Working together to meet the needs of multiple-birth families.
Health visitors have an important role in providing postnatal support to multiple-birth parents, write Jill Walton et al. Here they describe how a series of joint parent/professional seminars helped raise awareness among health visitors of the special needs of multiple-birth parents for services and support, and the importance of developing closer links with voluntary and self-help groups at local and national level.
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D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D012657:Self-Help Groups / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012944:Social Support