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ERIC’s Booklet ‘Sam’s Story’ is Highly Commended at the BMA Patient Leaflet Awards
posted on 22 Sep 2009 and tagged bedwetting, constipation, daytime wetting, eric, soiling, why me
At the prestigious BMA award ceremony on Tuesday 9th September at BMA House in London, ERIC was proud to be Highly Commended for its booklet ‘Sam’s Story’. Jenny Perez, Director of ERIC and Eileen Jacques, Information and Helpline Manager travelled to London for the Award Ceremony, representing the author of the booklet, Janet Blannin, Clinical Nurse Specialist, who was unable to attend the ceremony.
The booklet produced with Big Lottery Funding as part of the ERIC Outreach Project is written in cartoon form from a child’s perspective. Sam aged 8, suffers with soiling problems and is referred to the school nurse by his teacher when to his great embarrassment, he soils at school. The booklet follows Sam’s journey through assessment, treatment and resolution of the problem.
Written for children aged 6-10 this bright and appealing booklet has received praise from health professionals and children alike. It covers a topic that is not widely talked about and children often feel too embarrassed to confront.
The BMA Patient Information Award was established in 1997 to recognise quality in written patient information leaflets and small booklets and to encourage materials which will enhance patients’ understanding of health issues and their ability to participate in decisions about their care. Entries for the award are assessed on the quality of the information presented, whether it is accurate, evidence-based and addresses all alternatives and uncertainties; it also assesses the leaflet’s effectiveness in conveying this information to the intended readership.
‘This is a bright and colourful leaflet aimed at children informing of an often overlooked topic. The leaflet addresses the subject in a matter-of-fact and sensitive manner. ‘
This year’s patient information award attracted nearly 300 leaflets from charities, health authorities, hospital trusts and pharmaceutical companies covering a wide range of topics. ERIC is delighted to have received a Highly Commended Award.
Sam’s story can be downloaded from the ERIC website or contact ERIC for a free copy (while stocks last).
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Directors Message
Another summer is upon us an exciting time as children, young people and families everywhere look forward to summer camps and holidays. As we know all too well at ERIC for some children this is not an exciting time and they worry about sleepovers and how they will manage and if their friends will find out that they wet the bed. This is a busy time of year for ERIC as we look to support families and health professionals with ways of how to manage bedwetting. This is also why we run ‘Banish the Wee Horror’ in June – it’s very timely and a chance for ERIC to get into the media and encourage people to talk openly about their continence problems.
ERIC had a fantastic opportunity to talk publicly about constipation when we featured on Woman’s Hour, to coincide with the NICE Guidelines on Soiling and Constipation – we received a record number of hits to our website on the day of the interview. This once again shows how important it is ensure information and support is at hand and how keen parents are to talk about the issues and seek help.
We hope by talking about the problems that we encourage even more people this year to step forward for help.
Kind regards
Jenny Perez
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