Things in the library 17th August...

Things to attend...

The next journal club will be Tuesday 21 Aug 1-2pm, in the Education and Skills Centre, F Floor, Stephenson Wing. Paper: "General practitioner referrals to paediatric specialist outpatient clinics: referral goals and parental influence" Journal Club is open to all health professionals and is a fun, informal way of learning to criticize papers and gather evidence to change practice. At each meeting a speaker presents a critical appraisal of a research paper, using a recognised appraisal tool such as CASP
Group members then have an informal discussion to determine whether or not current practice should be altered in light of the presenter's findings

Things to buy...
We have some old editions of books available for sale - first come first served....please check out the trolley in the library or click this link to view the list . If you are registered with the library we can save items for you and we will add the the cost of them to your library account...please note this is a commitment to buy...we will not reserve items for you to look at and then decide you don't want to buy.

Things about CAMHS...

A briefing paper published by House of Commons Library on 'Children and young people’s mental health – policy, services, funding and education' is available. It includes: background on CAMHS services; government policy in CAMHS since 2010; select committee enquiries; mental health in schools; further reading suggestions.

Things about pollution and prams...
Sometimes health news items make you think 'where on earth has that come from',  'is it true' and no doubt as health professionals you may have parents/carers then asking you about various 'scares'. Recently I spotted this "Babies and young children in prams can be exposed to up to 60% more pollution than adults, a study suggests," BBC News reports. My first stop when wanting to check things out like this is always NHS Behind the headlines which is really useful. They discuss where the story came from, the original research and interpretation and then their own conclusion about the story. In this case:

This review does not present enough evidence to say definitively that babies are exposed to more pollution than the person pushing the pram. The widely reported figure of 60% higher levels of pollution came from a single US study. The other studies found in this review had mixed results, with some indicating higher levels at adult height compared to pram height.
The review was also neither able to say if the style or type of pram made any difference to exposure to pollutants, nor whether using a cover would be better or actually trap in any pollutants.
Despite the limitations of this study, there is evidence outlining the effects of pollution and its negative effects on the development of diseases such as coronary heart disease, stroke, lung cancer and childhood asthma, therefore tackling air pollution is already a government priority. This research does not have the methodological strength to add anything new to current research in the area however.

Things to eat...
This Basque style salmon stew is always a summer favourite - although I cook it in a little stock until the spuds are almost done before adding the tomatoes.