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This study aimed to explore findings of a national survey of propofol infusion use by paediatric anaesthetists in Great Britain and Ireland
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BACKGROUND: Since the introduction of propofol in 1977, it has been widely used for the induction and maintenance of anaesthesia and for sedation on the intensive care unit. Recently, case reports of suspected propofol infusion syndrome (PRIS) following short term infusions have been published. We set out to obtain a picture of the current use of propofol infusions by paediatric more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - propofol infusion
Categories:
propofol infusion;
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Paediatr Anaesth,
Vol: 18 Page: 488-93 June 2008
M. Hill; W. Peat; S. Courtman
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This article discusses a public health approach for preventing child sexual abuse
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Community Pract,
Vol: 80 Page: 14-5 February 2007
M. Reynolds; P. Blackstock
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This study aimed to assess the prevalence of nutrition policies in neonatal units in the UK and Eire
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Optimal nutrition is one of the fundamental components for infants to reach their full growth and neurodevelopmental potential. Best practice is facilitated by a contemporaneous, multidisciplinary, evidence-based nutrition policy. Such evidence has recently been reviewed. We have assessed: the prevalence of nutrition policies in neonatal units in the UK and Eire; their application to more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - neonatal nutrition policies
Categories:
neonatal nutrition policies
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Matern Child Nutr,
Vol: 3 Page: 120-8 April 2007
D. P. Tuthill
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This study aimed to explore findings from a survey on the use of 2D ultrasound guidance for insertion of central venous catheters by United Kingdom consultant paediatric anaesthetists
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidance states that 2D imaging ultrasound guidance should be used when inserting internal jugular venous lines in adults and children in the elective situation and should be considered in most clinical circumstances requiring central venous catheter insertion. This survey explored the availability, training and use of more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - insertion of central venous catheters
Categories:
insertion of central venous catheters
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Eur J Anaesthesiol,
Vol: 24 Page: 71-5 January 2007
G. Tovey; M. Stokes
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This study aimed to explore the availability and use of capnography to confirm correct tracheal tube placement in the pediatric intensive care unit in the United Kingdom
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BACKGROUND: The Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland recommend the use of capnography to ensure correct tracheal tube placement in the theater environment. Correct tracheal tube placement is essential in the care of ventilated patient, even more vital if the patient is critically ill, if serious morbidity and mortality is to be more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - correct tracheal tube placement
Categories:
correct tracheal tube placement
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Paediatr Anaesth,
Vol: 15 Page: 591-6 July 2005
C. Cumming; J. McFadzean
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The article discusses the survey conducted by Fostering Network in Great Britain
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The article focuses on the survey conducted by Fostering Network in Great Britain. It asks councils about their plan of recruiting foster carers and their approximate numbers for the year 2009. Analysis of data reveals that 5,250 new carers were needed across the country. The number is found to be the approximate need by England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland of carers. To more...
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Children & Young People Now,
2008
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This article discusses advances in the management of Paediatric HIV infection in Britain and Ireland
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
AIDS & Hepatitis Digest,
2004
K. Krige; M. Sharland
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This study aimed to explore pediatric anesthetists regarding their anesthesia management of a screaming child with a penetrating eye injury
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BACKGROUND: Pediatric anesthetists were surveyed regarding their anesthesia management of a screaming child with a penetrating eye injury. The results are reviewed in relation to the available evidence in the literature. METHODS: A postal survey was sent to all the members of the APA living in the UK. Seven clinical questions were asked regarding the management of penetrating eye injury more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - management of a screaming child with a penetrating eye injury
Categories:
management of a screaming child with a penetrating eye injury
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Paediatr Anaesth,
Vol: 16 Page: 769-76 July 2006
J. Seidel; T. Dorman
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This article discusses the annual scientific Meeting of the Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Paediatr Anaesth,
Vol: 10 Page: 449-50 2000
G. H. Meakin
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The aim of this study was to describe antiretroviral therapy and congenital abnormalities in infants born to HIV-1-infected women
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Antiretroviral therapy (ART) in pregnancy substantially reduces the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, but concerns exist about the potential for teratogenic effects. This analysis was undertaken to explore the relation between ART in pregnancy and birth defects in infants born to HIV-infected women in the United Kingdom and Ireland between 1990 and 2003. Comprehensive more...
