Essential Midwifery Practice: Public Health (Repost)

Essential Midwifery Practice: 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 midwife’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.Content: Chapter 1 The Midwifery Public Health Agenda: Setting the Scene (pages 1–25): Debbie Garrod and Sheena ByromChapter 2 Health and Inequality: What Can Midwives Do? (pages 27–48): Eileen StringerChapter 3 Smoking in Pregnancy: A Growing Public Health Problem (pages 49–70): Grace Edwards and David KingChapter 4 Teenage Pregnancy: Everyone's Business (pages 71–92): Vanessa Hollings, Claire Jackson and Clare McCannChapter 5 Sexual Health: A Potential Time Bomb (pages 93–114): Julie Kelly and Grace EdwardsChapter 6 Substance Misuse: What is the Problem? (pages 115–133): Lyn McIverChapter 7 Domestic Abuse in Pregnancy: A Public Health Issue (pages 135–152): Sally PriceChapter 8 Maternal Mental Health: Working in Partnership (pages 153–183): Samuel Dearman, Kathryn Gutteridge and Waquas WaheedChapter 9 Supporting Breastfeeding: Midwives Facilitating a Community Model (pages 185–208): Sue Henry, Fiona Dykes, Sheena Byrom, Michelle Atkin and Elaine JacksonChapter 10 Normal Birth and Birth Centre Care: A Public Health Catalyst for Maternal and Societal Well?Being (pages 209–222): Soo Downe and Denis Walsh