{"id":1503,"date":"2026-08-20T09:34:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T08:34:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miherc.org\/miherc\/?p=1503"},"modified":"2026-08-20T09:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T08:38:10","slug":"the-evolving-relationship-between-public-health-and-midwifery-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miherc.org\/miherc\/uncategorised\/the-evolving-relationship-between-public-health-and-midwifery-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"The evolving relationship between public health and midwifery in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A timely reflection has been published on the the relationship between midwifery roles, public health and health promotion and what it might mean for midwifery and midwives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The evolving role of midwives in the UK has increasingly integrated public health responsibilities, reflecting a broader recognition of health promotion as a shared duty across healthcare professions. This commentary highlights the challenges and potential consequences of this shift, emphasizing the need for balance to ensure midwives can effectively fulfil their core clinical roles while addressing public health issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The paper was written by Bethany Fletcher, Jillian C. M. Ireland and Edwin van Teijlingen and can be accessed <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1186\/s12982-026-02740-1\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A timely reflection has been published on the the relationship between midwifery roles, public health and health promotion and what it might mean for midwifery and midwives. The evolving role of midwives in the UK has increasingly integrated public health responsibilities, reflecting a broader recognition of health promotion as a shared duty across healthcare professions. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":223,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/miherc.org\/miherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/miherc.org\/miherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/miherc.org\/miherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miherc.org\/miherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/223"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miherc.org\/miherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1503"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/miherc.org\/miherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1507,"href":"https:\/\/miherc.org\/miherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1503\/revisions\/1507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/miherc.org\/miherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miherc.org\/miherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/miherc.org\/miherc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}