Public Health Early Child Home Visiting Forum

The National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health and the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health co-hosted the "Early Child Development Forum: Exploring the Contribution of Public Health Early Child Home Visiting" October 14-16, 2008 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The objectives of the forum were to:

profile selected home visiting programs and explore the relationship between home visiting and health equity

explore knowledge from stories and scenarios to help apply "what works" to improve policy and practice

identify and prioritize policy and practice issues that could be addressed by the Collaborating Centres

The forum brought together more than 125 people from all provinces and territories to share knowledge and experiences about the contribution of early child development to long-term health. The participants included front line providers (public health nurses, home visitors, and community health representatives), policy and program planners, senior government officials, academics and researchers.

Several preparatory documents were developed to inform participants prior to the forum. These include:

Annotated Bibliography of Public Health Early Child Home Visiting References

Annotated Bibliography of Canadian Public Health Early Child Home Visiting References

Public Health Early Child Home Visiting Discussion Paper

Total Environment Assessment Model of Early Child Development Descriptor and Scenario