Wong, ST. et al. BMC Pediatrics, 2012; 12: 158
This study provides the first examination of a model of delivering PHC, using a Social Paediatrics approach.
Category: Healthy Child including NCMP & CDO
by The International Centre for Lifecourse Studies in Society and Health (2012)
This paper examined the relationship between health behaviours and young people’s well-being. Health-protective behaviours were associated with high well-being, and health-risk behaviours were associated with low well-being. Interventions to encourage healthy lifestyles among adolescents might not only benefit their future physical health but also their existing well-being. A gendered approach to targeting interventions was also recommended.
By The Young Foundation (2012)
This report looks at participation in sport and physical activity among young people in England. It sets out the reasons why participation rates are low and provides a four-point plan to get more people active.
Sweeting, HN. et al. BMJ Open, 2012; 2:e001446
The authors note that while there is concern about the negative impact of modern consumer culture on young people’s mental health, very few studies have investigated associations with substance use. In those which have, positive associations have been attributed to attempts to satisfy the unmet needs of more materialistic individuals. This study examines associations between different dimensions of consumerism and tobacco and alcohol use among Scottish early adolescents.
By the International Association for the Study of Obesity (July 2012)
According to this report, advertising of junk food continues to undermine children’s health despite the food industry’s promises that they would restrict their marketing activities. The review of advertising in Europe undertaken by IASO, a not-for-profit organisation, found that the industry’s own figures show that children’s exposure to advertisements for fatty and sugary foods had fallen by barely a quarter over the last six years.
By Save the Children (September 2012)
The report finds that parents choose to go hungry in order to feed their children, missing regular hot meals, unable to afford warm coats and new shoes and suffering enormous emotional strain. The charity highlights children’s – as well as parents’ – experiences living in recession-hit Britain and the extent to which poverty is blighting young lives. 1 in 8 of the poorest children in the UK go without at least 1 hot meal a day, and 1 in 10 of the UK’s poorest parents have cut back on food for them to make sure their children have enough to eat, the report reveals.
By Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (2012)
The authors’ objectives were to review the effectiveness of interventions to promote physical activity conducted in the hours immediately after school among young people. They concluded that limitations in study methods and problems with intervention implementation may explain the lack of effectiveness observed for interventions to promote physical activity among young people in the after-school setting. They stated that further research was needed. Their conclusions appear reliable and recommendations for further research appropriate.
By The Royal College of Nursing (2012)
This publication examines the background and development of the assistant practitioner role in children and young people’s services and looks at key policy issues as well as detailing recommendations for future development and implementation.
By ChaMPs (2012)
This film features the National Child Measurement Programme, a mandatory function that is soon to move from NHS to local authority control. The Director of Public Health for Knowsley talks about the importance of the programme and lessons learned and a local head teacher comments on how it is more effectively run through schools.
Beckett V. et al. Archives of Diseases in Childhood, 2012; 97: 838-841
Parents administer oral medications with various measuring devices including metal teaspoons, calibrated spoons and oral syringes. We aimed to determine which was the most accurate. The calibrated spoon was the most accurate producing a mean volume of 5 ml, while the oral syringe had the smallest variance. The increased variability of calibrated or metal spoons may result in under or overdosing especially when administering drugs with a narrow therapeutic window. Health care professionals must make a case-by-case decision regarding which device is preferable depending on the medication in question. Parental education could improve measuring accuracy.
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