Joint presentation by Alison Morton, FiHV, Head of Nursing and Allied Professionals (Children's Division), South Health Foundation Trust, and Sylvia Woolley, FiHV, Research Nurse, Health Visitor, Oxford Health, at the iHV Leadership Conference on 7 December 2016. Setting new directions in infant mental health.

1. Setting new directions in
infant mental health:
Visible - Evidence based interventions - Demonstrate outcomes
Alison Morton
(Head of Nursing and AHP- 0-19 SHFT;
iHV Fellow; Visiting Advisor PHE)
Sylvia Woolley
(Research Nurse, Health Visitor, iHV Fellow)

3. Maternal/ Infant mental health
Estimated annual financial cost= £8.1 billion; associated poor outcomes for children
Early identification – Intervention – Holistic approach to mothers and babies

4. Be Visible
Infant Mental Health
Awareness Week 2016

5. Evidence Based Practice -
improving outcomes:
iHV Infant Mental Health Training
“Infant Mental health needs to become a
priority for our work and this training lays an
excellent foundation”
“The pack is excellent and I feel confident to
use it for training immediately”

6. Caring, safe and excellent
Leading and Influencing in Practice
• iHV PMH & IMH Champion
– co-ordinated and cascaded both trainings in Oxfordshire
• National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit
– Developing a Perinatal Mental Health Indicator Advisory Group (2013)
– A National Survey of Mothers and Babies: Maternity, Health and Care Advisory Group
(2016)
• Thames Valley and Oxfordshire Perinatal Mental Health Clinical Network
• 1001 Critical Days Oxfordshire Local Coalition
– A Silent Problem Perinatal Mental Health in Oxfordshire Report funded by Health Watch
• Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Work Stream
• Local Health Visiting Conference October 2016
– Supporting the emotional transition to parenthood - holding the child in mind

7. Caring, safe and excellent
• 12 Month Secondment
– Department of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry
• Professor Alan Stein and team
• Research focused on the
development of young children in
the face of adversity.
• The aim of the work is to develop
interventions to enhance
children’s early development and
support their families.

8. Caring, safe and excellent
Healthy Start Happy Start Research Programme
• VIPP-SD a manualised evidence
based attachment parenting
programme
• Age range 12-36 months
• Aims to increase parental
sensitivity, parental
responsiveness, build strong
attachments and improve child
outcomes
• 6 Local Interveners
-2 Health Visitors
-3 Nursery Nurses
-1 Clinical Psychologist
http://www.ppod.org.uk/healthy-start-happy-start.html

9. Caring, safe and excellent