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Interviews with 10 men studying early childhood education and 8 women in motor-vehicle engineering, areas in which they were gender minorities, revealed intimidating behaviors and stereotypes preventing their full participation. Difficulties also arose in workshops and job placements. (SK)

This year will be remembered as historic for nurse prescribing. The big story, undoubtedly, was the opening of the full British National Formulary (BNF) to nurse prescribers on May 1. [...]

Promoting the Health of School Age Children **** Each chapter stands alone in this book, with key themes identified using bullet points. The text is comprehensively referenced and useful websites [...]

Gill Devereux has been appointed professional officer for Wales by the Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association (CPHVA). Ms Devereux is a health visitor in Cardiff. The CPHVA has also [...]

Val Thurtle (left), a lecturer at London South Bank University, has been appointed education officer by the Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association (CPHVA). The CPHVA has also appointed Cardiff [...]

A health visitor with 27 years' experience has become the education officer for the Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association. Val Thurtle (pictured), from Ipswich, takes up the post after [...]

Student health visitors led a Mini-MEND project for families with young children as part of their public health nursing course. The project gave a framework for the students and staff members from the children's centre to stimulate an awareness of health needs and facilitate health enhancing activities in terms of healthy eating and parenting. Reflection on the initiative identified application of the principles of health visiting and the domains of specialist community public health nursing, yet the pressures of current health visiting workloads mean that having developed public health skills to use with groups and communities, they may not be used by newly-qualified health visitors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers the author's insights regarding his decision to return to practice as a health visitor after several years of being a lecturer in public healt. The author says that he was employed at a provider, in which he works two days a week following experienced health visitors. Furthermore, he mentions the changes on the practice which include the use of electronic records, skill mix and integrated working, and the emergence of specialist health visitors.

The article offers information on the use of social marketing approach by the Department of Health (DH) in Great Britain for the reduction of the proportion of overweight and obese children in the country to 2000 levels by 2010. The initiative has been indicated as marketing with a social rather than a financial goal. It has been using a range of models and different tools which have been familiar to healthcare professionals. The approach has also been designed to be part of the care delivery in the National Health Service (NHS).

Information on the electronic discussion forum Senate for Health Visiting and School Nursing (SENATE-HVSN) in June 2011 regarding the health visitor implementation plan of the U.S. Department of Health (DH) is presented. Topics include how to implement the plan into reality by enabling health visitors have autonomy and authority, sound health visiting practice, and its opportunities. The electronic forum featured deputy chief nursing officer Viv Bennett of DH.

A letter to the editor about the proposed five post-registration pathways intended for health visitor lecturers in Great Britain is presented.