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Healthy and inclusive neighbourhoods
Community cohesion, social networks and cultural activities
Education, employment and life opportunities
Safeguarding
A place-based, or community-centred, approach aims to develop local solutions that draw on all the assets and resources of an area, integrating services and building resilience in communities so that individuals can take control of their health and wellbeing, and have more influence on the factors that underpin positive health and wellbeing.
Use population health needs assessment to understand local assets and gaps.
Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Reducing health inequalities: system, scale and sustainability
Local action on health inequalities: practice resources
Local health and care planning: menu of preventative interventions
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Health visiting and school nursing delivery model
School-aged years high impact area 1: supporting resilience and wellbeing
School-aged years high impact area 2: improving health behaviours and reducing risk
School-aged years high impact area 3: Supporting healthy lifestyles
School-aged years high impact area 4: Reducing vulnerabilities and improving life chances
School-aged years high impact area 5: supporting additional and complex health needs
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
Prevention Concordat for Better Mental Health
Health matters: health and work
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
DWP Reducing Parental Conflict programme and resources
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
Healthy and inclusive neighbourhoods
Community cohesion, social networks and cultural activities
Education, employment and life opportunities
When building resilience and promoting mental health and wellbeing, use the assets that contribute to positive health and wellbeing, including:
the skills, knowledge, social competence and commitment of individual community members;
social networks, relationships, intergenerational cohesion, community cohesion and neighbourliness;
local groups and community and voluntary associations, ranging from formal organisations to informal, mutual aid networks;
physical, environmental and economic resources, such as housing, access to outdoor play areas and green spaces, and education, training, and employment;
assets brought by external agencies including the public, private and voluntary and community services.
Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Reducing health inequalities: system, scale and sustainability
Local action on health inequalities: practice resources
Local health and care planning: menu of preventative interventions
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Health visiting and school nursing delivery model
School-aged years high impact area 1: supporting resilience and wellbeing
School-aged years high impact area 2: improving health behaviours and reducing risk
School-aged years high impact area 3: Supporting healthy lifestyles
School-aged years high impact area 4: Reducing vulnerabilities and improving life chances
School-aged years high impact area 5: supporting additional and complex health needs
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
Prevention Concordat for Better Mental Health
Health matters: health and work
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
DWP Reducing Parental Conflict programme and resources
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
Healthy and inclusive neighbourhoods
Community cohesion, social networks and cultural activities
Education, employment and life opportunities
Promote a public health approach to building personal, family and community resilience.
Collection - Public Mental Health
Public mental health leadership and workforce development framework
School-aged years high impact area 1: supporting resilience and wellbeing
NICE School and emotional wellbeing for children and young people overview
NHS.UK Every Mind Matters
Highlight protective factors including accessing support from friends, peers and family and wider social networks and practising the 5 steps to mental wellbeing.
Consider the role of healthy weight, nutrition and physical activity and the development of community cohesion, social networks and cultural activities for positive mental health and wellbeing.
Provide information about the availability of local peer support groups for children, parents and carers and how to access them.
School-aged years high impact area 2: improving health behaviours and reducing risk
School aged years high impact area 6: supporting healthy lifestyles
Children and young people’s mental health
Future Learn Psychological first aid: supporting children and young people
NHS.UK Every Mind Matters: looking after a child or young person’s mental health
NHS.UK 5 steps to mental wellbeing
Talk to Frank Find support near you
MIND Peer support
Alcoholics Anonymous
Healthy weight, nutrition and physical activity
Community cohesion, social networks and cultural activities
Promote the development of a whole-school approach to emotional and mental health and wellbeing, enhancing social skills, independence and self-confidence. Examples include active play, art groups, sports, dance and singing groups.
Promoting children and young people’s emotional health and wellbeing
School aged years high impact area 1: supporting resilience and wellbeing
DfE Promoting and supporting mental health and wellbeing in schools and colleges
NHS.UK Looking after a child or young person’s mental health
Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families 5 steps to mental health and wellbeing
Early Intervention Foundation guidebook
Work in partnership with children, parents and carers, schools, alternative education providers, education mental health practitioners, mental health support teams and communities to build resilience and support mental health and wellbeing.
This could include issues of emerging developmental, emotional adjustment, educational or behavioural difficulties or risk factors that might affect educational progress.
Education mental health practitioners and mental health support teams fulfil an important role in supporting mental health and wellbeing of children in education settings.
School aged years high impact area 1: Supporting resilience and wellbeing
School-aged years high impact area 2: improving health behaviours and reducing risk
School-aged years high impact area 5: supporting additional and complex health needs
Every Mind Matters: Physical and mental wellbeing teaching resources
NHS England Children and young people
DfE Teaching about mental wellbeing
DfE Promoting and supporting mental health and wellbeing in schools and colleges
Solihull Approach Understanding your child
Provide information about local services and community groups where parents can interact with their child such as through active play, art groups, sports, dance and singing groups.
Building feelings of safety, security and trust through play and interaction supports children’s emotional development.
School aged years high impact area 1: Supporting resilience and wellbeing
School-aged years high impact area 2: improving health behaviours and reducing risk
School-aged years high impact area 5: supporting additional and complex health needs
Every Mind Matters: Physical and mental wellbeing teaching resources
NHS England Children and young people
DfE Teaching about mental wellbeing
DfE Promoting and supporting mental health and wellbeing in schools and colleges
Solihull Approach Understanding your child
Promote the benefits of social prescribing for parents and carers, families, and communities to improve health literacy and self-care.
Social prescribing schemes can involve a variety of activities which are typically provided by voluntary and community sector organisations. Examples include volunteering, arts activities, group learning, gardening, befriending, cookery, healthy eating advice and a range of activities.
Social prescribing: applying All Our Health
School-aged years high impact area 3: supporting healthy lifestyles
NHS England Social prescribing
E-Learning for Healthcare All Our Health social prescribing
Community cohesion, social networks and cultural activities
Metrics and outcomes indicators
Use evidence and data to monitor mental health and wellbeing. Compare local data with similar areas, within a region and nationally, to identify opportunities for improvement. Use evidence and data to evaluate and demonstrate improvements in population health.
OHID Fingertips Children and young people's mental health and wellbeing
OHID Fingertips Public Health Outcomes Framework
OHID Fingertips user guidance
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A place-based, or community-centred, approach aims to develop local solutions that draw on all the assets and resources of an area, integrating services and building resilience in communities so that individuals can take control of their health and wellbeing, and have more influence on the factors that underpin positive health and wellbeing.
Use population health needs assessment to understand local assets and gaps.
Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Health visiting and school nursing delivery model
School-aged years high impact area 1: supporting resilience and wellbeing
School-aged years high impact area 3: supporting healthy lifestyles
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
A guide to community-centred approaches for health and wellbeing
Local health and care planning: menu of preventative interventions
All our health interactive townscape for obesity
Whole systems approach to obesity
NICE Maternal and child nutrition
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
When promoting healthy weight, nutrition and physical activity, use the assets that contribute to positive health and wellbeing, including:
the skills, knowledge, social competence and commitment of individual community members;
social networks, relationships, intergenerational cohesion, community cohesion and neighbourliness;
local groups and community and voluntary associations, ranging from formal organisations to informal, mutual aid networks;
physical, environmental and economic resources, such as housing, access to outdoor play areas and green spaces, and education, training, and employment;
assets brought by external agencies including the public, private and voluntary and community services.
Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Health visiting and school nursing delivery model
School-aged years high impact area 1: supporting resilience and wellbeing
School-aged years high impact area 3: supporting healthy lifestyles
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
A guide to community-centred approaches for health and wellbeing
Local health and care planning: menu of preventative interventions
All our health interactive townscape for obesity
Whole systems approach to obesity
NICE Maternal and child nutrition
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
Provide consistent healthier weight messages for children, families and communities.
Healthier weight promotion: consistent messaging
School-aged years high impact area 3: supporting healthy lifestyles
Promote community groups that support the development of healthier weight, nutrition, and physical activity and encourage children’s development, emotional and mental health and wellbeing, and social skills.
School-aged years high impact area 3: supporting healthy lifestyles
UK Chief Medical Officers' report: physical activity guidelines
Promote healthy food through community-led initiatives such as fruit and vegetable co-operatives, cook and eat groups, and healthy meal planning support for families on low incomes.
School-aged years high impact area 3: supporting healthy lifestyles
Working in partnership across agencies, the voluntary and community sector organisations and with the community, support action to promote improved access to low-cost healthier food as part of a whole-system approach to healthy weight and nutrition.
Spatial planning for health: An evidence resource for planning and designing healthier places
Healthy high streets: good place making in an urban setting
Fast food outlets: density by local authority in England
NHS England Healthy new towns
School-aged years high impact area 3: supporting healthy lifestyles
Promote the development of whole-school approaches to healthy development, healthy eating and physical activity. Support settings to follow statutory school food standards and provide good-quality, nutritious, healthy food that is appealing to children, in a pleasant environment.
Encourage participation in the healthy schools rating scheme through a voluntary self-assessment exercise of how well they are promoting healthy eating and physical activity.
UK Chief Medical Officers' report: physical activity guidelines
What works in schools and colleges to increase physical activity?
School aged years high impact area 3: supporting healthy lifestyles
NHS.UK Physical activity guidelines for children and young people
DfE School sport and activity action plan
DfE The school food standards
DfE School food in England
DfE Healthy schools rating scheme
Sport England
Consider the links between characteristics of the built and natural environment and health to help inform policy and support local action, including access to healthier food, food banks, FareShare schemes and transport.
Healthy Places
Spatial planning for health: An evidence resource for planning and designing healthier places
Healthy high streets: good place making in an urban setting
School-aged years high impact area 3: supporting healthy lifestyles
Fast food outlets: density by local authority in England
FareShare
Air pollution applying All Our Health
Whole systems approach to obesity
NHS England Healthy new towns
NICE Obesity in children and young people: prevention and lifestyle weight management programmes
Promote physical activity in the community to facilitate active lifestyles, such as safe active play environments, walk and talk groups, gym sessions, adventure trails, play parks and green space, and leisure activities such as swimming.
School-aged years high impact area 3: supporting healthy lifestyles
UK Chief Medical Officers' report: physical activity guidelines
NHS.UK Physical activity guidelines for children and young people
Active travel (cycling, walking and use of public transport) can increase physical activity levels and improve physical and mental wellbeing as well as improve air quality and reduce road injuries.
Working in partnership across agencies, voluntary and community sector organisations and with the community, encourage active travel as part of a whole-system approach to healthy weight, nutrition and physical activity, recognising specific needs, for example families who live in rural locations with a lack of transport and restricted means for buying bikes and car seats.
Active travel: a briefing for local authorities
Obesity and the environment briefing: increasing physical activity and active travel
Spatial planning for health: An evidence resource for planning and designing healthier places
Whole systems approach to obesity
Cycling UK Cycling to school
Bikeability Essential cycling skills for families
Promote the benefits of social prescribing for parents and carers, families, and communities to improve health literacy and self-care.
Social prescribing schemes can involve a variety of activities which are typically provided by voluntary and community sector organisations. Examples include parents volunteering, arts activities, group learning, gardening, befriending, cookery, healthy eating advice and a range of other activities.
Social prescribing: applying All Our Health
NHS England Social prescribing
School-aged years high impact area 3: supporting healthy lifestyles
E-Learning for Healthcare All Our Health social prescribing
Community cohesion, social networks and cultural activities
Metrics and outcomes measures
Use evidence and data to monitor healthy weight, nutrition and physical activity. Compare local data with similar areas, within a region and nationally, to identify opportunities for improvement. Use evidence and data to evaluate and demonstrate improvements in population health.
OHID Fingertips Obesity profile
OHID Fingertips Public Health Outcomes Framework
OHID Fingertips Physical activity
OHID Fingertips user guidance
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A place-based, or community-centred, approach aims to develop local solutions that draw on all the assets and resources of an area, integrating services and building resilience in communities so that individuals can take control of their health and wellbeing, and have more influence on the factors that underpin positive health and wellbeing.
Use population health needs assessment to understand local assets and gaps.
Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Reducing health inequalities: system, scale and sustainability
Local action on health inequalities: practice resources
Local health and care planning: menu of preventative interventions
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Health visiting and school nursing delivery model
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
DfE Statutory guidance relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
School-aged years high impact area 1: Supporting resilience and wellbeing
School-aged years high impact area 2: Improving health behaviours and reducing risk
School-aged years high impact area 3: Supporting healthy lifestyles
School-aged years high impact area 4: Reducing vulnerabilities and improving life chances
E-Learning for Healthcare All Our Health County lines exploitation
When promoting healthy relationships and sexual health, use the assets that contribute to positive health and wellbeing, including:
the skills, knowledge, social competence and commitment of individual community members;
social networks, relationships, intergenerational cohesion, community cohesion and neighbourliness;
local groups and community and voluntary associations, ranging from formal organisations to informal, mutual aid networks;
physical, environmental and economic resources, such as housing, access to outdoor play areas and green spaces, and education, training, and employment;
assets brought by external agencies including the public, private and voluntary and community services.
Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Reducing health inequalities: system, scale and sustainability
Local action on health inequalities: practice resources
Local health and care planning: menu of preventative interventions
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Health visiting and school nursing delivery model
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
DfE Statutory guidance relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
School-aged years high impact area 1: Supporting resilience and wellbeing
School-aged years high impact area 2: Improving health behaviours and reducing risk
School-aged years high impact area 3: Supporting healthy lifestyles
School-aged years high impact area 4: Reducing vulnerabilities and improving life chances
E-Learning for Healthcare All Our Health County lines exploitation
Building feelings of safety, security and trust through play and interaction develops healthy relationships and supports children’s emotional development.
Provide information on local services and community groups where parents can interact with their child such as through active play, art groups, sports, dance and singing groups.
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Health visiting and school nursing delivery model
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
NHS.UK Physical activity guidelines for children and young people
School-aged years high impact area 1: Supporting resilience and wellbeing
School-aged years high impact area 3: Supporting healthy lifestyles
School-aged years high impact area 4: Reducing vulnerabilities and improving life chances
DWP Reducing parental conflict: tools for commissioners, managers and leaders
Race Equality Foundation Reducing Parental Conflict toolkit
Support community groups to work with local authorities, health and care services and other community partners to improve the health of the population and reduce health inequalities in communities.
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Health visiting and school nursing delivery model
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
School-aged years high impact area 1: Supporting resilience and wellbeing
School-aged years high impact area 2: Improving health behaviours and reducing risk
School-aged years high impact area 3: Supporting healthy lifestyles
School-aged years high impact area 4: Reducing vulnerabilities and improving life chances
Healthy development including speech, language and communication needs
Promote the role of community pharmacies to work with local authorities, health services and other community partners to improve the health of the population and reduce health inequalities in communities. Consider using the skills and input of the wider multidisciplinary team including allied health professionals.
