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Using Community Assets to Support Breastfeeding By Wendy Nicholson
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All Our Health, Blogs, Breastfeeding, Protecting Health
The benefits of breastfeeding are clear. As well as health benefits to mother and baby, increased breastfeeding rates contribute to reducing health inequalities through improved outcomes. Despite the benefits, rates in England remain low. Of particular concern is the number …
Celebrating Breastfeeding - Viv Bennett
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Blogs, Getting it Right for Children and Young People, Health Visiting, maternity, Reducing health inequalities
This week we are celebrating breastfeeding, this gives a real opportunity to focus on the benefits and impact on long term outcomes for both mother and baby including healthy weight, protection from infection and safety. World Health Organisation recommends that …
Healthier weight promotion for children: consistent messages - Loretta Sollars and Charlene Mulhern
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All Our Health, Blogs, Getting it Right for Children and Young People, maternity
We know children who stay a healthy weight and lead a healthy lifestyle tend to be fitter, healthier, have better attendance in school and be more self-confident. Health and care professionals are in a unique position to enable children, young people and …
Safer Children: Together we’ve got this. Child Safety Week - by Alison Morton
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Getting it Right for Children and Young People, Health Visiting, Protecting Health, Reducing Health Inequalities, School Nursing
This week is Child Safety Week (4th - 10th June) - a chance to bring together individuals and organisations around the UK to promote important safety messages to families. This blog showcases some good examples of local initiatives and introduces …
International Nurses Day - Children of Military Families - The challenges and opportunities- Blog by Wendy Nicholson
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All Our Health, Developing a compassionate culture, Getting it Right for Children and Young People, Reducing Health Inequalities, School Nursing
Just over 6 years ago I ‘virtually’ met a very determined mental health nurse via twitter, during various tweets @paul_RMHN raised in regards to the issue of the challenges that military children face. And on many occasions he posed …
International Nurses Day - Why should we discuss weight with children and families? Blog by Wendy Nicholson and Charlene Mulhern
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All Our Health, Blogs, Getting it Right for Children and Young People, Health Improvement, Reducing Health Inequalities, School Nursing
With nearly a third of children aged 10-11 either overweight or obese, it is clear that obesity and its associated health risks should be raised with families in a sensitive, open and empathetic manner. Talking about weight can be tricky …
International Nurses Day - Building Resilience - Recognising the 1001 days of adolescence - Blog by Wendy Nicholson
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All Our Health, Blogs, Compassion in Practice, Getting it Right for Children and Young People, Health Improvement, Health Visiting, Protecting Health, Reducing Health Inequalities, School Nursing
Growing up and family life isn’t always easy and the journey for some can be a roller-coaster. Family breakdown, bereavement, poor nutrition, bullying, drug taking, sexual health - are all challenges and present risk across the whole …
International Nurses Day – Improving prevention up front and centre - 'All Our Health' into Practice
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All Our Health, Blogs, Health Improvement, population health, Protecting Health, Reducing health inequalities
Today is International Nurses Day #IND2018, a chance to celebrate the great work that is being done by nurses in all settings and to consider what we can do to improve population health and prevent ill health. Health …
International Nurses Day - Leading on LGBT Inclusion
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All Our Health, Blogs, Compassion in Practice, LGBT, Reducing Health Inequalities
The theme of International Nurses Day in 2018 is “Nurses A Voice to Lead – Health is a Human right”, this aligns well with the NHS framework for nursing, midwifery and care staff . It is a …
International Nurses Day - Tuberculosis and Homelessness - what can we do? By David Parker-Radford
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All Our Health, Blogs, Health Improvement, Homelessness, population health, TB, Tuberculosis
Posted by: Viv Bennett, Posted on: 11.05.2018 - Categories: All Our Health, Blogs In the late 1980s, tuberculosis (TB) cases were fewer than 6000 in the UK and there was hope that the disease would be eliminated as a …
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