Midwifery Essentials: Public Health - Edition 1 - By Joyce Marshall, RN, RM, BSc (Hons), MPH, PhD, PGCAP, FHEA, Helen Baston, BA(Hons), MMedSci, PhD, PGDipEd, ADM, RN, RM and Jennifer Hall, EdD MSc RN RM ADM PGDip(HE) SFHEA FRCM Elsevier Inspection Copies

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Midwifery Essentials: Public Health,

Edition 1 Volume 7

By Joyce Marshall, RN, RM, BSc (Hons), MPH, PhD, PGCAP, FHEA, Helen Baston, BA(Hons), MMedSci, PhD, PGDipEd, ADM, RN, RM and Jennifer Hall, EdD MSc RN RM ADM PGDip(HE) SFHEA FRCM

Publication Date: 15 Aug 2019

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Description

New title in the popular Midwifery Essentials series originally published in conjunction with The Practising Midwife journal. The series covers core topics in midwifery education in an engaging and friendly format using a helpful ‘jigsaw’ approach which encourages readers to explore topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. effective communication, team working and health promotion. Helpful ‘scenarios’ throughout each volume encourage debate and reflection, core elements of midwifery education.

Key Features

Provides a useful, friendly source of information

Strong focus on contemporary women-centred care

Designed to stimulate debate and reflection upon current practice, local policies and procedures

Scenarios enable practitioners to understand the context of maternity care and explore their role in safe and effective service provision

Helpful ‘jigsaw’ approach enables readers to explore specific topics from a variety of perspectives e.g. consent, safety and health promotion

Explains the professional and legal issues surrounding clinical procedures

Chapters designed to be read as a ‘standalone’ or in succession

Emphasises the crucial role of effective communication

About the author

By Joyce Marshall, RN, RM, BSc (Hons), MPH, PhD, PGCAP, FHEA, Senior Lecturer, Department of Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, UK; Helen Baston, BA(Hons), MMedSci, PhD, PGDipEd, ADM, RN, RM, Consultant Midwife Public Health, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Honorary Researcher / Lecturer, University of Sheffield; Honorary Lecturer Sheffield Hallam University, UK. and Jennifer Hall, EdD MSc RN RM ADM PGDip(HE) SFHEA FRCM, Independent Midwifery Educator and Researcher, Bristol, UK

Table of Contents

1 - Introduction

2 - Public health: principles and midwifery practice

3 - Becoming a mother and support for parenting

4 - Birth and health

5 - Childbearing women who are seeking asylum or homeless

6 - Substance misuse in pregnancy

7 - Age and maternity

8 - Infant feeding: a public health perspective

9 - Smoking in pregnancy

10 - Weight matters in pregnancy

11 - Emotional wellbeing and public health

Book details

ISBN: 9780702071034

Page Count: 228

Retail Price : £10.99

Audience

Midwives – whether qualified or in training

Reviews

Helena Nash

A perfect pocket size guide to the role of public health and it's importance within midwifery practice. Contains really useful reflection activities to aid consolidation of knowledge.