Principles of Health Visiting

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

Community Practitioner

Community Practitioner, the monthly journal of the CPHVA, is the UK's leading professional journal for health visitors, school nurses and community practitioners. It provides topical news, in-depth news features, policy analysis, practice updates, and professional and clinical papers. Professional papers in the journal include an abstract and key words which can be used to search on the Community Practioner website.

Skill Mix in Health Visiting and Community Nursing Teams; Principles into Practice

At a time when spending in the NHS I under scrutiny it is very important that all decisions are based on the best evidence and knowledge of what works. Skill mix is a very under researched area in the community but Maggie Fisher has successfully brought together the available research and placed it in a professional and policy context.

How are you feeling? Resource and Training Pack

This resource and training pack is designed to support those delivering training in implementing the CPHVA 'How are you feeling?' booklets into practice. The pack has been developed with the support of several health care organisations and health visitors who have piloted it on our behalf. The pack is a practical tool and hence does not contain any in-depth discussion of cultural issues, however a reading list is supplied.

Record Keeping and Documentation

Record-keeping and documentation: principles into practice by Rita Newland. Easy-to-use, practical information to help practitioners to establish and maintain effective and efficient record-keeping and documentation practice.

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.

Tackling Child Obesity With Henry

An approach to help practitioners engage successfully with parents and carers, and encourage them to give thier babies and toddlers an optimal start to life.

Change, Challenge and School Nursing

Change, challenge and school nursing looks at both the health needs of young people and the school nursing service in practice. Based on a survey of almost three thousand pupils, it examines young people's views on their own health, their support needs, where they turn to for advice, and their contacts with school nurses. From interviews with school nursing professionals, it provides a 'snapshot' of school nursing services in transition, outlining provision, priorities...

Getting It Right: Supporting the health of refugees and people seeking asylum

How and why people come to the UK in search of sanctuary, what happens to them when they arrive, and the likely health impacts of their unique and varied experiences.

Personal Hygiene and Puberty CD

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