All Public health articles – Page 142
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HIV awareness pack launched for schools
The National AIDS trust has launched a free resource pack to help teachers integrate HIV education into the national curriculum at key stages three and four. The trust fears the failure of the curriculum to include HIV within relevant subjects means many young people leave school without knowing the facts. ...
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Telephone marketing raising awareness of COPD
Cheshire and Merseyside Partnerships for Health (ChaMPs) are using telephone marketing to encourage vulnerable communities to reduce the risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. People living in Vauxhall, Everton and Netherley in Liverpool, Kirby in Knowsley and Runcorn in Cheshire will be encouraged to ...
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Ruth Hussey on public health
'What are the new opportunities to improve the public's health and what can the public health team do for you?'
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David Woodhead on love and understanding
'If love is all around us, why is it seldom discussed? What is the exact role of love in promoting health? And if love were a desired outcome, how would we recognise it?'
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New safe sex campaign aimed at young people
A new campaign to raise awareness of the risks of sexually transmitted infections has been launched by the Department of Health.Health minister Caroline Flint said the campaign would be aimed at 18-24 year olds and would also target healthcare professionals.The advertising campaign shows young people with the names of STIs, ...
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Prue Leith heads school dinners health campaign
Chef and food writer Prue Leith has been appointed as the new chair of the School Food Trust, which has been given the task of driving up catering and nutritional standards in school meals.The organisation was established by the government following the publicity around celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's revelations that ...
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World Health Organisation names new director general
China's Dr Margaret Chan should be confirmed today as the new director-general of the World Health Organisation after being nominated by the organisation's executive board yesterday. Dr Chan was director of public health in Hong Kong for nine years - tackling the world's first human ...
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Liam Hughes on joint working
Solid local partnerships are essential for PCTs to achieve their objectives for local communities
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Professor David J Hunter and Jeffrie Strang on public health and organisational reform
The justification for the current reorganisation of strategic health authorities and primary care trusts is to strengthen the commissioning function of PCTs and to save £250m in management costs. But are these good enough reasons and will the mergers create a period of stasis? ...
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Scottish smoking ban 'could wipe out lung cancer'
In his first annual report Dr Harry Burns, chief medical officer for Scotland, says that the ban on smoking which was introduced in March has already reduced passive smoking levels and is encouraging more people to quit. He said that the ban, coupled with a decline in rates of smoking-related ...
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PCTs told to implement radical changes to LAAs
Primary care trusts will be expected to develop more flexible agreements with councils under proposals outlined in a white paper for local government reform.
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More people screened for chlamydia in the community
Chlamydia screening levels have increased by more than a third in the past year, with nearly 100,000 young people being tested for the sexually transmitted infection through the National Chlamydia Screening Programme, according to public health minister Caroline Flint.Ms Flint commented: 'The fact that in the past year record ...
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Public health specialists must tackle working age health issues
Health minister Lord Hunt has warned of the danger that being out of work could shorten life expectancy and urged public health professionals to ensure that the health benefits of work are recognised.Speaking at a King's Fund event the minister said: 'I urge public health specialists to tackle working age ...
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Social marketing in practice
The announcement last month by health minister Caroline Flint of the launch of a social marketing strategy for obesity next year highlights the importance of social marketing in delivering results that more traditional approaches fail to achieve.
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Peter Cardy on rewriting the cancer plan
As cancer care shifts out of hospital, more cancer patients risk poverty as the associated costs rise. Now is the time to tackle the financial distress of the disease, argues Peter Cardy
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Tobacco control: Fresh air for the North East
There are encouraging reports from an independent tobacco control agency set up in an area with the highest adult smoking prevalence in the country
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Hewitt calls for alcopops tax hike
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has written to chancellor Gordon Brown asking for an increase in taxes on alcopops and other drinks favoured by teenagers to curb binge drinking.Earlier this month Ms Hewitt launched the 'Know Your Limits' campaign against excessive drinking in the under-25 age group. In June, the Information ...
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DoH publishes new smoking cessation figures
The Department of Health has published the latest quarterly statistics on access to smoking cessation services. It shows Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire strategic health authority had the highest proportion of successful quitters (63 per cent) while Cheshire and Merseyside SHA reported the lowest (41 per cent). ...
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Mayor calls for action on Muslim health in London
London mayor Ken Livingstone has called on NHS organisations to act on the recommendations of the first ever large-scale report on the lives of Muslims in the capital One in twelve Londoners is Muslim and the report finds that their health is disproportionately affected by ...
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Rise in NHS sight tests
Two out of three sight tests are paid for by the NHS, compared to a decade ago when almost half of all sight tests were carried out privately. The total number of sight tests has increased by 5 per cent since 2003-04 with a small ...