Helping to Reduce Neonatal and Infant Death course



This session explores current understanding of infant mortality and the health promotion approaches available to improve the neonatal and infant death rate.
Learning objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- Describe the epidemiology of infant mortality in the UK (causes and prevalence)
- Outline the evidence base for prevention (what do we know and what can we do about it)
- Suggest how infant health can be optimised in different settings
This session explores current understanding of infant mortality and the health promotion approaches available to improve the neonatal and infant death rate.
Before commencing this session you should complete the following AH session:
- Basic Principles of Health Promotion (402-0058)
TM has been a midwife for 20 years and has worked in various health settings that include the UK, Africa and Central Asia. She is currently Consultant Midwife for Normal Birth at North West London Hospitals NHS Trust; this role includes providing clinical leadership, research audit and service evaluation, and education with staff development.
She is driven by the belief that midwives should be empowered so that they can empower the women that they are caring for in order to achieve the best health outcomes, be the best parents possible and make the most out of their child birth experience.
Being curious minded she has published and is currently working on research topics that cover provision of vitamin D in pregnancy, management of blood pressure, obesity, third and fourth degree tears and change management.

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