NHS Bolton Library Information Consultancy Evidence Summary: Can Health Visitor led Accident Prevention and Intervention help reduce Childhood Accident severity and rate? An Evidence Snapshot

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Can Health Visitor led Accident Prevention and Intervention help reduce Childhood Accident severity and rate? An Evidence Snapshot

NHS Bolton Library Information Consultancy Evidence Summary Can Health Visitor led Accident Prevention and Intervention Help Reduce Childhood Accident Severity and Rate? An Evidence Snapshot

NHS Bolton Library Information Consultancy Evidence Summary Can Health Visitor led Accident Prevention and Intervention help reduce Childhood Accident severity and rate An Evidence Snapshot

An evidence summary produced by NHS Bolton Library. Please click on the link to view. This is an original piece of work. Please contact the library if you wish to re-use in any format.

NHS Bolton Library Presents…Primary care news, views and research for week ending 5th February 2012

Please find below a selection of the most relevant and interesting news stories of the past week. Including:

Commissioning

• NICE needs to move faster to keep up with NHS changes | BMJ
• CCG performance could be measured against 120 indicators | News | Health Service Journal
• Accessibility of sexual health services in teenage sexual health service users: local area geospatial analysis

 Primary care

• Letters on PCT and SHA staff transfers sent today
• Nearly half of GPs dealing with ‘burnout’
• Behaviour change among overweight and socially disadvantaged adults: A longitudinal study of the NHS Health Trainer Service
• Fall in suicides among mental health patients linked to improvements in mental health services | BMJ
• Effectiveness of multifaceted educational programme to reduce antibiotic dispensing in primary care: practice based randomised controlled trial
• NHS reform bill: Royal College of GPs urges scrapping
• Depersonalised doctors: a cross-sectional study of 564 doctors, 760 consultations and 1876 patient reports in UK general practice

Public Health

• Economic impact of childhood obesity on health systems: a systematic review – Obesity Reviews
• Healthy convenience: nudging students toward healthier choices in the lunchroom
• The new UK focus on well-being: what will it mean for tackling social inequalities in health?

 

BBC News – Diabetes quadruples birth defects risk, say researchers

The risk of birth defects increases four-fold if the pregnant mother has diabetes, researchers say.

via BBC News – Diabetes quadruples birth defects risk, say researchers.

BBC News – Campaign warns of drinking ‘little too much’ alcohol

Drinking “just a little more than they should” puts people at risk of serious illness including heart disease, stroke and cancer, the government is warning.

via BBC News – Campaign warns of drinking ‘little too much’ alcohol.

Low back pain in 17 year olds has substantial impact and represents an important public health disorder: a cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health | Abstract | Low back pain in 17 year olds has substantial impact and represents an important public health disorder: a cross-sectional study.

This article is available freely via Open Access. Please click on the above link to view it fully.

 

Abstract (provisional)

Background

Prevalence of low back pain (LBP) rises rapidly during adolescence, reaching adult levels by the age of 18. It has been suggested that adolescent LBP is benign with minimal impact, despite limited evidence.

Methods

The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of LBP and the influence of chronicity, gender and presence of other spinal pain comorbidities at age 17. Subjects (n = 1283) were categorised according to experiencing current and chronic LBP, gender and presence of other areas of spinal pain. LBP impact was ascertained via questions regarding seeking profession assistance, using medication, missing school/work, limited normal or recreational physical activity and health related quality of life (HRQOL).

Results

12.3% of participants reported current but not chronic LBP, while 19.9% reported current chronic LBP. LBP was more commonly reported by females than males. Other spinal pain comorbidities were common in the LBP groups. Impact was greater in subjects with chronic LBP, in females and in those with other spinal pain comorbidities.

Conclusion

LBP, and particularly chronic LBP, has a significant negative impact at 17 years. It is commonly associated with care seeking, medication use, school absenteeism, and reduced HRQOL. These findings support that adolescent LBP is an important public health issue that requires attention.