Beating cervical cancer. The HPV vaccine - questions and answers for parents of girls in Year 9 (English and eight translations)

This leaflet provides more detailed information in a question and answer format about the HPV vaccine offered to girls in Year 9 which can help protect against cervical cancer.

Bowel cancer screening: how to take the test (English and 10 translations)

Format: 6 page A5 leaflet Target group: Prospective participants in the Northern Ireland Bowel cancer screening programme Description: This leaflet provides step by step instructions on using the Faecal Occult Blood test (FOBt) for bowel cancer screening.

Bowel cancer screening: the repeat test (English and 10 translations)

Format: 6 page A5 leaflet Target group: Participants in the Northern Ireland Bowel cancer screening programme who require a second test. Description: This leaflet provides step by step instructions on using the Faecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) for bowel cancer screening.

Bowel cancer screening: the next step (English and 10 translations)

Format: 4 page A5 leaflet Target group: Participants in the Northern Ireland Bowel cancer screening programme who require further investigations Description: This leaflet provides information on further investigations participants may require, including colonoscopy.

Bowel cancer screening: the facts (English and 10 translations)

This leaflet provides information on bowel cancer and the Northern Ireland Bowel cancer screening programme.

Breastfeeding - part of everyday life

This poster highlights how discreet breastfeeding can be part of everyday life.

Teenage immunisations for ages 14 to 18 (English and 10 translations) 2010

This booklet explains about the routine immunisations that are offered to all young people before they leave school.

TB: the disease, its treatment and prevention (English and 10 translations)

This booklet offers general advice on the control of tuberculosis (TB)

Immunisation for babies up to 13 months of age (English and 10 translations)

This booklet provides information on the routine immunisations that are given to babies to protect them from serious childhood diseases.

Hepatitis C - what now? Patient results factsheet (English and 6 translations)

Factsheet for patients who have tested positive for the hepatitis C virus.

Hepatitis C: could I be at risk? (English and 6 translations)

This leaflet provides information onHepatitis C- how the virusis spread,the symptoms of the virus and treatment available.

Alcohol MOT part one

The Alcohol MOT is designed to support those working in primary care to carry out alcohol brief interventions. There is extensive evidence to show that primary care-based brief interventions are very effective at reducing drinking at both hazardous and harmful levels. MOT Part 1 enables patients to work out if they are drinking at hazardous or harmful levels. MOT Part 2 helps motivate and support patients to reduce their drinking. Both tools are designed so that a practitioner can work through them with a patient, or a patient can work through them alone.

Alcohol MOT part two

The Alcohol MOT is designed to support those working in primary care to carry out alcohol brief interventions. There is extensive evidence to show that primary care-based brief interventions are very effective at reducing drinking at both hazardous and harmful levels. MOT Part 1 enables patients to work out if they are drinking at hazardous or harmful levels. MOT Part 2 helps motivate and support patients to reduce their drinking. Both tools are designed so that a practitioner can work through them with a patient, or a patient can work through them alone.

Conducting and Interpreting Appropriate Hypotheses Tests (Part 2)

Catherine Comiskey CI and Hypothesis tests part 2 Hypothesis Testing   - Developing Null and Alternative Hypotheses   - Type I and Type II Errors   - Population Mean:  s Known   - Population Mean:  s Unknown   - Population Proportion  

Indications of Public Health in the English Regions 10: Drug Use

This tenth in a series of national reports produced for the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) by the Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO) is on drug use. The report contains 46 different indicators of drug use relating to the individual, community and population across all nine English regions; with additional analysis of sub-regional inequalities where possible. An Executive Summary is also available.