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The research used a cross-sectional design and an online self-administered...
The current NICE bronchiolitis guidelines advise HCPs on when children should be discharged and provides key safety information for caregiver reference when caring for a child at home. The latter...
The FRSH (2019a) has published advice on how to conduct a consultation with a young person (Table 1)..
The systematised review used Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) (Page et al, 2021). Data extraction was undertaken by the author. The study used the Mixed...
Sphere of influence B: Transforming specialist community public health nursing practice: evidence, research, evaluation and translation.
The State of Child Health report in 2020 revealed that performance against key indicators had worsened or stalled, there have been increases in mental illness, child poverty, youth violence, children...
Co-production in higher education involves collaborating with various stakeholders to co-design, co-manage, co-deliver and co-evaluate educational programmes (Brown Wilson et al, 2022). For NMC (2023)...
A free revalidation portfolio and CPD resource for nurses and midwives.
None of us need reminding of the importance of early childhood experiences in relation to physical, intellectual, and emotional development. However, it is just as essential to promote healthy...
‘MDIs are considered more challenging to use than most other devices … Spacer devices are therefore helpful tools that … minimise coordination difficulties, reduce oropharyngeal deposition and...
The WHO (2022) stresses the need for high-quality postnatal care to improve the outcomes of maternal and infant health and wellbeing, and promote positive postnatal experiences. Increasingly,...
Developing interventions that target perpetrators as well as victims is essential in addressing the rising incidence of cyberbullying that CYP currently encounter. SNs need to take the lead and work...
‘And though there is no evidence for phobias pre-programmed through evolution, there is some evidence in animals that suggests that we may be readier to learn a fear to an evolutionary relevant...
Teaching children empathy can have a positive impact on their behaviour, emotional awareness, and tolerance and understanding of other cultures, a study has found (Webb et al, 2024).
’Poverty at any age can have a devastating mental health impact but can be especially pernicious for children and young people. It is “impossible to overestimate how important poverty is as a driver”...
The shortage of health visitors and the change in commissioning of services has resulted in many first-time parents having no access to health visitors in those crucial first few weeks and months.
‘NHS mental health teams are currently in contact with record numbers of children and young people, and since fast-tracking the introduction of these MHSTs, it's brilliant that we can confirm that...
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‘GPs and health practitioners have issued an urgent warning to parents to vaccinate their children, after a huge spike in the number of cases of whooping cough in the UK in recent months.’ .
The ‘Supporting a Child with ADHD’ SilverCloud programme has been designed for parents and carers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is a neuro-affirming programme...
‘School nurses utilise their clinical judgement and public health expertise to identify health needs early, determine potential risk, and provide early intervention to prevent issues from...
Journal of Family & Child Health provides clinical resources for children’s health and wellbeing. Our goal is to provide you with the knowledge to meet the public health needs of young people.
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