Pharmacy and Public Health Forum publications collection
Community pharmacy offer for improving the public's health
Community pharmacy: public health interventions
Community pharmacy assets for improving public health
UK AHP public health strategic framework (PDF)
RSPH Allied Health Professions Hub
Metrics and outcomes indicators
Use evidence and data to monitor sexual and reproductive health. Compare local data with similar areas, within a region and nationally, to identify opportunities for improvement. Use evidence and data to evaluate and demonstrate improvements in population health.
OHID Fingertips Child and maternal health pregnancy and birth
OHID Fingertips Teenage pregnancy and young parents reports
OHID Fingertips Sexual and reproductive health profiles
OHID Fingertips Public Health Outcomes Framework
OHID Fingertips user guidance
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Alcohol and drugs
A place-based, or community-centred, approach aims to develop local solutions that draw on all the assets and resources of an area, integrating services and building resilience in communities so that individuals can take control of their health and wellbeing, and have more influence on the factors that underpin positive health and wellbeing.
Use population health needs assessment to understand local assets and gaps.
Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Reducing health inequalities: system, scale and sustainability
Local action on health inequalities: practice resources
Local health and care planning: menu of preventative interventions
Alcohol, drugs and tobacco: commissioning support pack
Alcohol and drug misuse prevention and treatment guidance
Alcohol and drug prevention, treatment and recovery: why invest?
Parents with alcohol and drug problems: adult treatment and children and family services
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Health visiting and school nursing delivery model
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
When reducing the harm caused by alcohol and drug use both to adults and children, use the assets that contribute to positive health and wellbeing, including:
the skills, knowledge, social competence and commitment of individual community members;
social networks, relationships, intergenerational cohesion, community cohesion and neighbourliness;
local groups and community and voluntary associations, ranging from formal organisations to informal, mutual aid networks;
physical, environmental and economic resources, such as housing, access to outdoor play areas and green spaces, and education, training, and employment;
assets brought by external agencies including the public, private and voluntary and community services.
Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Reducing health inequalities: system, scale and sustainability
Local action on health inequalities: practice resources
Local health and care planning: menu of preventative interventions
Alcohol, drugs and tobacco: commissioning support pack
Alcohol and drug misuse prevention and treatment guidance
Alcohol and drug prevention, treatment and recovery: why invest?
Parents with alcohol and drug problems: adult treatment and children and family services
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Health visiting and school nursing delivery model
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
Adults who are vulnerable to illicit drug, medicine or alcohol misuse should be screened.
The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Tool - Lite (ASSIST-Lite) is a short screening tool for use with adults (aged 18 or over) covering alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, stimulants, sedatives, opioids, and other psychoactive substances including use of medicines not as prescribed.
UK Chief Medical Officers' low risk drinking guidelines (PDF)
ASSIST-Lite alcohol and drug use, and tobacco smoking screening tool
NICE Drug misuse prevention guidance
Alcohol: applying all our health
Misuse of illicit drugs and medicine: applying all our health
E-Learning for Healthcare Alcohol Identification and Brief Advice e-learning
E-Learning for Healthcare Alcohol: applying all our health e-learning
E-Learning for Healthcare Misuse of illicit drugs and medicine: applying all our health
Ensure that there are clear pathways and links between health and community services and adult and young people’s drug and alcohol treatment, recovery services, mutual aid and support groups.
FRANK Find local alcohol and drug treatment and support services
Al Anon
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
Cocaine Anonymous (CA)
Families Anonymous (FA)
Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
SMART Recovery
Promote the role of community services involved in the care of people with drug or alcohol dependence and for harmful drinkers who need additional help managing their substance misuse.
Structured drug and alcohol treatment in the community is appropriate for people who are drinking and using drugs at higher and high-risk levels including those who are dependent. Details of local specialist alcohol or drug treatment services can be found using the FRANK website and searching using a postcode.
Promote and support community services to work with other providers involved in the care and support of their clients, such as GPs, mental health, housing, employment, Job Centre Plus, lived experience and social care.
Health matters: harmful drinking and alcohol dependence
Alcohol, drugs and tobacco: commissioning support pack
Alcohol and drug misuse prevention and treatment guidance
Alcohol and drug prevention, treatment and recovery: why invest?
Parents with alcohol and drug problems: adult treatment and children and family services
NHS.UK Alcohol support
NHS.UK Drug addition: getting help
Talk to Frank Honest information about drugs
Talk to Frank Find support near you
Community Alcohol Partnerships
GOV.UK Find a community support group or organisation
GOV.UK Find a local support group for children, young people and families
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
School-aged years high impact area 2: Improving health behaviours and reducing risk
School-aged high impact area 4: Reducing vulnerabilities and improving life chances
Support schools to adopt a whole-school approach to prevention, by equipping children with the knowledge, skills and attributes that they need to keep themselves healthy and safe and to support learning.
NICE Alcohol interventions in secondary and further education
School-aged years high impact area 2: Improving health behaviours and reducing risk
School-aged years high impact area 4: Reducing vulnerabilities and improving life chances
School aged years high impact area 6: Supporting self-care and improving health literacy
NHS.UK Alcohol support
NICE Alcohol: school-based interventions
Follow statutory guidance and local safeguarding procedures where there is cause for concern.
DfE Working together to safeguard children
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
NSPCC Spotting the signs of child abuse
E-Learning for Healthcare Safeguarding children and young people programme
Safeguarding (Universal)
Tobacco and vaping
A place-based, or community-centred, approach aims to develop local solutions that draw on all the assets and resources of an area, integrating services and building resilience in communities so that individuals can take control of their health and wellbeing, and have more influence on the factors that underpin positive health and wellbeing.
Use population health needs assessment to understand local assets and gaps.
School-aged years high impact area 2: Improving health behaviours and reducing risk
School-aged years high impact area 3: Supporting healthy lifestyles
Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Reducing health inequalities: system, scale and sustainability
Local action on health inequalities: practice resources
Local health and care planning: menu of preventative interventions
Alcohol, drugs and tobacco: commissioning support pack
Smoking and tobacco: applying all our health
Health matters: Stopping smoking-what works?
NHS.UK stop smoking services help you quit
NICE Tobacco: preventing uptake, promoting quitting and treating dependence
NCSCT Secondhand smoke: promoting smokefree homes and cars
Smokefree Action Coalition Health visiting and smokefree homes
NCSCT Very brief advice on smoking
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Health visiting and school nursing delivery model
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
E-Learning for Healthcare Supporting a smokefree pregnancy and smokefree families
When reducing the harm caused by tobacco and vaping to both adults and children, use the assets that contribute to positive health and wellbeing, including:
the skills, knowledge, social competence and commitment of individual community members;
social networks, relationships, intergenerational cohesion, community cohesion and neighbourliness;
local groups and community and voluntary associations, ranging from formal organisations to informal, mutual aid networks;
physical, environmental and economic resources, such as housing, access to outdoor play areas and green spaces, and education, training, and employment;
assets brought by external agencies including the public, private and voluntary and community services.
School-aged years high impact area 2: Improving health behaviours and reducing risk
School-aged years high impact area 3: Supporting healthy lifestyles
Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Reducing health inequalities: system, scale and sustainability
Local action on health inequalities: practice resources
Local health and care planning: menu of preventative interventions
Alcohol, drugs and tobacco: commissioning support pack
Smoking and tobacco: applying all our health
Health matters: Stopping smoking-what works?