International Classification:
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases - Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease - HIV
Categories:
antiretroviral therapy; congenital abnormalities; HIV-1
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr,
Vol: 42 Page: 91-4 May 2006
C. L. Townsend; P. A. Tookey; M. Cortina-Borja; C. S. Peckham
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The article discusses a court case on the right of an applicant to adopt a non-resident child for a non-Convention country pursuant to article 9 of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987
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The article discusses a court case on the right of an applicant to adopt a non-resident child for a non-Convention country pursuant to article 9 of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 and the Adoption of Children From Overseas Regulations (Northern Ireland). Under the Order, it is an offence for a person habitually resident in the British Isles to bring into Great Britain for the more...
International Classification:
Legal or care issues
Categories:
adoption
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Adoption & Fostering,
Vol: 31 Page: 77-80 2007 Winter2007
Kerry O'Halloran
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This study aimed to explore the criteria used to assess oxygen requirement after discharge in chronic lung disease
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In order to survey current management of oxygen in children with chronic lung disease (CLD) of prematurity in the United Kingdom and Ireland, 260 questionnaires asking about criteria that were considered important when removing supplemental oxygen from a child with CLD were sent to consultant paediatricians identified as being likely to be involved in the follow-up of children with CLD. more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - chronic lung disease oxygen requirements
Categories:
chronic lung disease oxygen requirements
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Eur J Pediatr,
Vol: 161 Page: 428-30 August 2002
A. Solis; G. Harrison; B. N. Shaw
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The purpose of the study was to assess injury-related mortality, disability and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in six European countries
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Objective To assess injury-related mortality, disability and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in six European countries. Methods Epidemiological data (hospital discharge registers, emergency department registers, mortality databases) were obtained for Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom (England and Wales). For each country, the burden of injury more...
International Classification:
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes - injury
Categories:
injury-related mortality; injury-related disability; injury-related disability-adjusted life years
Geography:
International
Child: Care, Health & Development,
Vol: 33 Page: 503-504 2007
Richard Reading
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This study aimed to explore current practice in the molecular diagnosis of haemochromatosis and draft guidelines were prepared using the template developed by the United Kingdom Clinical Molecular Genetics Society
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BACKGROUND: Hereditary haemochromatosis (HH) is a recessively-inherited disorder of iron over-absorption prevalent in Caucasian populations. Affected individuals for Type 1 HH are usually either homozygous for a cysteine to tyrosine amino acid substitution at position 282 (C282Y) of the HFE gene, or compound heterozygotes for C282Y and for a histidine to aspartic acid change at position more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - Symptoms, signs and abonormal clinical and laboratory findings not elses were classified-haemochromatosis
Categories:
molecular diagnosis of haemochromatosis
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
BMC Med Genet,
Vol: 7 Page: 81 2006
C. King; D. E. Barton
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This article discusses the warning by Michael Bichard, regarding the incompatibility of Scottish and Northern Irish Sexual offender databases with systems being developed by police in England Wales
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Reports on the warning by Michael Bichard, who chaired the investigation into the murders by sexual offenders in Great Britain, regarding the incompatibility of Scottish and Northern Irish Sexual offender databases with systems being developed by police in England Wales. Call of Bichard on the Scottish executive and Home Office relating the case; Consequence of the incompatibility of more...
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Community Care,
2005
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The aim of this study was to determine the effect of birth order on the risk of perinatal death in twin pregnancies
International Classification:
Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium - perinatal death in twin pregnancies
Categories:
perinatal death in twin pregnancies
Geography:
the United Kingdom
BMJ: British Medical Journal,
Vol: 334 Page: 576-578 2007
G. C. Smith; K. M. Fleming; I. R. White
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This article discusses the recruitment of non-white foster carers in four nations in Great Britain
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The article focuses on the recruitment of non-white foster carers in four nations in Great Britain. The government of England launched special guardianship orders in providing a permanent option for children who cannot return to their birth families. The Scottish government has established good connections with religious and cultural groups through Edinburgh. The Northern Ireland more...
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Children & Young People Now,
2008
Alison Bennett
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This article discusses caesarean delivery in the second stage of labour
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The authors focus on a study that found differences in decision making between obstetric consultants and specialists on factors affecting the safe vaginal deliveries of children. Decisions for cesarean deliveries by obstetric trainees were more commonly reversed by consultants. Such trainees perform most of the second stages of deliveries by instrument. They feel that obstetricians must more...
