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This paper suggests that (i) the dominance of an individualistic philosophy of nursing, (ii) nurses' own perceptions of their role and (iii) the hospital:community divide are all obstacles to health promotion being well integrated into nursing practice. It explores how these obstacles need to be overcome in order for the new health promoting nurse to emerge in practice. This is an attempt to clearly demonstrate 'who' the health promoting nurse is, 'what' she/he does, 'how' she/he works and 'where' she/he works.

In recent years increased attention has been focused on listening to the views of children and young people. This study analysed 31 research studies, which were published between 2000 and early 2009, into children and young people's views of health professionals in England. The findings from the studies were inductively analysed and grouped into seven themes. Children and young people want health professionals to be familiar, accessible and available; to be informed and competent; to provide accessible information; to be a good communicator; to participate in care; to ensure privacy and confidentiality, and to demonstrate acceptance and empathy. It is noteworthy that over the nine years many studies repeated the same broad messages to health professionals. The findings suggest that although there are examples of good practice, health professionals are sometimes falling short of the standards set by UK health professional bodies.

Worldwide demographic change means that the responsibility for a growing older population will fall to younger generations. This narrative literature review comprises an international examination of what has been pu lished a out hild e s ie s of olde people et ee a d . "i t i e academic papers were inductively analysed, and the emerging themes were: ageism; contact with olde people; hild e s edia; hild e s pe eptio s of olde people; i te generational studies;hild e s pe eptio s of olde people s health o ditio s; a d ultu e, eth i it a d o ld ide studies. Reports a out hild e s ie s were i flue ed esea h ethods, the hild e s familiarity with whom they were being asked to describe, their prior relationships with grandparents and other significant older people, and their stage of development. 80% of the papers were based on American research, and were often guided by a concern about ageism. While children adopt stereotypes, they do not appear to be ageist. Research needs to include a wider geographical and cultural spread of children; hild e s u de sta di gs of the li ed e pe ie es of olde people; and an exploration of the effects of culture, faith and socio-economic status o hild e s ie s if it is to underpin effective education to equip the next generation to humanely support the older populations of the future. Robinson, S. and Howatson-Jo es, L Child e s ie s of olde people, Journal of Research inChildhood Education, 28:3,[293][294][295][296][297][298][299][300][301][302][303][304][305][306][307][308][309][310][311][312] Final version before publication 2 IntroductionTraditionally older people were venerated for their experience and wisdom, but in western societies attitudes began to change from positive to negative after the 1930s. The diminution in the social status of older people paralleled an increased focus on youth, and was underpinned by economic, social and political changes (Johnson, 1995). Phillipson (1991) explains how during the 1970s, the rise in oil prices, economic decline, raised unemployment and high inflation led to older people being characterised as a burden on public finances. The study of older people emerged during the late 1970s and focused on the olde pe so s deficits as measured against a biological or social o . Geriatrics identified the medical problems, such as dementia, and gerontology identified the social problems such as loss, institutionalisation or loneliness. Defining any population in terms of deficits alone makes that population vulnerable to being blamed, as scape goats, for wider social, political or economic difficulties, thus fuelling negative discrimination such as ageism. It as t u til the 1980s that the social model developed into one that focused on the structures of society, and recognised that olde people s e pe ie es e e ofte shaped the ide ph si al a d so ial environment over which, as individuals, they had little control (Townsend et al, 1988; Phillipson, 1991).Today, as the world tentatively emerges from economic recession, there are concerns about...

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