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1. Information Services NHS Scotland Scottish Programme for Clinical Effectiveness in Reproductive Health, 2005
2. One expert who commented on a draft of this document noted that the most coherent research on schools based programmes is to be found in Hope P and Sharland P (1988) Tomorrow's Parents, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. I have not managed to access this, but am told it suggested that the content of such programmes was not ideal and was often delivered by the wrong people, without the necessary material and background. Given the age of the paper, findings may no longer be relevant.
3. A key stakeholder who commented on the current paper wished to make the point that health professional training is vital not only in terms of providing appropriate practical support, but in understanding and appreciating reasons for breastfeeding, and their role in promoting it
4. The Baby Friendly Initiative ( BFI) is a worldwide programme of the World Health Organization and UNICEF. It was launched in 1992 to encourage maternity hospitals to implement the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding and to practise in accordance with the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes. The BFI came to the UK in 1994 and, in 1998; its principles were extended to cover the work of community health care services in the Seven Point Plan for the Promotion, Protection and Support of Breastfeeding in Community Health Care Settings.
5. Kangaroo mother care is a method of care of pre-term infants which involves infants being carried, usually by the mother, with skin-to-skin contact.
6. WHO/ UNICEF. Protecting, Promoting & Supporting Breastfeeding - the Special Role of Maternity Services. A joint WHO/ UNICEF Statement, WHO, Geneva, 1989.
7. National Dental Inspection Programme of Scotland, 2006
8. The Jeely Piece project runs in a child centre in Castlemilk, Glasgow and offers day-care where each parent regularly takes a turn helping with the childcare and works alongside the staff. This provides an opportunity to demonstrate and teach parenting. The project also runs positive parenting classes. However, there is no indication that the Jeely Piece has been evaluated.
9. NICE guidelines relate to parent-training programmes in the management of children with conduct disorder. Recommendations include that programmes should be group-based, evidence-based, reach those with access difficulties, incorporate role play and homework and be delivered by trained facilitators
10. For the purposes of this document, I have relied on the summary version
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