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