Features
Health equality - can it ever be reached?
Landmark reports have shockingly revealed growing gaps between the health and life expectancy of the rich and poor in the UK. Journalist Jo Waters asks why these inequalities exist, plus if and how it’s possible to help bridge the divide.
What we’ve learned from supporting parents and their babies in lockdown
This Infant Mental Health Awareness Week, Victoria Joel at the NSPCC shares the insights gained through delivering their Baby Steps programme during a pandemic.
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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BAME communities at higher risk of dying from Covid-19
People from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities are at a higher risk of dying from Covid-19, a report from Public Health England (PHE) has confirmed.
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Domestic abuse: the danger indoors
Journalist Juliette Astrup explores the worrying surge in domestic abuse during the Covid-19 lockdown and what is being done to address it.
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News in numbers: May/June 2020
A breakdown of community health news this month, in numbers. Download the PDF, here.
Regional/CountrySafeguarding, Immunisation & illness, Mental Health
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
Student voices during Covid-19
Two health visitor students offer their honest accounts of what life’s been like since the pandemic hit, and share their concerns in the process.
What's your practice reality during Covid-19?
As the UK adjusts to life in lockdown, how are CPs carrying out crucial work while staying safe? Here’s just a snapshot of your current situations…
Tribute to Florence Nightingale
The month of May marks both International Nurses Day and the 200th birthday of Florence Nightingale. The world’s most famous nurse remains as relevant today as ever.
Community Practitioner
In Depth
Autism and activity: keeping it up
Psychologists Jez Janda and James Smolinski show how increasing physical activity among children with autism spectrum condition can transform the way interventions are delivered in the community.
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.
