Parent-carer education: reducing the risks for neonatal and infant mortality
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Pillay, ThillagavathieEditors
Chubarova, AntoninaIssue Date
2019-01-21
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In this chapter, the role of engaging parents, family members, partners, significant others and carers (subsequently referred to as parent-carers) as key partners in targeted strategies for reducing the risks associated with neonatal mortality is discussed, especially within the context of less resource-constrained environments. Parent-carer education, sharing information on regionally prevalent risk factors and associations with death in the first 28 days of life and in infancy, can be potentially impactful and could drive behavioural changes, while promoting acquisition of newer life-saving skills such as basic life support training. Such education can be considered participatory learning and action. It affords parent-carers the confidence and knowledge on measures to key risks in infancy, such as the risk of sudden infant death, and how to recognize when their baby may be ill, facilitating timely access to appropriate healthcare services. Potentially, these then empower parent-carers to work with health services proactively in measures to reduce the risks for neonatal mortality.Citation
Pillay, T. (2019) Parent-Carer Education: Reducing the Risks for Neonatal and Infant Mortality, in Antonina I. Chubarova (ed.) Neonatal Medicine, IntechOpen, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.82786.Publisher
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© 2019 The Author. Published by IntechOpen. This is an open access chapter available under a Creative Commons licence. The published version can be accessed at the following link on the publisher’s website: https://www.intechopen.com/books/neonatal-medicine/parent-carer-education-reducing-the-risks-for-neonatal-and-infant-mortalityISBN
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10.5772/intechopen.82786
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