Guest guest Posted April 4, 2001 Report Share Posted April 4, 2001 Dear Barbara, As a starting point I would strongly recommend " What works in reducing inequalities in child health " by Helen , published by Barnardos in 2000. For more theoretical ideas, often from the USA, " The influence of social support and social capital on health " HEA, 1999 always gives me food for thought, and I have a vested interest in Ian Forbes' " Health Inequalities. Poverty and Policy " published in 2000 by the Academy of learned societies for the Social Sciences (since I wrote the foreword). Good luck with your Sure Start, Woody. > I am a public health practitoner working in Tamworth Staffs. We are > lucky to be successful on the 4th wave of Surestart. I am looking for > evidence based interventions regarding breastfeeding, smoking in > pregnancy, parenting, post-natal depression and accident prevention. > I have collected the information from the Surestart website I have > the work by Elkan et al. It may be that health visitors work as a > team with community volunteers but would value your input. everything > seems a bit woolly > Barbara Mason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2001 Report Share Posted April 4, 2001 Dear Barbara, I fear it would take a little time for me to complete the task you have set adequately and I hope that other SENATE members will chip in with their expertise. I will cover two of the areas that I know best. Breastfeeding: Last year I was successful in obtaining a DOH grant to start a peer support programme for breastfeeding teenage mother in Newham. The evidence base I found in the University of York NHS Centre for Review and Dissemination. It is available free on their site to download. Parenting Do you have the recent emails on your computer? (If you don't and you would like the references again I would be pleased to send them to you) If you do then look at the conversation between Coles and myself re 'Child Abuse'. I list some references there for the work of Hilton and his Parent Advisor model which would be a useful training for your Sure Start team. This is an evidence based intervention for working one to one with families. When it comes to groups, however, I suggest that you contact Jane Barlow at the Health Services Research Unit at Oxford for her paper. She has done a systematic review of the Effectiveness of Parent-training programmes in improving behaviour problems in children aged 3 - 10 years. She has also just completed a systematic review of the effect of parenting programmes on maternal and psychosocial health. jane.barlow@... Parents can be well-supported by the PIPPIN programme antnatally and postnatally. Again there is strong evidence for this. Contact Dr Mel Parr 'Derwood', Todds Green, age, Herts SG1 2JE or tel. 01992471355 for more information. The Caroline Webster-Stratton parenting programmes are probably the best evidenced. I am not sure where you abased but your Family and Children's consultation service should be able to help you with finding suitable training. Dr at the CAMS in Guy's, London has trainers in the programme. Family Caring Trust produce parenting programmes suitable for the 0-6year age range and can be used easily by those who are already used to facilitating groups for parents. Parents can also be trained to facilitate the programme which is a definite plus building up a supportive family friendly community. The evidence base is less strong but Reading university produced a useful evaluation in conjunction with Health Visitor, Petford who can be contacted on chrispetford@... I hope that this enough to be going on with. Surestart and Evidence based interventions > I am a public health practitioner working in Tamworth Staffs. We are > lucky to be successful on the 4th wave of Surestart. I am looking for > evidence based interventions regarding breastfeeding, smoking in > pregnancy, parenting, post-natal depression and accident prevention. > I have collected the information from the Surestart website I have > the work by Elkan et al. It may be that health visitors work as a > team with community volunteers but would value your input. everything > seems a bit woolly > Barbara Mason > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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