Programme information
- Title:
- Healthy Child Programme (HCP)
- Description:
- The Healthy Child Programme (HCP) focuses on the health and well-being of children in the early stages of life from pregnancy through to the first five years of life. Combining expertise from a range of professions, the HCP aims to provide preventative services tailored to the individual needs of children and families and acts as a best practice guide for children’s services. Based on a model of progressive universalism, the HCP seeks to provide for all children, with additional services for children and families with particular needs and risks. The programme focuses on public health priorities such as obesity, breast feeding and social and emotional development. The e-learning programme is made up of 76 e-learning sessions. The e-learning resource will form part of a blended-learning solution to ensure that professionals acquire and maintain the skills needed to promote the health and wellbeing of young children and pregnant mothers. The resource is designed to support the range of healthcare professionals involved in the HCP. These include health visitors, nurses, midwives, general practitioners, paediatricians and obstetricians, dieticians, and speech and language therapists.
- Created:
- 18 Mar 2011
- Last Major Update:
- 14 Feb 2012
- Keywords:
- ACPCP, maternity, midwives, midwifery, maternity support worker, MSW, neonatal
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- Title:
- Healthy Child Programme (HCP)
- Description:
- The Healthy Child Programme (HCP) focuses on the health and well-being of children in the early stages of life from pregnancy through to the first five years of life. Combining expertise from a range of professions, the HCP aims to provide preventative services tailored to the individual needs of children and families and acts as a best practice guide for children’s services. Based on a model of progressive universalism, the HCP seeks to provide for all children, with additional services for children and families with particular needs and risks. The programme focuses on public health priorities such as obesity, breast feeding and social and emotional development. The e-learning programme is made up of 76 e-learning sessions. The e-learning resource will form part of a blended-learning solution to ensure that professionals acquire and maintain the skills needed to promote the health and wellbeing of young children and pregnant mothers. The resource is designed to support the range of healthcare professionals involved in the HCP. These include health visitors, nurses, midwives, general practitioners, paediatricians and obstetricians, dieticians, and speech and language therapists.
- Created:
- 18 Mar 2011
- Last Major Update:
- 14 Feb 2012
- Keywords:
- ACPCP, maternity, midwives, midwifery, maternity support worker, MSW, neonatal