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News items on 'Child Health'
Child mortality drop 'too slow'
(BBC 10/09/2009)
The UN children's agency says child mortality is decreasing, but the rate of decline is not enough. A new report says more than eight million children under five died last year with pneumonia and diarrhoea the two leading causes of death. Unicef says 40% of under-five deaths take place in just three countries - Nigeria, India and DR Congo. The report singled out Malawi and Eritrea as success stories, but said in South Africa child mortality had risen.
Don't go potty over toilet training
(Daily Express 18/08/2009)
It was recently reported that school nurses are to receive special training to deal with an increasing number of pupils starting their primary education while still wearing nappies. Some parents put off potty training because they see it as a massive challenge. However, there's nothing mystical or difficult about the process. Just as children learn to feed themselves and get dressed they learn to use a potty if encouraged in a straightforward manner.
Mobile phone text messaging is making children more impulsive claim researchers
(World health - EU Monitor 11/08/2009)
Predictive text messaging on mobile phones encourages children to behave impulsively without thinking things through according to a new study. Hitting a few keys and then seeing the desired word appear in full trains children to be fast but inaccurate when doing other things, according to scientists. When researchers studied the way in which the children handled IQ-type tests they found that increased mobile phone use appears to change the way their brains work.
NHS 'must cut child care errors'
(BBC 18/06/2009)
The NHS must cut down on the number of errors made while treating children, a safety watchdog says. The National Patient Safety Agency data showed that last year there were over 70 deaths and 20,000 cases of harm in which a lapse in care contributed. Mistakes made with medication was the most common error after being cited in 16% of cases. The NPSA said a major part of the problem was the lack of availability of medicines in child doses.
(BBC 25/04/2009)
When a child is ill in hospital, a parent's first reaction is to be with them. Most hospitals now allow parents to sleep overnight with their child, providing a bed or sofa on the ward. But until the 1970s, staff worried that the children were upset when their parents left, and so there was a blanket ban. A concerned nurse, Pamela Hawthorn, disagreed and her study 'Nurse I want my mummy' published in 1974, changed the face of paediatric nursing.
Health gap drive 'wasted money'
(BBC 14/03/2009)
Ministers have wasted public money in their attempts to tackle health inequalities, MPs say. The House of Commons' Health Committee said the government should have been more careful in designing and piloting projects in England. The MPs highlighted a series of schemes, including Sure Start, which had failed to have much of an impact.
Palestinian health care 'ailing'
(BBC 05/03/2009)
Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza suffer from an "ailing landscape" of health services, a new study claims. The Lancet medical journal report highlights how 10% of Palestinian children now have stunted growth. The paper describes the healthcare system in the Palestinian territories as "fragmented and incoherent".
Measures to boost child learning
(BBC 12/02/2009)
A package of measures to boost child health and learning in the early years is to be unveiled by ministers. The Child Health Strategy is expected to promise a boost in health visitor numbers as well as expanding a free school meals pilot across England. Campaigners said the focus was welcome, but large investment was essential if the measures were to have any impact.
Are children damaged by independence of mothers?
(The Scotsman 02/02/2009)
THE growing economic independence of women is linked to the break-up of families, which in turn is damaging children, researchers suggested yesterday. The majority of mothers with babies under a year old now work, meaning more children are in childcare than being looked after by their parents, according to a report by charity the Children's Society.
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