NHS.UK stop smoking services help you quit
NICE Tobacco: preventing uptake, promoting quitting and treating dependence
NCSCT Secondhand smoke: promoting smokefree homes and cars
Smokefree Action Coalition Health visiting and smokefree homes
NCSCT Very brief advice on smoking
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Health visiting and school nursing delivery model
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
E-Learning for Healthcare Supporting a smokefree pregnancy and smokefree families
Support schools to adopt a whole-school approach to prevention, by equipping young people with the knowledge, skills and attributes that they need to keep themselves healthy and safe, and prepared for life and work.
Alcohol, drugs and tobacco: commissioning support pack
School-aged years high impact area 2: Improving health behaviours and reducing risk
School-aged years high impact area 4: Reducing vulnerabilities and improving life chances
School aged years high impact area 6: Supporting self-care and improving health literacy
NHS.UK stop smoking services help you quit
NICE Smoking prevention in schools
NCSCT Very brief advice on smoking
NCSCT Secondhand smoke: promoting smokefree homes and cars
Metrics and outcomes indicators
Use evidence and data to monitor alcohol, drug and tobacco use. Compare local data with similar areas, within a region and nationally, to identify opportunities for improvement. Use evidence and data to evaluate and demonstrate improvements in population health.
OHID Fingertips Local alcohol profiles for England
OHID Fingertips Local tobacco control profiles
OHID Fingertips Public Health Outcomes Framework
OHID Fingertips user guidance
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Speech, language and communication needs
A place-based, or community-centred, approach aims to develop local solutions that draw on all the assets and resources of an area, integrating services and building resilience in communities so that individuals can take control of their health and wellbeing, and have more influence on the factors that underpin positive health and wellbeing.
Use population health needs assessment to understand local assets and gaps.
Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Health visiting and school nursing delivery model
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
Reducing health inequalities: system, scale and sustainability
Local action on health inequalities: practice resources
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
When promoting speech, language and communication, use the assets that contribute to positive health and wellbeing, including:
the skills, knowledge, social competence and commitment of individual community members;
social networks, relationships, intergenerational cohesion, community cohesion and neighbourliness;
local groups and community and voluntary associations, ranging from formal organisations to informal, mutual aid networks;
physical, environmental and economic resources, such as housing, access to outdoor play areas and green spaces, and education, training, and employment;
assets brought by external agencies including the public, private and voluntary and community services.
Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Health visiting and school nursing delivery model
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
Reducing health inequalities: system, scale and sustainability
Local action on health inequalities: practice resources
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
Promote the role of community groups to work with local authorities, health and care services and other community partners to improve the health of the population and reduce health inequalities in communities. Examples include library sessions, community singing and reading events, and children’s groups.
Interactive Pathway: Speech, language, and communication
All Our Health Speech, language, and communication
E-Learning for Healthcare Best start in speech, language, and communication
NHS.UK Start4Life Learning to talk 3 to 5 years
The Communication Trust
DfE Better communication research programme
RCSLT How can I access speech therapy?
I CAN
Book Trust
Healthy development including speech, language and communication needs
Consider using the skills and input of the wider multidisciplinary team including allied health professionals to support speech, language and communication. These skills shape a child’s ability to learn, develop friendships and their future life chances.
Make every contact count to enable parents to support speech and language development.
Interactive Pathway: Speech, language, and communication
All Our Health Speech, language, and communication
E-Learning for Healthcare Best start in speech, language, and communication
NHS.UK Start4Life Learning to talk 3 to 5 years
The Communication Trust
DfE Better communication research programme
RCSLT How can I access speech therapy?
I CAN
Book Trust
Healthy development including speech, language and communication needs
Making Every Contact Count (MECC): practical resources
NHS England and partners Making Every Contact Count (MECC) consensus statement
NICE Making every contact count
HEE Making Every Contact Count
E-Learning for Healthcare Making Every Contact Count
Working in partnership across agencies, voluntary and community sector organisations, contribute to plans to support a whole-system approach to promote speech, language and communication opportunities across the community through clear pathways and links between health and community services to support speech, language and communication.
Interactive Pathway: Speech, language, and communication
All Our health Speech, language, and communication
E-Learning for Healthcare Best start in speech, language, and communication
The Communication Trust
DfE Better communication research programme
RCSLT How can I access speech therapy?
I CAN
Book Trust
Healthy development including speech, language and communication needs
Metrics and outcomes indicators
Use evidence and data to monitor speech, language and communication needs. Compare local data with similar areas, within a region and nationally, to identify opportunities for improvement. Use evidence and data to evaluate and demonstrate improvements in population health and other outcomes resulting from targeted intervention.
OHID Fingertips Child and maternal health
OHID Fingertips Child and maternal health long-term conditions and complex needs
OHID Fingertips Child and maternal health vulnerable children and young people
OHID Fingertips Speech, language and communication reports
OHID Fingertips Public Health Outcomes Framework
OHID Fingertips user guidance
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A place-based, or community-centred, approach aims to develop local solutions that draw on all the assets and resources of an area, integrating services and building resilience in communities so that individuals can take control of their health and wellbeing, and have more influence on the factors that underpin positive health and wellbeing.
Use population health needs assessment to understand local assets and gaps.
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Reducing health inequalities: system, scale and sustainability
Local action on health inequalities: practice resources
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
School-aged years high impact area 2: Improving health behaviours and reducing risk
School aged years high impact area 6: Supporting self-care and improving health literacy
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
When promoting accident prevention, use the assets that contribute to positive health and wellbeing, including:
the skills, knowledge, social competence and commitment of individual community members;
social networks, relationships, intergenerational cohesion, community cohesion and neighbourliness;
local groups and community and voluntary associations, ranging from formal organisations to informal, mutual aid networks;
physical, environmental and economic resources, such as housing, access to outdoor play areas and green spaces, and education, training, and employment;
assets brought by external agencies including the public, private and voluntary and community services.
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Reducing health inequalities: system, scale and sustainability
Local action on health inequalities: practice resources
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
School-aged years high impact area 2: Improving health behaviours and reducing risk
School aged years high impact area 6: Supporting self-care and improving health literacy
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
Working in partnership across agencies, voluntary and community sector organisations, and with the community, promote safety, including home safety for example: safe storage of medicines and cleaning items, smoke free homes; button batteries; choking; vehicle safety including car seats; water safety; and within active travel and leisure plans.
School-aged years high impact area 2: improving health behaviours and reducing risk
School aged years high impact area 6: Supporting self-care and improving health literacy
Reducing unintentional injuries among children and young people
Reducing unintentional injuries on the roads among children and young people under 25 years
Spatial planning for health: An evidence resource for planning and designing healthier places
UK Government Road Safety campaigns
Office for Product Safety and Standards Child safety: button batteries
GOV.UK Child car seats the law
Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT)
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA)
Keeping safe and accident prevention
Healthy and inclusive neighbourhoods
Unintentional injuries in and around the home can lead to ill health and serious disability, affecting quality of life and life chances.
Promote local community information sessions on first aid and public health information resources such as home safety assessment and advice.
School-aged years high impact area 2: improving health behaviours and reducing risk
School aged years high impact area 6: Supporting self-care and improving health literacy
Reducing unintentional injuries among children and young people
Reducing unintentional injuries on the roads among children and young people under 25 years
Spatial planning for health: An evidence resource for planning and designing healthier places
UK Government Road Safety campaigns
Office for Product Safety and Standards Child safety: button batteries
GOV.UK Child car seats the law
Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT)
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA)
Keeping safe and accident prevention
Healthy and inclusive neighbourhoods
Metrics and outcomes indicators
Use evidence and data to monitor accidents and injuries. Compare local data with similar areas, within a region and nationally, to identify opportunities for improvement. Use evidence and data to evaluate and demonstrate improvements in population health and other outcomes resulting from targeted intervention.
