Features
MacQueen: a pioneering placement
Rachel Carter and Rebecca Reynolds describe plans to help improve knowledge, skills and understanding in key aspects of public health and health inequalities.
One-to-one: just doing what's right
Meet another of your new vice-presidents… councillor Sara Rowbotham talks to Aviva Attias about her career twists and turns – and her future plans.
The health visitor, the ecological approach and the assessment of health need with a focus on the gypsy and traveller community.
Jacqueline Cattenach explores the links between child development and health and cultural factors in this most marginalised of groups.
News
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Scotland: minimum alcohol pricing fails to dent underage drinking habits
Minimum unit pricing (MUP) of alcohol has had no impact on under-18s’ drinking habits, say researchers.
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England: jab drives HPV to lowest level in 12 years
Cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are now at a very low level in young, sexually active women in England, following the introduction of the HPV vaccination in 2008.
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England: meningococcal vaccine reduces disease by almost two-thirds
Infant vaccination against group B meningococcal disease (MenB) has significantly reduced the number of cases of the disease in young children, research by Public Health England shows.
Regional/CountryImmunisation & illness
Resources
Student learning in community experience: SLICE project
Zoe Clark, Cameron Cox, Mary Brady and Jayne Price gathered children’s nursing students’ experiences of community practice placements to develop the best possible online resource.
Safeguarding supervision: on the front line
Ann Guindi, Alex Hassett and Margie Callanan explored the factors that contribute to effective safeguarding supervision in community nursing.
Streamlining of the Mellow Parenting Observation System for research and non-specialist clinical use
Researchers Lucy Thompson, Gerry King, Eleanor Taylor, Christine Puckering and Phil Wilson explored whether a streamlined version of a tool to assess parent-child interactions provided comparable data to the full system and gathered feedback from health visitors.
Opinion
The first lesson: resilience
Leading expert in trauma-informed training Sue Penna explains how resilence is the best skill children can learn.
Voice of a student: take the leap
Bonnie Harley
Newly qualified health visitor, Cardiff & Vale UHB
Rights at work: the verdict on pensions
Colenzo Jarrett-Thorpe, Unite national officer for health, answers your questions about NHS pensions and the McCloud court case that showed how transitional provisions to pensions breached age discrimination law.
Community Practitioner
In Depth
Endometriosis: a cycle of pain
The scale of the misery caused to two million women by endometriosis will come under the spotlight during Endometriosis Awareness Month in March. Journalist Jo Waters reports on the drive for greater awareness.
Promoted Content
Alarm bells ringing: the adult care crisis
Successive governments have failed to stop the rot in the adult social care system, and it is now approaching crisis point. As we go to the polls, journalist Linsey Wynton explores what’s at fault, what’s needed and how urgently.
What do you see?
Negative body image is an issue for children and adults alike. What’s the impact, and how can you help? Journalist Anna Scott reports.
Time for a screen break?
Concerns have been raised that digital devices are now a fundamental part of so many children’s lives, but are there mixed messages around the impact on young people? And how can you help parents navigate the advice? Journalist Georgina Fuller reports.
