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Health resources
Useful sites are listed below, while the links in the right-hand column of this page are to relevant sections of the Sure Start website.
External links
Birth to Five: a guide to parenthood for the first five years of life
Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association: the UK's leading professional organisation for health visitors, school nurses, mental health nurses, nursery nurses and other community nurses working in primary care
DirectGov: public services all in one place
Faculty of Public Health: works to improve the public's health through three key areas of activity – education and standards, professional affairs, and advocacy and policy
Health Development Agency: of historical interest, as its functions have now been transfered to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
Health Inequalities: the Health Inequalities Unit at the Department of Health works to reduce inequalities in health outcomes by 10 percent by 2010
Healthy Start: replaces the Welfare Food Scheme, providing free vouchers every week which can be swapped for milk, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and infant formula milk; free vitamins are also available
Making Breastfeeding a Reality: the order form for a book on sharing good practice and strategies that work
NHS Direct: provides information and advice about health, illness and health services
Public Health Observatories: provides a forum for disseminating good practice, sharing methodologies, coordinating action and providing a focus for links with national organisations
Public Health White Paper: sets out the key principles for supporting the public to make healthier and more informed choices in regards to their health
