Features
Osteoporosis: the silent disease
A bone fracture is often the first indication of this typically asymptomatic common condition, writes journalist Julie Penfold.
Celebrating Black History Month
Specialist Vulnerability Practitioner Dawn Marie Blake, reveals how her NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating BAME staff this October and beyond.
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Unite calls for 15% pay rise or £3000 for NHS staff in the Covid-19 frontline
NHS workers should receive an early pay rise of 15% or £3000, whichever is greater, say Unite, as they write to the government.
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Cannabis use in pregnancy linked to autism risk
Children whose mothers reported using cannabis during pregnancy have a higher risk of autism, say researchers.
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Children’s relationship with natural world needs care
Children are happier and more likely to protect the natural world when they have a greater connection to it.
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What are health visitors’ perceptions about offering support to parents who have suffered a stillbirth, neonatal death or sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)?
Yinka Ogunbanjo explores how health visitors perceive their role in supporting bereaved parents through focus groups and one-to-one interviews.
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.
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.
Opinion
A new virtual reality: Unite-CPHVA conference
Introducing the Unite-CPHVA Annual Professional Conference and AGM 2020 – virtual style, and a word of thanks.
Tribute to Mary Seacole
A look at the life and legacy of the heroic nurse who bravely helped soldiers during the Crimean War, and still inspires others.
Training and adapting in a new world: SCPHN students
Continuing from last issue’s ‘University Challenged’, SCPHN leads across the UK share how programmes are being delivered during the pandemic.*
Community Practitioner
In Depth
Too young to cope? Helping teenage parents
Health visitor Julie Davidson describes techniques for working with often resistant teenage parents to make a real difference to the outcomes of young families.
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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.
