People with learning disabilities are affected by significantly more health problems than the general population and are much more likely to have significant health risks. This book aims at increasing professional awareness of the importance of health promotion activities for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Explores the principles of health promotion within the practical context of midwifery. This title outlines and discusses the midwife's role in health promotion making it useful reading for all student and practising midwives, as well as clinical practitioners.

Intended for health visiting students, this text brings together the elements of theory and practice which are essential to health visiting practice. It is research based and uses relevant evidence to support discussions and uses case studies and practice examples to illustrate the theoretical discussions.

The fourth edition of this seminal text retains its focus on placing the health visitor at the forefront of supporting and working with children, families, individuals and communities.

Addresses important issues such as choice, partnership and community development in order that health promoters can work with and alongside older people to ensure that their health needs are addressed.

Written by a leading team from the Australian Society for Simulation in Healthcare (ASSH), Simulation Australasia, Healthcare Simulation Education is a new resource for a rapidly expanding professional healthcare simulation community.

This work provides general guidelines on physical activity during pregnancy, and the implications that pregnancy has on the pregnant woman and her baby. Safety issues and guidelines to teaching form the basis of the text, and should be of interest to students, midwives, and exercise teachers.

Talks about an approach to solving and preventing children's sleep problems. This book explains a step-by-step regime for parents for instituting beneficial habits within the framework of their child's natural sleep cycles. It outlines the best course of action for sleep problems: prevention and treatment; and more.

For students and clinicians, this pocket-sized reference provides a concise guide to assessment in speech-language pathology.

This book is a valuable guide, helping adults connect with grieving teens. The reader will find background information along with many specific activities to help teens reflect upon and talk about their particular concerns.

Unchecked, high blood pressure markedly increases the risk of stroke, heart attack and kidney disease. The author shows that high blood pressure can be prevented and controlled without the use of drugs. He provides guidance for combating the problem, including both general information and recipes, which offer genuine health improvement.

Level 2 (highly dependent) patients are nursed in a variety of clinical areas. This textbook covers the context of care with chapters on fundamental aspects, such as sleep, nutrition, pain management, and stress. It covers the key areas of knowledge needed. It includes learning outcomes, introductions, and time out exercises.

This book consists of articles that originally appeared in the British Journal of Midwifery. Chapters include; HIV testing and the midwife, HIV health and safety practice, universial precautions, HIV modes of spread, HIV - women's health and chaildbearing issue, HIV screening, and gender related to screening.

Written by a leading childbirth educator, this book dispels many common myths about home birth and shows how giving birth to your baby in your own home can be the most exciting and fulfilling thing you'll ever do. It is useful for all couples who are considering the alternative to a hospital birth.

With inspirational stories from women who have had successful homebirth experiences, you'll find out: why women are perfectly designed to give birth; what the evidence says about the best place to give birth; the myths surrounding childbirth at home; how to phome birth homebirth and what you need on the day; and more.

A cutting-edge exploration of what evolutionary psychology is teaching us of the development and learning of children, in the tradition of Matt Ridley's The Red Queen and Steven Pinker's The Language Instinct.

The charming, funny successor to the hugely popular 'Notes to my Mother-in-Law', from the inimitable Phyllida Law.

A guide to pregnancy and birth straight from the midwife's mouth. This book provides knowledge, wisdom and stories about pregnancy, birth and mothering young children that aren't so widely talked about. It reveals everything a pregnant women and new mums need to know with a good dose of humour and wit.

From the author of the bestselling introduction to evidence-based medicine, this brand new title makes sense of the complex and confusing landscape of implementation science, the role of research impact, and how to avoid research waste.

A comforting book that will offer relief to anyone moving through intense grief and loss, Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh shares accessible, healing words of wisdom to transform our suffering.