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The global shortage of school nurses
Author: Sage Journals
Open The global shortage of school nurses
Bullying and Victimisation and the link with Adverse Childhood Experiences – recording
Author: ACAMH
Open Bullying and Victimisation and the link with Adverse Childhood Experiences – recording
Supporting children who have additional needs and disabilities (SEND/ASN/ALN)
Author: NSPCC Learning
Open Supporting children who have additional needs and disabilities (SEND/ASN/ALN)
Challenges young people are facing around sexuality and gender identity
Author: NSPCC Learning
Open Challenges young people are facing around sexuality and gender identity
Lessons learnt (so far) from establishing models of integrated clinical care for children and young people
Author: Connecting Care for Children
Open Lessons learnt (so far) from establishing models of integrated clinical care for children and young people
Researching Sensitive Topics With Children and Young People: Ethical Practice and Blurry Boundaries
Author: Sage Journals
Open Researching Sensitive Topics With Children and Young People: Ethical Practice and Blurry Boundaries
The Need for a School Nursing Service in Italy: Time to act
Author: Sage Journals
Open The Need for a School Nursing Service in Italy: Time to act
Supporting children, young people and families with eczema
Author: Journal of Prescribing Practice
Open Supporting children, young people and families with eczema
School nurse shortage leaves ‘a third’ of teaching assistants look for other jobs
Author: tes
Open School nurse shortage leaves ‘a third’ of teaching assistants look for other jobs
How schools are forced to fill the public services void
Author: Schools Week
Open How schools are forced to fill the public services void
Calls for 11,000 more school nurses in UK as children’s needs grow
Author: The Guardian – Annie O’Neill
Open Calls for 11,000 more school nurses in UK as children’s needs grow
This article is more than 1 month old ‘It all hinges on wellbeing’: UK school nurses’ crucial, underfunded role
Author: The Guardian – Anne O’Neill
Open This article is more than 1 month old ‘It all hinges on wellbeing’: UK school nurses’ crucial, underfunded role
Adolescent vaping; a sweet profit!
Author: The Lancet – Child & Adolescent Health
Open Adolescent vaping; a sweet profit!
Teens on screens: Life online for children and young adults revealed
Author: Ofcom
Open Teens on screens: Life online for children and young adults revealed
Class report: the state of school nursing
Author: RCN
Open Class report: the state of school nursing
British Journal of Child Health – Dec 2022 edition
Author: BJN Publish date: 02/12/2022
Open British Journal of Child Health – Dec 2022 edition
Burgers and coats: county lines gangs exploit hardship to recruit UK kids
Author: The Guardian
Open Burgers and coats: county lines gangs exploit hardship to recruit UK kids
Virtual school nurses can play a pivotal role in schools
Author: eSchool News
Open Virtual school nurses can play a pivotal role in schools
Protecting children from harms of vaping
Author: BMJ
Open Protecting children from harms of vaping
Food insecurity, poor dietary intake and a lack of free meal uptake amongst 16–17-year-old college students in the northeast of England, UK
Author: WILEY Online Library
Open Food insecurity, poor dietary intake and a lack of free meal uptake amongst 16–17-year-old college students in the northeast of England, UK
Addressing the health challenge of long COVID
Author: BMA
Open Addressing the health challenge of long COVID
Keeping children safe in education (KCSIE) 2022: summary of changes
Author: NSPCC
Open Keeping children safe in education (KCSIE) 2022: summary of changes
Skill-mix change and outcomes in primary care: Longitudinal analysis of general practices in England 2015–2019
Author: Science Direct
Open Skill-mix change and outcomes in primary care: Longitudinal analysis of general practices in England 2015–2019
New guide outlines steps to tackle woefully inadequate educational provision for children in custody
Author: The Howard League
Open New guide outlines steps to tackle woefully inadequate educational provision for children in custody
Educational poverty: how children in residential care have been let down and what to do about it
Author: UK Parliament
Open Educational poverty: how children in residential care have been let down and what to do about it
Behaviour in Schools Advice for headteachers and school staff
Author: Dept. of Ed
Open Behaviour in Schools Advice for headteachers and school staff
Respecting me, you, us: building healthy relationships and creating positive cultures
Author: CEOP
Open Respecting me, you, us: building healthy relationships and creating positive cultures
Everybody’s affected Peer on peer sexual harassment among learners
Author: Welsh Parliament Children, Young People and Education Committee
Open Everybody’s affected Peer on peer sexual harassment among learners
Young people’s views on digital ways of accessing primary care
Author: AYPH
Open Young people’s views on digital ways of accessing primary care
Exploring the potential of a school‑based online health and wellbeing screening tool: professional stakeholders’ perspectives and experiences
Author: BMC Public Health
Open Exploring the potential of a school‑based online health and wellbeing screening tool: professional stakeholders’ perspectives and experiences
School Nurse Practice: A Descriptive Spanish Study
Author: National Library of Medicine
Open School Nurse Practice: A Descriptive Spanish Study
Child Protection in England – National review into the murders of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson
Author: GOV.UK
Open Child Protection in England – National review into the murders of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson
A Rapid Review and Narrative Synthesis of the Consequences of Non-Inclusive Sex Education in UK Schools on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Young People
Author: Sage Journals
Open A Rapid Review and Narrative Synthesis of the Consequences of Non-Inclusive Sex Education in UK Schools on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Young People
School nurses to equip pupils with wellbeing ‘toolbox’ over summer break
Author: Nursing Times
Open School nurses to equip pupils with wellbeing ‘toolbox’ over summer break
LGBTQ+ young people; Just Like Us
Author: Just Like Us
Open LGBTQ+ young people; Just Like Us
Co-producing a social determinants of health questionnaire for an urban population in community child health
Author: Open Access
Open Co-producing a social determinants of health questionnaire for an urban population in community child health
Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image
Author: UK Parliament
Open Changing the perfect picture: an inquiry into body image