OHID Fingertips Child and maternal health healthcare use
OHID Fingertips Child and maternal health unintentional injuries
OHID Fingertips Unintentional injuries on the roads
OHID Fingertips Public Health Outcomes Framework
OHID Fingertips user guidance
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A place-based, or community-centred, approach aims to develop local solutions that draw on all the assets and resources of an area, integrating services and building resilience in communities so that individuals can take control of their health and wellbeing, and have more influence on the factors that underpin positive health and wellbeing.
Use population health needs assessment to understand local assets and gaps.
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Reducing health inequalities: system, scale and sustainability
Local action on health inequalities: practice resources
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
School aged years high impact area 6: supporting self-care and improving health literacy
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
Community cohesion, social networks and cultural activities
When promoting self-care and health literacy, use the assets that contribute to positive health and wellbeing, including:
the skills, knowledge, social competence and commitment of individual community members;
social networks, relationships, intergenerational cohesion, community cohesion and neighbourliness;
local groups and community and voluntary associations, ranging from formal organisations to informal, mutual aid networks;
physical, environmental and economic resources, such as housing, access to outdoor play areas and green spaces, and education, training, and employment;
assets brought by external agencies including the public, private and voluntary and community services.
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Reducing health inequalities: system, scale and sustainability
Local action on health inequalities: practice resources
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
School aged years high impact area 6: supporting self-care and improving health literacy
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
Community cohesion, social networks and cultural activities
Provide information about availability of local peer support groups and how to access them.
School aged years high impact area 6: Supporting self-care and improving health literacy
GOV.UK Find a community support group or organisation
GOV.UK Find a local support group for children, young people and families
Making Every Contact Count (MECC): practical resources
NHS England and partners Making Every Contact Count (MECC) consensus statement
NICE Making every contact count
HEE Making Every Contact Count
E-Learning for Healthcare Making Every Contact Count
Improving self-care and health literacy (Universal)
Improving self-care and health literacy (Targeted)
Working with allied health professionals and wider partners, health and wellbeing boards and integrated care systems, promote collaboration locally between the NHS, public health, education, social care, and community and voluntary stakeholders to improve health literacy in the local community and address inequalities.
Promote local community information sessions for first aid and public health information resources.
UCL Local action on health inequalities: improving health literacy
School aged years high impact area 6: supporting self-care and improving health literacy
GOV.UK Find a local support group for children, young people and families
NHS England What are integrated care systems?
Promote the role of community pharmacies to work with local authorities, health services and other community partners to improve the health of the population and reduce health inequalities in communities.
Consider using the skills and input of the wider multidisciplinary team including allied health professionals.
Pharmacy and Public Health Forum publications collection
Community pharmacy offer for improving the public's health
Community pharmacy: public health interventions
Community pharmacy assets for improving public health
School aged years high impact area 6: Supporting self-care and improving health literacy
UK AHP public health strategic framework (PDF)
RSPH Allied Health Professions Hub
Social prescribing schemes can involve a variety of activities which are typically provided by voluntary and community sector organisations. Examples include volunteering at groups their children attend. Other examples may include arts activities, group learning, gardening, befriending, cookery, healthy eating advice and a range of other activities.
Promote the benefits of social prescribing for parents and carers, families and communities to improve health literacy and self-care.
Social prescribing: applying All Our Health
NHS England Social prescribing
E-Learning for Healthcare All Our Health social prescribing
Community cohesion, social networks and cultural activities
School aged years high impact area 3: Supporting healthy lifestyles
School aged years high impact area 6: Supporting self-care and improving health literacy
Metrics and outcomes indicators
Use evidence and data to monitor self-care and health literacy. Compare local data with similar areas, within a region and nationally, to identify opportunities for improvement. Use evidence and data to evaluate and demonstrate improvements in population health.
OHID Fingertips Child and maternal health
OHID Fingertips Public Health Outcomes Framework
OHID Fingertips user guidance
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A place-based, or community-centred, approach aims to develop local solutions that draw on all the assets and resources of an area, integrating services and building resilience in communities so that individuals can take control of their health and wellbeing, and have more influence on the factors that underpin positive health and wellbeing.
Use population health needs assessment to understand local assets and gaps.
Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Reducing health inequalities: system, scale and sustainability
Local action on health inequalities: practice resources
Spatial planning for health: An evidence resource for planning and designing healthier places
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Health visiting and school nursing delivery model
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
Use the assets that contribute to positive healthy neighbourhoods, including:
the skills, knowledge, social competence and commitment of individual community members;
social networks, relationships, intergenerational cohesion, community cohesion and neighbourliness;
local groups and community and voluntary associations, ranging from formal organisations to informal, mutual aid networks;
physical, environmental and economic resources, such as housing, access to outdoor play areas and green spaces, and education, training, and employment;
assets brought by external agencies including the public, private and voluntary and community services.
Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Reducing health inequalities: system, scale and sustainability
Local action on health inequalities: practice resources
Spatial planning for health: An evidence resource for planning and designing healthier places
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Health visiting and school nursing delivery model
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
The effect of the built and natural environment on health is long-established.
Work with partners to contribute to how the design of neighbourhoods can influence physical activity levels, healthy eating, travel patterns, social connectivity, mental and physical health and wellbeing outcomes as part of a whole-system approach to health and wellbeing.
When developing or improving services and interventions, consider how the local environment may impact on health, and how to maximise the benefits for all.
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
Spatial planning for health: An evidence resource for planning and designing healthier places
Air pollution: Applying All Our Health
Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health
Healthy weight, nutrition and physical activity
Community cohesion, social networks and cultural activities
Mental and emotional health and wellbeing
Active travel (cycling, walking and use of public transport) can increase physical activity levels and improve physical and mental wellbeing as well as improve air quality and reduce road traffic injuries.
Working in partnership across agencies, voluntary and community sector organisations, encourage active travel through spatial planning and neighbourhood design as part of a whole-system approach to health and wellbeing, recognising specific needs, for example families who live in rural locations with a lack of transport and restricted means for buying bikes and car seats.
Active travel: a briefing for local authorities
Obesity and the environment briefing: increasing physical activity and active travel
Spatial planning for health: An evidence resource for planning and designing healthier places
School-aged years high impact area 2: Improving health behaviours and reducing risk
School-aged years high impact area 3: Supporting healthy lifestyles
School-aged years high impact area 4: Reducing vulnerabilities and improving life chances
School-aged years high impact area 5 Supporting additional and complex health needs
Cycling UK Cycling to school
Bikeability Essential cycling skills for families
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA)
Work in consultation with the local community to identify specific needs and opportunities for action to improve access to good quality public green space including playgrounds.
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
Spatial planning for health: An evidence resource for planning and designing healthier places
Natural England A review of nature-based interventions for mental health care
Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health
Healthy weight, nutrition and physical activity
Mental and emotional health and wellbeing
Promote links to community groups providing physical activity and who support children’s development, emotional and mental health wellbeing and social skills.
This may include working with the community to facilitate active lifestyles such as access to safe active play environments including adventure trails, play parks, green spaces, and to leisure activities such as cycling and swimming.
