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9781405144414

Public Health

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  • ISBN13:

    9781405144414

  • ISBN10:

    1405144416

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-06-18
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

Midwifery & Public Health highlights important developments in public health over recent years and relates the implications for midwifery practice in a clear and easily understood manner. This practical text will appeal to clinical midwives who may be unsure about the relevance of the public health agenda to their every day practice. It highlights how public health underpins every midwifers"s practice by using examples and case histories. It addresses a wide range of public health issues pertinent to every midwife, including: smoking in pregnancy, breastfeeding, sexual health, substance misuse, domestic abuse, perinatal mental health and vulnerable groups, poverty and social exclusion.

Author Biography

Grace Edwards is Consultant Midwife in Public Health at Liverpool Women’s Hospital and Principal Midwifery Lecturer at University of Central Lancashire.


Sheena Byrom is a Consultant Midwife in Public Health at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

Table of Contents

Prefacep. vii
Forewordp. xi
Notes on the Contributorsp. xv
Acknowledgementsp. xxi
The Midwifery Public Health Agenda: Setting the Scenep. 1
Health and Inequality: What Can Midwives Do?p. 17
Smoking in Pregnancy: A Growing Public Health Problemp. 49
Teenage Pregnancy: Everyone's Businessp. 71
Sexual Health: A Potential Time Bombp. 93
Substance Misuse: What is the Problem?p. 115
Domestic Abuse in Pregnancy: A Public Health Issuep. 135
Maternal Mental Health: Working in Partnershipp. 153
Supporting Breastfeeding: Midwives Facilitating a Community Modelp. 195
Normal Birth and Birth Centre Care: A Public Health Catalyst for Maternal and Societal Well-beingp. 209
Indexp. 223
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