The British Journal of Midwifery Practice Awards 2020

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-199
Keyword(s):  
British Journal ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
High Standard ◽  
Hard Work ◽  
World Health ◽  
Outstanding Achievement ◽  
Midwifery Practice ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Uk

Honouring the best in midwifery Recognising and celebrating outstanding achievement and excellence in midwifery across the UK, the 18th Annual British Journal of Midwifery Practice Awards 2020 attracted a high standard of entries reflecting the passion, commitment and hard work of individuals and teams in the profession. This year marks the year of the nurse and midwife, as declared by the World Health Organization, which makes this round of awards particularly prestigious. Our nominees list reflected the very best in midwifery practice, which made this year's judging process especially difficult. Here, we honour the winners of the 2020 awards.

Marketing matters

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 280-280
Author(s):  
Ruth Oshikanlu
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
Health Visitors ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Uk

When 2020 was declared by the World Health Organization as the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, health visitors in the UK planned events to celebrate nursing. How can we raise the profile of our honourable profession more effectively?

Have interventions been effective at increasing the rates of breastfeeding in the UK?

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 312-319
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Shortis
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Exclusive Breastfeeding ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
World Health ◽  
Exclusion Criteria ◽  
The World ◽  
Breastfeeding Rates ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Combined Interventions

Background The World Health Organization recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of life; however, UK breastfeeding rates are some of the lowest worldwide. As such, various interventions have been trialled, aiming to increase breastfeeding rates. Aims To evaluate the effectiveness of interventions to increase breastfeeding rates in the UK and determine the features of successful interventions. Methods A literature search was performed, using four databases. The results were refined by applying inclusion and exclusion criteria. Two additional articles were recognised by scanning the references sections of identified studies, resulting in 12 articles for review. Findings Support-based interventions had predominantly insignificant effects upon breastfeeding rates. Incentives were associated with increases in rates, while combined interventions had mixed success. The interventions were well received by mothers and clinicians and may help to normalise breastfeeding. Conclusions Future interventions should provide targeted, personalised support to overcome breastfeeding difficulties, and reward mothers for their efforts.

scholarly journals Outbreak column 21: Tuberculosis (TB): Still a nosocomial threat

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 144-150
Author(s):  
Evonne T Curran
Keyword(s):  
Disease Control ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Infection Prevention ◽  
World Health ◽  
Nosocomial Transmission ◽  
National Guidance ◽  
The World ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Uk

This outbreak column explores the epidemiology and infection prevention guidance on tuberculosis (TB) in the UK. The column finds that, at present, national guidance leaves UK hospitals ill-prepared to prevent nosocomial TB transmission. Reasons for this conclusion are as follows: (1) while TB is predominantly a disease that affects people with ‘social ills’, it has the potential to infect anyone who is sufficiently exposed; (2) nosocomial transmission is documented throughout history; (3) future nosocomial exposures may involve less treatable disease; and (4) current UK guidance is insufficient to prevent nosocomial transmission and is less than that advocated by the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Book reviews: Out, damned spots!

1993 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-147
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Royal Society ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Hard Work ◽  
World Health ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Global Campaign ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization

Richard B. Fisher, Edward Jenner 1749-823.London: André Deutsch, 1991. Pp. 361, £20.00. ISBN 0 233 98681 2 In the summer of 1796, Joseph Banks, long-serving President of the Royal Society, turned down Jenner’s Inquiry on what he called the variolae vaccinae as ‘inadequate’ for publication in the Philosophical Transactions . Barely two years later a revised version, with several additions to the originally very few experimental cowpox inoculations, was published privately. The blurb’s claim that Jenner thus ‘freed mankind from "the spotted plague", smallpox’, seems an exaggerated tribute which ignores the hard work of successive later generations to provide a safe, theoretical basis for Jenner’s empiricism, and also the enormous technical and financial resources invested by the World Health Organization in the prolonged global campaign which finally achieved eradication of smallpox nearly 200 years later. Even within Edward Jenner’s own lifetime, the story of the progress of ‘vaccination’ as opposed to ‘variolation’ was a complex one, not helped by his failure to realize the need for periodic re-vaccination.

Erstes Instrument zur standardisierten Erfassung der Teilhabe Behinderter

2017 ◽  
Vol 79 (07) ◽  
pp. 526-527
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
Menschen Mit Behinderung

Coenen M et al. [Recommendation for the collection and analysis of data on participation and disability from the perspective of the World Health Organization]. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 2016; 59: 1060–1067 Um eine gleichberechtigte Teilhabe an der Gesellschaft von Menschen mit Behinderung zu ermöglichen, werden zunächst Daten zu vorhandenen Einschränkungen gebraucht. Erst wenn diese detailliert erhoben wurden, können Konzepte zur Beseitigung von Problemen entwickelt werden. Ein standardisiertes Erhebungsinstrument für alle Aspekte der Funktionsfähigkeit fehlte jedoch bisher.

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