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Emeritus Professor Alan Glasper from the University of Southampton discusses strategies to enhance Covid-19 and other vaccine uptake among some families and groups in society who are adversely influenced by so called anti-vaxxers.
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Anti-Vaccination Movement/psychology , Anti-Vaccination Movement/trends , Family Health/standards , Propaganda , COVID-19/prevention & control , COVID-19 Vaccines/therapeutic use , Family Health/trends , Humans , COVID-19 Drug TreatmentSubject(s)
Anxiety/psychology , COVID-19/psychology , Depression/psychology , Mental Health/statistics & numerical data , Stress, Psychological/psychology , Adolescent , Anxiety/etiology , Behavioral Symptoms/etiology , COVID-19/complications , COVID-19/epidemiology , Child , Depression/etiology , Health Status , Humans , Psychology, Adolescent , Psychology, Child , Stress, Psychological/etiologyABSTRACT
Emeritus Professor Alan Glasper, from the University of Southampton, discusses how Florence Nightingale and her contemporaries launched a new and worldwide profession.
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Forecasting/methods , Nursing/trends , History of Nursing , History, 19th Century , HumansABSTRACT
Emeritus Professor Alan Glasper, from the University of Southampton, discusses what can be done to protect certain groups of children with long-term health conditions from catching SARS-Cov-2 disease caused by the novel coronavirus COVID-19. Furthermore, it is now being reported that a number of children appear to be reacting to the new coronavirus by developing a multisystem hyperinflammatory state with similar symptoms to that seen in toxic shock syndrome and which necessitates intensive care (Campbell & Sample, 2020).
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Coronavirus Infections/complications , Long Term Adverse Effects/prevention & control , Pediatrics/methods , Pneumonia, Viral/complications , Betacoronavirus/drug effects , Betacoronavirus/pathogenicity , COVID-19 , Coronavirus Infections/physiopathology , Humans , Pandemics , Pediatrics/trends , Pneumonia, Viral/physiopathology , SARS-CoV-2ABSTRACT
Editor in chief emeritus Professor Alan Glasper, from the University of Southampton, discusses a new report published by the Dutch multinational company Philips which re-examines the benefits of breastfeeding for infants.
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Health Promotion/methods , Nutritional Sciences/methods , Nutritional Status , Health Promotion/trends , Humans , InfantABSTRACT
Emeritus Professor Edward Alan Glasper, from the University of Southampton, considers the use of vaccines to prevent illnesses among children and discusses a range of initiatives and strategies used to address parental fears related to immunization.
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Vaccination Refusal/psychology , Vaccination/standards , Humans , Parents/psychology , Vaccination/methods , Vaccination/statistics & numerical data , Vaccination Refusal/statistics & numerical dataABSTRACT
Emeritus Professor Alan Glasper from the University of Southampton discusses strategies to reduce the incidence of suicide and self-harm in young people.
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Suicide Prevention , Adolescent , England , Female , Humans , Male , Self-Injurious Behavior/prevention & control , Self-Injurious Behavior/psychology , Suicide/psychology , Suicide/statistics & numerical data , Young AdultABSTRACT
Editor in chief emeritus professor Alan Glasper, from the University of Southampton, discusses global attempts to tackle the rising levels of obesity and type 2 diabetes among children and young people.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications , Pediatric Obesity/prevention & control , Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/epidemiology , Global Health/statistics & numerical data , HumansABSTRACT
Emeritus Professor Alan Glasper, University of Southampton, discusses how the transition experiences of children and young people from children's to adult health services can be enhanced.
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Patient Transfer/trends , Quality Improvement , HumansABSTRACT
Editor in Chief Emeritus Professor Edward Alan Glasper, from the University of Southampton, discusses a recently published report by the UK Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health which sets new standards of care for children with long-term conditions and which can be emulated elsewhere.
