Wednesday, September 26, 2018

What's new in midwifery - 26th September 2018


Welcome to the University of Leicester’s first cohort of midwifery students, who started this week!

Some recent things you (and they) might need to know about.

In the news





Research reported in the news
Midwives call for pregnancy weight targets after studyhighlights health risks
News report of a study in Diabetologia - , The impact of maternal gestational weight gain on cardiometabolic risk factors in children

Too much gluten while pregnant linked to increased diabetesrisk for babyNews report of a study in the BMJ, Association between maternal gluten intake and type 1 diabetes in offspring: national prospective cohort study in Denmark, 


Public Health England: Immunisation schedule
These immunisation schedules have been updated:



NHS England Atlas of Shared Learning
The following case studies have been added to the Atlas of Shared LearningSeeking maternity feedback to improve care – Pennine Acute Hospitals



History
Piece from the (US) National Library of Medicine, about the Frontier Nursing Service and the Frontier Graduate School of Midwifery, set up to work in underserved communities in the USA, in 1925.      The Graduate School survives today as a university.

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