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Transgender Awareness Week

Transgender Awareness Week is a time to uplift trans voices, share stories, and work toward greater acceptance. This week highlights the resilience of transgender people while addressing the discrimination many still face. It’s an opportunity for allies to show support, educate themselves, and advocate for a more inclusive society. Let’s come together to ensure everyone feels respected and valued, regardless of gender identity.

Tackling health inequalities: seven priorities for the NHS – The King’s Fund

Drawing on The King’s Fund’s five-year programme of work on health inequalities and tackling the worst health outcomes, which includes insights from stakeholders, partners and people with lived experience, this long read outlines what we think the anticipated 10-year health plan should focus on to help the NHS do more to tackle these challenges.

Tackling Health Inequalities | Seven Priorities For The NHS | The King’s Fund (kingsfund.org.uk)

Bank Holiday Monday!

Please note that the Lantern Centre will be closed this Bank Holiday Monday. We’re taking the day to relax and recharge, and we hope you’ll be able to do the same!

We’ll be back to our regular hours on Tuesday. If you need to reach us urgently, please send us an email, and we’ll respond as soon as possible.

BMJ Best Practice

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Public Health

Current Awareness

Source: KnowledgeShare

Menstrual education programs for girls and young women with intellectual and developmental disabilities: A systematic review. [Abstract]
Randall KN. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
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[Nine studies were included. All reported significant improvements in participant skills and/or knowledge following the intervention. Only one study addressed self-agency and self-esteem as an outcome of the intervention. Further research is needed to understand the impact of menstrual health and hygiene education on variables apart from skill improvement such as self-agency and long-term health outcomes related to menstrual health.]

Community health services explained.
The King’s Fund; 2024.
https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/long-reads/community-health-services-explained
[Compared with other parts of the NHS, community health services are often poorly understood by policy-makers, national and local health service leaders, and staff working in other parts of the system, and have not always received the same national profile as the rest of the NHS. The way these services are structured and delivered is complicated, and as a result, data about them is hard to aggregate. In this explainer we outline what we know about community health services in England.]

Pre-existing sleep disturbances and risk of COVID-19: a meta-analysis.
Zhou J. eClinicalMedicine 2024;:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102719.
[Sleep disturbances are widespread but usually overlooked health risk factors for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Pre-existing sleep disturbances, especially OSA, increased the risk of COVID-19 susceptibility, hospitalization, mortality, and long COVID. Age and sex played important roles in the effect of sleep disturbances on COVID-19.]

First episode psychosis caregiver perspectives on motivational interviewing for loved ones training: A qualitative study. [Abstract]
Ipekci B. Early Intervention in Psychiatry 2024;18(7):553-560.
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[BACKGROUND: Past research has found that family involvement in psychosis treatment leads to better patient outcomes. Thus, caregiver communication skills training can be a viable approach to reducing caregiver stress and increasing self-efficacy and communication.]

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The King’s Fund Bulletin

The King’s Fund has released their latest Health and Wellbeing bulletin, packed with essential updates on healthcare trends, policies, and research. This bulletin is a must-read for anyone interested in staying informed about the latest in health and wellbeing.

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Health and Wellbeing Bulletin (kingsfundmail.org.uk)