Providing sun safety advice: The midwife's role

Authors/Creators

Sadie Geraghty, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Clare Davidson, ECUFollow

Abstract

There is currently a global increase in women being diagnosed with melanoma during their childbearing years. Many women are delaying motherhood and pregnancy, and starting their families later in life, after completing education and establishing careers. As melanoma incidences increase with age, more women could be faced with developing melanoma before or during pregnancy. Therefore, midwives play an intrinsic role in proving information and education regarding sun safety for themselves, their newborns and families.

RAS ID

24089

Document Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

2017

School

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Copyright

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Publisher

BMJ

Comments

Geraghty, S., & Davison, C. (2017). Providing sun safety advice: The midwife’s role. British Journal of Midwifery, 25(6), pp. 354-356. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2017.25.6.354

Recommended Citation

Geraghty, S., & Davidson, C. (2017). Providing sun safety advice: The midwife's role. DOI: https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2017.25.6.354