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British Association for Child and Adolescent Public Health. Promoting the #health and #wellbeing of all #children and #youngpeople

Joined September 2013
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Our RCPCH Measles Webinar is now available. Whether you want to reinforce your learning or missed the live event, it's your chance to catch up on the crucial updates bit.ly/RCPCH-web-rec-Measles
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Today is #InternationalSchoolMealsDay! Earlier this yr, we published a report with other health orgs urging the Gvt to protect the next generation's health by introducing universal school meal provision for all primary & secondary school children in England. #GoodFoodForChildren
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Join us on Thursday 7th July at 4pm to hear from @PdbInusa and David Rees. More details below 👇 Register your place via Eventbrite ➡️eventbrite.co.uk/e/iwch-rese…
Please join us for lively discussion and debate! @bacaph webinar series begins tomorrow: “How to reduce health inequalities through strengthening health systems and addressing social determinants of health” Thursday 2 September 16.00. bacaph.org.uk/events
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Amazing News 👏🏽👏🏽
Sanitary products are free in all our schools and will continue to be freely available throughout the school holidays. Get in touch with your council to find out where they’re available in your area. Help us spread the word and end period poverty.
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Being able to recognise suspected physical abuse in children has never been more important. Our eLearning outlines how all the key professionals can work together in child protection cases to get the high quality images needed for effective investigation: bit.ly/RCPCH-Imaging-abuse
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Our review reveals it’s vital that everyone working with families who are living with adverse circumstances thinks about the heightened risk of co-sleeping and works to support parents in making the right choices for their babies #safersleeping #childsafeguarding
#Suicide is the second leading cause of death among 15–29 year-olds
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We need urgent action to improve child health. Write to your MP and get your voice heard now. Ask them to show that #ChildHealthMatters rcpch.eaction.org.uk/act-now…
CSH is running its Sustainability School on 12th-13th February 2019 in London. As last time, we are offering two 1-day training courses for anyone who is interested in this area. The courses will focus on aspects of #sustainability, #health and #healthcare buff.ly/2TqPp18
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Interested in child public health, safeguarding or immunisation? We are running MSc modules in in Feb/March @uclpch. You can join us for the whole week or individual days. For more info: [email protected] @iHV @bacaph @CommChildHealth ucl.ac.uk/child-health/study…
School children across Britain may be offered sleep lessons to tackle insomnia. @RCPCHPresident emphasised the importance of educating young people on sleep “at a time where there is so much competition with sleep thanks to technology and lifestyles”: ow.ly/w2Lz30nekvh
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Don't miss the podcast! Clare Mackie joins us to discuss the effects of increasing #cannabis potency on #AdolescentHealth thelancet.com/pb-assets/Lanc…
#Cannabis is the most prevalent illicit drug used by #adolescents worldwide. How do the changing cannabis products affect #AdolescentHealth, and what are the implications for policy and prevention measures? New review by Clare Mackie & colleagues: ow.ly/lYer30mZwgc
Seven goals for paediatricians to become child health advocates. @bacaph @RCPCHtweets
Seven goals for public health training - more advocates are needed! ⁦@WRicciardi⁩ #EPH2018
Trainees, how confident do you feel providing health promotion messaging to patients? We want to hear your experience of Progress Domain 'Health Promotion & Illness Prevention'. Complete our survey by Jan 1st: ow.ly/4fvX30mWsWW
Ending homelessness would cost £9bn over 10 years - and save £26bn.
Homeless and Inclusion Health standards for commissioners and service providers - launched today. An important resource. @RCPCHtweets @bacaph @FPH pathway.org.uk/standards/
Youth friendly services should be co-produced with young people, so that their perspectives are included at all stages of design.
The transition from #pediatric to adult care is a particularly vulnerable point in the care and treatment of #youngpeople with #HIV. What are the barriers and facilitators? And what should a #youth-friendly adult clinic look like? hubs.ly/H0fKdwN0 #WorldAIDSDay
Great idea for starting a #GreenTide... Health professionals, can we organise to take such a proposal to our institutions? @BMA_JuniorDocs @bacaph @bacch_trainees @gentlemedic @RoySocMed @RCPCHtweets @Medact @rcgp @ISSOP_Trainees @AoMRC