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Vaccine-preventable infections in travellers abroad – meningococcal disease

03 December 2010

Primary Health Care

CPD

Vaccination is the answer to preventing bacterial meningitis, and has been particularly successful in reducing infection in children caused by serogroup C...

Innovative delivery of flu immunisation

26 August 2014

Primary Health Care

Art & Science

This article outlines the innovative work and development of the Torbay Flu’s-ease Team and its role in delivering the influenza and pneumococcal vaccines to...

A reason to hope

01 December 2009

Nursing Standard

General article

The recent announcement that vaccination against HIV has been partially successful in Thailand gives scientists important clues for further developments.

Overcoming resistance

12 October 2010

Nursing Standard

Feature

Antibodies that prevent HIV from infecting cells are raising hopes of a possible vaccine.

Parents' perceptions of influenza and why they accept or decline the nasal vaccine for their child

Nursing Children and Young People

evidence & practice

Background Background Nasal influenza vaccine is offered each year to all children from age two to higher age groups. There is little UK research on whether parents...

Open to temptation

06 September 2011

Nursing Standard

Feature

Some hard-to-reach patients behave more healthily in the short term if offered incentives such as shopping vouchers. Long term schemes are difficult to manage.

Charity began at home

13 July 2010

Nursing Standard

General article

As a result of her nursing work, Patricia Leathem set up the charity Against Breast Cancer, which now has its own research team.

Another injection?

09 January 2008

Nursing Standard

Feature

A national vaccination programme against chickenpox has been recommended by researchers, but its implementation may be difficult.

The travel health consultation

01 February 2014

Primary Health Care

CPD

The pre-travel consultation should be a health-promotion activity where a thorough risk assessment is carried out and risk management discussed. Travellers should be...