Midwifery and public health : future directions, new opportunities /: future directions, new opportunities. (©2005)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Pádraig Ó Lúanaigh, Cindy Carlson ; foreword by Dame Karlene Davis.
• Other Names: MSc(Psych), Ó Lúanaigh, Pádraig; Carlson, Cindy
• Contents: Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; SECTION 1: Building blocks for practice: understanding public health; Chapter 1: The 'New' Public Health: political rhetoric or real opportunities?; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; WHY INEQUALITIES MATTER; HISTORICAL CONTEXT; THE POLICY ARENA; DELIVERING THE BEST; MIDWIFERY'S RESPONSE TO THE NEW PUBLIC HEALTH; CONCLUSIONS: POLITICAL RHETORIC OR REAL OPPORTUNITIES?; Chapter 2: Changing practice: developing a public health role for midwives; SUMMARY; RECOGNISING THE MIDWIFE'S PUBLIC HEALTH ROLE; REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS. EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES ACROSS THE CHILDBIRTH CONTINUUMCONCLUSION; Chapter 3: Expanding horizons: developing a public health perspective in midwifery; INTRODUCTION; UNDERSTANDING PUBLIC HEALTH; MEASURING MATERNAL HEALTH; PRACTISING PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH INTO PRACTICE; CONCLUSION; SECTION 2: Developing ideas and opportunities: key themes and concepts; Chapter 4: Tackling health inequalities: a midwifery challenge; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; UNDERSTANDING HEALTH INEQUALITIES; EXPLAINING THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL INEQUALITIES ON HEALTH; TACKLING HEALTH INEQUALITIES -- POLICY RESPONSES. SUPPORTING INDIVIDUAL MOTHERS AND BABIESSTRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES; IMPROVING ACCESS TO SERVICES; MACRO-ECONOMIC CHANGE; CONCLUSION: MIDWIVES AND HEALTH INEQUALITIES; Chapter 5: Celebrating diversity: meeting needs; SUMMARY; WHAT IS DIVERSITY AND HOW DOES IT IMPACT ON MIDWIFERY PRACTICE?; RAISING AWARENESS OF DIVERSITY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE AS A BASIS FOR PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION AND THE NEED TO CHALLENGE DISCRIMINATION; CONCLUSION; Chapter 6: Community spirit: looking beyond the obvious; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; COMMUNITY -- A KEY ASSUMPTION. IDENTIFYING NEEDS -- A KEY CHALLENGECOMMUNITY PROFILING -- A KEY SKILL; ACCESSING AND USING INFORMATION; COMMUNITY PROFILE FRAMEWORKS; CONCLUSION; Chapter 7: Being with women: public policy and private experience; SUMMARY; SECTION 3: The practice reality: public health midwifery; Chapter 8: Laying the foundation: the STOMP study; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STOMP MODEL; POLICY STATEMENTS ADVOCATING CHANGE; RESEARCH SUGGESTING CHANGE; LOCAL COMMITMENT TO CHANGE; THE CONSULTATION PROCESS; FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS; EXPERIENCE IN THE UK; SITUATING THE SERVICE. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STOMP MODELTHE ORGANISATION OF ANTENATAL CARE; THE ORGANISATION OF CARE DURING LABOUR AND BIRTH IN STOMP; THE ORGANISATION OF POSTNATAL CARE; THE STOMP MIDWIVES; POLICIES AND PROCEDURES; LEADERSHIP AND SUPPORT WITHIN THE MATERNITY UNIT; SUMMARY; METHODS; RESULTS; IMPLICATIONS FOR MATERNITY CARE IN AUSTRALIA; SUSTAINABILITY; INTER-DISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION; LEADERSHIP AND VISION; FURTHER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; CONCLUSION; Chapter 9: Sex education and teenage pregnancy: missed opportunities; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; CURRENT LEGISLATION; CURRENT EDUCATORS.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh New York : Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone
• Publication Date: 2005
• Copyright Date: 2005
• Extent: 1 online resource (xv, 245 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 618.20233; Midwifery; Midwives; Maternal health services; Public health; Midwifery -- trends; Maternal Health Services; Public Health; Sages-femmes; Périnatalité; Santé publique; Maternal health services; Midwifery; Midwives; Public health; Verloskunde; Gezondheidszorg; Beleidsvorming; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780702034619; 0702034614
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.