Health Improvement
The chapter on health improvement has the thread of early years and children running through it.
It has contributions on:
- vitamin D supplements for pregnant women
- why improving health outcomes for looked after children and young people is important
- how Lanarkshire child healthy weight interventions are addressing childhood overweight
- the management of obesity in pregnancy, describing the serious risks for mothers and babies and how Lanarkshire is mitigating these risks
- the implementation of the Gender-based Violence Action Plan to tackle violence against women and children
- the success of The Den in supporting young people’s health and well being in Cambuslang and Rutherglen
Obesity in pregnancy increases the health risks to the new mums and their babies and section 3.4 of the Annual Report looks at what is being done to reduce these risks in Lanarkshire.
In this video clip Ashley Goodfellow, programme manager - maternal and infant nutrition, discusses the key issues in the management of obesity in pregnancy.
Links
Vitamin D Supplements for Pregnant Women
- Scottish Government. Healthy Start in Scotland website [ link ]
Health Improvement in Corporate Parenting
- Lifelines: Guidelines and procedure to support young people who are self-harming or engaging in suicide behaviours in Lanarkshire [ link ]
Progress towards the Child Healthy Weight Target 2008-11
- Scottish Government. Scotland Performs: Child Healthy Weight website [ link ]
Management of Obesity in Pregnancy
- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists website [ link ]
- Nutrition of women of childbearing age, pregnant women and children under five in disadvantaged areas [ PDF ]
- The Big Bump: A healthy start for you and your baby [DVD]. Lanarkshire: NHS Lanarkshire, 2010 [ link ]
Gender-based Violence Action Plan
- Healthcare Policy and Strategy Directorate, Scottish Government - A National Gender-based Violence Action Plan [ link ]
The Den – Youth Health and Wellbeing Initiative
Feedback
Please let us know what you think of this year's report by emailing PublicHealthAnnualReport@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk