Public health education for midwives and midwifery students: A mixed methods study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  McNeill, Jenny ^a   Doran, Jackie ^a   Lynn, Fiona ^a   Anderson, Gail ^a   Alderdice, Fiona ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Midwifery; Public health; Training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILDBIRTH; CURRICULUM; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DRUG MISUSE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFANT NUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDWIFERY EDUCATION; OBESITY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFUGEE; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL CARE; TRAVEL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDWIFERY; NURSE MIDWIVES; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84870487169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-142     Document Type: Article

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