TY - JOUR
T1 - Supporting early family life: the importance of public health programmes
AU - Newham, James J.
AU - Roberts, Hazel
AU - Aquino, Maria Raisa Jessica (Ryc)
AU - Olander, Ellinor K.
PY - 2016/5/26
Y1 - 2016/5/26
N2 - Globally, women are generally offered maternity-specific care during their pregnancy through obstetricians, gynaecologists, nurses and/or midwives. While this care extends into the postpartum period, guidelines currently do not recommend visits to the mother beyond 6 weeks (World Health Organization, 2014). However, in the Fair Society, Healthy Lives report, it is emphasised that the two first years of life represent a critical time point in which the obstacles to healthy brain development can lead to long-term disadvantages, and that interventions are required to prevent the emergence of health inequalities and to improve children’s life chances (Marmot et al., 2010).
AB - Globally, women are generally offered maternity-specific care during their pregnancy through obstetricians, gynaecologists, nurses and/or midwives. While this care extends into the postpartum period, guidelines currently do not recommend visits to the mother beyond 6 weeks (World Health Organization, 2014). However, in the Fair Society, Healthy Lives report, it is emphasised that the two first years of life represent a critical time point in which the obstacles to healthy brain development can lead to long-term disadvantages, and that interventions are required to prevent the emergence of health inequalities and to improve children’s life chances (Marmot et al., 2010).
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84975138053
U2 - 10.1080/02646838.2016.1182812
DO - 10.1080/02646838.2016.1182812
M3 - Editorial
SN - 0264-6838
VL - 34
SP - 221
EP - 223
JO - Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
JF - Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
IS - 3
ER -