Resources for Specialist Community Health Nursing (Health Visiting) staff and students to support delivery of the Universal Health Visiting Pathway in Scotland, Pre-Birth to Pre-School

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  General

  Resources for Specialist Community Health Nursing (Health Visiting) staff and students to support delivery of the Universal Health Visiting Pathway in Scotland, Pre-Birth to Pre-School - (Scottish Government 2015)

  NHS Health Scotland and NHS Education for Scotland worked  in partnership to develop this area to provide further information on the delivery of the Public Health Resources toolkit as part of the Universal Health Visiting Pathway. This area provides links to the national information resources, information on e-learning and evidence about what works to support the core home visiting program as part of the Universal Health Visiting Pathway. We anticipate that this area will be a great time-saving and informative resource for higher education lecturers, teaching staff, students, practice teachers and health visitors.

   

  Contents

  1. Tools and resources to support the delivery of the public health role
  2. NHS Health Scotland National Information Resources
  3. eLearning and Evidence 
  4. Further information 
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  Tools and Resources to Support the Delivery of the Public Health Role

  This supports Section 1 of the Public Health Resources Toolkit (page 49) ‘Supporting the Delivery of the Health Visitor Public Health Role’.

  This section is split into the core issues as included in section 1 of the pathway and outlined in the list below.  Resources and tools for practioners and for parents are identified. Preparing for parenthood and parenting support Child wellbeing and protection Child safety Financial inclusion, including poverty and debt, income maximisation and fuel poverty  Gender based violence Immunisations Supporting tobacco control and reducing substance misuse Infant nutrition Maternal emotional health and wellbeing Nutrition Oral health Physical activity Healthy weight Sexual health Active play

  Particular NHS Health Scotland resources are identified along those produced the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN).  The resources and evidence summaries identified are by no means exhaustive.  While we acknowledge that others sources of evidence may be available, particular focus has been paid to evidence summaries produced by NHS Health Scotland and high quality clinical guidelines.

  Please click on the thumbnail images below to access the resources
  Core issue covered in the review	Evidence, policy and resources for professionals	Information resources for parents
  Preparing for parenthood and parent support	NHS Health Scotland briefing paper on the evidence of effectiveness of parenting programmes: Triple P, Incredible Years and Family Nurse Partnership	Ready Steady Baby Ready Steady Baby website
  	Attachment briefing for professionals	Ready Steady Toddler Ready Steady Toddler website
  	Rapid Evidence Review on Infant and Child Sleep	Ready Steady Toddler
  Child wellbeing and protection	National Child Protection Guidance for Scotland  NHS Education for Scotland  - Child Protection Education and Training Resources On-line Child Protection Module . Improving Wellbeing Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014	N/A
  Child safety	Public health interventions to prevent unintentional injuries among the under 15s   ISD Scotland Unintentional Injuries data	Good Egg Guide (Child Safety)
  Poverty and debt	Financial help in the early years Briefing on Child Poverty Childcare, tax credits and other help factsheet	Ready Steady Baby
  Gender based violence	Domestic violence and abuse: how health services, social care and the organisations they work with can respond effectively  Scottish Government national gender based violence and health programme booklet What every health worker needs to know about domestic abuse Save Lives (2015) Domestic Abuse Risk Assessment Checklist	Scottish Women's Aid
  Immunisations	NHS Education for Scotland Immunisation Portal	A guide to childhood immunisation What to expect after immunisations Immunisation Scotland Website Keys to Life
  Supporting tobacco control and reducing substance misuse	Evidence summary: public health interventions to support smoking cessation and prevention of uptake Effectiveness evidence briefings on tobacco and smoking cessation A guide to smoking cessation in Scotland 2010. Contains several components: Helping a smoker to stop smoking - Brief interventions; Planning and providing specialist smoking cessation services; and a Brief interventions flowchart  (Note: There is also a harm reduction addendum (2014) and the brief interventions flowchart has been updated in line with that.) Link	I Quit Scottish Government’s second-hand smoke campaign: Take it Right Outside Link
  Infant nutrition	Raising the Issue of Maternal and Infant Nutrition e-learning training	Off to a Good Start – all you need to know about breastfeeding Formula Feeding: how to feed your baby safely Healthy Start UNICEF Baby Friendly Fun, First Foods
  Maternal emotional health and wellbeing	Antenatal and postnatal mental health
  Nutrition	Eatwell Guide Food Standards Scotland	Eatwell Guide Eat Better, Feel Better
  Oral health	SIGN 183 Dental Interventions to Prevent Caries in Children Cochrane systematic review on fluoride varnishing Link Oral health and nutrition guidance for professionals	Childsmile
  Healthy weight	Healthy Happy Kids	Healthy, happy kids... Simple steps for a healthy weight at home
  Sexual health	Sexual health Scotland	Sexual health Scotland
  Physical active play	Physical activity guidelines for the early years   (including guidelines for non-walkers and walkers) eLearning module raising the issue of physical activity	Play@Home - Baby Play@Home - Toddler Play@Home - Pre-school play@home information leaflet Link Help your baby move and play everyday

  Further early years and health inequalities

  Maternal and early years website – includes information on health inequalities
  http://www.maternal-and-early-years-org.uk

  
  Early Years Network. To join and sign up for a monthly e-news letter
  http://www.maternal-and-early-years-org.uk/mailsubscriber
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  NHS Health Scotland National Information Resources

  This section focuses on national information resources identified in Section 2 of the Public Health Resources Toolkit (page 49) ‘Resources and Assessment Tools’.

