Proposing a model for promoting Children's Health in Early Childhood Education and Care Settings

Abstract

AbstractThis pilot study was conducted in one early childhood pre‐school nursery setting in an area of high deprivation in England to explore the under‐researched area of how practitioners promote the health of children. The research used an original tool, Child Health Promotion: A Toolkit for Early Childhood Education and Care Practitioners, containing a 5 Step Programme as a model to guide practitioners in identifying and implementing a health promotion activity. The findings will help to set the onward agenda for a larger scale study which will foreground the voices of practitioners and highlight the role that ECEC practitioners can play in promoting the health of children.