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The evolving relationship between public health and midwifery in the United Kingdom
Abstract Readers will agree that public health and health promotion are the responsibility of everybody, not just those working in the field of public health. For this reason, health promotion and disease prevention have long been part of the midwife’s role. However, in several countries, such as the United Kingdom, the role and responsibilities of the midwife have expanded over the decades to incorporate additional public health issues. Many of these new public health tasks may require a lot of training and educat …