Essential midwifery practice. Public health / Public health edited by Grace Edwards, Sheena Byrom. - Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub. Ltd., 2007. - xx, 233 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The midwifery public health agenda : setting the scene / Debbie Garrod, Sheena Byrom -- Health and inequality : what can midwives do? / Eileen Stringer -- Smoking in pregnancy : a growing public health problem / Grace Edwards, David King -- Teenage pregnancy : everyone's business / Vanessa Hollings, Claire Jackson, Clare McCann -- Sexual health : a potential time bomb / Julie Kelly, Grace Edwards -- Substance abuse : what is the problem? / Lyn McIver -- Domestic abuse in pregnancy : a public health issue / Sally Price -- Maternal mental health : working in partnership / Samuel Dearman, Kathryn Gutteridge, Whaquas Waheed -- Supporting breastfeeding : midwives facilitating a community model / Sue Henry, Fiona Dykes, Sheena Byrom, Michelle Atkin, Elaine Jackson -- Normal birth and birth centre care : a public health catalyst for maternal and societal well-being / Soo Downe, Denis Walsh.

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Midwifery--Great Britain.
Maternal health services--Great Britain.
Midwifery.
Maternal Health Services.
Maternal Welfare.
Nurse's Role.
Public Health.

RG950 / .E66 2007

618.2

WQ 160 / E78 2007