No. Service provision is for all Further assessment is required - a public Yes the new service will be able to Sex – mothers with targeted support consultation process must be carried out identify and target women with additional for breastfeeding women and prior to change. Additionally, engagement infant support needs, including those their significant others. with the service is predominantly from breastfeeding, more effectively as they women, but the service specification will already provide a universal service and require engagement with male partners. therefore they see all families with new Support for partners of any gender should children in Kent. This removes the need to be included. separately access specialist support and should increase accessibility. Through the identification of key messages for engagement with male partners, the change could have a positive impact on male and female parents. No. There may be a small Further assessment is required, current The service should offer support and Gender identity number of Transgender picture unknown advice to all service users; there may be people whose needs are some need for training. KCC has an e – unknown to us at this stage learning module- providers may be asked to demonstrate how they intend to meet the needs of transgender service users No. Perceptions of and The Infant Feeding Survey 2010 Yes new service will be able to identify and Race attitudes towards infant (published 2012) found that the highest target with additional infant support feeding are influenced by incidences of breastfeeding were found needs, including those breastfeeding, from cultural practices which may among mothers from minority ethnic priority groups more effectively as they differ between ethnic groups. groups (97 per cent for Chinese or other provide a universal service and therefore For example, BME British ethnic group, 96 per cent for Black and 95 they see all families with new children in ethnicities are more likely to per cent for Asian ethnic group). This Kent. This removes the need to separately continue breastfeeding. suggests that further work needs to be access specialist support and should undertaken with women of White British increase accessibility origin in addition to offering a universal service. Further assessment is required - a In addition, media and promotion to public consultation process must be address negative beliefs and attitudes in carried out prior to change. Additionally, settings is part of this work. The issue of the updated specification will require men attending groups may be an issue for effective monitoring of service users in women of different racial groups relation to race to identify any equity issues of accessibility.
Sex No. Service provision is for all mothers with targeted support for breastfeeding women and their significant others. Further assessment is required - a public consultation process must be carried out prior to change. Additionally, engagement with the service is predominantly from women, but the service specification will require engagement with male partners. Support for partners of any gender should be included. Yes – the new service will be able to identify and target women with additional infant support needs, including those breastfeeding, more effectively as they already provide a universal service and therefore they see all families with new children in Kent. This removes the need to separately access specialist support and should increase accessibility. Through the identification of key messages for engagement with male partners, the change could have a positive impact on male and female parents. Gender identity No. There may be a small number of Transgender people whose needs are unknown to us at this stage Further assessment is required, current picture unknown The service should offer support and advice to all service users; there may be some need for training. – KCC has an e learning module- providers may be asked to demonstrate how they intend to meet the needs of transgender service users Race No. Perceptions of and attitudes towards infant feeding are influenced by cultural practices which may differ between ethnic groups. For example, BME British ethnicities are more likely to continue breastfeeding. The Infant Feeding Survey 2010 (published 2012) found that the highest incidences of breastfeeding were found among mothers from minority ethnic groups (97 per cent for Chinese or other ethnic group, 96 per cent for Black and 95 per cent for Asian ethnic group). This suggests that further work needs to be undertaken with women of White British origin in addition to offering a universal service. Further assessment is required - a public consultation process must be carried out prior to change. Additionally, the updated specification will require effective monitoring of service users in relation to race to identify any equity issues of accessibility. Yes new service will be able to identify and target with additional infant support needs, including those breastfeeding, from priority groups more effectively as they provide a universal service and therefore they see all families with new children in Kent. This removes the need to separately access specialist support and should increase accessibility In addition, media and promotion to address negative beliefs and attitudes in settings is part of this work. The issue of men attending groups may be an issue for women of different racial groups