By NICE (2013)
This guidance makes recommendations on lifestyle weight management services for overweight and obese children and young people aged under 18.
Category: Infant Mortality
By Together for Short Lives (2013)
This document describes the population of children who need palliative care; the services and professionals who provide it; and recommendations for the commissioning of children’s palliative care within the context of the five stages of commissioning set out by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.
By Royal Society for Public Health (June 2013)
This is a report of an event held jointly by RSPH and the Institute of Health Visiting which was designed to explore the extraordinarily close links between early experiences, both in the womb and as a young infant, and the health of the community and public. It mentions the topics covered by the conference, including identifying the evidence base for the impact of early experience during pregnancy and the first two years in infants and young children, the implications of the evidence for health visiting practice and the public mental health implications of the evidence for policy makers.
Hardelid P, et al. PLoS ONE, 2013; 8(7)
Injuries are an increasingly important cause of death in children worldwide, yet injury mortality is highly preventable. Determining patterns and trends in child injury mortality can identify groups at particularly high risk. This study compares trends in child deaths due to injury in four UK countries, between 1980 and 2010.
By Department of Health (2013)
These guidelines aim to improve the communication between health visitors and local authority children’s social care teams using the SAFER process. It covers what should be considered before referral, and provides support for efficient and appropriate telephone referrals of children who may be suffering, or are likely to suffer significant harm.