Useful links

• Back-and-forth exchanges boost children’s brain response to language Study finds engaging young children in conversation is more important for brain development than “dumping words” on them.
• Healthy Beginnings: Applying All Our Health "Adverse health outcomes would be reduced by 18% to 59% if all children were as healthy as the most socially advantaged."
• Blog: The Role of a Liaison Psychiatrist in Perinatal Mental Health Susie Lingwood explains what her role involves, what she has done to improve services and how mums with perinatal mental health problems and their babies are being supported
• Mental health interventions in pregnant women and new mothers have benefits A new study looking at the economic benefits of helping mothers and babies where there is perinatal mental ill health
• Improving the Safety of Maternity Care in the NHS Safer maternity care: next steps towards the national maternity ambition
• New Public Health Annual Report The health and wellbeing of the population of Blackpool with a focus on health protection, improving health (smoking and healthy weight) and healthcare across the Fylde Coast.
• Public Health England share 5th edition of Health Matters Important facts, figures and evidence of effective interventions to tackle major public health problems.
• Parents 1st Volunteering Evidence Review Findings Insightful evidence review exploring if and how volunteering, peer support and ‘community champions’ projects can support the three A Better Start (ABS) child development outcomes.
• A Better Start: The Warwick Consortium Evaluation The Big Lottery Fund is investing in a substantial evaluation and learning contract for A Better Start.
• You and Your Child Study The participant-facing website for the A Better Start evaluation being conducted by the Warwick Consortium for Big Lottery Fund
• ChiMat National Child and Maternal Health Intelligence Network
• Palix Foundation Previously the Norlien Foundation
• Harvard University Scientific research centre for the Developing Child
• National College for Teaching and Leadership Working with the partnership to achieve systems change
• Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (DfE) Setting the standards for learning, development and care for children from birth to five
• NSPCC's "What can we do about child abuse?” video Find out about how we can work together to make sure every childhood is free from abuse.