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Scottish policies and strategies: populations - ARCHIVED

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Early years:

Current policies, strategies, and plans Key delivery programmes / organisations Origins and antecedents Supporting documents Statistics

Getting It Right for Every Child

The Early Years Framework, 2009

Improving Maternal and Infant Nutrition Framework, 2011

A Refreshed Framework for Maternity Care in Scotland

The National Parenting Strategy, 2012

Play Strategy for Scotland: Our Action Plan, 2013

Child Poverty Strategy for Scotland: Our Approach, 2014 - 2017, 2014

Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014

National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland, 2014

Getting it Right for Looked After Children and Young People Strategy, 2015

Health Visiting Pathway, 2015

A New Look at Hall 4 – The Early Years – Good Health for Every Child, 2011

Early Years Network

NHS Health Scotland: Maternal and Early Years website

Children and Young People Improvement Collaborative

Scotland Performs: National Outcome ‘Our children have the best start in life and are ready to succeed’

Child Protection Improvement Programme

The Best Start: Five-Year Plan for Maternity and Neonatal Care, 2017

Towards a Healthier Scotland, 1999

For Scotland's Children, 2001

Improving Health in Scotland: The Challenge, 2003

Early Years Strategy, 2003

Delivering a Healthy Future: An Action Framework for Children and Young People's Health in Scotland, 2007

Child Poverty Strategy for Scotland, 2011

Evaluation of Starting Well: National Demonstration Project for Early Years, 2005

The Effectiveness of Interventions to Address Health Inequalities in the Early Years: A Review of Relevant Literature, 2008

Children and Young People’s Mental Health Indicators, 2011

Annual Reports for the Child Poverty Strategy

Children and Young People (Scotland) Act, Statutory Guidance, 2015

ScotPHO: Children and Young People

Baseline Study of Outcome Indicators for Early Years Policies in Scotland, 2004

Growing Up in Scotland

Child Poverty Strategy - Measurement Framework

Teenage transitions:

Current policies, strategies, and plans Key delivery programmes / organisations Origins and antecedents Supporting documents Statistics

Getting It Right for Every Child

Delivering a Healthy Future, 2007

Getting it Right for Young Carers: The Young Carers Strategy for Scotland, 2010

Developing the Young Workforce - Scotland's Youth Employment Strategy, 2014

Child Poverty Strategy for Scotland: Our Approach, 2014 - 2017, 2014

Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014

National Guidance for Child Protection in Scotland, 2014

Our Ambitions for Improving Life Chances of Young People in Scotland: National Youth Work Strategy, 2014

Getting it Right for Looked After Children and Young People Strategy, 2015

Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Framework 2015-2020 Update, 2015

Pregnancy and Parenthood in Young People Strategy, 2016

Equally Safe: Scotland’s Strategy to Eradicate Violence Against Women and Girls, 2018

Walk the Talk

Health Scotland Young People Programme

Young Scot

Children and Young People Improvement Collaborative

Scotland Performs: National Outcome ‘Our young people are successful learners, confident individuals, effective contributors and responsible citizens’

Towards a Healthier Scotland, 1999

Our National Health: A Plan for Action, A Plan for Change, 2000

Improving Health in Scotland: The Challenge, 2003

Health for All Children 4: Guidance on Implementation in Scotland, 2005

Delivering a Healthy Future: An Action Framework for Children and Young People's Health in Scotland, 2007

Skills for Scotland: Accelerating the Recovery and Increasing Sustainable Economic Growth, 2010

The Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Framework 2011-2015, 2011

Child Poverty Strategy for Scotland, 2011

Constructing the Problem, Constructing the Solution, 2002

Children and Young People’s Mental Health Indicators, 2011

Annual Reports for the Child Poverty Strategy

Children and Young People (Scotland) Act, Statutory Guidance, 2015

Independent Advisor on Poverty and Inequality: Shifting the curve - a report for the First Minister, 2016

ScotPHO: Children and Young People

Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey

Children Looked After Statistics

Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey (SALSUS)

ISD: Teenage Pregnancy

Older people:

Current policies, strategies, and plans Key delivery programmes / organisations Origins and antecedents Supporting documents Statistics

All Our Futures: Planning for a Scotland with an Ageing Population, 2007

National Strategy for Older People

Reshaping Care for Older People: A programme for Change 2011-2021, 2012

Strategic Framework for Action on Palliative and End of Life Care, 2015

 

Independent Living in Scotland

Caring for people in the last days and hours of life, 2014

Living and Dying Well: A National Action Plan for Palliative and End of Life Care in Scotland, 2008 ScotPHN: Health and Social Care Needs of Older People

ScotPHO: Older People

Topic report on Older People's Health from the Scottish Health Survey series, 2011

Carers:

Current policies, strategies, and plans Key delivery programmes / organisations Origins and antecedents Supporting documents Statistics

Caring Together: The Carers Strategy for Scotland 2010 - 2015, 2010

Getting it Right for Young Carers: The Young Carers Strategy for Scotland 2010-2015, 2010

