The History of Health Visiting

Health visiting is a well-established profession in the UK – and now across the globe - with historical records that date back to 1862. Since its inception, health visiting has adapted over the years to respond to the greatest public health threats of the day.

Read paper by Dr Cheryll Adams on the History of Health Visiting

First published in Nursing in Practice, September 2012, Number 68.

Read paper by Alison Morton, iHV CEO – The role of the health visitor: where are we now?

Paediatrics and Child Health, July 2024 If you do not have access to Paediatrics and Child Health journal, you can read the full-text via the author’s pre-publication PDF, shared with consent from Elsevier here: https://bit.ly/4oeN2h3

The History of the Institute of Health Visiting

Read, “A short history of the Institute of Health Visiting” - written by Dr Cheryll Adams, one of the iHV Founders and first Executive Director, in December 2022 to mark the Institute’s 10th anniversary.