Main description:

Essential Midwifery Practice: Public Health 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.

Contents:

Chapter 1: The Midwifery Public Health Agenda - Setting the Scene. Chapter 2: Health and Inequality- What can midwives do?. Chapter 3: Smoking in Pregnancy- A growing Public Health Problem. Chapter 4: Teenage Pregnancy- Everyone's Business. Chapter 5: Sexual Health- A Potential Time Bomb. Chapter 6: Substance Abuse- What is the Problem?. Chapter 7: Domestic Abuse in Pregnancy- A Public Health Issue. Chapter 8: Maternal Mental Health- Working in Partnership. Chapter 9: Supporting Breastfeeding- Midwives Facilitating A Community Model. Chapter 10: Normal birth and Birth Centre Care- A Public Health Catalyst for Maternal and Societal Well-being