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Youth workers screen for chlamydia

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  • Tuesday, September 9, 2008
  • | CYP Now
Youth workers are being trained by a West Yorkshire primary care trust to help test 16- to 24-year-olds for chlamdyia in non-NHS settings in an effort to meet national targets.

Quick guide to ... Dehydration

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  • Monday, October 18, 2010
  • | CYP Now
Research has found children who do not drink enough water do not perform as well as they should in school. Dehydration means a child's body lacks enough fluid. It occurs when the normal water content of the body is reduced, upsetting the balance of minerals in the body fluid. Many of the body's cells depend on these minerals being maintained at the correct levels. It can result from not drinking, vomiting, diarrhoea, or any combination of these conditions

Young lack mental health awareness

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  • Tuesday, September 9, 2008
  • | CYP Now
A leading child psychiatrist has urged the government to raise young people's awareness of mental illness, after research showed nearly half of 12- to 18-year-olds cannot name a single mental health condition.

Interview: Andy Burnham, shadow education secretary

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  • Monday, October 25, 2010
  • | CYP Now
Andy Burnham is still in migration phase, getting to grips with the role of shadow education secretary after moving from his previous brief in government on health. But the enthusiasm he holds for his new post is clear.

London Borough of Hackney

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  • Monday, July 19, 2010
  • | CYP Now
What did they do? Primary school children across Hackney battled it out last week in the finals of Hackney Personal Bests, a health-based sports programme that teaches young people how diet and nutrition in conjunction with sports can encourage healthy lifestyles.

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