The iHV is committed to supporting health visitors with evidence informed resources that promote healthy feeding and nutrition for babies, children, and families.
Our Healthy Weight Healthy Nutrition (HWHN) Toolkit on iHV LEARN contains a wealth of resources and information on topics related to feeding and nutrition, including oral health. There are plenty of free-to-access resources for all iHV members. The toolkit also contains additional resources for iHV HWHN Ambassadors and Champions - if you would like to access training for either of these roles, contact training@ihv.org.uk to find out more and 'unlock' the whole toolkit.
We continue to develop and enhance these materials to help health visitors and their teams have the knowledge needed to support practice.
The iHV signposts to independent public health nutrition advice from the following sites:
- First Steps Nutrition Trust who provides policy-relevant information, evidence and resources for health practitioners supporting ‘eating well’ from preconception to five years. Please visit their website for a range of up-to-date resources, including:
- Eating well resources: Order hard copy and digital resources for: ‘Eating well in pregnancy’; ‘Infants and new mums’; and ‘Eating well early years’.
- Infant milks: Register on the site as a professional or parent/ carer for a range of resources.
- Children’s food: With a range of information on commercial baby food, milk drinks marketed for children aged 1-4 years, and additives.
- Publications: Including consultation responses, infographics and peer-reviewed publications.
- Bumps (Best use of medicines in pregnancy) is provided by the UK Teratology Information Service on behalf of UKHSA. It provides information on medicines, including dietary supplements of vitamins and folic acid, during pregnancy or afterwards – incorporating information from all relevant published scientific studies.
