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02 April 2020 02 Apr 2020

Volume 28 | Issue 4

ISSN (Print): 0969-4900

ISSN (Online): 2052-4307

Learning practical baby care skills can boost the confidence of both parents

Enabling perinatal volunteering

There is overwhelming evidence that volunteering and peer support has a unique and valuable contribution to make to ‘Better Births’ outcomes (Spiby et al, 2015; Parents 1st and Institute for Voluntary Action Research, 2016; Renaisi, 2016; McLeish and Redshaw, 2017a; 2017b) Across the country, there are excellent examples of quality peer support initiatives working alongside professionals

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Investigation of informed consent procedures initiated in the intrapartum period

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