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‘The UK Health Security Agency declared a national incident in January after a sharp rise in the number of measles cases, coinciding with the lowest uptake of vaccines recorded in more than a decade...
‘… it is also important to have clinic sessions arranged for evenings and weekends. This is to support young people who were not happy to be vaccinated at school or who have missed the school...
The measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine was launched in the UK in 1988, when childhood immunisation uptake was at a 92% high (Raneri and Matusitz, 2014).
The Children's Society performs regular surveys of happiness with children and their parents or carers, and their reports (The Good Childhood Report) are often cited as evidence for problems with...
‘The press and media are always keen to hear about stories from the frontline … SAPHNA collates case studies that help us bring school nursing to life. So, please share the good work that you are...
The latest statistics from the NHS tell us that 20.3% of 8 to 16-year-olds have a probable mental health condition–up from 12.1% in 2017 when this research was first carried out.
NHS research shows that around 16% have a probable mental health condition at late primary age, rising to almost 23% in secondary – notably higher than when the annual research began in 2017.
This all took place before the pandemic. The further impact of the pandemic on the mental health needs of the population made an existing problem even more complex. For a substantial period of time,...
‘The data now shows that infants and children living in deprived areas are more than twice as likely to die than those in less deprived areas.’ .
‘It is concerning that a proportion of adolescents believe that the physical and mental health effects of e-cigarette use are non-existent or very minimal.’ .
The health benefits of breastfeeding are well researched and are recognised by professional bodies both nationally and globally (UNICEF, 2021; World Health Organization [WHO], 2021). Benefits which...
The purpose of this study was to investigate factors that affect students' wellbeing..
Sara is 15 and pregnant. The father of her child left to go back to his home country early in the pregnancy. Sara is now 28 weeks pregnant and still at school. She is struggling because of her...
‘School nurse leadership needs to be bold, constructively challenge and use evidence to support changes in practice.’ .
With another new school year comes more evidence of families being pushed to the brink and the impact on students in our schools.
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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