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  1. The role of the health visitor: where are we now?

    Health visiting has been described as the backbone of early years services across the UK and the safety net around all families. This paper explores the role of health visitors and the current context in England.

  2. The role of the health visitor

    This article will outline the origins of health visiting, the role of health visitors today, and provide an example of how a strong partnership between health visitors and GPs is essential in primary care.

  3. Why health visiting? Examining the potential public health benefits ...

    The detailed description of health visitors’ skills, attitudes, values, and their application in practice, provides an explanation of how universal provision can potentially help …

  4. Health visiting and safeguarding children: a perfect storm?

    Health visitors are public health nurses who provide a universal, largely preventative home visiting service to families with babies and pre-school aged children. The safeguarding and …

  5. Why Health Visiting? A review of the literature about key health ...

    describes how the new health visiting service should include delivery of the existing Healthy Child Programme (HCP) and integrate with services for children, families, mental health and …

  6. Structuring health needs assessments: the medicalisation of health …

    A conversation analysis of health visitor/client interactions, in which structured instruments were used, provides a base from which to examine the changing discourse and …

  7. Public Health Visiting Essay Example

    Health visiting focuses on four main principles, which include influencing laws that affect people's health needs, stimulating their awareness of and search for health needs, and facilitating …