The project developed hybrid training to strengthen the skills of health visitors as leaders within the early years, to enhance their work with families to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). This involved supporting health visitors to use the FPM to have sensitive goal based conversations around smoking, unhealthy diets (nutrition), alcohol and physical inactivity, called ‘SNAP’ factors. The training blended bespoke health visitor e-learning about FPM and the SNAP factors, with virtual training and online action learning sets, to support learning and confidence in having what can be seen as difficult to raise topics with families.

Additional resources for the ‘SNAP’ factors were developed to support health visitors in practice including, conversations topic cards and A-Z of useful organisations, along with resources to support joint action planning with families.

📖 Insights Report: The role of health visitors in supporting the early intervention/prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD)

Fid out more about the e-learning here.