesis, 2009, TARA - Full Text
• Biesty, L, Lalor, J, OBoyle, C, An Ethnographic Study of In-Labour Transfer to Hospital for Homebirth- To be there or not to be there? , Ethnography Symposium, Keele University, Liverpool, 5-7 September 2011, 2011Meeting Abstract, 2011, TARA - Full Text
• Colm OBoyle, Dell Horey, Mike Clarke, Cecily Begley, Declan Devane., The use of an e-delphi method to identify core maternity outcome measures. , COMET , Bristol , 11th July , 2011Poster, 2011, TARA - Full Text
• Colm OBoyle, Dell Horey, Mike Clarke, Cecily Begley, Declan Devane., The use of an e-delphi method to identify core maternity outcome measures. , COMET Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials, Bristol, 11th June 2011, 2011, pp11-Oral Presentation, 2011, URL
• Colm OBoyle, Kathryn Muldoon , Incorporating and facilitating reflective practice into an undergraduate midwifery education programme. , INMED Irish Network of Medical Educators , Trinity College Dublin , 19th May , 2011Oral Presentation, 2011
• Sinclair M O'Boyle C, The Childbirth Self-Efficacy Inventory: a replication study, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 30, (6), 1999, p1416 - 1423Journal Article, 1999
• OBoyle, Colm , 'Just waiting to be hauled over the coals': Home birth midwifery in Ireland, Midwifery, 29, (8), 2013, p988 - 995Journal Article, 2013, DOI , URL
• Eileen Kenny, Colm OBoyle, An exploration of the unmet demand for home birth in Ireland, 14th Healthcare Interdisciplinary Research Conference and Student Colloquium, School of Nursing and Midwifery Trinity College Dublin , 5th- 7th November 20, 2013Oral Presentation, 2013
• Biesty, L, Lalor, J, OBoyle, C, The home and hospital interface in maternity care in Ireland - experiences of Self Employed Community Midwives during in-labour transfers, Optimising Childbirth Across Europe, Brussels, 9-10 April, 2014Oral Presentation, 2014
• Biesty, L, Lalor, J, OBoyle, C, Ethnography of Home Birth - "my Midwife" , 14th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, 6-7 November, 2014Oral Presentation, 2014, TARA - Full Text
• Colm OBoyle, The context and consequences of professional indemnification of home birth midwifery in Ireland., International Journal of Childbirth , 4, (1), 2014, p39 - 54Journal Article, 2014, DOI
• Colm OBoyle, 'Being with' while retaining and asserting professional midwifery power and authority in home birth. , Journal of Organisational Ethnography , 3, (2), 2014, p204 - 223Journal Article, 2014
• Eileen Kenny, Colm OBoyle, An exploration of the unmet demand for home birth in Ireland., International Journal of Childbirth, 5, (1), 2015, p20 - 32Journal Article, 2015, URL

• OBoyle, C, HSE's stranglehold on birth choice has reduced home option to near extinction, 2013, -Miscellaneous
• OBoyle, C, Tell me about: Birthin' Babies, TCD School of Nursing and Midwifery Public Lecture Series 2012-2013, TCD School of Nursing and Midwifery , March , 2013Invited Talk
• OBoyle, C, Bridging the Gap. Delivering on Choices & the Memo of Understanding , Essence of Midwifery Conference , Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital , May, 2010Invited Talk
• OBoyle, C, Kenny, E, Unmet demands for Homebirths, Homebirth. Back to the Future. Home Birth Symposium, National Maternity Hospital, Gibson Hotel, Dublin , 25th November 2013 , 2013Oral Presentation
• Colm OBoyle, Home sweet home birth, WIN: World of Irish Nursing and Midwifery, Journal of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, 21, (4), 2013, p45 - 45Journal Article

Home Birth, Domiciliary midiwfery, Midwifery, Midwifery Education, Maternity Care Assistants, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Labour ward and Delivery, Coping in Labour, Self - Efficacy, control, Midwifery and Obstetric care outcomes.

• Title

  An Ethnography of Independent Midwifery in Ireland
  Summary

  Doctoral Study
  Funding Agency

  Health Research Board (Ireland)
  Date From

  Oct 2006
  Date To

  Oct 2009
• Title

  A minimum outcome set for Maternity Care
  Summary

  To create a minimum outcome set for Maternity Care, Literature Review of RCT's and subsequent E-Delhpi study
  Date To

  2006
• Title

  A mixed method exploration of the unmet demand for home birth in Ireland.
  Summary

  BSc Midwifery Student Eileen Kenny with Dr Jo Murphy-Lawless, co-supervisor
  Funding Agency

  HRB
  Date From

  June 2013
  Date To

  aug 2013
• Title

  Provision of evidence to inform the future education, role and function of Maternity Care Assistants in Ireland'
  Summary

  To produce a report based on the literature (including grey literature) on the education, role and function of the Maternity Care Assistant in Ireland and internationally. Which will examine and provide evidence from the literature on: . The role and function of the Maternity Healthcare Assistant - including the provision of sample job descriptions/job specifications . The educational preparation - content, level, duration etc. . The impact of Midwifery/ Maternity Healthcare Assistant skill-mix on quality of care and cost of that care. To be used to inform the future role and function of the Maternity Healthcare Assistant in Ireland. with Prof. Joan Lalor Prof. Anne-Marie Brady Prof. Hugh McKenna Dr. Felicity Hasson Dr. Padhraig Ryan Greg Sheaf Chiara Pittalis
  Funding Agency

  HSE project Ref 6967
  Date From

  August 2016
  Date To

  October 2016
• Title

  'Exploring women's views of labour pain: a collaborative research approach'
  Summary
  Date From

  2019

Other health sciences, Public health, Health services and systems, Other clinical medicine,

• Outstanding Paper Award 2015, Emerald Literati Network, for 2014 Journal of Organisational Ethnography 3 (2) paper "Being with" ... 2014 3 (2) 2015

• Reviewer Biomed central BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth present
• Reviewer Journal of Organisational Ethnography present
• Community Midwives Association (CMA) present
• Reviewer International Journal of Childbirth present
• Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) Midwives' Section (Secretary 2008 - 2012) 2015

• Domiciliary Births Group (which published 'Delivering on Choice' 2008) 2007-2008
• National Steering Committee on Home Birth (NSCHB) which each have helped establish HSE home birth services through memoranda of understanding with Self Employed Community Midwives (SECMs). May 2010 - 2012
• Member of the panel of experts to advise on the development of an audit tool for the HSE home birth service provided by self-employed community midwives (UCD HSE Fealy et al 2016 Unpublished) 2016