This is just a reminder that the next Lunch and Learn session will be held via Teams on Wednesday 19th January between 12pm and 1pm.
This session will feature Jo Smith, Health and Wellbeing Lead, talking about physical and mental wellbeing and support that is available to help us keep well.
Teams invites have been sent to all our Library registered users. If you would like an invite to be extended to you or your team please email: carmel.smith@lscft.nhs.uk
Across the UK, men’s mental and physical health is unacceptably poor – with around one man in five dying before the age of 65. Covid has worsened the situation with completely disproportionate effects among men. Many services are failing to reach men in time, especially working-age men, even though there are ever more examples of how services can be designed to reach and engage men more effectively. The lesson from other countries is that introducing a men’s health strategy alongside the government’s planned women’s health strategy can change this. This document lays out the case for change.
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Read more about anchor institutions here in this 12-minute read from The King’s Fund, including how they can offer health and care organisations opportunities to act on the key causes of poor health and reduce inequalities.
The MEDBOX team publishes issue briefs on different topics around COVID-19. They have prepared a new issue brief on the long-term effects of coronavirus infection, Long COVID (also known as long-haul COVID, post-acute COVID-19, long-term effects of COVID, or chronic COVID). The issue brief includes many links to relevant reports and guidance about long COVID.
Read the brief here
How has cognitive behaviour therapy been adapted for adolescents with comorbid depression and chronic illness? A scoping review.[Abstract]
Morey A. Child and Adolescent Mental Health 2021;26(3):252-264.
[BACKGROUND: Depression becomes increasingly common in adolescence. Around 10%-20% of adolescents have a chronic illness, and they are more likely to experience depression. There is emerging evidence for cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) interventions to treat depression in adolescents with chronic illnesses, yet no review has been undertaken of how these CBT interventions are delivered in practice.]
The best terminology to describe self-harm: “There is more that unites us than divides us”.
The Mental Elf; 2021.
[Angharad de Cates reviews a recent study which examined international definitions of English-language terms for suicidal and self-harm behaviours.]
Education, schooling and health summary.
Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England; 2021.
[Summary of the existing evidence of the health and wellbeing benefits of school-age education. This paper aims to summarise the existing evidence of the health and wellbeing benefits of school-age education, including the wider impacts on mental and physical health and wellbeing of being in school and the observed impacts of the loss of education in the last 18 months.]
Does the IAPT self-referral process work for people living in poverty?
The Mental Elf; 2021.
[In her debut blog, Alice Potter reviews a qualitative study exploring different perspectives on the accessibility of current IAPT self-referral processes for people with mental health problems living in poverty.]
STI rates remain a concern despite fall in 2020.
Public Health England (PHE); 2021.
[New data from Public Health England (PHE) reveal that diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) decreased in 2020 by 32% compared to 2019.]
Promotional material: Flu immunisation for social care staff.
Public Health England (PHE); 2021.
[Leaflets for social care workers and personal care assistants to support the annual flu programme.]
Dismissed for too long: recommendations to improve migraine care in the UK.
The Migraine Trust; 2021.
[This report found a wide range of issues with migraine health care, including slow or no diagnosis and lack of access to specialist care. It sets out the action needed from the government, health care systems and other organisations to give everyone living with migraine in the UK the support they need.]
COVID-19 rapid guideline: managing COVID-19.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE); 2021.
[On 10 August 2021, NICE corrected an error in the practical info section of the recommendations on corticosteroids. The dose of prednisolone for children with a greater than 44-week corrected gestational age is 1 mg/kg.]
Impact of Covid-19 on physical activity in children in the UK.
Carried out by Frankie Marcelline from Brighton and Sussex on 9/8/2021
[This evidence search consists of short reports on the impact of Covid-19 on physical activity in children in the UK. Most of the results are summaries from Sport England which works to encourage all age groups in the uptake of sports and physical activities in England.]
The impact of Covid-19 to date on older people’s mental and physical health: one year on.
Age UK; 2021.
[This report finds that the impact of the pandemic on the health and wellbeing of some older people in early 2021 is so demonstrably severe that it raises big questions over whether they will be able to ‘bounce back’. The adverse effect may prove long lasting in many cases, or even irreversible, with big implications for the NHS and social care in the months and years to come.]
High quality health information can have a huge impact on people’s ability to stay healthy and manage illnesses effectively, giving them a better quality of life.
In response to these needs, Health Information Week 2021 runs from 5th to 11th July and focuses on the themes of:
Read more about today’s theme, Vaccines
High quality health information can have a huge impact on people’s ability to stay healthy and manage illnesses effectively, giving them a better quality of life.
In response to these needs, Health Information Week 2021 runs from 5th to 11th July and focuses on the themes of:
Read more about today’s theme, Health information for everyone
High quality health information can have a huge impact on people’s ability to stay healthy and manage illnesses effectively, giving them a better quality of life.
In response to these needs, Health Information Week 2021 runs from 5th to 11th July and focuses on the themes of:
Read more about today’s theme, “Oh, I don’t know what to believe…”
