Journal of Perinatal Education, The

The official journal of Lamaze International, whose mission is to promote, support, and protect natural, safe, and healthy birth through education and advocacy.

Through evidence-based articles, the JPE advances the knowledge of aspiring and seasoned educators in any setting-independent or private practice, community, hospital, nursing or midwifery school-and informs educators and other health care professionals on research that will improve their practice and their efforts to support natural, safe, and healthy birth.

The JPE also publishes features that provide practical resources and advice health care professionals can use to enhance the quality and effectiveness of their care or teaching to prepare expectant parents for birth. The journal's content focuses on pregnancy, childbirth, the postpartum period, breastfeeding, neonatal care, early parenting, and young family development. In addition to childbirth educators, the JPE's readers include nurses, midwives, physicians, and other professionals involved with perinatal education and maternal-child health care.

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

Springer Publishing Company

Product Type:

Journal

Author:

Budin, Wendy C., PhD, RN-BC, FAAN

ISSN:

1058-1243

Specialty:

• Maternal/Child
• Obstetrics & Women's Health

Language:

English

Update Frequency:

Quarterly

Coverage:

Vol 1#1 (1992) - Present

Pdf Coverage:

Vol 1#1 (1992) - Present