Carers (Scotland) Act 2016

Carers Scotland

Scottish Government

The Future of Unpaid Care in Scotland, 2006

Community Care and Health (Scotland) Act, 2002

Dimensions of Diversity: Population Differences and Health Improvement Opportunities, 2010

Scottish Household Survey: Characteristics and Experiences of Unpaid Carers in Scotland, 2006

Scottish Household Survey

Caring in Scotland: Analysis of Existing Data Sources on Unpaid Carers in Scotland, 2010

Scottish Government: Carers

Scotland's Carers, 2015

Scottish Surveys Core Questions (SSCQ)

Communities:

Current policies, strategies, and plans Key delivery programmes / organisations Origins and antecedents Supporting documents Statistics

Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act, 2015

Achieving a Sustainable Future: Regeneration Strategy, 2011

Community-led regeneration

Scottish Housing Regulator

Place Standard

Scotland Performs: National Indicators

Empowering Communities Fund

Towards a Healthier Scotland, 1999

Better Communities in Scotland: Closing the Gap, 2002

People and Place: Regeneration Policy Statement, 2006

Healthy Communities: Meeting the Shared Challenge

 

Social Justice - A Scotland Where Everyone Matters, 1999

ScotPHO: Community Wellbeing

Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation

GoWell

Scottish Government - Housing and Regeneration Statistics

Equality and diversity:

Current policies, strategies, and plans Key delivery programmes / organisations Origins and antecedents Supporting documents Statistics

Equally Well: Report of the Ministerial Task Force on Health Inequalities, 2008

Equality Act, 2010

Equally Safe: Scotland's Strategy to Eradicate Violence Against Women and Girls, 2018

Scottish Human Rights Commission

Health Scotland: Advancing equality in health

Equality and Human Rights Commission

Scottish Migrant and Ethnic Health Research Strategy Group (SMEHRS) (was Scottish Health and Ethnicity Research Strategy Steering Group (SHERSS))

Equally Well Implementation Plan, 2008

Fair for All: Working together towards culturally-competent services, 2002

Fair for All, 2006

Equality and Diversity Impact Assessment Toolkit, 2005

Health in Our Multi-ethnic Scotland, 2008

Health and Care Experience Survey

Scottish Inpatient Experience Survey

Equally Well: Report of the Ministerial Task Force on Health Inequalities, Supporting Papers, 2008

The Review of Equality Health Data Needs in Scotland, 2012

SMEHRS/SHERSS annual reports, 2011 to 2015

Equality Outcomes and Mainstreaming Report, 2015

Approach to Equalities and Human Rights – Healthier Scotland, 2016

Analysis of Equality Results from the 2011 Census, Part 1

Analysis of Equality Results from the 2011 Census, Part 2

ISD: Equality and Diversity

ScotPHO: Population Groups

Dimensions of Diversity: Population Differences and Health Improvement Opportunities, 2010

Equalities Evidence Finder

Scottish Surveys Core Questions (SSCQ)

Learning disabilities:

Current policies, strategies, and plans Key delivery programmes / organisations Origins and antecedents Supporting documents Statistics

Keys to Life: Improving Quality of Life for People with Learning Disabilities, 2013

A Fairer Scotland for Disabled People – Our Delivery Plan to 2021 for the UNCRPD, 2016

Mental health Strategy 2017-2027

 

The Keys to life implementation framework

The Scottish Commission for Learning Disability

The Same as You? A Review of Services for People with Learning Disabilities, 2000

Promoting Health, Supporting Inclusion, 2002

Health Needs Assessment Report: People with Learning Disabilities in Scotland, 2004

The Same as You? 2000-2012: Consultation Report, 2012

NICE Guideline NG 54: Mental health problems in people with learning disabilities: prevention, assessment and management, 2016

NICE Quality Standard QS142: Learning disabilities: identifying and managing mental health problems, 2017

Scottish Learning Disabilities Observatory

Scotland's Census 2011: People with a learning disability or developmental disorder

ScotPHO: Disability

Homeless:

Current policies, strategies, and plans Key delivery programmes / organisations Origins and antecedents Supporting documents Statistics

Homelessness etc. (Scotland) Act, 2003

Health and Homelessness Standards, 2005

The Homelessness (Abolition of Priority Need Test) (Scotland) Order, 2012

 

Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Action Group

Homelessness Prevention and Strategy Group

Scottish Government/COSLA Steering Group

Housing Options

Health and Homelessness Guidance, 2001

Homelessness Task Force Final Report, 2002

Helping Homeless People, 2006

Helping Homeless People, 2008

Inquiry into the 2012 homelessness commitment

Restoring the Public Health Response to Homelessness in Scotland, 2015

Foundations for Well-being: Reconnecting Public Health and Housing – Main Report 2017

Faculty For Homeless and Inclusion Health

Scottish Government Housing and Homelessness Statistics

ScotPHO: Homelessness