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Caring About Health: Improving the health of looked after and accommodated children in Scotland

Description:This national resource pack has been published by NHS Health Scotland. The main aim of the pack is to support those caring for looked after and accommodated children in residential and foster care settings throughout Scotland. Presented in A-Z format (in 10 segments), the pack provides easy access to health information, sources of help and advice, and relevant websites. It also advocates a wider, more holistic approach to health. The pack includes medically related information on subjects such as diabetes, epilepsy and immunisation, as well as health promotion information on topics such as healthy eating, substance misuse and mental health.
Date:12 March 2009

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_Accident Prevention.pdf [54 Kb]
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_Alcohol.pdf [50 Kb]
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_Allergies.pdf [45 Kb]
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_Anxiety.pdf [51 Kb]
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_Asthma.pdf [46 Kb]
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_Bedwetting.pdf [49 Kb]
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_Bereavement.pdf [50 Kb]
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_Bullying.pdf [51 Kb]
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_Child Abuse.pdf [51 Kb]
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_Contraception.pdf [57 Kb]
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_Dental-Oral Health.pdf [46 Kb]
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_Depression.pdf [51 Kb]
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_Diabetes.pdf [46 Kb]
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_Domestic Violence.pdf [47 Kb]
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_Eating Disorders.pdf [49 Kb]
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_Epilepsy.pdf [51 Kb]
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_Gender.pdf [49 Kb]
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_Head Lice.pdf [46 Kb]
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_Healthy Eating.pdf [55 Kb]
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_Hearing Awareness.pdf [49 Kb]
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_Hepatitis A, B and C.pdf [55 Kb]
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_HIV and AIDS.pdf [46 Kb]
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_Immunisations.pdf [47 Kb]
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_Loss and Change.pdf [45 Kb]
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_Meningitis.pdf [44 Kb]
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_Physical Activity.pdf [50 Kb]
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_Pregnancy.pdf [51 Kb]
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_Pressure to Have Sex.pdf [46 Kb]
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_Rape and Sexual Abuse.pdf [50 Kb]
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_Resilience.pdf [48 Kb]
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_Self-harm.pdf [50 Kb]
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_Sexuality.pdf [51 Kb]
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_Smoking.pdf [46 Kb]
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_Soiling.pdf [46 Kb]
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_Suicide.pdf [55 Kb]
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_Termination.pdf [53 Kb]
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_Vision awareness.pdf [43 Kb]
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CaringAboutHealth_A-C.pdf [362 Kb]
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CaringAboutHealth_D-F.pdf [271 Kb]
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CaringAboutHealth_G-I.pdf [280 Kb]
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CaringAboutHealth_J-L.pdf [157 Kb]
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CaringAboutHealth_M-O.pdf [179 Kb]
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CaringAboutHealth_P-R.pdf [221 Kb]
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CaringAboutHealth_S-U.pdf [280 Kb]
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CaringAboutHealth_V-X.pdf [170 Kb]
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CaringAboutHealth_Y-Z.pdf [368 Kb]
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CaringAboutHealthIntro.pdf [289 Kb]
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ISBN: 9781844853953

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