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Penny Dobson

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PubMed2004

Addressing the needs of teenagers with continence problems.

Adolescence refers to the period of great physical and emotional change experienced by 11 to 19-year-olds. A recent report aims to raise the profile of adolescent health (British Medical Association, 2003), and it is important to understand the impact of continence problems at a time in life when self-image is so important and wetting and soiling are particularly distressing. This article considers the specific needs of teenagers and ways of encouraging them to seek treatment.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2003

Children who soil: guidelines for good practice.

The need for a more coherent and integrated national service for children with constipation and soiling has been recognised for some years. It became clear to the team at the voluntary organisation Enuresis Resource & Information Centre (ERIC) as a result of the experiences of the many parents and professionals who contacted them. They responded by setting up a multidisciplinary working group to begin the process of reviewing the research. The group then went on to oversee the publication of the first national minimum standard guidelines for service delivery in this area of child health.

Benchmarking↗
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Developing integrated paediatric continence services.

The Paediatric Continence Forum is a coalition of specialist clinicians, nurses and industry representatives, and is chaired by Penny Dobson. It came together in 2003 through a mutual concern about the fragmented and under-resourced nature of NHS services for children with bladder and bowel problems, and aimed to highlight the need for dedicated services for these problems and to campaign to have continence included in the National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services (NSF) (DoH, 2004a).

Child↗
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Nocturnal enuresis: systems for assessment.

Childhood nocturnal enuresis, or bedwetting, is a common childhood condition that causes children and their families stress and embarrassment and which can radically affect the lives of these children. Penny Dobson and Anne Weaver outline how nurses can inform and support these families, and describe a research-based approach, the three systems, which provides a useful framework for assessing the problem before choosing the most appropriate treatment strategy. Specific help that could be offered teenagers is also outlined.

Adolescent↗