This mapping exercise was carried out to provide a snapshot of voluntary and community organisations’ activity in relation to maternal and infant nutrition across ethnic minority communities in Scotland.
Topic: babies
Strengthening food work across ethnic minority communities: a focus on maternal and infant nutrition
Publishers: BEMIS Scotland, Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication categories: Children and young people, Policy and planning
Related topics: babies, children, diet and nutrition, mapping exercise, minority ethnic, parents and carers, women and mothers
Areas of Work: Families with children, Minority ethnic communities
From the ground up
This report represents a snapshot of community and voluntary sector activity that supported maternal and infant nutrition at a particular point in time – spring 2012.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication categories: Children and young people, Policy and planning
Related topics: babies, case studies, children, diet and nutrition, parents and carers, policy, women and mothers
Area of Work: Families with children
Putting Healthy Start on the map
Report from a pilot to promote maternal and infant nutrition and ‘Healthy Start’ in Falkirk
Publishers: Community Food and Health (Scotland), NHS Forth Valley
Publication category: Children and young people
Related topics: babies, children, community, funding, infant nutrition, maternal health, weaning
Area of Work: Families with children
Fare Choice Issue 58
Challenges facing community food initiatives: community cookbooks; Early Years Food and Health project.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: babies, early years, economic crisis, obesity and overweight, pregnancy and maternal health, recipes
Fare Choice Issue 55
Food practices among low-income mothers with young children; community food initiatives tackling food poverty in Ireland; young people, food and health; Healthy Living Tastes Better
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: babies, disadvantaged communities, early years, food training, low income, minority ethnic, women and mothers, young people
0-5 children and parents including infant nutrition
Notes from a roundtable discussion looking at what approaches are being developed to address health inequalities through food from a very early age.
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Children and young people
Related topics: babies, breast feeding, discussion, early years, infant nutrition, pregnancy and maternal health, weaning
Areas of Work: Families with children, Networking and learning development
Fare Choice Issue 8
HEBS community food initiatives database; events diary; Food Standards Agency; Just for Starters community cafe pack; Information Exchange; Smart Cooking
Publisher: Community Food and Health (Scotland)
Publication category: Newsletters
Related topics: babies, breast feeding, children, co-operative, community cafes, cooking, data and databases, diet and nutrition, Food Standards Agency, legislation, Scottish Parliament, shops, weaning
Building blocks and baby steps
This report reflects a short programme of work to investigate the impact and influence of community food intiatives in relation to maternal and infant nutrition.