Health for All Children

The foundations of health and wellbeing are laid down in pregnancy and the early years. Health for all Children takes a life course approach to child health, starting in pregnancy and extending to the age of seven to include transition into school, and to cover the foundation years in education. This new edition summarizes the evidence supporting preventive health care and health promotion; providing an effective, community-based response to the needs of families and children. Each chapter summarizes evidence of effectiveness in the topic area, in health promotion, and in universal and selective interventions. The fifth edition starts in pregnancy and runs until age seven taking into account Government policies and different models of delivery of the child health programme. Evidence from all over the world is critically appraised and referenced to UK policy and practice. Health for all Children summarizes the evidence about 'why' and 'what works' in health promotion and health surveillance with children and families, providing guidance on how to implement and quality assure a programme, and the competencies needed. Each chapter includes 'learning links' to online training materials and e-learning for health, or to resources freely available to practitioners. This established, evidence-based book continues to be essential reading for all health professionals who work with children. It will also provide vital background knowledge for those charged with the responsibility of planning, commissioning, and monitoring child health.

Alan Emond is a clinical academic paediatrician at the Bristol Medical School, where he directs the multi-disciplinary Centre for Child and Adolescent Health. He has 36 years of clinical experience in general and community paediatrics, and held national positions as chair of the British Paediatric Surveillance Unit (BPSU) and the British Association of Community Child Health (BACCH). He has extensive research experience in epidemiology using the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), in health service evaluation across the NHS, and is active in clinical trials involving children, both as PI and chair of trial steering groups. He has published over 150 papers and books on a wide range of paediatric topics and advised successive governments on child health policy.

Section 1: Introduction
1: Alan Emond: Health for all children- philosophy and principles
2: Alan Emond: The scope of the review
Section 2: Pregnancy, perinatal period and preparation for parenthood
3: Caroline Taylor: Dietary and environmental exposures in pregnancy
4: Vivette Glover, Rebecca Reynolds, Nick Axford, and Jane Barlow: Perinatal parental mental health problems
5: Anita Schrader- McMillan and Nick Axford: Intimate partner violence
6: Jane Barlow and Nick Axford: Tobacco, alcohol, and substance use in the perinatal period
7: Jane Barlow: Transition to parenthood programmes
Section 3: Primary prevention and health promotion in childhood
8: Cheryll Adams and Sarah Cowley: Primary prevention and health promotion in childhood
9: James Law and Alan Emond: Promoting child development
10: Jane Barlow: Promoting infant and child mental health through support for parenting
11: Charlotte Wright: Promoting healthy nutrition
12: Anna Chalkley and Lauren Sherar: Promoting physical activity
13: Jenny Godson and Diane Seymour: Primary prevention and health promotion in oral health
14: Denise Kendrick: Unintentional injuries and their prevention
15: Peter Blair and Anna Pease: Prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
16: Helen Bedford and David Elliman: Integrating immunisations into the programme
Section 4: Secondary prevention- screening and identification of impairments
17: David Elliman: Secondary prevention- principles and good practice/ screening tests
18: Charlotte Wright: Growth monitoring
19: Alan Emond: Physical examination
20: David Elliman: Identification of hearing impairment
21: Lola Solebo: Identification of visual impairments
22: Phil Wilson and James Law: Developmental reviews and the identification of impairments/disorders
23: Phil Wilson and Jackie Kirkham: Opportunistic surveillance in primary care
Section 5: Children with additional needs and children in special circumstances
24: Alan Emond and James Law: Supporting children with developmental disorders and disabilities
25: Alison Kemp: Safeguarding
26: Julie Mytton and Louise Condon: Gypsy/Traveller, migrant and refugee children
27: Doug Simkiss: Looked after and adopted children
Section 6: Components of a healthy child programme
28: Alison Burton: Recommended universal components by age across the UK
29: Helen Bedford: Personal child health record
30: Susan Soar and Mary Malone: Health and early years services
31: Alan Emond and Jane Coad: School readiness and transition into school
32: Alan Emond: Enhancements to child health programmes in the UK
Section 7: Implementation of a healthy child programme
33: Mitch Blair: Delivering and managing an effective child health programme across the UK
34: Mitch Blair and Andy Spencer: Quality assurance and data requirements of the child health programme
35: Alan Emond: Conclusions and recommendations