Projects and activities

Bristol Network for Equality in Early Years Health and Wellbeing Health Integration Team (BoNEE HIT) are undertaking the following projects:

Short term projects (1-3 years)

Research briefing for the city - reducing inequalities in oral health, educating local policy makers, health professionals and the public
Parent education materials encouraging use of dentists
Contribute to development of West of England Public Health Partnership oral public health strategy

Develop a longitudinal measurement framework (2, 4 and 7 years) for SEWB outcomes, and as a proxy for school readiness
Behavioural screening questionnaire dataset for looked after children analysed and results disseminated
Develop an intervention for promoting SEWB for 0-24 month olds
Contribute SEWB and speech and language outcomes in 2-year checks (in place by 2015)

To scope existing literature and investigate the understanding of oral and dental health in different social and ethnic groups in Bristol
Contribute to West of England Public Health Partnership oral public health action plan
Establish mechanisms to measure baseline data of decayed, missing and filled teeth (dmft) in five year olds across the city
Secure joint research / clinical post in Dental Public Health

Improving dietary quality of 12-48 month olds (fruit and vegetable intake, portion size, avoidance of confectionary and sweetened drinks)
Improved rates of breastfeeding initiation and maintenance
Improved bottle feeding practice (formula concentration, feeding practice)
Monitor inequalities in anthropometric measures in two year check
Establish incidence of Vitamin D insufficiency in pregnant mothers and children < 5
Increase awareness of food poverty within health workforce

Assess whether the use of child and adolescent mental health services and speech and language services varies by ethnicity
Prevalence study of SEWB among 2 and 4 year old children, considering inequalities
Application for funding for a randomised control trial of SEWB intervention in 0-24 month population
Qualitative and process evaluation of primary school based SEWB interventions in Bristol, and review of wider literature

Reduced tooth decay in under 5s in Bristol
Reduced extraction of decayed teeth in children under General Anaesthesia (GA) and dmft in first year school children

Improved diet of 6-48 month olds
Improved rates of breastfeeding initiation and maintenance
Reduce rates of overweight at school entry in key groups (following monitoring of yr 2 developmental check data)
Reduce / maintain low incidence of vitamin D insufficiency among pregnant mothers and under 5s