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Articles in June, 2008 issue of Community Practitioner

• An audience with … : The research forum provides key points to remember for giving a successful and effective conference presentation
• What we already knew: Community practitioners have been 'focusing on families' for over a century—when will government catch up and back this with resources?
  by Briege Coyle
• … and on tour
• What the latest survey says
• Cough medicine advice
• Trusts 'can and must change'
• Specialised health promotion
  by Indi Munasinghe
• LINks replacing all patient forums
• Health and the planet: the UKPHA conference included a focus on the environment and health
  by Rosalind Godson
• Time to reappraise
  by Catherine Mackereth
• NMC response 'disappointing'
• FSA peer education resources
• Tonsillectomy may cure pyrexia
  by June Thompson
• Baby Friendly university awards
• Croup: this month, In the Picture discusses croup
  by Mike Wyndham
• Noticeboard
• This year's finest: Nominations are invited for this year's awards to recognise excellence and success in the work of members
  by Danny Ratnaike
• Changes secured for new NMO: Proposed amendments to the NMO have been altered successfully after intense lobbying by Unite/CPHVA to help protect the status of SCPHNs
• Dad Info launched
• Courses
• FSA money advice for parents
• Large mumps outbreak in adults, despite 2-Dose vaccine
• Scottish review debate continues
• Your toddler: month by month
  by Sarah Darton
• Fabricated or induced illness
• When a parent dies
• Childhood obesity: bringing children's rights discourse to public health policy
  by Julie Greenway
• Breastfeeding, by mums, for mums
  by Jenny Ingram
• Sexual health advisors: new guidance
• Low-dose aspirin cuts asthma risk in women
  by June Thompson
• Pauline Byers wins diversity award
• Salt intake, hypertension and obesity in children
  by F.J. He
• MHN journal to go electronic
• Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months: concerns over exclusive breastfeeding need to be understood so that they may be pre-empted and addressed effectively
  by Wendy Deshpande
• Local plans needed for CHPP
• Waltham Forest: meeting sought
• Vitamin D supplements may protect against diabetes
  by June Thompson
• One health visitor job lost every 27 hours
• A model of child protection supervision for school health practitioners
  by Jo White
• Byron Review urges action
• Are you getting it right? A toolkit for consulting young people on sex and relationships education
  by Indi Munasinghe
• Binge drinking in pregnancy may result in a stillbirth
• Family nurses for Welsh schools
• Gypsies and travellers: cultural influences on health
  by Xena Dion
• Midlife diabetes increases Alzheimer's risk
• Shelter children's service advice
• Community public health in policy and practice: a sourcebook
  by Caroline Ridley
• Breastfeeding conference
• What the CHPP means: Become familiar with the new CHPP and use it to improve services
  by Cheryll Adams
• Netmums parent supporters online
• Unite/CPHVA officers on the run …
• Woolly thinking: Gavin Fergie finds himself in surprisingly familiar territory
• Be a star: breastfeed
• Action plan to address 'dad deficit'
• Record keeping and documentation: principles into practice
  by Val Thurtle
• NI prescription charges frozen
• Meeting expectations: the pilot evaluation of the Solihull Approach Parenting Group
  by Karen Bateson
• Baby Cafe culture: Baby Cafes use a simple yet effective model to promote breastfeeding among local mothers
  by Danny Ratnaike
• Back to work: breastfeeding: it is imperative that mothers returning to work after childbirth are able to continue to breastfeed their infant if they choose to do so. In recognition of this, the NHS and all other employers throughout the UK have a legal o
  by Dave Munday
• Pay offer rejection recommended: unite is recommending that its members reject the proposed three-year pay award in England due to concerns over keeping up with inflation
• Soy protein-based infant formula is rarely indicated
• McQueen awards
• PCTs 'failing' on TB
• A tribute to Rosemary
  by Rosemary Cook
• In association with … Gavin Fergie wonders about suitable commercial partners
  by Gavin Fergie
• North Atlantic drift: the debate over US-evidenced programmes
  by Liz Plastow
• NMC: fit for the 21st Century?
  by Anna Houston
• New NMC code
• Vascular checks for over-40s
• Ginkgo biloba not beneficial for protecting memory
  by June Thompson
• Confusion reigns: despite the issue of new guidance on making up infant formula in 2005, health visitors have continued to see an alarming variety of methods used
  by Judith Moore
• Call for food colour ban: the food standards regulator is recommending a voluntary industry ban on six artificial food colours due to their possible effect on children's behaviour
• The child in mind: a child protection handbook
  by Amber McCloughlin
• Managing atopic eczema in childhood: the health visitor and school nurse role
  by Jean Robinson
• Unite rejects three-year NHS pay offer
• Prevention of physical child abuse: concept, evidence and practice
  by Lisa Coles
• Noticeboard
• New CEMACH reports: CEMACH has published its third perinatal mortality report and its first on child deaths
• New NPC elected
• Plans need more school nurses

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