This research shows pre-pregnancy obesity increased the risk for unsuccessful initiation of breastfeeding among Australian women. Read research ...
Preventing and treating pelvic floor injury can improve a persons' ability to do physical activity for life.Research shows there are ways of helping to minimise the risk of damage during childbirth, and helping to stop symptoms developing later in life. Read here ...
This publication is an update of the 2013 WHO publication entitled Essential nutrition actions: improving maternal, newborn, infant and young child health and nutrition.1 It provides a compact list of nutrition-related interventions recommended by WHO. WHO recommendations aim to advise intended end-users (policy-makers, programme implementers...
The Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) was launched in 1991 as a global programme to incentivize maternity facilities throughout the world to adhere to the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding and comply with the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes. This report provides an analysis of the current status of the...
Poster informing of two free workforce development programmes for health practitioners, health promoters, and educators. The programmes aim to improve knowledge about the role of good nutrition and physical activity prior to conception, during pregnancy and in infancy to help reduce health risks later in life, in particular heart...
Ministry of Health guidelines for breastfeeding....
TAHA offers a wide range of skills and expertise in public health, nursing, research, project management, teaching, facilitation, health promotion and advocacy....
TAHA Well Pacific Mother and Infant service to improve the health and wellbeing of Pacific mothers and infants during pregnancy and the first year of life (2014)....
The Sport Hawke's Bay programme provides group and one-on-one education, support and activities tailored to meet the needs of women pre, during and post pregnancy in a variety of community-based settings (2016)....
In partnership with the NZ College of Midwives, Plunket, Tipu Ora and the Heart Foundation, Gravida has been developing two new education programmes for maternity and child health care professionals (2014)....