School-aged years high impact area 3: supporting healthy lifestyles
UK Chief Medical Officers' report: physical activity guidelines
Inclusive communities
A place-based, or community-centred, approach aims to develop local solutions that draw on all the assets and resources of an area, integrating services and building resilience in communities so that individuals can take control of their health and wellbeing, and have more influence on the factors that underpin positive health and wellbeing.
Use population health needs assessment to understand local assets and gaps.
Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Health visiting and school nursing delivery model
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
Use the assets that contribute to social inclusion, including:
the skills, knowledge, social competence and commitment of individual community members;
social networks, relationships, intergenerational cohesion, community cohesion and neighbourliness;
local groups and community and voluntary associations, ranging from formal organisations to informal, mutual aid networks;
physical, environmental and economic resources, such as housing, access to outdoor play areas and green spaces, and education, training, and employment;
assets brought by external agencies including the public, private and voluntary and community services.
Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Health visiting and school nursing delivery model
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
Work in partnership across agencies, voluntary and community sector organisations and with the community to remove barriers which may prevent families from engaging in an active role in their community. This includes recognising that diversity and protected characteristics need to be respected and addressing unfair discrimination and stigma.
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
Healthy equity
NICE Community engagement: improving health and wellbeing
Inclusion health: applying All Our Health
E-Learning for Healthcare Cultural competence
E-Learning for Healthcare All Our Health: inclusion health
Inequalities and disparities
Consider the needs of all groups within a population and how working in an inclusive way across communities can reduce inequality.
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
Healthy equity
NICE Community engagement: improving health and wellbeing
Inclusion health: applying All Our Health
E-Learning for Healthcare Cultural competence
E-Learning for Healthcare All Our Health: inclusion health
Inequalities and disparities
Inequalities and disparities
A place-based, or community-centred, approach aims to develop local solutions that draw on all the assets and resources of an area, integrating services and building resilience in communities so that individuals can take control of their health and wellbeing, and have more influence on the factors that underpin positive health and wellbeing.
Use population health needs assessment to understand local assets and gaps.
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
E-Learning for Healthcare All Our Health: inclusion health
E-Learning for Healthcare All Our Health: early adolescence
Inequalities and disparities groups
When addressing inequalities, use the assets that contribute to positive health and wellbeing, including:
the skills, knowledge, social competence and commitment of individual community members;
social networks, relationships, intergenerational cohesion, community cohesion and neighbourliness;
local groups and community and voluntary associations, ranging from formal organisations to informal, mutual aid networks;
physical, environmental and economic resources, such as housing, access to outdoor play areas and green spaces, and education, training, and employment;
assets brought by external agencies including the public, private and voluntary and community services.
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
E-Learning for Healthcare All Our Health: inclusion health
E-Learning for Healthcare All Our Health: early adolescence
Inequalities and disparities groups
Children and parents in contact with the criminal justice system
A place-based, or community-centred, approach aims to develop local solutions that draw on all the assets and resources of an area, integrating services and building resilience in communities so that individuals can take control of their health and wellbeing, and have more influence on the factors that underpin positive health and wellbeing.
Use population health needs assessment to understand local assets and gaps.
Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Reducing health inequalities: system, scale and sustainability
Local action on health inequalities: practice resources
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
School-aged years high impact area 1: supporting resilience and wellbeing
School-aged years high impact area 4: reducing vulnerabilities and improving life chances
School-aged years high impact area 5: supporting additional and complex health needs
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
Solihull Approach Understanding your child
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
Mental and emotional health and wellbeing
Alcohol, drugs and tobacco
Safeguarding including looked-after children
Inequalities and disparities including unemployment and low income
When supporting children or parents in contact with or on the edge of the criminal justice system, use the assets that contribute to positive health and wellbeing, including:
the skills, knowledge, social competence and commitment of individual community members;
social networks, relationships, intergenerational cohesion, community cohesion and neighbourliness;
local groups and community and voluntary associations, ranging from formal organisations to informal, mutual aid networks;
physical, environmental and economic resources, such as housing, access to outdoor play areas and green spaces, and education, training, and employment;
assets brought by external agencies including the public, private and voluntary and community services.
Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Reducing health inequalities: system, scale and sustainability
Local action on health inequalities: practice resources
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
School-aged years high impact area 1: supporting resilience and wellbeing
School-aged years high impact area 4: reducing vulnerabilities and improving life chances
School-aged years high impact area 5: supporting additional and complex health needs
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
Solihull Approach Understanding your child
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
Mental and emotional health and wellbeing
Alcohol, drugs and tobacco
Safeguarding including looked-after children
Inequalities and disparities including unemployment and low income
Work with other professionals in response to local community needs; offer public health advice to prevent violence and exploitation; address substance misuse and mental health needs, strengthen communities; prioritise looked-after and other vulnerable groups of children; and work to reduce poverty and disparities.
Collaborative approaches to preventing offending and re-offending by children (CAPRICORN)
School-aged years high impact area 4: Reducing vulnerabilities and improving life chances
School-aged years high impact area 5: supporting additional and complex health needs
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
GOV.UK Youth offending teams
Solihull Approach Understanding your child
Mental and emotional health and wellbeing
Alcohol, drugs and tobacco
Safeguarding including looked-after children
Inequalities and disparities including unemployment and low income
Working in partnership across agencies, voluntary and community sector organisations and the community, support children and families who are in contact with the criminal justice system, including where parents or other family members are in prison.
Provide information about availability of local peer support groups and how to access them.
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
School-aged years high impact area 4: Reducing vulnerabilities and improving life chances
HMPPS Support for professionals working with offenders
GOV.UK Support for families and friends of prisoners
GOV.UK Youth offending teams
Barnardo’s, HMPPS National Information Centre on Children of Offenders (NICCO)
Solihull Approach Understanding your child
Follow statutory guidance and local safeguarding procedures where there is cause for concern
DfE Working together to safeguard children
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
NSPCC Spotting the signs of child abuse
E-Learning for Healthcare Safeguarding children and young people programme
Safeguarding
Housing and living conditions including tenure
A place-based, or community-centred, approach aims to develop local solutions that draw on all the assets and resources of an area, integrating services and building resilience in communities so that individuals can take control of their health and wellbeing, and have more influence on the factors that underpin positive health and wellbeing.
Use population health needs assessment to understand local assets and gaps.
Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Reducing health inequalities: system, scale and sustainability
Local action on health inequalities: practice resources
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
Use the assets that contribute to good housing and living conditions, including:
the skills, knowledge, social competence and commitment of individual community members;
social networks, relationships, intergenerational cohesion, community cohesion and neighbourliness;
local groups and community and voluntary associations, ranging from formal organisations to informal, mutual aid networks;
physical, environmental and economic resources, such as housing, access to outdoor play areas and green spaces, and education, training, and employment;
assets brought by external agencies including the public, private and voluntary and community services.
Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Reducing health inequalities: system, scale and sustainability
Local action on health inequalities: practice resources
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
Inadequate housing, for example homes which are cold and damp, can affect physical and mental health as well as family relationships and life chances. Overcrowded and precarious housing also present a risk to the health and wellbeing of children and their families.
Work in partnership, for example with the local authority, property owners and developers, housing associations, tenants, voluntary and community sector organisations and the wider community, to contribute to plans to address the housing needs of the population and underlying disparities as part of a whole-system approach to health and wellbeing.
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
Homes for Health
Spatial planning for health: An evidence resource for planning and designing healthier places
Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health
Shelter Professional resources
Work with partners to contribute to how the design of neighbourhoods can influence physical activity levels, healthy eating, travel patterns, social connectivity, mental and physical health and wellbeing outcomes as part of a whole-system approach to health and wellbeing.