  NHS Health Scotland and partner information resources are identified from pre-birth to pre-school as part of the programme of 11 home visits and 3 child health reviews. The resources are to be disseminated to parents and used to facilitate discussion in the delivery of the pathway and as aids to professionals to develop their knowledge and understanding on the key issues. The resources are shown visually with thumbnails (page 51-61) and are fully hyperlinked to the online resource.

   

  Key universal parenting resources you should be aware of

  There are key universal resources you should be familiar with and are recommended for use to support the delivery of the core home visiting programme.  These are important and will support the relationship building with families and for your own knowledge and understanding.  This does not mean other resources are less important.

  Ready Steady Baby! and Ready Steady Toddler! Ready Steady Baby! and Ready Steady Toddler! are key parenting resources. Ready Steady Baby! is aimed at expectant and new parents and provides parents with important information that they will need before, during, and after pregnancy.  Ready Steady Toddler! is a guide to understanding toddler behaviour and ways for parents to tackle the new challenges of toddlerhood.  Ready Steady Baby! is also available online and as a smartphone app and Ready Steady Toddler! is also available online.The full contents of Ready Steady Baby and Ready Steady Toddler books are also available to view online and print or you can order a copy for your own use to enable you to familiarise yourself with the contents.
  Translated versions: Polish, Arabic, Russian, Urdu, traditional Chinese (Cantonese), and online. Partial translation available in Latvian and Lithuanian.			Translated versions: traditional Chinese (Cantonese) and Polish

  Off to a Good Start Off to a Good Start is an information booklet highlighting the benefits of, and available support for, breastfeeding. As with the other key resources, health professionals should refer to it and work through to support their interaction with women at all stages.
  Translations: Available in Polish
  play@home baby, toddler and pre-school play@home baby, toddler and pre-school books are provided to families in Scotland with a child 0–5 years old.  Activities in the books are age and stage developmentally appropriate and promote all-round development and family communications.

               

  Translations: Play@home baby available in polish and gaelic Play@home toddler available in traditional Chinese (Cantonese)

  
  Along with our universal resources we provide tailored resources for parents with learning disabilities and young parents as outlined below.

  CHANGE resources for supporting parents with learning disabilities (Easy Read Resources)

  NHS Health Scotland have worked with CHANGE who are a leading national human rights organisation, led by disabled people to provide three free, accessible easy-read information for parents with learning disabilities: My Pregnancy My Choice, You and Your Baby and You and Your Little Child. 

  How should CHANGE resources be used?

  These resources should be provided by the professional providing care at the appropriate stages as an alternative to (or in addition to) RSB! and RST!.As recommended in the Refreshed Supported Parenting Guidelines (2015), expectant and new parents with learning disabilities should be given their own personal copy to keep and offered ongoing support to use these resources – they should be viewed as a communication tool alongside individual tailored support as communication needs and preferences can be very varied. Routinely check understanding and aim to reinforce learning through repetition and consistently referring back to the resources. For more tools on working with people with learning disabilities, visit the keys to life website.

  Supporting Young Parents

  The Young Parents Survival Guide is a resource for young parents providing a guide to pregnancy and parenthood in a young-person friendly way. This is provided to the young expectant parents as a supplement to Ready Steady Baby!

  Translated Versions

  We have noted the current languages the resources are translated into.  They are available as hard copies for families or online.  If you require the resource in another language or format please contact the publications team 0131 314 5300 or email nhs.healthscotland-alternativeformats@nhs.net . NHS Health Scotland can be contacted about materials for families whose vision is impaired, or for sources of information in other formats.  NHS Health Scotland is committed to providing accessible and inclusive resources and will consider requests for other language translations and alternative languages and formats.

  How to access/order

  All NHS Health Scotland resources can be viewed and accessed online and information resources can be ordered via your local health promotion resource library.  Should you have any queries please contact our publications team by calling 0131 314 5300 or email nhs.HealthScotland-Publications@nhs.net.
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  eLearning and Evidence

  Health Behaviour change eLearning suite

  For instructions on how to register and enrol on our suite of Health Behaviour change eLearning modules www.healthscotland.com/documents/21538.aspx

  To access the eLearning modules

  The suite includes the following modules  • Equalities and Human Rights • Awareness raising on health inequalities  • Tackling health inequalities • Health Behaviour Change Level 1  • Health Behaviour Change Level 2  • Raising the issue of Alcohol  • Raising the issue of Child Healthy Weight  • Raising the issue of Physical Activity  • Raising the issue of Alcohol  • Raising the issue of Child Healthy Weight  • Raising the issue of Physical Activity

  Other relevant training includes:

  Building Compassionate Connections e-learning
  http://learning.publichealthscotland.scot/course/view.php?id=368
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  Evidence summary for Universal Pathway

  This document provides a summary of the best available evidence to support the Universal Health Visiting Pathway. As it integrates the evidence with each pathway visit, it is intended to support the work of health professionals, particularly health visitors. http://www.healthscotland.com/documents/27638.aspx
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  For further Information

  For further information please contact, nhs.HealthScotland-EarlyYears@nhs.net
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