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
BMJ: British Medical Journal,
Vol: 333 Page: 613-614
Chris Spencer; Deirdre Murphy; Susan Bewley
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This article reports on a campaign for legislation that has been launched by Charity Action on Abuse in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
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The article reports on a campaign for legislation that has been launched by Charity Action on Elder Abuse in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. It states that the new legislation is required to secure adequate resources for adult protection services and give them the same status as child protection. Other agencies have been called by the charity to join an Adult Protection Alliance more...
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Community Care,
2007
Amy Taylor
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This study aimed to explore primary health professionals' perceptions of, and ability, to recognize child physical abuse in their practice.
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The objectives of this cross-sectional survey were to assess primary health professionals' perceptions of and ability to recognize child physical abuse in their practice. A random sample was taken of 979 nurses, doctors, and dentists working in primary care in Northern Ireland. The response rate was 44%, and the results showed that 59% of respondents had seen a suspicious case of child more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - child physical abuse
Categories:
child physical abuse
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Br J Community Nurs,
Vol: 9 Page: 332-8 August 2004
M. Russell; A. Lazenbatt; R. Freeman; W. Marcenes
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This article discusses health related issues of children in Northern Ireland and England
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The article discusses health related issues of children in Northern Ireland and England. A debate going on around whether or not there is need of a Children's Commissioner, or perhaps more accurately a Children's Rights Commissioner or Commissioners, for Great Britain. The role of a commissioner will differ slightly according to the wishes of the legislature for each nation. In more...
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Children & Society,
Vol: 16 Page: 284-286 2002
Lisa Payne
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This article discusses the UK's recent national and international efforts to protect its thirteen million children and ensure that their voices are heard
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In the United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland) children and their best interests are protected through a range of best practice initiatives, and legislation and guidance at country, national, European, and global levels. Some of the recent commitment by the government may be the result of enlightened thinking, but some of it has resulted from the aftermath of at more...
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Bioethics Forum,
Vol: 18 Page: 29-35 2002
B. Carter
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This article discusses a consensus statement on the management of pulmonary hypertension in clinical practice
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Thorax,
Vol: 63 Suppl 2 Page: ii1-ii41 March 2008
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This article discusses consensus statements on neonatal viability
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The gestational age and birth weight cut off for intact survival in extremely preterm infants is unclear. There is uncertainty among obstetricians and neonatologists about when it is inadvisable to institute intensive care. The suggested definition in relation to viability is when mortality does not exceed 50% but the corresponding figure for disability is undetermined. On foot of these more...
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Ir Med J,
Vol: 100 Page: 561-4 September 2007
C. Vavasseur; A. Foran; J. F. Murphy
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The aim of this study was to examine consent and antenatal HIV testing
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The mood of nihilism that affected HIV is now changing. The availability of new therapies allows for cautious optimism--especially in relation to mother-to-child transmission of HIV and preventative interventions. This has prompted a widespread policy shift towards HIV testing in pregnancy. In this context, informed consent is an ethical issue which needs to be addressed. This study more...
International Classification:
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases - Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease - HIV
Categories:
consent; HIV; AIDS
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
AIDS Care,
Vol: 12 Page: 307-12 June 2000
L. Sherr; A. Bergenstrom; C. N. Hudson
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This article discusses the decline in mortality in children with HIV in the United Kingdom and Ireland…
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
BMJ: British Medical Journal,
Vol: 328 Page: 523-524 2004
S. W. P. Mhlongo; P. M. H. Maduna; K. P. Prime; E. A. Jungmann; S. G. Edwards; D. M. Gibb; T. Duong; P. A. Tookey
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This study aimed to explore the consensus view from United Kingdom paediatric anaesthetic consultants of what practical skills are safe and appropriate for an anaesthetic trainee to perform during an initial 3-month module in paediatric anaesthesia
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BACKGROUND: We wished to determine a consensus view from UK paediatric anaesthetic consultants of what practical skills are safe and appropriate for an anaesthetic trainee to perform during an initial 3-month module in paediatric anaesthesia. METHODS: A postal survey was sent to all UK and Ireland members of the Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists (APA). This questionnaire was more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - anaesthesia
Categories:
training in anaesthesia;
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Paediatr Anaesth,
Vol: 11 Page: 349-54 May 2001
G. R. Lauder
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The article reports updates related to reading approaches for children in Great Britain.
