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| Child & Maternal Health |
As part of the
national Child and Maternal Health Observatory’s (ChiMat) work with the East of
England Public Health Observatory, updated Local Authority Child Health Profiles have been published. These provide a
snapshot of child health and wellbeing in March 2012 and are designed to
help you improve the health of children and tackle health inequalities by giving
easy to digest information about the current picture of child health in your
local area.
Each profile provides
two types of information: background demographic information about the children
in each area; and comparative analysis with other local authorities both
nationally and more locally.
A number of changes and additions to the 2012 profiles compared with
those issued in 2011. These include:
·
More information
about mental health
·
Introduction of
breastfeeding at 6 to 8 weeks where data are available
·
Trend information
about hospital admissions for alcohol
·
Comparisons with
statistical neighbours looking at teenage conceptions, teenage mothers, MMR
immunisation and breastfeeding initiation
You can find the Northamptonshire profiles here:
The site also offers an interactive profiles for local areas, and as well as child health, these also cover Healthy Schools, infant mortality and breastfeeding.
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