The latest Eating Disorder Bulletin is now available to view or download. Some articles are freely accessible, others require an Open Athens account. Please get in touch for support with this: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.
Category: Literature Searching
Public Health
Current Awareness
Source: KnowledgeShare
The role that alcohol or drug use can play in increasing the risk of suicide.
Carried out by Frankie Marcelline from Sussex Health on 27/9/2024
https://www.knowledgeshare.nhs.uk/index.php?PageID=literature_search_request_downloader&RequestID=52844
[This evidence search report aims to support a conference on suicide. This search focusses on the role that dependent or problematic patterns of alcohol and drug use, can play in increasing the risk of suicide. Results include a good number of very recent high-level studies on the risks of alcohol and drug use on suicide.]
Teens, screens and mental health.
World Health Organization (WHO); 2024.
https://www.who.int/europe/news/item/25-09-2024-teens–screens-and-mental-health
[New data from the WHO Regional Office for Europe reveals a sharp rise in problematic social media use among adolescents, with rates increasing from 7% in 2018 to 11% in 2022. This, coupled with findings that 12% of adolescents are at risk of problematic gaming, raises urgent concerns about the impact of digital technology on the mental health and well-being of young people.]
Digital health and equitable access to care.
Shaw J. PLOS Digital Health 2024;:10.1371/journal.pdig.0000573.
[This research uses a framework by Levesque et al on patient-centered access to care and the World Health Organization’s framework on digitally enabled health systems to generate insights into the ways that digital solutions can support access to needed health care for structurally marginalized communities.]
Keeping children and young people with mental health needs safe: the design of the paediatric ward.
Health Services Safety Investigations Body; 2024.
https://www.hssib.org.uk/patient-safety-investigations/keeping-children-and-young-people-with-mental-health-needs-safe-the-design-of-the-paediatric-ward/investigation-report/
[This investigation looks at the care of children and young people with mental health issues who are admitted to a paediatric ward in an acute hospital – that is, a ward for children and young people in a hospital that typically treats physical health conditions. Specifically, it focuses on the risk factors associated with the design of paediatric wards in acute hospitals caring for children and young people with mental health needs.]
Falls Prevention Horizon Scanning Bulletin September 2024
A new edition of the Falls Prevention Horizon Scanning Bulletin has been released. Please click the link below for more details. If you are unable to access any of the included items please contact academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.
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Eating Disorder Bulletin September 2024
The latest Eating Disorder Bulletin is now available to view or download. Some articles are freely accessible, others require an Open Athens account. Please get in touch for support with this: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.
Making Every Contact Count September 2024
The most recent Make Every Contact count public heath bulletin looking at latest evidence around smoking cessation, alcohol, healthy weight, healthy eating and physical exercise is now available. The bulletin is produced by Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT Library staff. If you cannot access any of the articles included in the bulletin please contact academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.
Smoking Cessation
Alcohol
Healthy Weight
Healthy Eating
Physical Activity
Forensic Psychiatry Bulletin August 2024
Current Awareness Bulletin
With thanks to our colleagues at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation trust the latest Forensic Psychiatry bulletin is now available to view and download. Some articles are freely accessible, others require an Open Athens account. Please get in touch for support with this: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.
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Spirituality and Mental Health Bulletin August 2024
Please find attached the latest Spirituality and Mental Health bulletin produced by the Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust library team. If you are unable to access any of the included articles please contact academic.library@lscft.nsh.uk.
Eating Disorder Bulletin August 2024
The latest Eating Disorder Bulletin is now available to view or download. Some articles are freely accessible, others require an Open Athens account. Please get in touch for support with this: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.
Public Health
Current Awareness
Source: KnowledgeShare
Independent play skills in children with learning disabilities and or autism.
Carried out by Amy Dunn from Sussex Health on 4/7/2024
https://www.knowledgeshare.nhs.uk/index.php?PageID=literature_search_request_downloader&RequestID=51164
[Independent play is when a child engages in one or multiple activities by themselves. Children with autism may approach play in a different way to that of their non-autistic peers. This evidence search report includes book chapters, dissertations, review articles and original research studies on the topic of independent play in children with autism and/or learning disabilities.]
Testing the waters: reducing health risks from water pollution.
National Engineering Policy Centre; 2024.
https://raeng.org.uk/news/new-report-urges-upgrades-in-wastewater-infrastructure-to-protect-public-health
[Led by the Royal Academy of Engineering, the report’s findings are based on risk-based assessments and consultations with more than 100 engineers, wastewater experts, the water industry, campaign organisations and policymakers. This is the first time a comprehensive report has been undertaken to assess actions to mitigate public health risks associated with the use of public waters, contaminated by faecal matter from human waste.]
Building minds for an uncertain future? Nurturing care in early childhood is more important than ever. [Abstract]
Hughes R C. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2024;109(7):594-595.
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[Children’s minds develop in response to their environments and the pace, scale and breadth of changes in the world raise concern for the future. To build minds which can deal with the challenges of a tumultuous world, child health professionals need to make the case for anticipatory investment.]
Smoking during pregnancy: latest data.
Allkins S. British Journal of Midwifery 2024;32(5):221.
[Editorial highlights how smoking during pregnancy can have significant consequences for mother and baby, and increases the risk of stillbirth, miscarriage and preterm birth but can also have long term impact putting babies and children at increased risk of asthma, chest and ear infections, as well as psychological problems.]
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Education Bulletin July 2024
Current Awareness
With thanks to our colleagues at Mid-Cheshire NHS Foundation trust the latest Education bulletin is now available to view and download. Some articles are freely accessible, others require an Open Athens account. Please get in touch for support with this: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk.