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Bethany Boddy explores the guidance and evidence into functional gastrointestinal disorders in infants and how to support parents to support their infants

Bethany Boddy reflects on the importance of the first 1001 days for infant and child mental health

Bethany Boddy reflects on her time as a newly qualified health visitor and asks what needs to be done to support the profession moving forwards

Bethany Boddy discusses the importance of user feedback to health visiting practice, encouraging clients to let us know what they think about the service, including the positive aspects and areas for improvement

Bethany Boddy considers the need for holistic assessment of appointments where children were not present, and the importance of considering that a child was not brought, rather than did not attend

Bethany Boddy explores the evidence in relation to domestic abuse prevalence, asking routine enquiry question and responding to a disclosure

Bethany Boddy explores the evidence around paternal mental health illness, and the role of the health visitor through assessment, identification and signposting using a whole-family approach

Bethany Boddy considers the important role health visitors have in discussing vaccinations with families through mandated contacts and sharing evidence-based research to promote vaccination uptake

Bethany Boddy explores the barriers to breastfeeding in the UK and how practitioners can promote breastfeeding within health visitor practice

With the government publishing a policy paper on obesity in July 2020, Bethany Boddy looks at the health visitor role in early identification, health promotion and intervention for families

Bethany Boddy reflects on the changes and challenges faced by health visitors during the coronavirus pandemic

Bethany Boddy reflects on the evidence of improved outcomes after home visiting by health visitors and its important use in assessments

Bethany Boddy explores the fast-changing public health emergency of COVID-19 and the health visitor response

Bethany Boddy considers the evidence around child health clinics, and how teams and can use this client interaction to discuss health promotion messages

As a new cohort of health visitors qualify, Bethany Boddy reflects on the importance of resilience and the way individuals, teams and organisations can support staff as they develop their skills as practitioners through preceptorship

There has been much in the news recently about how to achieve the best start for children in the UK. Bethany Boddy reflects on the importance of the health visitor contacts for families in the UK and the challenges faced to ensure every family is seen

Bethany Boddy reflects on how the health visiting profession should embrace, gather and take forward user feedback to help improve practice