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Articles in May, 2007 issue of Community Practitioner

• Natural resources: Carol Harris reports on the biggest campaign so far to mark this year's National Breastfeeding Awareness Week
  by Carol Harris
• Vitamins boosts for children and mothers: breastfeeding, pregnant women and children under five to receive new vitamins
• Evidence-based salaries
  by Barrie Brown
• Diploma/MA in Child Studies Sept 07 - May 08
• Shingles: this month, In the Picture features a skin condition most associated with older age groups, although cases affecting children and young people are also on the rise
  by Mike Wyndham
• Marketing offensive? Ann McGauran looks at the rules and the realities behind the promotion of formula milk
  by Ann McGauran
• 'Freedom' act is too effective for its own good: plans by the government to emasculate the Freedom of Information act will dent the campaigning activities of Amicus/CPHVA
  by Shaun Noble
• Restless legs syndrome may cause heart disease
• Mary Seacole Development Awards: applications are now being taken for this year's awards. Find out how you can get involved and be a winner
• Sexual health staff cut as infection rates rise: vulnerable groups are set to suffer from the missing funds intended for combating sexually transmitted diseases
• Service issues: following the restructuring of CPHVA's professional officer team, and the recent vote for a merger with the T&G, Ros Godson, professional officer for school health and public health, gives a practical guide to members on getting the mo
• Health visitors an endangered species? Report slams lottery in service provision
• Mastitis
  by Wendy Deshpande
• Perinatal maternal mental illness course for trainers
• Bereaved mothers' Pyrenean journey: a trek to pay tribute to their sons
• Invest in health visiting
  by Cheryll Adams
• Impact of MMR controversy on parents of autistic children
• Supporting Self Care in Primary Care Ruth Chambers, Gill Wakely and Alison Blenkinsopp
  by Thelma Sackman
• Updating policies
• Volunteering as a Community Mother—a pathway to lifelong learning
  by Mary Molloy
• Faecal incontinence is common after childbirth
• Review of new Northern Ireland structures: community practitioners' work in Northern Ireland could face huge change under new proposals to the current structure
• Chocolate reduces risk of stroke
• A growing concern: soon the UK will adopt new World Health Organization growth charts based on measurements of breastfed babies. Tam Fry of the Child Growth Foundation looks at the implications
  by Tam Fry
• Application of health equity audit to health visiting
  by Catherine Pritchard
• Low vitamin D status still prevalent among UK Asian women
• Understanding and supporting pre-term breastfeeding as optimum nutrition
• Staff survey oversight reveals extent of excessive hours: answers to the missing question reveals the true picture of hours worked by NHS employees
• Sma Dvd
  by Gill Rapley
• Decline in pneumonia and otitis media following pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
• Life on Mars? Indeed: Gavin Fergie thinks he's seen it ten times or more…
  by Gavin Fergie
• Achondroplasia
• Health visitor cuts affecting vulnerable families: health visitors have more stress, fewer staff and longer hours than they did a year ago, according to the latest research carried out by CPHVA and Durdle Davis, the business research team. Cheryll Adams a
  by Cheryll Adams
• The emotional wellbeing of Bangladeshi mothers during the postnatal period
  by Jane Hanley
• Infants who wheeze with common cold more likely to have asthma
• How to teach baby massage
• New guidance to reduce substance misuse among young people: reducing substance misuse among vulnerable and disadvantaged groups is highlighted in a new NICE report
• Mutilation is wrong
  by Francis Mannion
• Breastfeeding cuts admissions
• Telephone support service
• Age discrimination win
• Impetigo or ringworm?
  by Ruth King
• Exclusive breastfeeding lowers babies' risk of postnatal infection with HIV
• Why your child's weight matters
• Goodbye Karen