Recently added articles from Community Practitioner:
Frontline pressures after Baby P: practitioners tell of the pressures that they now face in safeguarding children, highlighting a lack of supportive management and insufficient staffing levels.(NEWS FEATURE)
Jun 01, 2009; ... High-profile child deaths such as those of Baby P and Victoria Climbie have forced health and social care services to reassess more than once how child protection cases are handled. This has left them exposed to criticism for failing to implement effectively the reforms highlighted in Lord ...
An opportunity in the asking: the research forum on potential sources of funding that are available to health visitors and nurses in Scotland for research into community practice.(RESEARCH NOTES)(Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland )
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Research into the implementation of the proposed new model of community nursing in Scotland (1) is now available, (2) and there have been concerns over its evidence base and potential impact on the experiences of clients, patients and practitioners. ...
Controversial questions (part one): what is the right size for a health visiting caseload?(PROFESSIONAL)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Introduction Questions are often asked that illustrate a lack of understanding about the nature of health visiting services. One example is the question of what constitutes a suitable 'caseload size' for a full-time health visitor--there is sometimes frustration at the lack of ...
Nothing about us without us: involving families in Early Support.(PROFESSIONAL)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Introduction Early Support is the government programme to achieve child-centred and family-focused services for children aged nought to five years with a disability or complex need and their families. It is being introduced and used in local authorities, hospitals and ...
An agenda to damage: Transforming Community Services (TCS) furthers an agenda in England for greater NHS privatisation and fragmentation that must be opposed.(COMMENT)
Jun 01, 2009; ... 'Saving Private Ryan' was a major challenge for US army professionals, but saving community services in England will be a bigger challenge for healthcare professionals in the NHS. The privatisation agenda for the NHS in England has been driven by many different incentives. The ...
Alcohol brief interventions: exploring perceptions and training needs.(PROFESSIONAL)(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Introduction A range of alcohol problems are experienced by a large proportion of the general population. (1) The most common problems occur in non-dependent excessive drinkers (binge drinkers). (2,3) Young people are particularly vulnerable to the toxic effects of alcohol, due ...
Prescription to practise: preliminary findings from a pilot survey of community practitioner nurse prescribers have highlighted the need for this tool to be used more fully.(Survey)
Jun 01, 2009; ... The journey toward community practitioners being able to prescribe from the Nurse Prescribers' Formulary (NPF) (1) began with a suggestion in the Cumberlege Report. (2) The gauntlet was taken up by the Crown Report, (3) which recommended that patient care should be enhanced by widening ...
New infant growth charts: the new charts set breastfeeding as the norm for infant growth.(CLINICAL UPDATE)(Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health gives out new growth charts)
Jun 01, 2009; ... For some time, it has been recognised that the growth charts in use for infants have not been fit for purpose. Based on a mix of breastfed and bottle-fed children, they did not reflect optimal growth. In 2007, the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition and Royal College of Paediatrics ...
Breastfeeding protects against risk of SIDS.(CLINICAL PAPERS)(sudden infant death syndrome)(Report)
Jun 01, 2009 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Breastfeeding reduces the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) by 50% throughout infancy, a new study has found. In the last 20 years, prevention campaigns to reduce the risk such as prone sleeping have been successful, but SIDS is still the leading ...
Giving PCV before DPTaP-Hib vaccine is less painful for infants.(CLINICAL PAPERS)(pneumococcal conjugate vaccine)(Abstract)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Infants who receive the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) following the combination vaccine for diphtheria, polio, tetanus, pertussis and Haemophilus influenzae type b (DPTaP-Hib) vaccine appear to experience less pain than those immunised in the reverse order, according to a study ....
Study calls for participation by disabled children to be encouraged.(CLINICAL PAPERS)(Abstract)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Some European countries could make better provision for disabled children to allow them to participate in life on an equal basis with others, a large study has concluded. Participation, defined as involvement in life situations, is important for all children, but little is known about it ...
Use of a dummy may not affect breastfeeding adversely.(Abstract)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Using a pacifier (dummy) may not adversely affect breastfeeding duration or exclusivity, and their use should be weighed against protection from sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), according to a systematic review. Pacifiers have been thought to interfere with optimal breastfeeding, and ...
One in six older people living at home face malnutrition risk.(Abstract)
Jun 01, 2009 ... One in six participants in a study of older people living at home were under-nourished and at risk of malnutrition. Risk factors for malnutrition have previously been identified as diseases, several medications, low functional status, symptoms of depression and inadequate nutrient intake ....
Remission of postpartum depression improves sexual dysfunction.(Abstract)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Sexual dysfunction in women suffering from postpartum depression (PPD) improves once the depression is remitted regardless of what antidepressant is used, according to a clinical trial comparing nortriptyline versus sertraline for PPD in 70 women. The women aged 19 to 42 years who ...
Urinary incontinence prevalence pre- and postpartum.(Abstract)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Urinary incontinence is reported by nearly one-third of women during pregnancy and is much more common afterward among those who were incontinent while pregnant, a study has found. Urinary incontinence postpartum is a disorder consisting of incontinence starting before, during and after ...
Public sector to 'take hit' for budget savings: Unite concerned that 'efficiency savings' could affect service quality in the NHS.(NEWS)(National Health Service)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Unite has stated that increased privatisation in the NHS and other areas of the public sector should be the first candidates for cuts toward 'efficiency savings'. Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail stated: 'No area of the public sector--education, health and local ...
No ring-fenced money for safeguarding.(NEWS)
Jun 01, 2009 ... The new Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) child protection action plan has not addressed Lord Laming's concern that there is no ring-fenced money allocated for the safeguarding of children. Unite/CPHVA lead professional officer Obi Amadi stated: 'We believe ...
Saving community services.(YOUR RIGHTS AT WORK)
Jun 01, 2009; ... As Unite steps up its campaign against the 'patchwork privatisation' of the NHS, there are many things that the union can support local representatives to do at a local level in order to defend community services Privatisation threatens the NHS with higher costs and less ...
The protectors' handbook: reducing the risk of child sexual abuse and helping children recover.(RESOURCES)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2009; ... The protectors' handbook: reducing the risk of child sexual abuse and helping children recover Gerrilyn Smith, British Association for Adoption and Fostering (2008) ISBN: 9781905664474, 9.95 [pounds sterling] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
Child care today: what we know and what we need to know.(RESOURCES)(Book review)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Child care today: what we know and what we need to know Penelope Leach, Polity Press (2009) ISBN: 9780745647005, 14.99 [pounds sterling] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In a review that is printed on its cover, this book's author is ...