This article, by Starship Children’s Hospital general paediatrician Anne Tait, looks into the paediatrics conundrum of the crying baby, a common situation that can drive primary care practitioners and paediatricians to despair, and parents even more so. The aim is to provide a systematic approach to the crying baby aged less than six months
This article, by Anna Elders, explores the biopsychosocial impacts of trauma over the lifespan, and the essential role trauma screening plays in the provision of effective healthcare. It challenges you to purposefully focus on the discovery, validation and support of trauma in your patients
This article describes the three new roles in the integrated primary mental health and addiction model – health improvement practitioners, health coaches and Awhi Ora support workers. It also gives “a day in the life” vignettes for each role and explains how they work with the existing GP and nurse workforce to provide primary care focused on holistic wellbeing
This article, written by Cathy Stephenson, Alex Ker and Rachel Johnson, covers the diverse aspects of providing gender-affirming healthcare for Aotearoa’s transgender and non-binary people, including the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy, as well as the general principles behind this rapidly evolving area of medicine
Specialist GP Nikki Vadgama provides some tips to make your next paediatric eczema consult easier. She includes a review of new guidelines, resources, websites and medications for paediatric eczema management