Local area variation in health visiting contacts across England for children under age 5: a cross-sectional analysis of administrative data in England 2018-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The health visiting service in England leads the government's Healthy Child Programme (HCP) for children under five years. Local authorities and their provider partners deliver this service differently across England.

Objective

To describe local authority variation in the delivery of health visiting to children under five years in England (2018-2020).

Methods

We used publicly available statistics on mandated health visiting contacts, and administrative data from the Community Services Dataset (CSDS) on duration, location, and medium of contacts. We mapped population coverage of mandated contacts (new birth visit, 6-8-week review, one-year review, and 2-2½ -year review) and described the frequency and characteristics of mandated and additional contacts acros

SUBMITTER: Liu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11638805 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature