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Policy into practice Health and wellbeing

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, April 21, 2009
    • | CYP Now
The issue: Good health and wellbeing are vital if teenagers are to make the transition to adulthood successfully. However, consistent health inequalities combined with peer pressure, an increase in unsupervised time and the constant glorification of excess through the media are taking their toll.

Super-size kids vs super-size nannyism

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, April 14, 2009
    • | CYP Now
We've all got our memories, rarely charitable, of school dinners. We've probably also got our memories of how we dodged the stodge, with or without our parents' consent. I saved for my first guitar by doing without for a term. I am not quite sure what I actually lived on.

Health visiting needs a shot in the arm

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 24, 2009
    • | CYP Now
Health visiting as a profession has reached a crossroads. Numbers are at their lowest for 14 years, falling by 10 per cent in the past three years alone (see p9).

Policy into practice - Dealing with stress

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 24, 2009
    • | CYP Now
THE ISSUE. Adults often complain that they feel stressed at work. However, recent research has highlighted that young people also suffer from stress. School, parents, siblings, friends, boyfriends or girlfriends and pressure to take drugs can all at times provide young people with considerable anxiety.

Policy into practice Children in hospital

    Opinion
  • Tuesday, March 3, 2009
    • | CYP Now
THE ISSUE: Each year, around one in 15 children and young people will be admitted to hospital. Some of these cases require children to stay in hospital for a significant period of time, resulting in thousands of families facing the difficult emotional and practical challenges of supporting their loved ones.

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