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Title: FIGHT AGAINST PERINATAL DEATH AND HANDICAP: What Industry Can Do, the

Reference number: 4741

Date: 1980

Sponsor: [ Scottish Health Education Group, Edinburgh & Scottish Council for Spastics, Spastic Society, Health Education Council]

Production company: [ S.H.E.G (?)]

Sound: sound

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 15.11 mins

Description: Why a proper pregancy policy in the workplace is necessary to stop the problem of perinatal mortality. On perinatal death and handicap of babies: occurs most in UK to lower class and unsupported mothers. Gives examples of how to prevent this - shows ante-natal monitoring and education schemes for mothers.

Film aimed at employers to encourage them to give pregnant women extra consideration and the Scottish Agencies they can contact.
Also known as PREGNANCY AT WORK: Part 1.

Shotlist: [shotlisted from U-Matic copy 1, manual control track]

(00:00:00:00) title (00:00:23:02) c/u newborn babies focussing on how many have disabilities and have problems just before birth, discussion of how smoking and low income in the mother can be a factor (00:01:01:03) diagram of Britain showing where low income families live in general (00:01:04:18) c/ female worker performing duties on bottle shop floor, followed by c/u report "Perinatal Mortality The First Report of the British Perinatal Mortality Survey 1975 - 77 by AM Adelstein, Isobel M MacDonald Davies, Josephine AC Weatherall" (00:01:38:13) mother-to-be reading magazine in doctor's waiting room. Commentary on perinatal mortality saying age, health, diet, bad housing, poverty are all factors. Woman to camera talking about how a scheme set up in Sighthill has more than halved the number of babies born with a disability and die shortly after birth. Stills showing home care, social support, doctors surgery, general information (00:02:34:22) woman to camera, how Spastics Society conducted research into low paid workers having problems with ante-natal care and how these were overcome. (00:02:49:11) Alasdair Robertson, Director of Personnel at Strathleven Bonded Warehouse Ltd. in Dumbarton, discussing how disability at birth is preventable, and how they wanted to do something about it. ints formal meeting with Argyll & Clyde Health Board Officials and the Spastics Society to try and set up research with i/v with women on shop floor and any problems that may be there that they were totally unaware of (00:03:35:06) Miss Ann Dillon representing the Spastics Society, gvs nurse about how women can't get information. GPs indifference - too busy and not enough resources (00:05:02:05) gvs bottling plant floor. where a woman worker comments on how if you were found to be pregnant you would be immediately dismissed, reasons why women do not ask for time off for ante-natal care (00:05:50:12) how they drafted up a Pregnancy Policy as a result of the research. Personnel manager comments. Many of the women are the main breadwinners in an area of high unemployment (00:06:34:16) Dr John Bryden of A & C Health Board speaks to camera. Ante Natal clinic and the Pregnancy Policy are separate. Discussion of education, ultrasound, healthier attitudes to life, discussion of new Employment Act of 1980, employers have to give time off work (00:08:31:04) c/u company newsletter giving information about how they should inform employer - how a plant nurse would advice in privacy of clinic on diet, smoking, drinking, their policy on letting pregnant women away five minutes early to avoid crush at gates, a free pint of milk, rest breaks for tea. (00:09:35:20) discussion of costs involved as low. No more passing out, or days lost to absence (00:11:24:07) discussion of Park Cakes Bakery in Oldham, their experience also good (00:11:50:11) discussion of how you have to 'tailor make' the policy to suit area and people it will serve. Thought out by Management etc supported through full consultation with Unions. c/u "House of Commons Second Report SOCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE. Session 1979 - 80 Perinatal and NeoNatal Mortality" (00:12:17:07) statement on screen The CBI, TUC and Regional Health Authorities should urge companies throughout the country to introduce schemes similiar to those pioneered by Strathkelvin Bonded Warehouses Ltd. and Park Cakes Ltd. of Oldham (00:12:29:13) Alasdair Robertson saying why we should support making people having better life. i/v lady who was pregnant and why the policy has worked for her - the money continuing. A National Policy to reduce number of babies born dead or with a disability has now begun. c/u newborn baby. Evidence given to select committee by Strath and union led to a change in the law so now all working women are entitled to ante-natal care without losing wages. General message is Get information they need to the women in workplace (00:13:55:16) c/u bottling plant, gvs women there may be additional implications for your company and workplace that this video doesn't cover (00:14:09:19) commentary informs that the following groups of people are prepared to help you plan a policy: Scottish Health Education Group, Woodburn House, Canaan Lane, Edinburgh & Scottish Council for Spastics, 22 Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh. Spastics Society,, 12 Park Crescent, London. Health Education Council 78 New Oxford Street, London. See telephone book for local Health Education Department (00:14:51:11)