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A unique child health and well-being: Making the link

Efforts to improve young children's health and safeguard their well-being are being strengthened by closer multi-agency working, in a community project detailed by Alison Tonkin, Cath Alderson and Gill Roberts. Health promotion 'is not just the responsibility of the health sector but goes beyond lifestyles to well-being' (World Health Organisation, 1986).

This means that other sectors such as social services and education have become increasingly important. For an efficient and effective service to be offered, a multi-agency approach is now required.

This emphasis on establishing links between different agencies and professionals working with children and young people has become a major focus for the planning and delivery of services for children and their families, in an effort to support children in meeting the Every Child Matters outcomes. The Early Years Foundation Stage clearly identifies the need for practitioners to develop and continuously improve their 'work with other professionals within and beyond the setting'.

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