E-learning for professionals working with children and young people health

Children’s Oral Health
This module will help you to support the children you care for to maintain good oral health. It covers the main causes of tooth decay and simple actions that can be taken to prevent the problem. This module takes about 20 minutes to complete.
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Make Every Contact Count (MECC)
The MECC eLearning programme is designed to support learners in developing an understanding of public health and the factors that impact on a person’s health and wellbeing. MECC recognises that staff across health and care, local authority and voluntary sectors have thousands of contacts every day with individuals and are ideally placed to support health and wellbeing. There are four sessions which take approximately 20-30 minutes each to complete.
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Cultural competence

The cultural competence e-learning tool is designed to support clinicians in the NHS to gain knowledge and understanding of the issues around culture and health; and how this might influence health care outcomes. There are three modules which take approximately 20-30 minutes each to complete.

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Eating Disorders and disordered eating

The transformation Partners in Health and Care has developed guidance on disordered eating and a training directory suitable for a range of professional across the health and social care system.

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Weight Stigma
This online training will equip professionals to better understand the negative impact of weight stigma or individual and public health and introduces approaches to address weight stigma and improve health outcomes for people living with higher weight.
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Adults living with overweight and obesity

The Healthy Weight Coach eLearning programme has been developed for colleagues who already engage and interact with people as part of their role and are interested in supporting people who want to prioritise their weight, health and wellbeing.

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Care Group training

The Care Group also offer a range of training to support professionals working with children and families around infant feeding and child healthy weight.

  • Motivational Interviewing
    Motivational interviewing is an evidence-based, client-centred approach aimed at supporting others in deciding and making helpful changes in their lives. This course is delivered by the CEPN.
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  • UNICEF Baby Friendly Training “Breastfeeding and Relationship Building”
    This course supports this implementation of the UNICEF Baby Friendly Standard. Each Breastfeeding and Relationship Building course addresses the specific learning and development needs required by different groups of staff.
    Contact: hannahspiring@nhs.net
     
  • ‘Healthy Weight Healthy Nutrition’ from the Institute of Health Visiting (iHV)
    A course for practitioners working with children under 5 years, delivered by the Child Healthy Weight team.
    Contact: zikra.khan2@nhs.net or toni.russell3@nhs.net
     
  • ‘Children and young people nutritional health’ from the School and Public Health Nurses Association (SAPHNA)
    A course for practitioners working with children over 5 years, delivered by the Child Healthy Weight team
    Contact: zikra.khan2@nhs.net or toni.russell3@nhs.net