How Are You Feeling? Leaflets

Designed to accompany "How Are You Feeling?" series of booklets, these leaflets can be handed out to mothers or made available in clinics and surgeries. They are designed (in the mothers own language) to help mothers recognise the symptoms of depression, so they can seek help.

Postnatal depression and maternal mental health in a multi-cultural society

Postnatal Depression and Maternal Mental Health: A public health priority

This 40 page publication contains the proceedings of the CPHVA Postnatal Depression and Maternal Mental Health Network's first conference held in June 2002. The conference brought together many of the leading researchers and clinicians working in this field. These proceedings provide a unique overview of current research findings and practice development.

Protecting babies' heads

Child Protection - preventing shaking and head injuries in babies. Written by Dr Lisa Coles, Department of Child Health at CardiffUniversity, this self learning briefing paper has information about at-risk groups, strategies for prevention and information for sharing with parents through the concept of protecting the baby's head.

Partnership Working: If it is so easy, why arent we all doing it?

A new publication designed to help community nurses work more harmoniously with other agencies has been produced by the Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association (CPHVA). Partnership Working: If it is so easy, why arent we all doing it? has been written with contributions from health professionals, social services, the police, voluntary sector representatives and local government.The book said: The partnership itself will grow and develop in the same way...

Community Development

Community Development -new challenges, new opportunities. Experienced community development worker, Catherine Mackereth has tackled this subject because of the increased use of the community development approach to public health, embracing such areas as Sure Start and neighbourhood regeneration.

Principles of Health Visiting

The Principles of Health Visiting: Opening the Door to Public Health Practice in the 21st Century

Health Visitors Leaflet - Helping you to better health

A full colour A5 leaflet showing snapshots of the diverse work health visitors carry out on a daily basis

School Nursing within the Public Health Agenda: A strategy for practice.

The strategy for school nursing practice is the result of a comprehensive stock take from across the UK. It is a proposed agenda for action whose purpose is to clarify the scope and range of school nurse services.

Personal Hygiene and Puberty CD

A useful resource pack for School Nurses and others working with children ? Key stage 2.