When developing or improving services and interventions, consider how the local environment may impact on health, and how to maximise the benefits for all.
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
School-aged years high impact area 3: Supporting healthy lifestyles
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
Spatial planning for health: An evidence resource for planning and designing healthier places
Air pollution: applying All Our Health
Centre for Urban Design and Mental Health
Healthy and inclusive neighbourhoods
Healthy weight, nutrition and physical activity
Community cohesion, social networks and cultural activities
Mental and emotional health and wellbeing
Working in partnership across local government, agencies, voluntary and community sector organisations and with the community, support children and families who are homeless, at risk of homelessness or experiencing other difficulties with housing.
Provide information about the availability of local peer support groups and how to access them.
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
GOV.UK Find your local council
E-Learning for Healthcare All Our Health: Homelessness
Citizens Advice
Shelter Housing advice
Working in partnership across agencies, voluntary and community sector organisations, contribute to plans to support children and families to have access to safe homes where the risks from falls, fire, electrocution, drowning and mitigate other threats.
Unintentional injuries in and around the home cause preventable injury and death and can lead to ill health and serious disability, affecting quality of life and life chances. Promote local community information sessions on first aid and public health information resources.
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
School-aged years high impact area 2: Improving health behaviours and reducing risk
School aged years high impact area 6: supporting self-care and improving health literacy
Reducing unintentional injuries among children and young people
Child Accident Prevention Trust
Keeping safe and accident prevention (Universal)
Keeping safe and accident prevention (Community)
Metrics and outcomes indicators
Use evidence and data to monitor inequalities and disparities. Compare local data with similar areas, within a region and nationally, to identify opportunities for improvement. Use evidence and data to evaluate and demonstrate improvements in population health.
OHID Fingertips Child and maternal health
OHID Fingertips Public Health Outcomes Framework
OHID Fingertips Wider determinants of health
OHID Fingertips user guidance
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A place-based, or community-centred, approach aims to develop local solutions that draw on all the assets and resources of an area, integrating services and building resilience in communities so that individuals can take control of their health and wellbeing, and have more influence on the factors that underpin positive health and wellbeing.
Use population health needs assessment to understand local assets and gaps.
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
NICE Community engagement: improving health and wellbeing
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Healthwatch
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
School-aged years high impact area 1: supporting resilience and wellbeing
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
Use the assets that contribute to community cohesion and cultural activities, including:
the skills, knowledge, social competence and commitment of individual community members;
social networks, relationships, intergenerational cohesion, community cohesion and neighbourliness;
local groups and community and voluntary associations, ranging from formal organisations to informal, mutual aid networks;
physical, environmental and economic resources, such as housing, access to outdoor play areas and green spaces, and education, training, and employment;
assets brought by external agencies including the public, private and voluntary and community services.
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
NICE Community engagement: improving health and wellbeing
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Healthwatch
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
School-aged years high impact area 1: supporting resilience and wellbeing
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
Work in partnership across local systems to build confident and connected communities as part of efforts to improve health and reduce inequalities. Connect individuals and families to community resources, practical help, group activities and volunteering opportunities to meet health needs and increase social participation.
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
NICE Community engagement: improving health and wellbeing
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Healthwatch
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
School-aged years high impact area 1: supporting resilience and wellbeing
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
Social relationships, participation and a sense of belonging influence our mental and physical health and help reduce health inequalities.
Empower children and families to participate in decision-making in local communities, including around the design and provision of health and care services.
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
NICE Community engagement: improving health and wellbeing
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
Support community groups to work with local authorities, health and care services and other community partners to improve the health of the population and reduce health inequalities in communities.
Provide information about the availability of local peer support groups and how to access them.
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
School aged years high impact area 6: Supporting self-care and improving health literacy
Healthy development including speech, language and communication needs
Community Speech language and communication
Work with local system leaders and directly with children and families to encourage them to get involved with social activities in their local area, making friends, building skills and confidence and contributing to the development of stronger, more integrated communities. Activities might include grassroots sports clubs, visual and performance art groups, choirs, orchestras and other music groups or volunteering.
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Sport England
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
NCVO Safeguarding and volunteers
Promote the benefits of social prescribing for parents and carers, families, and communities to improve health literacy and self-care.
Social prescribing schemes can involve a variety of activities which are typically provided by voluntary and community sector organisations. Examples include volunteering, arts activities, group learning, gardening, befriending, cookery, healthy eating advice and a range of sports.
Social prescribing: applying All Our Health
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
School-aged years high impact area 6: Supporting self-care and improving health literacy
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
NHS England Social prescribing
E-Learning for Healthcare All Our Health social prescribing
Working with health and wellbeing boards and integrated care systems, promote collaboration locally between the NHS, public health, education, social care, and community and voluntary stakeholders to improve health literacy in the local community and address inequalities.
Local action on health inequalities: improving health literacy
School-aged years high impact area 6: Supporting self-care and improving health literacy
GOV.UK Find a local support group for children, young people and families
Improving self-care and health literacy
Metrics and outcomes indicators
Use evidence and data to monitor community cohesion, social networks and cultural activities. Compare local data with similar areas, within a region and nationally, to identify opportunities for improvement. Use evidence and data to evaluate and demonstrate improvements in population health.
OHID Fingertips Child and maternal health
OHID Fingertips Public Health Outcomes Framework
OHID Fingertips Wider determinants of health
OHID Fingertips user guidance
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A place-based, or community-centred, approach aims to develop local solutions that draw on all the assets and resources of an area, integrating services and building resilience in communities so that individuals can take control of their health and wellbeing, and have more influence on the factors that underpin positive health and wellbeing.
Use population health needs assessment to understand local assets and gaps.
Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Reducing health inequalities: system, scale and sustainability
Local action on health inequalities: practice resources
Local health and care planning: menu of preventative interventions
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Health visiting and school nursing delivery model
School-aged years high impact area 1: supporting resilience and wellbeing
School-aged years high impact area 4: Reducing vulnerabilities and improving life chances
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
Speech, language and communication needs
Children with additional health and development needs including speech, language and communication needs
Mental and emotional health and wellbeing
Use the assets that contribute to education, employment and life opportunities, including:
the skills, knowledge, social competence and commitment of individual community members;
social networks, relationships, intergenerational cohesion, community cohesion and neighbourliness;
local groups and community and voluntary associations, ranging from formal organisations to informal, mutual aid networks;
physical, environmental and economic resources, such as housing, access to outdoor play areas and green spaces, and education, training, and employment;
assets brought by external agencies including the public, private and voluntary and community services.
Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Reducing health inequalities: system, scale and sustainability
Local action on health inequalities: practice resources
Local health and care planning: menu of preventative interventions
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Health visiting and school nursing delivery model
School-aged years high impact area 1: supporting resilience and wellbeing
School-aged years high impact area 4: Reducing vulnerabilities and improving life chances
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
Speech, language and communication needs
Children with additional health and development needs including speech, language and communication needs
Mental and emotional health and wellbeing
Working in partnership across agencies, voluntary and community sector organisations, help unemployed families and those with low incomes to access support and advice on education, training and employment and to claim benefits and financial support where entitled.
Provide information about availability of local peer support groups and how to access them.
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
School-aged years high impact area 4: Reducing vulnerabilities and improving life chances
Health matters: health and work
GOV.UK Benefits and financial support for families
GOV.UK Disability living allowance for children
GOV.UK Financial help if you have children
Citizens Advice
Mental and emotional health and wellbeing
Promote the benefits of social prescribing for parents and carers, families, and communities to improve health literacy and self-care.
