Features
Climate change: a public health emergency?
An unhealthy planet means unhealthy people too, with high impact predictions on health for all unless everyone takes action. Environmental journalist Mary Griffin reports.
The role of sexual health nurses in identifying child sexual exploitation
Ann Marie Sangster, Dr Maureen Crowley, and Amanda McGrandles explore sexual health nurses’ perceptions of their role in the identification of children and young people at risk of sexual exploitation, using an interpretivist generic qualitative approach.
News
-
Sex education overhaul
Sex education is being reformed as part of the development of a new curriculum due to be rolled out across schools and settings in Wales in 2022.
Regional/CountrySexual health, Education -
Unite health members vote in favour of NHS pay deal
NHS health workers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the three-year pay deal proposed by the government.
UnionProfessional -
General anaesthetic in children linked to arrested development
A study of more than 210,000 children has found that those exposed to general anaesthesia before the age of four were more likely to fare worse at school than their unexposed peers.
ResearchGrowth and development
Resources
Evaluating group work for supporting the emotional wellbeing of young people in care
Una Foye, Emily Satinsky, Camilla Rosan and Josefien Breedvelt examine the My Life, My Future programme that was set up to boost the emotional wellbeing and resilience of looked-after young people.
Evaluating the impact of the 5 pillars of parenting programme: A novel parenting intervention for Muslim families
Universal parenting intervention courses often fail to recruit and retain Muslim families. Kathryn Thomson, Hanan Hussein, Kathleen Roche-Nagi and Ruth Butterworth evaluated the impact of the faith-based Five Pillars of Parenting programme.
An exploration of the mental health needs of asylum seeking women and children in the UK: implications for health visiting practice
This literature review by Robert Dransfield and Liz Clark explores the issues surrounding the mental health and wellbeing of asylum seekers in the UK as it relates to health visiting practice.
Opinion
24 hours with Clare Henderson
Clare is a peripatetic HV for the charity SSAFA, providing services in Cyprus to military and entitled civilian families.
Conference - don't miss out
Unite’s head of health Sarah Carpenter advises you on how to fund your attendance at the Unite-CPHVA annual professional conference.
Your rights - speaking up
Unite were among the thousands of union members and campaigners who marched to demand a new deal for working people.
Community Practitioner
In Depth
GDPR: the transfer of data power
New data protection laws came into force across Europe last month, with major implications for how organisations gather and process personal information. Journalist Juliette Astrup looks at why this matters to you.
