The Irish Times – Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Attendance by teenagers at antenatal classes in the maternity unit of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda has increased by 90 per cent, thanks to the use of text messaging and other innovative strategies by a staff midwife.
Una O’Brien noticed when she was put in charge of all antenatal education in the unit in February 2007 that many young girls, who delivered in the hospital, were not attending for classes.