Books

Pocket book of primary health care for children and adolescents: guidelines for health promotion, disease prevention and management from the newborn period to adolescence (2022)
Author: WHO
Open Pocket book of primary health care for children and adolescents: guidelines for health promotion, disease prevention and management from the newborn period to adolescence (2022)
Mental Health First Aid
Author: Maudsley Learn
Open Mental Health First Aid
Last summer in Soho
Author: Jessica Streeting Publish date: 25/04/2019
Open Last summer in Soho
Stand Tall Little Girl
Author: Hope Virgo Publish date: 06/03/2018
Open Stand Tall Little Girl

Child & young people’s health

Promoting the health and wellbeing of looked-after children
Author: GOV.UK
Open Promoting the health and wellbeing of looked-after children
Wellbeing and mental health: applying All Our Health
Author: BJN
Open Wellbeing and mental health: applying All Our Health
Key messages from research on child sexual abuse perpetrated by adults
Author: CSA
Open Key messages from research on child sexual abuse perpetrated by adults
Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy
Author: GOV.UK
Open Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy
Population vs Individual Prediction of Poor Health From Results of Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening
Author: JAMA Network
Open Population vs Individual Prediction of Poor Health From Results of Adverse Childhood Experiences Screening
Looked After Children (LAC) – guidance
Author: RCPCH
Open Looked After Children (LAC) – guidance
Lindsay Graham: Eradicating food poverty—it is our duty to care and to advocate
Author: The BMJ Opinion
Open Lindsay Graham: Eradicating food poverty—it is our duty to care and to advocate
NICE guideline on Diabetes (type 1 and type 2) in children and young people: diagnosis and management
Author: NICE
Open NICE guideline on Diabetes (type 1 and type 2) in children and young people: diagnosis and management
Mental Health of Children and Young People in England, 2020: Wave 1 follow up to the 2017 survey
Author: NHS
Open Mental Health of Children and Young People in England, 2020: Wave 1 follow up to the 2017 survey
RSHE implementation guidance ‘Plan your Relationships, Sex and Health Education curriculum’ and teacher training materials
Author: Gov.uk
Open RSHE implementation guidance ‘Plan your Relationships, Sex and Health Education curriculum’ and teacher training materials
Plan your Relationships, Sex and Health Education
Author: Gov.uk
Open Plan your Relationships, Sex and Health Education
Child oral health update (3 years)
Author: British Society of Paediatric Dentistry
Open Child oral health update (3 years)
Child oral health update (3-6 years)
Author: British Society of Paediatric Dentistry
Open Child oral health update (3-6 years)
Child oral health update (7+ years)
Author: British Society of Paediatric Dentistry
Open Child oral health update (7+ years)
UK in danger of failing a generation of children and young people, says new report
Author: RCPCH
Open UK in danger of failing a generation of children and young people, says new report
Excellence in continence care
Author: NHS England Publish date: 01/06/2018
Open Excellence in continence care
Poverty and child health in the UK: using evidence for action
Author: OPEN ACCESS
Open Poverty and child health in the UK: using evidence for action
Safeguarding unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children
Author: Department for Education Publish date: 01/11/2017
