HEY

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HEY! Healthy Early Years Ruth Angel Health
Promotion Lead Poole Primary Care
Trust r.angel_at_poole.gov.uk
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• Context Poole
• Small Unitary Authority South Coast
• Population 137,500 (approx 5,000 under 5s)
• PCT/LA boundaries almost co-terminous
• Pockets of deprivation

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• History
• Childhood Obesity Agenda
• Extends Healthy Lifestyles Continuum
• Healthy Schools Scheme well established in the
  Borough with good partnership working 5-19
• Healthy Youth Centre Programme adapted from
  Healthy Schools working with 13-19 year olds
• 0-5 The missing Link

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• What do we do?
• Piloted in 10 of Childcare settings, including
  childminders
• Currently working with 20 of pre-schools and
  nurseries (non-maintained) all in areas of
  greatest health inequalities
• Team led by PCT, includes Advisory Teachers,
  Early Years Quality Assurance, Early Years
  Physical Activity Co-ordinator, Hot Healthy Meals
• Input from oral health, dietitians, and Healthy
  Schools Partners

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• What is the process ?
• Initial visit by one of team
• Packs on Healthy Eating, Physical Activity and
  Emotional Health
• Audit against NHSP criteria
• Action planning
• Support visits available (can be on specific
  areas)
• Validation

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• What has worked well?
• Prior learning from Healthy Youth Centre Project
• Enthusiasm of settings
• Framework for activities with specific targets,
• monitoring and recording impacts
• Changes to lunchboxes
• Increased structured physical activity
• Extending and sharing good practice

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• What are the challenges?
• Capacity
• Funding
• Adapting to non maintained settings, eg
  childminders and pre school groups