Welcome to the Birth Companions Course!
Global Mission Urban Centers of Influence
Course Summary
The Birth Companions course is an 11-module course to train caring individual how to mentor, advocate for, and support the mother-to-be during pregnancy and after giving birth to a child. This course includes information about how to set up a training program. This course can be taught as a community health seminar, as part of an evangelism project, during a health expo, in small groups, and in other venues.
What Will I Learn ?
You will learn how to support and mentor a mother to be during pregnancy and immediately following giving birth. You will also learn strategies to deliver this program in your community or other settings. This course is not a portion of a health care practitioner license. It does not give you the right to diagnose, prescribe, or oversee medical treatment of any kind.
What Do I Need To Know ?
After completing this course, you will earn 1 CEU and a certificate of completion in your Adventist Learning Community e-portfolio.
After completing this course for continuing education credit, you may re-enroll in the course for the purposes of resource retrieval, but not earn any additional CEUs.
Author Information
The General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Health Ministry Department, led by Dr. Peter Landless, created the Birth Companions course. It is also available to the registered user @ urbancenters.org where you can find several additional health ministries courses.
Dr. Allan Handysides
Retired Director of the Department of Health Ministries
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist World Church
Dr. Allan Handysides served the Seventh-day Adventist Church with distinction as Health Ministries Director for 15 years, retiring in 2013. Specialized in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics, he served as a medical missionary in Africa for many years, and his leadership played a seminal role in directing the church’s attention to the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS. He has been very intentional in developing specific programs aimed at the prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases in adults and children. He will speak on some of these issues.
Dr. Peter Landless
M.B., Bch., M.Med., FCP (SA), FACC, FASNC
Director, ICPA Executive Director
Dr. Peter Landless is the Executive Director of the International Commission for the Prevention of Alcoholism and Drug Dependency (ICPA) and Director of the General Conference Health Ministries Department. He is originally from South Africa, where he was in academic and private practice as a clinical cardiologist with a special interest in nuclear cardiology. He was also actively involved in pastoral work and is an ordained minister of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
The first eleven years of practice were spent in a mission program, which included obtaining a specialty in family medicine. During this time, two congregations were planted and church buildings completed. While specializing in internal medicine and cardiology, he was the associate pastor/pastor of a local congregation.
He is privileged to have had a distinguished military and academic career, and a blessed, blended ministry involvement in the Lord's vineyard.
Resources:
Publicity Materials to be utilized when running a training event:
General Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Health Ministries Department - Original Website: www.urbancenters.org
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