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Perthes disease affects children's hips and causes pain and mobility difficulties. It is very rare and usually diagnosed by X-ray. Treatment for Perthes disease usually focuses on pain management, and can range from a ‘wait and see’ approach, to surgery on the hip and pelvis.

Understanding Perthes disease

The disease pattern is still not fully understood; but, very broadly, there seem to be environmental rather than genetic factors involved. It mainly affects boys (around 80% of cases). Worldwide,...

Most research in the area of sun protection awareness among adolescents has focused on quantitative methods, and there is a lack of qualitative research on young people's att itudes towards and knowledge of ultraviolet radiation exposure

Girlguides' awareness of and attitudes towards sun risks and sun-protective behaviours

‘… adolescents should be considered a priority group for targeted interventions to improve sun protection behaviour, with [ultraviolet radiation] exposure during childhood and adolescence being of...

Syncope and non-epileptic att acks can mimic a seizure in older children, as can reflex asystolic syncope and breath-holding att acks in younger children. Accurate description of an episode, or bett er, videorecording of it, helps specialists to determine the nature of an episode.

Epilepsy: recognition and management of seizures in children and young people

‘Epilepsy describes a tendency to have seizures, where a sudden surge in brain activity manifests as abnormal behaviour patterns….There are many different seizure types and so appropriate...

Well-informed parents are less likely to be vaccine hesitant, but a lack of money and resources for services may result in problems with healthcare professionals' ability to provide information on a vaccine's benefits

What factors influence measles, mumps and rubella vaccine hesitancy among parents? A systematic review

‘…parents appreciate balanced information about the risks and benefits of a vaccine, in a timely manner, from a trusted health professional, such as a health visitor.’ .

How will you raise your school nursing roar?

‘…we cannot and must not ignore the stark and unnaceptable inequalities highlighted during the pandemic. We need to utilise this learning, reflect, analyse and change our models of practice to...

‘In England, approximately one in seven young people meet the criteria for a ‘mental disorder’, with prevalence rates rising over the past two decades. Schools, as recognised by the UK government, may provide an ideal environment to try and address this problem.’

School counselling: The evidence for what works

In 2016, a team led by the University of Roehampton, with the National Children's Bureau, the universities of Manchester and Sheffield, the London School of Economics, Metanoia Institute (London), and...

Reforming sex education to tackle rape culture

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The latest coronavirus infection survey from the Office for National Statistics (2021) was released on 26 March, with the next report due on 1 April. The analyses of COVID-19 cases in particular age...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching effects on health, and research shows that lockdown rules have likely resulted in increased sedentary behaviour in children

Reduced physical activity and increased sedentary behaviour: the damage on young people during the COVID-19 pandemic

‘Social restrictions, including remote learning and the closure of activities that children and young people would normally attend, such as dance classes or football sessions, have made it difficult...

The increased screen time for children that inevitably resulted from lockdown and remote learning has also led to increased exposure to harmful content online and cyberbullying

Online safety: The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on children in the UK

Schools have an important role to play in internet safety. The Internet Matters (2020) survey of 1000 teachers in the UK was published in September 2020. The results of this survey showed that over...

School nurses can undertake a very brief advice session with a smoker, following the Ask, Advice, Act steps.

Smoking prevention and cessation in young people

Children become addicted to tobacco and smoking within 4 weeks of starting smoking (DiFranza, 2000), and often start smoking because they have been exposed to adults smoking in their lives,...

Having a strong Deaf identity can positively affect someone who is deaf or hard of hearing, but problems accessing healthcare, education and work can result in low self esteem, marginalisation and lower psychological wellbeing

Examining interventions to improve young deaf people's mental health: a search for evidence

Over 5% of the world's population experience disabling hearing loss, which will affect one in ten people by 2050 (World Health Organization, 2019b). According to the World Federation of the Deaf...

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