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26/07/10 at 09:53 by
Thread: Training support

We developed a training package for school nurses on healthy lunchbox in BANES. Members of the school nurse team also have access to the lunchbox toolkits from the PCT.

The toolkit contains a set of British replica food, a large eat well plate food mat, notes and laminated slides, food packagings, salt/sugar kit and a scale.

19/07/10 at 11:19 by
Thread: Training support

We are in the early stages of developing training for school nurses and would welcome any information you have gleaned about suitable packages etc
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Tier 3 weight management services
Posted 23/06/10 at 13:43 by Sarah

Does anyone have any advice/experience with a tier 3 specialist weight management service for children? We are trying to define what we should be offering, and would be grateful to hear about what anyone else has in place, or is thinking about.
Thanks to anyone who can help.
Sarah

14/01/10 at 14:21 by
Thread: Training support

i have a CD rom from the Food & Drink federation which must have been made 3 yrs ago. It contains an interactive CD. This maybe of use although i have never used it.
we are about to run 12 week course for primary school children and their parents which is centred around practical multi-skills to educate about healthy eating and physical activity

Are we setting the correct metrics for success?
Posted 08/01/10 at 12:30 by Andrew Combes

“You say NCMP I say School Census / School Travel Health Check” – where do we end up? Missing opportunities to move forward...

• We all want more children walking and cycling more often.
• We all support active interventions to achieve this.
• We all want to be able to measure / show change.

But are we measuring things in a way that will facilitate this?

Coming from the world of transport I spotted early on that our official measure for travel to school was blunt and uninformative: NI198 - Car use. It would tell you which schools had high levels of car use but failed to inform on why and what can be done about it. So we cooked up the School Travel Health Check (STHC)- this contains ‘Metrics for success’ such as car use within walk threshold, calories used by walkers and cyclists and Co2 per head for those coming by vehicle. The STHC as well as identifying where the issues are also identifies realistic solutions.

This brings me to the world of health and the use of NCMP as a measure for active travel interventions...

Does it offer answers to the ‘Why’ and ‘What can be done about it’ questions? On its own I am not sure it does. Equally I am worried that it is leading to commitment to interventions that will struggle to achieve the intended results and could well undermine the real value of active travel to school. The focus of Bike It on the year 6 obesity target is a particular worry. Walking initiatives are better but need to be properly targeted.

When it comes to children’s active travel to school we have a fantastic resource in the form of School Census / STHC – we need to make sure we make best use of it. For your NCMP targets take a look at the STHC and have a think about what additional measures will illuminate the questions ‘Why?’ and ‘What can be done?’

Always happy to discuss: 01823 432946.

Training support
Posted 04/01/10 at 15:04 by

Hi
I am trying to develop a training session for school nurses to help them raise the issue of weight with parents and start talking about diet and exercise for primary school children. Can anyone recommend a package or some information I can access to help with this?

27/10/09 at 14:36 by
Thread: Using the Department of Health's Healthy Weight Cluster Maps

See NOO advice on using this -http://www.noo.org.uk/uploads/doc/vid_3830_HWHL_Market_segmentation.pdf.

If targeting neighbourhoods and communities for marketing purposes, it is appropriate to use the cluster postcode directories and maps alongside data from other sources, such as the Indices of Deprivation and locally.

27/07/09 at 12:59 by Jenny Weeks
Thread: Can anyone point us towards a questionnaire assessing attitudes and knowledge of food and healthy eating among teenagers?

SHUE have '32 years of Lifestyle Surveys about Young People' and could be a good place to ask advice. http://www.sheu.org.uk/index.htm

Can anyone point us towards a questionnaire assessing attitudes and knowledge of food and healthy eating among teenagers?
Posted 29/06/09 at 14:09 by Karin Dixon

Hi,I wonder if anyone can point us towards a questionnaire that has been validated for use with teenagers to help assess knowledge of and attitudes towards food and healthy eating, pre- and post-intervention?Thanks