By NHS Networks (2012)
Part of the Smart Guides to Engagement series, this guide helps clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) engage well with the public to build understanding and support for change.
Month: August 2012
By Nesta (2012)
The purpose of the catalogue is to enable practitioners to reflect on their own practice and the extent to which that represents co-production; and to enable them to learn about co-production practice. It combines a range of case studies, resources and other information on co-production in health settings as well as in other sectors, in the UK and internationally including chronic disease self-management.
By The Department of Health (2012)
The NHS Companion Document to the Outcomes Strategy for COPD and Asthma sets out best practice for the NHS to achieve the relevant objectives from the Outcomes Strategy.
By The Cochrane Library (2012)
People with asthma may show less tolerance to exercise due to worsening asthma symptoms during exercise or other reasons such as deconditioning, as a consequence of inactivity. Some may also restrict activities as per medical advice or family influence and this might result in reduced physical fitness. Physical training programs aim to improve physical fitness, neuromuscular coordination and self confidence. Subjectively, many people with asthma report that they are symptomatically better when fit, but results from trials have varied and have been difficult to compare because of different designs and training protocols. Also, as exercise can induce asthma, the safety of exercise programmes need to be considered
By NHS Networks (2012)
Part of the Smart Guides to Engagement series, this guide helps clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) understand and invest in community development (CD) to improve the health of their population. Community development is the practice of helping residents to act together to improve their conditions. It is used most in disadvantaged areas with health and other
inequalities.
By The General Medical Council (2012)
The guidance, Protecting children and young people: the responsibilities of all doctors, is aimed at supporting doctors who have to deal with a wide range of complex child protection issues. It makes clear the responsibilities of doctors in this area and advises where they can turn for support. The guidance comes into effect on the 3rd September.
By History and Policy Online (2012)
Laura King demolishes the myth that ‘modern fathers’, actively involved with their children, are a recent phenomenon. She warns that outdated stereotypes of fathers in the past as distant, tyrannical patriarchs continue to influence policy making and the application of legislation today.
Lipsky, L.M. et al. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 2012; 166(5): pp 465-472
This article examine associations of television viewing with eating behaviors in a representative sample of US adolescents. It found television viewing was associated with a cluster of unhealthy eating behaviors in US adolescents after adjustment for socioeconomic and behavioral covariates.
By Cancer Research UK
The report presents the first evaluation of the local cancer awareness and early diagnosis initiatives funded in 2010/11.
By the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse
This resource provides information and links to relevant documents regarding the 8 drug strategy outcomes.