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Direct work with parents and carers in First Step has been going on since Sept 2011 in each of the four agreed goals of the social marketing group.

The main focus of work since January has been to support and […]

First Step Social Marketing Survey June 2011
Summary
The Survey

In June 2011, an informal survey which gathered information on people’s current breakfast and snacking habits took place at First Step community […]

Want to know about the difficulties faced by some people in eating healthily?  Then read the attached report on Food Practices among Mothers of Young Children by Dr Jeni Harden, Dr Adele Dickson, Ms Naomi […]

A conference at the National Museum of Scotland on the 7th March organised by Holyrood saw a range of speakers from across theUK and panel discussions on a wide range of topics of interest to professionals with an […]

!–more–A British Heart Foundation (BHF) campaign report on children’s food marketing

Healthy eating and children’s diets have never been higher up on people’s list of concerns and everyone agrees that parents […]

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Morning has broken (your healthy diet)

It’s pitched as the most important meal of the day, but with only 8 per cent of cereals getting a green light for healthy sugar levels, many Britons wake up […]

Children and young people’s mental health indicator set

A set of national mental health indicator for children and young people in Scotland has been established.  This complements the mental health indicator […]

GOOD FOOD, GOOD HEALTH First Step Community Project with backing from Support from the Start are piloting a practical example of using a social marketing approach within a community based early years organisation. The aim is to develop capacity within a group of parents and grandparents to identify and respond to their community health needs in the [...]

Early year’s dental health is one focus for Support from the Start in Whitecraig and Wallyford.  Part of this focus is to examine the current and ongoing dental health status of all three year olds in these areas. Following detailed dental inspections carried out earlier this year on 3-year-old children seen at Whitecraig and Wallyford [...]

Changexchange is a collaborative research project consisting of practitioners from NHS Lothian and East Lothian Council working alongside academics from Queen Margaret University. Those involved are John Boyce, NHS Lothian, Ann Hume, East Lothian Council, Prof Kirsty Forsyth and Donald Maciver, both Queen Margaret University. The overall aim of…[Read more]