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Harnessing a public health asset (2017)
Journal Article
Lewis, L. (2017). Harnessing a public health asset. Community Practitioner, 90(8), 20

Health Visitor posts are being axed by Local Authorities as the resource was not ring fenced when commissioning transferred, this is despite the massive public expenditure on the HV Implementation Programme between 2011 and 2016. Public Health remai... Read More about Harnessing a public health asset.

Tackling vitamin D deficiency in children and at-risk families (2014)
Journal Article
Lewis, L. (2014). Tackling vitamin D deficiency in children and at-risk families. Primary Health Care, 24(4), 20-24. https://doi.org/10.7748/phc2014.04.24.4.20.e857

This article considers the reasons for, and the consequences of, vitamin D deficiency, which affects large numbers of young children. Despite extensive media coverage there appears to be a lack of awareness of the risks among parents and, in some cas... Read More about Tackling vitamin D deficiency in children and at-risk families.