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In June 2016, the UK's European Union (EU) referendum resulted in 519% of the electorate voting to leave Leaving the EU will have wide ranging social, legal and constitutional implications including...
Breastfeeding is a public health priority in the UK (Public Health England, 2016) While the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends using peer support to increase both initiation and duration of...
Breastfeeding has been shown to improve intellectual, neurological, psychomotor, and social development (Olang et al, 2009; Kronborg and Kok, 2011), and to provide all essential nutrients for the...
Premature births account for 111% of the total number of births worldwide In Brazil, the percentage is slightly higher, at 119% (World Health Organization (WHO), 2012; Blencowe and Cousens, 2013;...
Peer support for breastfeeding mothers is defined by The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) as:
There has been a significant cultural shift regarding the inclusion of male partners in childbirth in Western societies since the 1960s (Hildingsson et al, 2011) Male partners are no longer barred...
Producing competent health professionals is imperative for effective national health outcomes Similarly, developing a qualified and competent midwifery workforce is claimed to be essential for...
Depression is increasingly recognised as a serious, worldwide public health concern and a cause of disability (Klainin et al, 2009) It is well known that pregnancy and the postpartum period may be...
Tongue-tie (ankyloglossia) is a common condition with a prevalence between 02 and 107% (Segal et al, 2007; Francis et al, 2015; Power and Murphy, 2015), and is defined as an embryological remnant of...
Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) for Down's syndrome by analysis of cell-free DNA in maternal plasma is changing the way Down's syndrome screening (DSS) is offered in many countries NIPT is...
In Pakistan, a cadre of community midwives was introduced in 2007 to increase the proportion of skilled birth attendants in the country (USAID, 2012) The community midwives participate in an 18-month...
Breastmilk has been widely advocated as the optimal nutrition for newborn babies and infants In both developing and developed countries, extensive research has produced evidence to sustain claims that...
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