Social prescribing schemes can involve a variety of activities which are typically provided by voluntary and community sector organisations. Examples include volunteering, arts activities, group learning, gardening, befriending, cookery, healthy eating advice and a range of other activities.
Social prescribing: applying All Our Health
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
School-aged years high impact area 6: Supporting self-care and improving health literacy
NHS England Social prescribing
E-Learning for Healthcare All Our Health social prescribing
Community cohesion, social networks and cultural activities
Metrics and outcomes indicators
Use evidence and data to monitor education, employment and life opportunities. Compare local data with similar areas, within a region and nationally, to identify opportunities for improvement. Use evidence and data to evaluate and demonstrate improvements in population health.
OHID Fingertips Child and maternal health
OHID Fingertips Child and maternal health school-age: primary
OHID Fingertips Public Health Outcomes Framework
OHID Fingertips Wider determinants of health
OHID Fingertips user guidance
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Follow statutory guidance and local safeguarding procedures where there is cause for concern
DfE Working together to safeguard children
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
NSPCC Spotting the signs of child abuse
E-Learning for Healthcare Safeguarding children and young people programme
Antisocial behaviour and violence
A place-based, or community-centred, approach aims to develop local solutions that draw on all the assets and resources of an area, integrating services and building resilience in communities so that individuals can take control of their health and wellbeing, and have more influence on the factors that underpin positive health and wellbeing.
Use population health needs assessment to understand local assets and gaps.
Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Reducing health inequalities: system, scale and sustainability
Local action on health inequalities: practice resources
Collaborative approaches to preventing offending and re-offending by children (CAPRICORN)
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
School-aged years high impact area 1: supporting resilience and wellbeing
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
Use the assets that contribute to positive health and wellbeing and reducing antisocial behaviour, including:
the skills, knowledge, social competence and commitment of individual community members;
social networks, relationships, intergenerational cohesion, community cohesion and neighbourliness;
local groups and community and voluntary associations, ranging from formal organisations to informal, mutual aid networks;
physical, environmental and economic resources, such as housing, access to outdoor play areas and green spaces, and education, training, and employment;
assets brought by external agencies including the public, private and voluntary and community services.
Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Reducing health inequalities: system, scale and sustainability
Local action on health inequalities: practice resources
Collaborative approaches to preventing offending and re-offending by children (CAPRICORN)
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
School-aged years high impact area 1: supporting resilience and wellbeing
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
Gangs and county lines
A place-based, or community-centred, approach aims to develop local solutions that draw on all the assets and resources of an area, integrating services and building resilience in communities so that individuals can take control of their health and wellbeing, and have more influence on the factors that underpin positive health and wellbeing.
Use population health needs assessment to understand local assets and gaps.
Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Reducing health inequalities: system, scale and sustainability
Local action on health inequalities: practice resources
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
School-aged years high impact area 1: Supporting resilience and wellbeing
Solihull Approach Understanding your child
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
E-Learning for Healthcare All Our Health: county lines exploitation
Mental and emotional health and wellbeing
Alcohol, drugs and tobacco
Community cohesion, social networks and cultural activities
Safeguarding including looked-after children
Inequalities and disparities including unemployment and low income
Use the assets that contribute to positive health and wellbeing and reducing gangs and exploitation, including:
the skills, knowledge, social competence and commitment of individual community members;
social networks, relationships, intergenerational cohesion, community cohesion and neighbourliness;
local groups and community and voluntary associations, ranging from formal organisations to informal, mutual aid networks;
physical, environmental and economic resources, such as housing, access to outdoor play areas and green spaces, and education, training, and employment;
assets brought by external agencies including the public, private and voluntary and community services.
Health inequalities: place-based approaches to reduce inequalities
Health and wellbeing: a guide to community-centred approaches
Community-centred public health: taking a whole system approach
Reducing health inequalities: system, scale and sustainability
Local action on health inequalities: practice resources
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
Community-centred practice: applying all our health
Population health needs assessment: a guide for 0 to 19 health visiting and school nursing services
Health visiting and school nursing service delivery model
School-aged years high impact area 1: Supporting resilience and wellbeing
Solihull Approach Understanding your child
E-Learning for Healthcare Community centred approaches to health improvement
E-Learning for Healthcare All Our Health: county lines exploitation
Mental and emotional health and wellbeing
Alcohol, drugs and tobacco
Community cohesion, social networks and cultural activities
Safeguarding including looked-after children
Inequalities and disparities including unemployment and low income
Work in partnership responding to local community needs, offering public health advice to prevent violence and exploitation including gangs and county lines, address substance misuse and mental health needs, strengthen communities, prioritise looked-after and other vulnerable groups of children, and work to reduce poverty and disparities.
Collaborative approaches to preventing offending and re-offending by children (CAPRICORN)
E-Learning for Healthcare All Our Health: county lines exploitation
Solihull Approach Understanding your child
School-aged years high impact area 4: Reducing vulnerabilities and improving life chances
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
Mental and emotional health and wellbeing
Alcohol, drugs and tobacco
Community cohesion, social networks and cultural activities
Safeguarding including looked-after children
Inequalities and disparities including unemployment and low income
Follow statutory guidance and local safeguarding procedures where there is cause for concern.
DfE Working together to safeguard children
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
NSPCC Spotting the signs of child abuse
E-Learning for Healthcare Safeguarding children and young people programme
Safeguarding
Parental conflict
Working in partnership across agencies, voluntary and community sector organisations and the community, promote awareness of the need to address and reduce parental conflict support healthy family relationships between parents and children.
DWP Reducing parental conflict: tools for commissioners, managers and leaders
Race Equality Foundation Reducing Parental Conflict toolkit
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
NHS.UK Domestic violence and abuse
NICE Domestic violence and abuse: multi-agency working
NICE Domestic violence and abuse
Home Office Domestic abuse how to get help
Barnardo’s Families affected by domestic abuse
Refuge
Women’s Aid
Solihull Approach Understanding your child
Mental and emotional health and wellbeing
Alcohol, drugs and tobacco
Community cohesion, social networks and cultural activities
Safeguarding including looked-after children
Inequalities and disparities including unemployment and low income
Provide information about the availability of support groups and how to access them.
DWP Reducing parental conflict: tools for commissioners, managers and leaders
Race Equality Foundation Reducing Parental Conflict toolkit
NHS.UK Domestic violence and abuse
Home Office Domestic abuse how to get help
Barnardo’s Families affected by domestic abuse
Refuge
Women’s Aid
Solihull Approach Understanding your child
Violence against women and girls
Working in partnership across agencies, voluntary and community sector organisations and the community, promote awareness of violence against women and girls to support reducing health disparities and improve health outcomes.
Home Office: Tackling violence against women and girls strategy
ONS The lasting impact of violence against women and girls
DfE Working together to safeguard children
No child left behind: a public health informed approach to improving outcomes for vulnerable children
Metrics and outcomes indicators
Use evidence and data to monitor the health and wellbeing of vulnerable children and those with safeguarding needs. Compare local data with similar areas, within a region and nationally, to identify opportunities for improvement. Use evidence and data to evaluate and demonstrate improvements in population health
OHID Fingertips Child and maternal health vulnerable children and young people
OHID Fingertips Improving health outcomes for vulnerable children and young people reports
OHID Fingertips Public Health Outcomes Framework
OHID Fingertips Wider determinants of health
OHID Fingertips user guidance
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