Open Safeguarding unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children
Supporting pupils with medical conditions at school
Author: Department for Education Publish date: 01/09/2014
Open Supporting pupils with medical conditions at school
Tackling child sexual exploitation online
Author: GOV.UK Publish date: 03/09/2018
Open Tackling child sexual exploitation online
What good children and young people’s public health looks like
Author: PHE
Open What good children and young people’s public health looks like

Childhood obesity

New specialised support to help those living with obesity to lose weight
Author: GOV.UK
Open New specialised support to help those living with obesity to lose weight
National child measurement programme: conversation framework
Author: GOV.UK Publish date: 27/03/2019
Open National child measurement programme: conversation framework

Covid-19 Information and resources

Covid-19 in the UK: policy on children and schools
Author: BMJ
Open Covid-19 in the UK: policy on children and schools
Long Covid 1: assessing the long-term health effects of Covid-19
Author: Nursing Times
Open Long Covid 1: assessing the long-term health effects of Covid-19
The Covid-19 vaccination programme: trials, tribulations and successes
Author: The King’s Fund
Open The Covid-19 vaccination programme: trials, tribulations and successes
Barnardo’s warns of lasting impact of pandemic on children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing
Author: Barnado’s
Open Barnardo’s warns of lasting impact of pandemic on children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing
‘Generation COVID’? The socio-economic factors impacting young people’s mental health in the pandemic
Author: Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition
Open ‘Generation COVID’? The socio-economic factors impacting young people’s mental health in the pandemic
The Longest Lockdown report
Author: Disabled Children’s Partnership
Open The Longest Lockdown report
DFE Coronavirus: English guidance for schools, colleges and early years
Author: GOV.UK
Open DFE Coronavirus: English guidance for schools, colleges and early years
COVID-19 – summaries of key findings on children and young people’s views
Author: RCPCH
Open COVID-19 – summaries of key findings on children and young people’s views
COVID recovery PSHE modules
Author: Our Time
Open COVID recovery PSHE modules
Redeployment and Covid-19
Author: RCN
Open Redeployment and Covid-19
Community health service prioritisation plan
Author: NHS
Open Community health service prioritisation plan

Miscellaneous

An overview of the main messages from key data on young people’s health in the UK
Author: BMJ
Open An overview of the main messages from key data on young people’s health in the UK
Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2020: health trends and variation in England
Author: GOV.UK
Open Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2020: health trends and variation in England
Practice supervision through coaching – video
Author: Royal College of Nursing Publish date: 16/01/2020
Open Practice supervision through coaching – video

PHE and School nursing blogs

REVISED PHE Healthy child programme 0 to 19: health visitor and school nurse commissioning
Author: GOV.UK
Open REVISED PHE Healthy child programme 0 to 19: health visitor and school nurse commissioning
Apprenticeships that support Public Health Careers
Author: Gov.uk publication Publish date: 13/01/2020
Open Apprenticeships that support Public Health Careers

