We are pleased to launch a further e-learning programme to our expanding portfolio. This e-learning has been supported by a grant from the Burdett Trust. Healthy Weight Healthy Nutrition is one of the six Early Years High Impact Areas and a key public health issue, with health visitors having a central role in improving outcomes around family nutritional health across the life course.

These e-learning modules have been written to support the Champions training programme currently being rolled out across the UK, which is a comprehensive refresher for health visitors on the evidence base surrounding weight and nutrition. Evaluation of the training delivered to date has demonstrated that health visitors over-estimate the currency of their knowledge in this area. Additionally the subject is not a core area within initial health visitor training so there is wide variation in what is attained in training or CPD across the country.

Health visitors can now use these 5 online modules to update themselves. Our e-learning programmes are a valuable tool to support individual learning and CPD to underpin NMC revalidation.

The last bookings are being taken for great Healthy Weight Healthy Nutrition Champions training in Taunton – being held on 8 and 9 September.

We have already started to roll out this fantastic funded training for health visitors – and the feedback from the first sessions has been excellent.

This is a brand new UK-wide training programme, written by a national nutritional expert and endorsed by Public Health England and Health Education England, to create local expert health visitors within every organisation as “Champions” for Healthy Weight, Healthy Nutrition.

Do you have the attributes of an iHV Healthy Weight Healthy Nutrition Champion?  Click on the link below to find out.

How fitting that last week saw the start of the national roll out of the iHV Healthy Weight Healthy Nutrition Champions training during the national childhood obesity week (4-10 July 2016) in Sheffield.

The new Healthy Weight Healthy Nutrition Champions from Sheffield

The new Healthy Weight Healthy Nutrition Champions from Sheffield

Congratulations to our new Healthy Weight Healthy Nutrition Champions who completed the training last week.  We look forward to hearing about your local roll out as you cascade and share your new knowledge with your colleagues.

The next Healthy Weight Healthy Nutrition Champions training will be at Birmingham City University this week and UCLAN on28/29 July.  There are more dates around the UK see Healthy Weight Healthy Nutrition training page for further details.

The HWHN Champions training is aimed at HVs who have an interest in the subject and who are willing to become HWHN Champions and cascade this training to other HVs within their organisations.

Sara Patience talking about fussy eating on the iHV Health Weight Healthy Nutrition Champions training in Sheffield

Sara Patience talking about fussy eating on the iHV Health Weight Healthy Nutrition Champions training in Sheffield

This flexible training, written by Dr Helen Crawley a dietician and registered public health nutritionist, is designed to complement the work of HENRY and and provides a comprehensive overview of current research evidence policy drivers. It builds on existing health visiting skills and will enable practitioners to consolidate their existing knowledge and competencies and share and learn alongside like minded colleagues.

Group work at Sheffield Healthy Weight Health Nutrition Champions training

Group work at Sheffield Healthy Weight Health Nutrition Champions training

The training is led by Sara Patience, an experienced health visitor, who is also a registered nutritionist and author. Maggie Fisher an iHV Fellow and professional development officer and trainer with the iHV is supporting Sara with this training.

Creative and innovative ideas shared

Creative and innovative ideas shared