Promoting Health in Children and Young People provides practical guidance on everyday health issues such as preventing obesity, dental health, skin care and prevention of diseases and infections.

Promoting Health in Children and Young People provides:

• a clear skills-based approach to undertaking health promotion practice
• Emphasises the role of the nurse in promoting good health in children and young people
• Discusses guidance from recent policy developments including the National Service Framework for Children
• Illustrated with diagrams and boxes highlighting key points

Contents

1. Reducing Health Inequalities
2. Planning for Health Promotion
3. Creativity
4. Government Policy
5. Child Development
6. Health for All Children
7. Preventing Childhood Obesity
8. Dental Health Promotion
9. Skin Cancer Prevention
10. Accident Prevention
11. Sure Start Community Children's Nursing Service- Developing a Minor Illness/ Injury Service
12. Fever Management in Young Children (0-5 years)
13. Health Promotion in Young Children’s Minor Illnesses
14. Health Promotion in Minor Injuries
15. Health Promotion for Pre and Post Operative Care
16. Surgical Wound Healing and Health Promotion
17. Planning Hospital Discharge
18. Asthma Management
19. Managing Children’s Skin Conditions
20. Health Promotion for Children/Young People with Cancer
21. Constipation
22. Health Promotion in Childhood Diabetes
23. Children and Young People with Disabilities and Complex Health Care Needs
24. Medicines Management
25. Pain Management
26. Baby Massage and Baby Yoga
27. Health Promotion Course: Living with Babies
28. Baby Play
29. Baby Club
30. Positive Parenting
31. Promoting Children’s Mental Health- Focus Bullying
32. Safeguarding Children (Health Promotion)
33. The Health of Children and Young People in Care
34. Health Promotion Course- Living with Teenagers
35. Promoting Sexual Health to Young People
36. Preventing and Managing Substance Misuse
37. Smoking Cessation
38. Evaluating Health Promotion
39. Health Promotion in Context
40. National Perspectives

Index

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