Improving Maternal and Infant Nutrition: A Framework for Action

3 All those working with familieswith young children have theknowledge & skills to givepractical information & supporton infant milk feeding,complementary feeding &establishing good eatingpatterns and/or signpostappropriately4 Services and all those workingwith children and families aremore responsive to individualnutritional needs of childrenand families5 Increased identification &engagement of nutritionallyvulnerable familiesQuality standards for education programmes areestablishedUnder graduate and postgraduate educationprogrammes deliver on agreed learning outcomes torequired quality standards in relation to maternal andinfant nutritionNational occupational standards for maternal and infantnutrition are establishedTraining programmes deliver on agreed learningoutcomes based on maternal and infant nutrition corestandards% of relevant workforce who have completed training inmaternal and infant nutritionInclusion of maternal and infant nutrition in Pathways forMaternity Care and GIRFEC pathways% of referred nutritionally vulnerable individualsaccessing servicesEvidence that service development is influenced byfeedback from vulnerable groups – link to qualityoutcome measure around patient experience, patientreported outcomes, patient experience of access% of eligible beneficiaries who register for Healthy Start% of Healthy Start beneficiaries that obtain women’svitaminsUndetermined,would need to becollected by eachHigher & FurtherEducationInstitutionAudit of trainingprovisionLocal directory ofsupport servicesfor maternal andinfant nutritionDepartment ofWork &Pensions/SG