All Public health articles – Page 106
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HIV prevention services should be targeted, survey shows
A survey of Africans in England has found that targeted HIV prevention services are needed to improve people's confidence and skills to avoid passing on or getting HIV.
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HPV vaccine campaign starts in Scotland
A national campaign to promote Scotland's first mass vaccination programme against cervical cancer has been launched by Scottish public health minister Shona Robison.
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Campaigners urge Johnson to legislate against obesity
Public health bodies are urging the government to back up its rhetoric on obesity with legislation.
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Leader
Venomous rhetoric blocks better services
The row in Cornwall over plans to move a cancer service out of the county encapsulates the struggles primary care trust managers face when trying to improve services.
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HSJ Knowledge
Cancer screening: two decades on target but still more to do
Thousands of women's lives have been saved thanks to the screening programmes introduced 20 years ago. However, there is no cause for complacency, as marginalised women still need to be reached.
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Comment
Michael White on facing up to obesity
Amid the hype over Labour's defeat in Glasgow East, I suspect the most important consequence of the by-election will not be the ejection of Gordon Brown.
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Scottish breast screening standards all being met
Statistics from the NHS Scotland breast screening programme show that all 11 of its performance standards are being met for the first time.
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Sexually transmitted infections on rise in Scotland
The workload of Scottish genitourinary medicine clinics and the number of acute sexually transmitted infections being diagnosed in them continue to rise, according to figures from NHS Scotland.
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Continence care suffering, survey claims
Waiting times for assessment and provision of continence care products are increasing and around half of primary care trusts exclude some patient groups from receiving any, a survey by the Absorbent Hygiene Products Manufacturers Association has said.
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Boards 'need sexual health representative'
Primary care trusts should have a board member responsible for sexual health, a report by the Independent Advisory Group on Sexual Health and HIV has said. It also said commitment was needed to ensure improvements in sexual health services moved beyond clinical work to reducing stigma and social exclusion.It added ...
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Maggie Rae on lunchtime networking
Did you know four out of five of us do not get properly away from our desks during our working day? Shocking isn't it?
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Mental health being neglected in the elderly
Older people's mental health and well-being is being severely neglected, claims a report by the Institute for Public Policy Research.Its report Older People and Wellbeing estimates 2.4 million older people have depression and predicts the number with mental health problems will rise dramatically over the next 20 years. This will ...
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Sophia Christie on public health leadership
For much of the last 20 years, public health has faced a huge challenge of marginalisation. A state active model of health was always going to struggle under a government that denied the concept of society.
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Health secretary targets obesity
Health secretary Alan Johnson will tonight call for a national movement to tackle obesity in a speech on public health to the Fabian Society.Mr Johnson will outline the public health implications of the obesity epidemic and argue that the strategy to combat obesity will only succeed if every part of ...
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HPV vaccination programme extended
The national vaccination programme against the HPV virus is to be extended to 300,000 girls aged 17 and 18.
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DH moots new restrictions on alcohol sales
Restrictions including only selling alcohol in small glasses, restricting happy hours and price-based drink promotions and banning alcohol displays at checkouts could be introduced following a consultation on the drinking culture in England.Alcohol manufacturers have been given until the end of the year to put warnings on cans and bottles ...
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Charity launches diabetes awareness campaign
More than half a million people in the UK are unaware they have type 2 diabetes, according to the charity Diabetes UK.
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Mental health stigma prevents everyday activities - Rethink
Two-thirds of people with mental health problems say stigma prevents them from doing everyday things such as going to the shops or making new friends, according to a survey by mental health charity Rethink.A third of survey respondents also said they face the most discrimination from friends and family.
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Comment
David Woodhead on tackling alcohol abuse
The evidence is clear. We should drink less. As a nation, we stumble and fall after lengthy bouts of drinking. Pints are downed and spirits are necked.
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HSJ Knowledge
One year on from the smoking ban
One year into the smoking ban in England it is still too early to predict its long-term effects on public health but there are reasons to be cheerful, says Stuart Shepherd