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The article reports updates related to reading approaches for children in Great Britain. In Scotland, the Curriculum for Excellence, which will be introduced from August 2009, covers ages three to 18. The Language and Play project has been released by the Welsh Assembly Government for parents and carers of birth to three-year-olds. A curricular guidance for pre-school education has been more...
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Children & Young People Now,
2008
Mathew Little
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The aim of this study was to assess an economic evaluation of ultrasonography in the diagnosis and management of developmental hip dysplasia in the United Kingdom and Ireland
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BACKGROUND: Clinical neonatal hip screening is performed to identify hip instability and the increased risk of later hip subluxation and dislocation. However, there is minimal information regarding the costs of such screening to parents and health services. The aim of this study was to assess these costs in association with the use of ultrasonography for the diagnosis and management of more...
International Classification:
Evaluation of the effectiveness of, the economic impact of, of diagnosis and management of screening for hip dysplasia
Categories:
developmental hip dysplasia
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
J Bone Joint Surg Am,
Vol: 87 Page: 2472-9 November 2005
A. Gray; D. Elbourne; C. Dezateux; A. King; A. Quinn; F. Gardner
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This article discusses refugee and asylum seeking children and families in several countries including Ireland
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The article focuses on the lives and circumstances of refugee and asylum seeking children and families in several countries, Australia, Ireland, Norway and Great Britain. The predominant focus is on unaccompanied or separated children who come to these countries without an adult to look after them. But equally importantly, many children are accompanied by adult family members who seek more...
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Child & Family Social Work,
Vol: 8 Page: 161 2003
Ravi Kohli
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The aim of this study was to examine how homelessness may impact on the educational participation of children and young people in families living in emergency accommodation in Dublin
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The article explores how homelessness may impact on the educational participation of children and young people in families living in emergency accommodation in Dublin. Many difficulties arise in terms of maintaining consistent schooling for children when they are part of a homeless family, including problems getting to and from school if living at a distance from their original schools, more...
International Classification:
Other - Homelessness
Categories:
homelessness
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Children & Society,
Vol: 20 Page: 360-375 2006
Anna Fiona Keogh; Ann Marie Halpenny; Robbie Gilligan
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This article discusses the significance of differences in the respective Commissioners' ability to carry out individual case-work for children and for implementation of the UNCRC in the UK
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Legislation has been passed establishing separate Children's Commissioners for Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland and England. There are differences in the respective Commissioners' ability to carry out individual case-work and in the role the Commissioners have in relation to implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 (UNCRC). This article considers more...
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Child & Family Law Quarterly,
Vol: 17 Page: 37-53 2005
Jane Williams
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This article reports development related to English as the second language in Great Britain.
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The article reports development related to English as the second language in Great Britain. The Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) funds learning support for children with English through the Ethnic Minorities Achievement Grant. Local education authorities in Scotland support all children and young people with additional learning in English. The Irish Department of more...
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Children & Young People Now,
2008
Lauren Higgs
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The aim of this study was to examine the incidence (age- and sex-specific) of childhood fractures in Britain using the general practice research database
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A population-based British cohort study, including approximately 6% of the population, was used to derive age- and sex-specific incidence rates of fractures during childhood. Fractures were more common among boys than girls, with peak incidences at 14 and 11 years of age, respectively. At childhood peak, incidence rates were only surpassed later in life at 85 years of age among women more...
International Classification:
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes - fractures
Categories:
childhood fractures
Geography:
the United Kingdom
J Bone Miner Res,
Vol: 19 Page: 1976-81 December 2004
C. Cooper; E. M. Dennison; H. G. Leufkens; N. Bishop; T. P. van Staa
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This study aimed to explore levels of consensus among practitioners in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland about good practice in relation to youth who are sexually abusive
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This article presents the findings of a study exploring current levels of consensus among practitioners in the United Kingdom (UK) and the Republic of Ireland (ROI) about good practice in relation to youth who are sexually abusive. A three-stage Delphi procedure was used to survey the views of 78 practitioners, experienced in this field, on a range of matters relating to preferred more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - Sexual abuse-good practice in relation to youth who have experienced abuse
Categories:
sexually abusive
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Child Maltreat,
Vol: 11 Page: 146-56 May 2006
S. Hackett; H. Masson; S. Phillips
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The article discusses policies implemented in four British countries that promote financial education in schools - England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
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The article highlights on the policies implemented in four British countries, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, that promote financial education in schools. In July 2007, England introduced a non-statutory curriculum called economic wellbeing and financial capability. The Scottish government ordered schools to teach children about money management in January 2008. Moreover, more...
