Health education intervention in the separation and divorce process

This paper argues the case for a full national conciliation service which would include the provision of anticipatory guidance on the health consequences of the divorce process. After a small empirical study on a group of women from York, evidence emerged that no such provision existed. Despite the fact that all the women belonged to, or were associated with, the One-Parent Family group in York, they all felt that some form of support agency and a health adviser would have been invaluable.