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Exploring the role of vitamin D in infants, children and young people

Author: Jackie Bentley

Duration: 2 hours Last updated: 2019 Quality Assurance: Peer-reviewed Level: Qualified nurses, Students Language: English

Course description

This module aims to discuss the contribution vitamin D makes to health in infants, children and young people, and to explore the consequences and management of deficiency.


Learning aims and intended outcomes

  • Discuss the role vitamin D plays in growth, development and metabolism
  • Identify children at risk of vitamin D deficiency and their complications
  • List the sources of vitamin D
  • Discuss the role of vitamin D supplementation in preventing/managing deficiency in infants, children and young people

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Metabolism
  • How vitamin D works
  • Bone growth and development
  • Sources of vitamin D
  • Vitamin D deficiency
  • Symptoms of osteomalacia (rickets)
  • Risk factors
  • Management
  • Prevention of deficiency
  • Conclusions

Author

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Jackie Bentley
Senior lecturer, Child health, University of Worcester.

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Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Metabolism
  • How vitamin D works
  • Bone growth and development
  • Sources of vitamin D
  • Vitamin D deficiency
  • Symptoms of osteomalacia (rickets)
  • Risk factors
  • Management
  • Prevention of deficiency
  • Conclusions

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