Wednesday, July 18, 2018

What's new in midwifery - 18th July 2018

Some recent things you might need to know about.


Statistics
Birth summary tables in England and Wales.
Includes annual births and mean age of mothers.



Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition
Feeding in the first year of life
Covers infant feeding from birth up to 12 months of age, looking at evidence of the impact of infant feeding on short and longer term health outcomes for infants and mothers. Also considers factors that influence eating behaviour and diversification of the diet and makes recommendations on feeding in the first year of life.


World Health Organisation
WHO Recommendations on Antenatal Care for a Positive Pregnancy Experience
Summary published by the USAID's Maternal and Child Survival Program, including summaries in French, Spanish and Portuguese.  


Case studies (NHS Atlas of Shared Learning)



Other things
BMJ obituary of T. Berry Brazelton, who devised the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale.

 

 

 

 
With grateful thanks to:
EMBED Health Consortium's Health Bulletin, and the HIFA mailing list.

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