Articles
Why
rising poverty means more ill health.
Dr Brian Gaffney examines the
links between poverty and ill health among children in Northern
Ireland.
Reaching the
youngest Travellers.
Promoting Health investigated
the health issues facing families with young children in the
Travelling community.
Lessons
in healthy eating.
Angela McComb explains how
school-based nutrition schemes are encouraging children to
eat more fruit and vegetables.
Coordinating
action to boost breastfeeding.
Janet Calvert outlines plans to raise breastfeeding rates
among mothers in Northern Ireland.
Stopping the
rot.
Doreen Wilson sets out the
challenge of improving oral health among children in Northern
Ireland.
Putting safety
first for children.
Janice Bisp considers the current
level of accidents among children in Northern Ireland and
how the new public health strategy can help reduce these.
Parenting matters.
Rosie Burrows introduces two
of Barnardo's current parenting initiatives.
A Sure Start
for children and parents.
Siobhan Slavin reports on the
Downpatrick Sure Start Partnership's progress one year into
their programme.
What do children
do?
Iain McGowan describes how
an innovative after-school scheme could keep vulnerable children
from becoming involved in violence.
Learning to be
poor.
Promoting Health highlights
some key issues from a recent Save the Children report.
Let's help parents
to help children.
Dr Heather Steen shares her
views on tackling today's children's health issues.
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