Giving every child the best start in life really is a team effort; from parents, teachers, health visitors, school nurse nurses and communities; we all have a role to play. In this blog I want to focus on the important …
I recently had the pleasure of visiting allied health professional staff at Homerton hospital in London; I spoke to them about their role as health promoting practitioners; specifically with children and young people. I was bombarded with examples of how …
Allied health professionals have had, and will continue to play, a key role in the public health agenda. The focus on outcomes, with the development of the Public Health Outcomes Framework, will help AHPs to show how they add value …
Are you a health promoting practitioner? This question was asked at several conferences recently and the initial response revealed that only 20% of AHPs in the audience viewed themselves as such. This low response wasn’t because AHPs are not acting …
