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Editorials

EDITORIAL Who is Caring for the Baby?
Emeritus Professor Eunice Lumsden OBE Editor-in-Chief, IJBPE

GUEST EDITORIAL  Janet Rose, Principal, Norland College, England Rebecca Digby. Vice Principal and Head of Learning, Teaching and Research, Norland College, England

Articles

APPROACHES TO PARENTING SUPPORT: EXPERIENCE AND PERSPECTIVES OF UN VILLAGGIO PER CRESCERE PROGRAMME IN ITALY.
Giorgio Tamburlini, Anduena Alusahj, Chiara Beccalli, Antonella Provenzano, and the Un Villaggio per Crescere coordination group, Centro per la Salute delle Bambine e dei Bambini, Trieste, Italy

REBUILDING THE VILLAGE: COMMUNITY CENTRED SUPPORT FOR THE CAREGIVING ECOSYSTEM
Kelly L. Elliott, Jade Madeline Sims, Rachel Podl, Isabel Flicker, Kyleigh Gates-Haas, Devanshi Khetawat and Taylor Kaufman, The Graduate School of Professional Psychology, University of Denver, USA
Tracy Moran Vozar, The Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver, USA

UNDERSTANDING THE CIRCUMSTANCES, EXPERIENCES AND OUTCOMES OF WOMEN WITH CHILDREN’S SOCIAL CARE INVOLVEMENT WHO DIED DURING OR IN THE YEAR AFTER THE END OF PREGNANCY: LESSONS FROM MBRRACE- UK AND THE MUMS@RISC STUDY
Kaat De Backer, Department of Women and Children’s Health, King’s College London, England
Nicola Vousden, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, England

BRIDGING GENERATIONS: GRANDMOTHERS, MOTHERS AND BABIES IN THE FIRST THOUSAND DAYS
Hlumelo Gxotiwe, Amber Pencharz and Jane Simmonds. goGOGOgo, South Africa

GRANDPARENTS AS A PROTECTIVE FACTOR IN PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH: RECLAIMING THE “VILLAGE” IN CONTEMPORARY CARE.
Shelley Chatten, MSc Perinatal Clinical Lead, Derbyshire, England

SUPPORTING FAMILIES THROUGH NEONATAL CARE AND THE TRANSITION HOME
Dr Siobhan Higgins, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Parent Infant Psychotherapist and Joint Lead for Psychological Professionals, South East Neonatal, Network Senior Clinical Tutor, Dept of Psychology, Kings College London.
Dr Jacinta Cordwell, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Joint Lead for Psychological Professionals, South East Neonatal Network, Psychology Lead for Neonatal Services, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

ADVANCING WELL-BEING AMONG CAREGIVERS OF YOUNG CHILDREN
WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Rachel Podl and Kelly Elliott, The Graduate School of Professional Psychology, University of Denver, USA

THE IMPORTANCE OF ADVOCATING, INNOVATING AND DRIVING CHANGE FOR CHILDREN
A conversation with Professor Sir Al Aynsley- Green on his career in medicine, as the first Children’s Commissioner in England and as an advocate for children’s rights