Healthy People 2020: Childhood Immunizations Every year‚ the number of preventable diseases fluctuates. In 2008 the number of measles cases worldwide was 147‚181‚ and in 2011 the number of cases was 356‚632. However‚ in 2014‚ the number was back down to 138‚386 (Council on Foreign Relations‚ n.d.). The suffering related to childhood preventable diseases like: polio‚ measles‚ mumps‚ chicken pox‚ and whooping cough‚ is a tragedy that not only affects the infected individual‚ but also the family‚ community
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in work with children and young people The current legislative framework protecting the equal rights of all children and young people are stated in the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989). These rights are extensive‚ including the right to education and the right for children and young people to have their views respected. The Children Act 1989 sets out the duty of local authorities to provide services according to the needs of all children and young people. Every Child
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HEALTY PEOPLE 2020 October 2014 Healthy People 2020 The Healthy People 2020 initiative provides a science-based‚ 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans. For three decades‚ Healthy People has established benchmarks and monitored progress over time in order to encourage collaborations across communities‚ empower individuals toward making informed health decisions‚ and measure the impact of prevention activities. (Healthy‚ 2012) The first goal of this paper
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Safeguarding the welfare of children and young people. By Kimberley Morgan. The United Nations convention on the rights of the child (1989) Built on varied legal systems and cultural traditions‚ the convention is a set of non-negotiable standards and obligations. These basic standards are the minimum requirements that should be respected by all governments. They are founded on respect for the dignity and worth of each individual‚ regardless of race‚ colour‚ gender‚ language‚ religion‚ opinions
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CU1513 – Contribute to the support of positive environments for children and young people. 1.1 A positive environment is a setting that supports the children and young people who attend it to achieve their full potential in a challenging and achievable fashion. 1.2 The two compulsory registers for children and young people are the Child Early years register and the general childcare register. 3.1 Skincare – children should wash there hands after using the toilet and before eating. Faces
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Unit 10 Caring for children & young people P1-There are many different reasons why children and young people may need to be looked after which are unforeseen‚ unexpected and planned situations. Common reasons could involve family related issues including: family breakdown‚ bereavement‚ loss of parent‚ illness or incapacity of a parent such as: hospitalisation‚ substance misuse or mental health needs‚ which means there is no one else to provide care. A Child or young person are suspected or actually
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The Right of Children and Young Person Presidential Decree No. 603 dated December 10‚ 1974 (Bustos‚ et al.‚ 1999) listed down the Rights of Children and Young Person. This was aimed at understanding children better and for the Filipino teacher to be more aware of the children’s rights. The code contained the following provision: To understand and help children better‚ it is important for every Filipino teacher to be cognizant of such rights. The provisions of the Code regarding such rights are
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controversial discuss topic. In the term definition‚ sex education is used to “describe education about human sexual anatomy‚ sexual reproduction‚ sexual intercourse‚ and other aspects of human sexual behavior”. Even the curriculum of most school has sex education; it is still a controversial issue in different countries. The most discussed part is from what age that school should start to give such education. Children are easy to curious to everything at their early age‚ especially this sensitive
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1 There are many factors you should take into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments. Look at the pictures below‚ and then complete the boxes in the grid to explain how you might need to adapt them in order to take the list of factors into account. Factor | Indoor environment | Outdoor environment | Age and ability of the children | * Age appropriate chairs and height of table. For example in year 3 the chairs and height of table are different of that to a
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support practitioners‚ children‚ young people and their families to recognise and respond to bullying at school. Responding to Evidence or Concerns: 5:2 Outline policies and procedures to follow in response to concerns or evidence of bullying. Explain why these are in place: As part of the Every Child Matters agenda set out by the previous Government (Education Act 2002 and the children Act 2004)‚ it is the duty of St Matthew’s Primary School to ensure that children and young people are protected from
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