Science news articles about 'health visitors'

... screening of more than 21,000 women from seven health regions in Ontario, 701 high risk ... professionals who come into contact with new mothers including midwives, doctors, nurses and health visitors.

Health visitors can be trained to identify women with postnatal depression and offer effective treatment, while telephone peer support (mother to mother) may halve the risk of developing postnatal ...

... than non-sufferers. They were more likely to have received poor quality antenatal care or to have developed pregnancy complications. Some of the mothers said health visitors promised to drop...

... once the children reach adolescence. This type of study is very important in helping midwives, health visitors, and doctors to provide psychological care for both parents after a stillbirth and in ...