Curriculum for childbirth preparation classes
Date
1995
Authors
Schottner, Anna
University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Education
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Publisher
Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Education, 1995
Abstract
This curriculum has been developed to guide and assist health care professionals in the instruction of childbirth
preparation classes for expectant parents. This curriculum has been designed with a foundational philosophy of helping
families to achieve a safe, dignified and joyful birth experience.
Traditionally, pregnancy has been viewed as an illness since most gravid women have a doctor as their birth
attendant. Doctors treat illness, and this is where the myth of pregnancy as a disease, began. However; today, there is a
growing paradigm shift in childbirth practices as prospective parents are becoming increasingly more educated in the labor
and birth process.
Childbirth educators need to be knowledgeable and teach from a curriculum that continues to help this consumer
movement onward. A dignified, joyful birth is one in which a pregnant couple have choices, and are active participants in
the birth of their child. This curriculum has been created to obtain this goal.
Description
137 leaves in various pagings ; 22 x 29 cm.
Keywords
Childbirth -- Study and teaching , Childbirth