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Search by topic   56 results for “Public health” [from 01-01-2014 to 12-02-2019] - Page 1/3   Articles 1 More than a quarter of Delhi children below 5 underweight NDTV, 23 January 2019. [24-01-2019] Malnutrition is not just lack of food, it is a combination of factors. 2 UK: NHS to prescribe ‘app therapy’ for children with mild depression Denis Campbell - The Guardian, 23 January 2019. [24-01-2019] Use of programs on smartphones for young people aged five to eight is recommended. 3 Healthy families: Replacing bad habits with good ones John Sharry - The Irish Times, 13 January 2018. [14-01-2019] With a little time and patience families can break bad habits by working together. 4 UK: Government review to improve the lives of autistic children Department of Health and Social Care, 5 December 2018. [06-12-2018] The government will collect evidence from autistic children, their families and their carers on how to improve the support they get. 5 Putting the family at the centre of newborn health The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, 28 November 2018. [28-11-2018] The European Standards of Care for Newborn Health aim to define and harmonise “the care and treatment that shall be provided by a neonatal service”. 6 Needed for family caregivers Sara Heath - PatientEngagementHIT, 16 November 2018. [16-11-2018] About 70 percent of family caregivers feel ill-prepared for the job, underscoring a need for family engagement and support. 7 Children to be weighed and measured at school every two years James Oaten - ABC Australia, 22 July 2018. [23-07-2018] Children’s height and weight would be measured every two years unless parents opt out as part of an ambitious proposal to tackle Australia’s obesity epidemic. 8 Record number of children vaccinated in 2017 UNICEF, 16 July 2018. [17-07-2018] Despite these successes, almost 20 million children did not receive the benefits of full immunization in 2017. 9 US: a third of children use dietary supplements Alexandra Sifferlin -Time, 18 June 2018. [19-06-2018] A third of kids and adolescents under age 19 regularly take supplements like omega-3 fatty acids, multivitamins and melatonin, a finding that researchers say is concerning because there is no proven benefit for healthy children. 10 The American CDC just announced 1 in 59 children are autistic Ari Ne’eman - Vox, 28 April 2018. [29-04-2018] There is no autism epidemic, however. The numbers are likely changing due to improved diagnosis and services, more inclusive diagnostic criteria and reduced stigma rather than a change in the actual number of autistic people. 11 Mental illness among Australian children rises, immunisation rates fall Rachel Baxendale - The Australian, 25 February 2018. [23-02-2018] Lack of parental engagement is the greatest factor behind the slump in Australian children’s educational attainment, despite a new study showing Australian parents spend more time with their kids than those in any other OECD country. 12 What terminally ill children taught a doctor about how to live Alastair McAlpine - The Guardian, 9 February 2018. [09-02-2018] A pediatric palliative care physician asked some of young patients what gave them joy and meaning – their answers surprised him. 13 UK: Prime Minister commits to tackle loneliness UK Government, 17 January 2018. [19-01-2018] Theresa May announced that the government is accepting a series of recommendations from the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness. 14 Why Britain needs to do more to get children cycling Peter Walker - The Guardian, 16 September 2017. [16-09-2017] Learning to ride is a wonderful milestone for children and promotes good health in later life, but the UK is lagging behind. 15 What to do if a child is getting sicker and no one is listening Kate Aubusson - The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 September 2017. [09-09-2017] In Australia, a rapid response program called REACH is designed to enable families to speak up and call for help if a patient is deteriorating while they are in hospital.It stands for Recognise, Engage, Act, Call, Help is on its way. 16 Young at heart: why children who exercise become healthier adults David Cox - The Guardian, 28 August 2017. [28-08-2017] New research suggests childhood exercise has a protective effect on health in later years, as well as improving brain power – even in inactive grownups. 17 Parents urged to monitor children to decrease overdose deaths Paul Wesley Sullivan - WTOL, 26 May 2017. [27-05-2017] Deaths of Americans from drug overdoses have risen yearly from 2002 through 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. The number of deaths from opioid drugs also spiked in 2015 compared to 2013. 18 The lives of your children are in your hands Peter Lipson - Forbes, 15 October 2016. [15-10-2016] About half of kids under a year old who get whooping cough end up in the hospital. About 1/100 die of it. And you and I are to blame. 19 Why is American home birth so dangerous? Amy Tuteur - New York Times, 30 April 2016. [30-04-2016] In much of the developed world, home birth is a fringe practice, at about 2 percent of births or less, for obvious reasons: Childbirth is inherently dangerous, and if an emergency occurs, the baby or even the mother may die. In contrast, home birth in the United States is dangerous. 20 The reason school children are shattered Daily Mirror, 24 April 2016. [24-04-2016] More than three quarters of British children say they feel shattered at school because of irregular sleep patterns, a survey has revealed. The Travelodge study found nearly half don’t have a fixed bedtime routine with experts warning of the ‘extremely detrimental’ impacts sleep deprivation has on children's long term health and wellbeing. 21 Do children in day care get sick more often? Linda Searing - The Washington Post, 22 April 2016. [22-04-2016] Parents sometimes fear that sending young children to day care means they will get sick more often. Are such concerns valid? 22 Parents may not know how much sleep children need Fox News, 16 March 2016. [17-03-2016] Many parents have only a poor understanding of how much sleep their children need, a New Zealand study found. Many parents also reported that TV watching, playing, and late dinners interrupted their kids’ regular bedtimes. 23 Overweight children in Africa and Asia Melissa Healy - Los Angeles Times, 25 January 2016. [27-01-2016] Driven by the growing availability of fatty, sugary foods and beverages in low- and middle-income countries, 41 million children age 5 and under are overweight or obese, a number expected to grow to more than 70 million children worldwide during the next decade, a new World Health Organization report says. 24 Children as young as two are using antidepressants Rachel Eddie - Daily Mail Australia, 10 January 2016. [11-01-2016] There are 1,022 Australian children aged two to six taking antidepressants, according to Daily Telegraph, while 26,000 children under the age of 16 are using the medications. Many studies have shown a correlation between antidepressant use in children and suicidal ideation, although there is no consensus on the issue in the medical industry. 25 Stop giving children sweets as rewards Shari Miller - Daily Mail, 10 January 2016. [11-01-2016] Parents should think twice before rewarding their children’s good behaviour with sweets, according to a leading nutritionist. Professor Susan Jebb, of Oxford University, says family attitudes should change as part of a wider strategy on tackling obesity - and there should be an alternative to the ‘easy option’ of handing out sweets to youngsters.       Next>     This site is managed by the International Federation for Family Development and aims to offer all stakeholders background documentation and updated information. The contents do not represent the official position of any institution, but only the views of its author and they are provided under the terms of a Creative Commons Public License Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported. If you would like to suggest some other document, event or link, or make any comment, please contact the webmaster.