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Children & Young People Now,
2008
Sarah Cooper
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This article offers news briefs related to child care services in Great Britain. The Ulster-Scots Agency in Northern Ireland has incurred £3 million cash for the youth's school program.
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The article offers news briefs related to child care services in Great Britain. The Northern Rock Foundation has granted over £1 million to 15 organisations in the North East and Cumbria in England. The Gannett Foundation Fund will give grants of up to £50,000 to local charities. The Ulster-Scots Agency in Northern Ireland has incurred £3 million cash for the youth's more...
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Children & Young People Now,
2008
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The aim of the study was to investigate the impact of applying a new series of health expectations by comparing estimates of healthy life expectancy (HLE) and disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) based on the old and new methods for one year (2001)
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A previous article set out proposals for constructing a new series of health expectancies which aimed to widen the coverage to the UK and all four of its constituent countries and to improve the methods used in the calculations. This article investigates the impact of applying the new methods by comparing estimates of healthy life expectancy (HLE) and disability-free life expectancy more...
International Classification:
Other - disability-free life expectancy
Categories:
estimates of healthy life, and disability-free life expectancy
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Health Stat Q,
2006 Spring
C. Breakwell; M. Bajekal
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This article discusses the number of children in custody
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Great Britain was the last state in Europe to ban corporal punishment in schools. The House of Commons did not vote for the abolition of state sanctioned physical punishment in the classroom until 1986, and it took a further 12 years for corporal punishment to be banned in independent schools. This ban still does not extend to schools in Northern Ireland. Countries which have ratified more...
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Archives of Disease in Childhood,
Vol: 89 Page: 500-501
M. Mather
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This study aimed to assess study health visitors throughout the United Kingdom on their knowledge on, and the accessibility of, services to young families, in the areas in which health visitors practiced
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This paper describes a study using a postal survey which was sent to health visitors throughout the UK to ascertain their knowledge, and the accessibility, of services used by young families in the areas in which health visitors practiced. The survey was an enhancement to the UK's most recent longitudinal birth cohort study--the Millennium Cohort Study. We studied differences in service more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - knowledge and accessibility of services to young families
Categories:
knowledge and accessibility of services to young families
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Community Pract,
Vol: 79 Page: 84-8 March 2006
A. J. Brassett-Harknett; H. Joshi; N. Butier; R. Bryar
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The aim of this study was to describe the decline of CD4 cells or percentage during unplanned treatment interruptions in HIV-infected children
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BACKGROUND: There are few data on the decline of CD4 cells or percentage during unplanned treatment interruptions in HIV-infected children. METHODS: Data were analyzed on children undergoing interruptions of three or four drug antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in the United Kingdom and Irish Collaborative HIV Paediatric Study and from Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam. Children were more...
International Classification:
Certain infectious and parasitic diseases - Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease - HIV
Categories:
HIV
Geography:
International
Pediatr Infect Dis J,
Vol: 23 Page: 446-50 May 2004
D. M. Gibb; T. Duong; V. A. Leclezio; A. S. Walker; G. Verweel; D. T. Dunn
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This article presents news briefs on: Need for more health care spending in Northern Ireland.
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Presents public finance-related news items from Great Britain, compiled in the week of September 1-7, 2000. Government measure to economize on mobile telephone costs; Additional funding for children's outdoor activities; Need for more health care spending in Northern Ireland. more...
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Public Finance,
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The aim of this study was to demonstrate variations in cost-utility associated with indirect costs in paediatric cochlear implantation; to illustrate implications of purchasing decisions and; to posit a potential solution to anomalies in purchasing
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Objective: To demonstrate the existence of variations in cost-utility associated with indirect costs in paediatric cochlear implantation; to illustrate the implications of this for purchasing decisions and; to posit a potential solution to anomalies in purchasing that may otherwise result when services are publicly funded. Methods: Data was taken from published sources on the cost of more...
