FOCUS ON: Fathers
We’re delighted that the International Journal of Birth and Parent Education is now powered by the 1001 Critical Days Foundation. The 1001 Critical Days Foundation is a new and ambitious charity established by the Rt Hon Dame Andrea Leadsom.
We are an international charity and are determined that every baby should experience the best start in life. You can expect the same high-quality journal with the same purpose: to support you as you support parents and carers in the 1001 critical days. We will power the journal behind the scenes – ensuring that more practitioners can access the latest research findings and apply them to their work.
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IJBPE News
Why vulnerable women die
A national cohort study and confidential enquiry using data from the MBRRACE-UK dataset of deaths in pregnancy from 2014 – 2022 and in the year following pregnancy was conducted by a collaborative group including Oxford University, Birth Companions, Kings College London and others.
Pre-term birth: Global action needed
The 2025 Global Action Report on Preterm Birth, which includes information and data from 46 countries and multiple international experts and organisations, investigates what progress has been made in the last decade to reduce the rate of pre-term births.
Gen Z: Changing attitudes to contraception
Studies from both the United States and the UK have revealed a decline in the use of traditional, hormonal methods of contraception in Gen Z women (born between 1997 and 2012). This is in part due to concerns over side effects, but also the effect of social media influencers on platforms such as TikTok (Pleasants et al., 2024).
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIRTH & PARENTS EDUCATION
Introduction to The Journal
The International Journal of Birth and Parent Education is an independent, international, not for profit publication aimed at professionals and lay educators working across the transition to parenthood.
Founded eleven years ago by Professor of Perinatal Education, Mary Nolan, and Consultant Perinatal Educator, Shona Gore, the Journal is published quarterly and each issue explores key topics in the first 1000 days, including pre-conception education, education in pregnancy and for labour and birth, perinatal mental health, infant feeding, early child development and parenting programmes.
FREE ARTICLES
FREE Articles from the IJBPE
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They illustrate some of the topics that the Journal covers and the way in which it covers them. We hope you find them interesting, informative and accessible.
