Antenatal Education: a Special Board Collaboration Ann Kerr, Team Head NHS Health Scotland

 Background  Aim of project  Project description  Package content  Future developments Content

Background  Literature review (updated 2006)  PEGS  Development work  West Lothian  Tayside (HPHS)  Discussion with Special Boards and SG

Scottish Antenatal Parent Education Package Goals  To ensure consistent evidence based antenatal education for all pregnant women and their families  To reduce variation in practice, and address inequalities in access and outcomes Aims  To develop a national curriculum  To support the curriculum with training and resources

Project description  Hosted at NHS QIS  Steering group  Project officer funded by QIS, NES and HS  Mapping and evaluation of current work  Curriculum development and consultation  Curriculum package  Training mapping, needs analysis & development  Launch in 2011

Package content  Curriculum  Maternal health and wellbeing  Maternal and infant nutrition  Early days of parenting  Labour and birth  Inequalities  Assessment  Educator guidance - content and adult learning  Supporting resources (a suitcase)  National training

Planned work  Evaluation  Training strand of implementation of Maternity Care Framework

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