Speaking Out Briefing No. 22: Health and wellbeingThe health and well-being of children and young people has been identified, by members of NCVYS and Children England, as one of the policy priority areas for the Speaking Out project for 2009-10 and beyond. Health and well-being is an important area which is increasingly forming part of the Government’s agenda. The growing importance that the Government is placing on health and well-being is reflected for example in the The Children’s Plan, in which the very first chapter focuses on securing the well-being and health of children and young people. There is also now a strategy for children and young people’s health, Healthy Lives, Brighter Futures1, published in February 2009, which sets out the Government’s objectives and commitments. This briefing paper is primarily intended for voluntary and community organisations that are involved, or wish to become involved, in providing health and well-being support to children and young people. It focuses on five main areas related to health and well-being: diet, exercise and obesity; mental health and emotional well-being; support for families that have a child who is disabled or with a long-term condition; substance misuse; sexual health; and early years health. This briefing summarises key findings of a scoping study commissioned by the Speaking Out project and carried out by ECOTEC Research and Consulting Ltd. We are grateful to ECOTEC for their work on the scoping study and for their permission to share their findings in this way. To download the full briefing: Speaking Out Briefing No. 22: Health and wellbeing (PDF)
Published October 2009 To download the full ECOTEC report: ECOTEC report (PDF)
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