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HOME VISITING CAN
SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE CHILDHOOD INJURY: Further
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If you decide to implement
home visiting in your area the following contacts may be able to provide useful
information, help or advice
The review on which much of the evidence above is based is
available in full on the web at http://www.ncchta.org/fullmono/mon413.pdf
or through: The National Coordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment
(NCCHTA), Mailpoint 728, Boldrewood,
University of Southampton, Bassett Crescent East, Southampton SO16 7PX
Telephone: 023 8059 5586 Fax: 023 8059 5639
The Department of Health publishes a health visitor resource
development pack available at http://www.publications.doh.gov.uk/cno/healthvisitorsdevpack.pdf
The Health Development Agency has published an evidence briefing on ante- and
post-natal home visiting programmes, including other aspects of home visiting
as well as injury. It is available at http://www.nice.org.uk/download.aspx?o=502671
The Community Practitioners and Health Visitor Association is at
http://www.msfcphva.org/
Telephone: 020 7939 7000 Fax: 020 7403 2976
Home Start is an organisation which co-ordinates volunteer home
visiting programmes. For details of their work see http://www.home-start.org.uk/
or contact them at Home Start, 2 Salisbury Road, Leicester, LE1 7QR Telephone:
0116 233 9955 Fax: 0116 233 0232 Email: info@home-start.org.uk
Details of Sure Start in your area can be accessed through; Sure
Start Unit, Level 2, Caxton House, Tothill Street,
London SW1H 9NA
Telephone: 020 7273 4830 Fax: 020 7273 5182 Email: sure.start@dfee.gov.uk http://www.surestart.gov.uk
The Child Accident
Prevention Trust (CAPT) can be contacted at: 4th Floor,