title: Assessment tool promotes continence after childbirth.
abstract: This article looks at how midwives, health visitors and continence advisers are working together in Sandwell in the West Midlands to promote women's health. By acknowledging the evidence that certain factors associated with childbirth can predispose women to incontinence, a risk-assessment tool has been developed providing a process for women to achieve continence health postnatally.
authors.affiliation: Sandwell Healthcare NHS Trust, West Bromwich.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dandy
mesh_terms: D019091:Critical Pathways; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*