Summary of content

This theory and practice module aims to develop health visiting students to critically evaluate and analyse the impact of inequalities and adversities and the health and wellbeing of the pre-school children and their families. It will build on the theory and practice from the Introduction to Public Health and Application to Health Visiting Practice Module, by engaging more with the complexities and challenges of contemporary Health Visiting practice. Students will critically evaluate and develop their professional skills of assessment, analysis, synthesis and decision making in relation to safeguarding and supporting vulnerable pre-school children and their families. Supported by a practice supervisor, and assessed by a practice assessor, the health visitor students will undertake 155 hours of practice as part of the total 675hrs required for the programme, as stipulated in the NMC regulatory body standards

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