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Invitation to Contribute to Young People's Health Guidance Consultations
The YPHSIG has been invited by the RCPCH Clinical Standards Group to consult on the below clinical guidelines, technology appraisals, diagnostic assessments, public health guidances and quality standards over the ...
Posted 1 Dec 2011 15:06 by Damian Wood
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Are you working with young people with eating disorders?
At the recent YPHSIG meeting in Sheffield a few of us who are particularly involved in looking after young people with eating disorders felt that it might be useful to ...
Posted 1 Dec 2011 13:41 by Damian Wood
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Improving young people’s health outcomes - Research into Practice
Association of Young People's Health Conference
27 March 2012 - Millennium Stadium, Cardiff - 9.30 to 4.30The Association for Young People’s Health (AYPH) is pleased to be ...
Posted 1 Dec 2011 13:37 by Damian Wood
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European Adolescent Health meeting, Antalya, Turkey 16-18 May 2012
Sexual health in Adolescence: different dimensions, different cultures, different orientations
All health professionals are invited to the next European Adolescent Health (IAAH) meeting, in beautiful sunny Antalya in southern Turkey ...
Posted 1 Dec 2011 13:29 by Damian Wood
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2nd International Childhood and Youth Research Network Conference 2012
First announcement and Call for Papers for an International Conference:
Children, Young People and Adults: Extending the Conversation 5th-7th September, 2012Click here to download a flyer (.pdf)
The ...
Posted 1 Dec 2011 13:15 by Damian Wood
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Evidence Based Adolescent Health
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HEEADSSS assessment for young people on anticoagulants
In their review published online in Arch Dis Child (Dec 5 2011) Sophie Jones and colleagues from the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne highlight the use of the HEEADSSS psychosocial ...
Posted 17 Jan 2012 12:58 by Damian Wood
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Eating Disorders: Best Method for Calculating Expected Percentage Weight for Height
An exact determination of expected body weight for adolescents based on age, height and gender is critical for diagnosis and management of eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia ...
Posted 10 Jan 2012 04:29 by Damian Wood
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School Attendance and Functional Somatic Symptoms
Most general pediatricians appreciate the connection between school absences and functional somatic complaints. Children with functional chronic pain syndromes frequently have histories of longstanding school absence—often in contrast to ...
Posted 6 Dec 2011 15:17 by Damian Wood
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"Nothing About us without us" - Research Involving Young People
Research development in the adolescent health arena is increasingly called for, given the relative lack of robust data on the health of young people. However, specific issues need to be ...
Posted 6 Dec 2011 15:06 by Damian Wood
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Developing an Adolescent Unit
Donald Payne and colleagues writing in the Archives of Disease in Childhood review the history, evidence and practical aspects of developing and running an adolescent in-patient ward within an ...
Posted 6 Dec 2011 15:00 by Damian Wood
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The Guide to the Participation of Children and Young People in Health Services produced by the YPHSIG and the RCPCH is now available to download.
The guide can be downloaded as a .pdf file for free - just visit our participation section. The guide is also available to download and view on the RCPCH website. Printed copies are be available for purchase from the RCPCH. |
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