Health Visiting and the Family

Synopsis: Examines the work of health visitors and how they understand their role. Considers whether their efforts to meet health needs may be mediated by particular cultural views of childhood and motherhood which influence the theory and practice of health visiting. Two health visitors are shown visiting mothers and children at home in the Plymouth area and later talk about what they are doing. Jean Orr, lecturer in nursing at Manchester University and Pamela Abbott, researcher at Plymouth Polytechnic, are interviewed about some of the tensions inherent in the role of health educator.
Series: Social Problems and Social Welfare, Course D211
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.
Year of production: 1987
Availability: OUT OF DISTRIBUTION
Subjects: Medical sciences; Social welfare
Keywords: health visiting

Name: Open University Worldwide
Web: http://www.ouw.co.uk External site opens in new window
Phone: +44 (0) 1908 274066
Address: Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
Notes: NB. As of May 2016 Open University Worldwide are no longer distributing DVDs. They have posted this message on their website: ‘Unfortunately Open University Worldwide Limited has decided that product sales are no longer viable given the reduced funding to Higher Education institutions and diminishing demand for the products we have traditionally stocked. At present the Open University Students Association (OUSA) will continue to sell the "Good Study Guide", and we are in discussion with other possible distributors to continue to make The Open University’s products available for purchase. As soon as we have any information on other channels of distribution we will update this notice’. Some products are still available via second hand dealers on Amazon.co.uk

This record has been viewed 275 times.