Reports

New RSPH report on the Wider Public Health Workforce
Author: RSPH
Download New RSPH report on the Wider Public Health Workforce
Mental health 360: services for children and young people
Author: The Kings Fund
Open Mental health 360: services for children and young people
Supporting unaccompanied children who arrive in the UK and are at risk of going missing: Good practice guidance
Author: Missing People/The Children’s Society
Open Supporting unaccompanied children who arrive in the UK and are at risk of going missing: Good practice guidance
Invasive cervical cancer incidence following bivalent human papillomavirus vaccination: a population-based observational study of age at immunization, dose, and deprivation
Author: JNCI
Open Invasive cervical cancer incidence following bivalent human papillomavirus vaccination: a population-based observational study of age at immunization, dose, and deprivation
Use of non-sugar sweeteners: WHO guideline
Author: WHO
Open Use of non-sugar sweeteners: WHO guideline
Carbohydrate intake for adults and children: WHO guideline
Author: WHO
Open Carbohydrate intake for adults and children: WHO guideline
Total fat intake for the prevention of unhealthy weight gain in adults and children: WHO guideline
Author: WHO
Open Total fat intake for the prevention of unhealthy weight gain in adults and children: WHO guideline
Saturated fatty acid and trans-fatty acid intake for adults and children: WHO guideline
Author: WHO
Open Saturated fatty acid and trans-fatty acid intake for adults and children: WHO guideline
Improving the mental health of babies, children and young people: a framework of modifiable factors
Author: GOV.UK
Open Improving the mental health of babies, children and young people: a framework of modifiable factors
Children, Violence and Vulnerability
Author: Youth Endowment Fund
Open Children, Violence and Vulnerability
Briefing on school attendance
Author: Children’s Commissioner
Open Briefing on school attendance
HBSC 2022 National Report
Author: HSBC
Open HBSC 2022 National Report
LGA Exploring children and young people’s mental health
Author: Sallyann Sutton
Open LGA Exploring children and young people’s mental health
National Child Measurement Programme, England, 2022/23 School Year
Author: NHS Digital
Open National Child Measurement Programme, England, 2022/23 School Year
Updated guidance on adolescent health and well-being
Author: WHO
Open Updated guidance on adolescent health and well-being
ADPH Manifesto for a Healthier Nation: Delivering Change

