Children Resources

Child and Maternal Health Observatory

The national Child and Maternal Health Observatory (ChiMat) provides information and intelligence to improve decision-making for high quality, cost effective services. It supports policy makers, commissioners, managers, regulators, and other health stakeholders working on children's, young people's and maternal health.

Visit the website at www.chimat.org.uk.

Children & Young People Now

Children & Young People Now is a magazine for professionals working with children, young people and families. It covers childcare and early years, education, health, social care, youth justice, and youth work

A website linked to the magazine, www.cypnow.co.uk features some subscription-only pages.

The Chance of a Lifetime

Chance of a Lifetime cover image - snakes and ladders in a playground A very high proportion of those who have the most serious conduct problems during childhood will go on to become involved in criminal activity.

This paper makes the case for greatly increased investment in evidence-based programmes to reduce the prevalence and severity of conduct problems in childhood.

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The Early Years programme

Effective parenting interventions have been found to cost about £1,200 for each child and to create benefits of £225,000 over the lifetime of a child with severe conduct problems.

Early years interventions are recommended in Graham Allen MP's independent review and by the Centre for Social Justice in its recent review of mental health.

We are working on a project to find out what makes an effective early intervention programme.