International Classification:
Economic - Cochlear implantation
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol,
Vol: 58 Page: 53-7 April 2001
C. O'Neill; S. M. Archbold; G. M. O'Donoghue; D. A. McAlister; T. P. Nikolopoulos
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This article discusses the Infant Feeding Survey 2000
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Pract Midwife,
Vol: 5 Page: 24-6 June 2002
S. Brooker
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The aim of this study was to examine the use of intracranial pressure monitoring and to establish which ICP-targeted therapies are being used in children with severe traumatic brain injury in the United Kingdom
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OBJECTIVE: To identify factors associated with the use of intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring and to establish which ICP-targetted therapies are being used in children with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the United Kingdom. To evaluate current practice against recently published guidelines. DESIGN AND SETTING: Prospective data collection of clinical and demographic more...
International Classification:
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes - injury
Categories:
severe traumatic brain injury
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Intensive Care Med,
Vol: 32 Page: 1606-12 October 2006
K. P. Morris; R. J. Forsyth; R. C. Parslow; R. C. Tasker; C. A. Hawley
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This article presents the views of several children's commissioners in Great Britain about their remit, powers and independence and their opinion on the proposal to have a children's commissioner - Nigel Williams of Northern Ireland
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Presents the views of several children's commissioners in Great Britain about their remit, powers and independence and their opinion on the proposal for England to have a children's commissioner. Nigel Williams of Northern Ireland; Peter Clarke of Wales; Kathleen Marshall of Scotland; Ianthe Madagan, children's rights commissioner for Oxfordshire, England. more...
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Community Care,
2004
Natalie Valios
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The aim of this study was to examine infant weight gain over a ten year period
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Weight gain between birth and 9 months of 12 903 term Millennium Cohort Study infants was investigated in order to determine differences according to sex, ethnicity and country of birth. The standardised weights and weight gains were also compared with a cohort of mainly white infants born 10 years earlier to determine whether weight gain has changed over the last decade. There were more...
International Classification:
Other - Anthropometry-infant weight
Categories:
infant weight gain
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Int J Obes (Lond),
Vol: 30 Page: 1094-6 July 2006
A. R. Tate; C. Dezateux; T. J. Cole
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The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Panton-Valentine leucocidin (PVL)-encoding genes among isolates of S. aureus from bacteraemic patients.
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BACKGROUND: The morbidity and mortality associated with Panton-Valentine leucocidin (PVL)-positive Staphylococcus aureus suggest that this toxin is a key marker of disease severity. Nevertheless, the importance of PVL in the pathogenesis of primary bacteraemia caused by S. aureus is uncertain. We have determined the prevalence of PVL-encoding genes among isolates of S. aureus from more...
International Classification:
Bacterium - Staphylococcus aureus
Categories:
Panton-Valentine leucocidin-encoding genes; S. aureus
Geography:
the United Kingdom
J Antimicrob Chemother,
Vol: 60 Page: 402-5 August 2007
M. J. Ellington; R. Hope; M. Ganner; M. Ganner; C. East; G. Brick; A. M. Kearns
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This article discusses policies and initiatives to fight against knife crime
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The article examines the policies and initiatives that are developed to fight against knife crimes in British countries, including England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The maximum sentence for carrying a knife in England and Wales has been extended to four years, while, two to four years have been imposed to those who carry a knife in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Government more...
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Children & Young People Now,
2008
Lauren Higgs
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This article provides information on the role of the local government associations and their responsibility over policies affecting children, young people and families in Great Britain.
Abstract:
The article provides information on the role of the local government associations and their responsibility over policies affecting children, young people and families in Great Britain. The Children and Young People's Board of the Local Government Association (LGA) in England is responsible for activities related to the wellbeing of children and young people. Meanwhile, the Northern more...
Geography:
the United Kingdom
Children & Young People Now,
2008
Simon Vevers
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This study aimed to obtain an overview of current practice of management of anticoagulation and its reversal from paediatric cardiac surgical units of Great Britain and Ireland
Abstract:
Protocols for management of heparin and protamine administration in patients undergoing open-heart surgery have been developed from experience gained mainly in adult practice. However, it has been demonstrated that there are marked differences between paediatric and adult patients in their response to systemic anticoagulation and its reversal. The aim of this study was to obtain an more...
International Classification:
Practice/knowledge - anticoagulation
Categories:
anticoagulation
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Perfusion,
Vol: 15 Page: 191-201 June 2000
M. Codispoti; P. S. Mankad
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