Assessing leadership in a US home visiting programme

Children's Trust of South Carolina, a state leader in improving the health and wellbeing of SC families and children, serves as the lead agency for the SC MIECHV programme. The aim of the SC MIECHV...

Evaluating the effectiveness of a parent programme focusing on parental feeding styles as part of a childhood obesity intervention

This paper is written up following the revised Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellences (SQUIRE 2.0) guidelines (Ogrinc et al, 2016).

Raising the roar: The power of political advocacy in school nursing

Following the launch at the House of Lords, attendees gathered outside, united by a shared mission: to advocate for ‘A School Nurse in Every School’. Armed with banners, placards, and an unshakable...

Fixing food insecurity is a matter of political will

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Almost a quarter of pupils report being frequently bullied with those with SEND or living in poverty at increased risk.

Research roundup

This research aimed to determine whether high body mass index (BMI) in children may contribute to depression in adolescence, potentially as a result of body dissatisfaction. In this study, Blundell et...

A School Nurse for Every School: A report on the 2024 SAPHNA conference

Interventions tackling children's food insecurity: A commentary on a systematic review

The systematic review by Holley and Mason (2019) conducted electronic searches in three electronic databases up to July 2018. The search strategy utilised key terms relating to ‘food insecurity’...

Managing eczema from infancy to adolescence

Atopic eczema is characterised by pruritus (itchy), inflamed skin and resultant changes, and a personal or family history of other atopic conditions, commonly asthma and allergic rhinitis (NICE,...

Career progression opportunities and the retention of health visitors

Adequate staffing is crucial for the NHS to deliver a healthcare service that meets the growing needs of the population (NHS England, 2023a). The Health Foundation (2018) reported that between 2017...

A quality improvement project to assess the effectiveness of Youth Mental Health First Aid Training for school nurses

As a QIP, there was investment from the organisation, with time taken out of direct clinical school nursing work for those to attend a 2-day training course, as well as financial investment in...

Contributing to health visiting research: Participating in the ADBB study

ADBB stands for the Alarm Distress Baby Scale, an observation tool for identifying social withdrawal in babies aged from birth–24 months (Guedeney and Fermanian, 2001). The ADBB study was a...

New National Childhood Measurement Programme data shows continued higher obesity prevalence in deprived areas

‘The report found a strong relationship between deprivation and obesity, though it does not name or identify any particular areas or regions of the country. Children and young people living in the...

Taking a position on school nurses' role in safeguarding

‘…the school nurse workforce is facing a crisis … the number of school nurses has fallen by over a third since 2009, at the same time the public health grant has been cut by £1 Billion in real...

Funding to prevent ill health throughout the life course

‘It seems counter-intuitive that public health funding which supports preventive measures on a community-wide and an individual basis was not increased in the Budget’ .