Download ADPH Manifesto for a Healthier Nation: Delivering Change
Major conditions strategy: case for change and our strategic framework
Author: GOV.UK
Open Major conditions strategy: case for change and our strategic framework
Working Together to Safeguard Children: changes to statutory guidance
Author: GOV.UK
Open Working Together to Safeguard Children: changes to statutory guidance
Spare AAI’s in schools; clarifications of scope of use
Author: Medicines & Healthcare Products RA
Open Spare AAI’s in schools; clarifications of scope of use
Keeping children safe in education
Author: Gov.uk
Open Keeping children safe in education
Centre for Social Justice: Lost and not found. School absenteeism
Author: CSJ
Open Centre for Social Justice: Lost and not found. School absenteeism
Meeting digital and technology standards in schools and colleges – Filtering and monitoring standards for schools and colleges – Guidance
Author: GOV.UK
Open Meeting digital and technology standards in schools and colleges – Filtering and monitoring standards for schools and colleges – Guidance
Diabetes (type 1 and type 2) in children and young people: diagnosis and management – medicines for type 2 diabetes (update)
Author: NICE
Open Diabetes (type 1 and type 2) in children and young people: diagnosis and management – medicines for type 2 diabetes (update)
‘A lot of it is actually just abuse’- young people and pornography
Author: Children’s Commissioner
Open ‘A lot of it is actually just abuse’- young people and pornography
Key messages from research on children and young people who display harmful sexual behaviour
Author: Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse
Open Key messages from research on children and young people who display harmful sexual behaviour
peer support and relationships after sexual abuse experienced in adolescence
Author: Child Abuse Review
Open peer support and relationships after sexual abuse experienced in adolescence
Caffeine: Effects on sleep and academic performance in college students
Author: BJCH Publish date: 17/02/2023
Open Caffeine: Effects on sleep and academic performance in college students
Trends in official data
Author: CSA
Open Trends in official data
Ready to learn and thrive: school health and nutrition around the world – UNESCO Digital Library
Author: Unesco
Open Ready to learn and thrive: school health and nutrition around the world – UNESCO Digital Library
Long-term strategy launched to fix children’s social care
Author: GOV.UK
Open Long-term strategy launched to fix children’s social care
The Report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
Author: IICSA
Open The Report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
Children’s commissioner Help at Hand Annual Report and Review
Author: Children’s Commissioner
Open Children’s commissioner Help at Hand Annual Report and Review
The Future Preparation and Regulation of Specialist Community Public Health Nursing
Author: iHV
Open The Future Preparation and Regulation of Specialist Community Public Health Nursing
Dismissed for too long The impact of migraine on children & young people
Author: The Migraine Trust
Open Dismissed for too long The impact of migraine on children & young people
Supporting school nurses to deliver emotional and mental health interventions: a service evaluation
Author: Primary Health Care
Open Supporting school nurses to deliver emotional and mental health interventions: a service evaluation
Children’s happiness continues to decline, annual wellbeing survey reveals
Author: CYP NOW Publish date: 26/09/2022
Open Children’s happiness continues to decline, annual wellbeing survey reveals
Working Group Reports
Author: Children’s Alliance
Open Working Group Reports
Explaining variation in spending – public health
Author: LGA
Open Explaining variation in spending – public health
Alone with my phone? Examining beliefs about solitude and technology use in adolescence
Author: Sage Journals
Open Alone with my phone? Examining beliefs about solitude and technology use in adolescence
Back into school: New insights into school absence
Author: Children’s Commissioner
Open Back into school: New insights into school absence
Children and parents: media use and attitudes report 2022 – interactive data
Author: Ofcom
Open Children and parents: media use and attitudes report 2022 – interactive data
Boarding schools: national minimum standards
Author: GOV.UK
Open Boarding schools: national minimum standards
The Little Village family poverty report 2022
Author: The Little Village
Open The Little Village family poverty report 2022
Corporate report Ofsted strategy 2022–27
Publish date: 26/04/2022
Open Corporate report Ofsted strategy 2022–27
Children and parents: media use and attitudes report 2022 – interactive data
Author: Ofcom
Open Children and parents: media use and attitudes report 2022 – interactive data
ChatHealth Innovations report
Author: Digital Health Transformation Service
Open ChatHealth Innovations report
Home education in England
Author: UK Parliament
Open Home education in England
‘Ready or not’: care leavers’ views of preparing to leave care – GOV.UK
Author: Ofsted
Open ‘Ready or not’: care leavers’ views of preparing to leave care – GOV.UK
National autistic society School Report 2021
Author: National Autistic Society
Open National autistic society School Report 2021
Young people experiencing harms from alcohol and drugs: literature and evidence review
Author: gov.scot
Open Young people experiencing harms from alcohol and drugs: literature and evidence review
Evaluation of the mental health assessment pilots for looked after children
Author: gov.uk dept of education
Open Evaluation of the mental health assessment pilots for looked after children
Elective Home Education Survey Report 2021
Author: ADCS
Open Elective Home Education Survey Report 2021
Experiences of relationships and sex education (RSE)
Author: GOV.UK
Open Experiences of relationships and sex education (RSE)

Resources

Sharon writes for Nursing in practice

Reflecting on the impact on school nursing and our schools since children have returned
Author: Sharon White OBE Publish date: 01/10/2020
Open Reflecting on the impact on school nursing and our schools since children have returned
School nurses have used technology to great effect during lockdown
Author: Sharon White OBE
Open School nurses have used technology to great effect during lockdown

Transition into adult services

From the pond into the sea
Author: CQC Publish date: 01/06/2014
Open From the pond into the sea

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