Annex: references
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High-impact areas for health visiting (ages 0 to 5)
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5. Babic A, Sasamoto N, Rosner BA and others. Association between breastfeeding and ovarian cancer risk. JAMA Oncology 2020: volume 6, issue 6, article e200421.
6. Tham R, Bowatte G and others. Breastfeeding and the risk of dental caries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Acta Paediatrica 2015: volume 104, issue 467, pages 62 to 84.
7. Thompson JMD, Tanabe K and others. Duration of breastfeeding and risk of SIDS: an individual participant data meta-analysis. Pediatrics 2017: volume 140, issue 5, article e20171324.
8. Rito AI, Buoncristiano M and others. Association between characteristics at birth, breastfeeding and obesity in 22 countries: the WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative - COSI 2015/2017. Obesity Facts 2019: volume 12, issue 2, pages 226 to 243.
9. Ćwiek D, Zimny M and others. The effect of breastfeeding on women’s weight loss after childbirth and body mass composition - a preliminary study. European Journal of Midwifery 2023: volume 7 (supplement 1), article A78.
10. Chambers A, Emmott EH, Myers S and Page AE. Emotional and informational social support from health visitors and breastfeeding outcomes in the UK. International Breastfeeding Journal 2023: volume 18, article number 14.
11. Rankin J, Matthews L and others. Psychological consequences of childhood obesity: psychiatric comorbidity and prevention. Adolescent Health, Medicine and Therapeutics 2016L volume 14, issue 1, pages 125 to 146.
High-impact areas for school nursing (ages 5 to 19)
12. Spencer NJ, Blackburn CM and Read JM. Disabling chronic conditions in childhood and socioeconomic disadvantage: a systematic review and meta-analyses of observational studies. BMJ Open 2015: volume 5, article e007062.
13. Foulkes L and Blakemore S-J. Studying individual differences in human adolescent brain development. Nature Neuroscience 2018: volume 21, pages 315 to 323.
14. Fraser LK, Gibson-Smith D, Jarvis S and others. Estimating the current and future prevalence of children and young people with life-limiting conditions in the United Kingdom., Palliative Medicine 2021: volume 35, issue 3, pages 513 to 522.
15. Jindal‐Snape D, Hannah EFS, Cantali D and others. Systematic literature review of primary–secondary transitions: international research. Review of Education 2020: volume 8, issue 2, pages 526 to 566.