title: Benefits of infant massage.
abstract: After spending three months as a clinical midwifery tutor at a remote hospital in Zambia, where I helped to train student midwives and other students, my interest in infant massage was ignited, having witnessed the benefits of massage to both mother and baby. Once back in the UK, I trained and qualified as a massage instructor with an international infant massage training organisation, which has led me to work extensively with parents and babies, offering one-to-one and group courses. It has been a privilege to be able to teach parents the valuable skill of infant massage, and consequently pass on the benefits both physiological and psychosocial.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Day
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007224:Infant Care / Q000379:methods*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008405:Massage / Q000379:methods*; D008880:Midwifery / Q000379:methods*; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education*; D011247:Pregnancy; D019124:Therapeutic Touch / Q000379:methods*; D006113:United Kingdom