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Provide "maternity box" for newborn babies #226

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@tmtmtmtm tmtmtmtm commented Oct 6, 2014

Modelled after the Finnish system.

A key component of this — that isn't always recognised in articles about it — is that it's conditional on registering for pre-natal care. This is widely credited as a key reason for Finland having one of the lowest rates of infant mortality in the world (and almost half that of the UK at present).

Modelled after the Finnish system. 
* http://www.kela.fi/web/en/maternitypackage
* http://www.buzzfeed.com/erinlarosa/heres-the-amazing-maternity-gift-box-all-new-parents-in-finl
* http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-22751415

A key component of this — that isn't always recognised in articles about it — is that it's conditional on registering for pre-natal care. This is widely credited as a key reason for Finland having one of the lowest rates of infant mortality in the world (and almost half that of the UK at present).
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Floppy commented Oct 7, 2014

I'm up for this. Can we include a reference to the finnish site so people can see what's in it?
Also, are there any stats on how many mothers-to-be don't register for antenatal care?
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tmtmtmtm commented Oct 7, 2014

I've updated it to include a link.

As far as I can tell the antenatal care rate is effectively 100% now, but I don't know where to find exact figures on that.

http://indigenousjobsandtrainingreview.dpmc.gov.au/incentives-expectant-mothers-access-ante-natal-care uses it as a case study, and notes that it reached 100% by 1979, from 20% when it was first introduced. (I've added that, and another good article on it I found, to the links above too.)

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Does every mother get this then? That page says "covered by the Finnish social security scheme" which suggests to me it's some how tied to social security benefit claimants?

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Every mother that registers for prenatal care, which in practice is essentially everyone. I presume "covered by" here simply means "administered by". In the 1930s and 1940s it was only available to low income families, but it was extend to everyone in 1949.

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Floppy commented Oct 12, 2014

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Provide "maternity box" for newborn babies
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