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Reducing unintentional injuries amongst children and young people: preventing road traffic accidents by Claire Robson
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Road traffic accidents are a leading cause of death amongst children and young people age 5-19. In fact they are the leading cause of death amongst females age 5-19 and the second leading cause of death amongst males of this …
Supporting Vulnerable Groups by Heidi Ferrier-Hixon
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Every day when I finish work I take a moment to reflect on the day and its event’s. I always end on the same note feeling privileged to be a part of a school nursing team. School Nursing (SN) is …
School Nurse Toolkit - Improving young people's health literacy by Emma Rigby
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The Association for Young People's Health (AYPH) is pleased to launch a toolkit for school nurses, as part of Public Health England's school nurse team week of action. The toolkit, produced with support from Public Health England, has been designed …
Supporting Children to Improve Oral Health by Jenny Godson
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Poor oral health can affect a child’s emotional, physical and educational development. By the time children in England start school a quarter of them have tooth decay and those who have it, have on average 3-4 decayed teeth. Tooth decay …
National Child Measurement Programme by Loretta Sollars
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Whenever you hear a statistic quoted about the high levels of obesity in our primary school children, it is almost certainly a figure that has been reported through the National Child Measurement Programme. On 3rd November, NHS Digital (hyper link: …
Teenage pregnancy and young parents: the key contribution of school nurses by Alison Hadley
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Thanks to the huge efforts of councils, their health partners and frontline practitioners to equip young people with good information and early advice, the under-18 conception rate has fallen by 51% since 1998. However, rates young people remain at highest …
Immunisation: Protect, prevent, promote by Penny Greenwood
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As public health nurses, we know how important it is to support parents in protecting themselves, children and their family against infectious and debilitating illnesses through accessing immunisations. Health visitors, working in partnership with general practice nurses, GPs, pharmacies and …
Smart Commissioning in Shropshire - Ensuring School Nurses can Deliver by Jo France
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Building strong partnerships across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Dudley has helped our school nurses to take a lead, along with our Health Visiting colleagues, in delivering the Healthy Child Programme addressing key public health issues such as sexual health, …
Childhood Immunisation: MMR Vaccine by David Green
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Nurses play an important role in raising awareness about the benefits of immunisation. Despite current high immunisation uptake rates in infants and children, we are still seeing cases of and clusters of measles in teenagers and young adults. This is …
Why resilience matters to children and young people by Eustace de Sousa
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We hear a lot about resilience – described by some as ‘grit’, ‘determination’, ‘self-control’ and ‘character’. Most agree that it is the ability to resist adversity, and to bounce back from adversity when you feel you can’t avoid it – …
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