Starting well - maternity, children and young people

Birmingham has a younger population compared to the rest of the country and a higher than average birth rate. We want children in Birmingham to have the best start in life and the opportunities to grow, live and thrive in the city. The research and analysis in this section is provided to help the local organisations services improve outcomes for children and young people in the city.

• Children and Young People 2019 JSNA
  Birmingham Public Health's Joint Strategic Needs Assessment chapter on the health and wellbeing of children and young people, 2019

Maternity and early years

• Review of services for under 5s
  Understanding the service needs of under five year olds in Birmingham, 2013
• Early interventions
  Evidence search for early interventions to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people of Birmingham, August 2013
• Early Years health and wellbeing needs analysis
  Birmingham needs analysis of health and wellbeing services for under 5s in the city, 2016
• Births by characteristics of mother
• Summary statistics of characteristics of mothers registering births in Birmingham between 2012 and 2014
• Fulfilling lives for under fives
  2018 Director of Public Health Annual Report examining the health and wellbeing of children aged under five within the city

Children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities

• Children and young people with Special Educational Needs and/or Disability in Birmingham
  A Joint Strategic Needs Assessment to understand and identify the needs of children and young people with special education needs and/or disabilities and to assist local strategic partners in developing robust local commissioning plans, March 2019
• Autism Spectrum Joint Strategic Needs Assessment
  An in-depth analysis carried out by key strategic partners on the needs of children and adults with autism in Birmingham, July 2012

Adverse Childhood Experiences

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events that affect children while growing up, such as suffering child maltreatment or living in a household affected by domestic violence, substance misuse or mental illness. ACEs can potentially damage health across the life course.

• Children with parents or carer in services
• Report on children who are living with a parent or carer that is receiving services for drug or alcohol misuse, domestic abuse or homelessness, July 2016
• Routine enquiry into Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
  PHE examination of complex set of childhood experiences and the relationship with later-life health and wellbeing, 2016
• Preventing further impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Birmingham
  An update to Birmingham Health and Wellbeing Board task and finish group on the impact of ACEs including the Preventative Framework developed in Birmingham, August 2018
• Birmingham’s Adverse Childhood Experiences Impact Preventative Framework
  Birmingham multi-agency report on the use of a preventative framework to reduce the impact of ACEs, August 2017

School age children

• Health and wellbeing analysis 2017
  An analysis of the needs of children and young people and how to meet these through school based support, 2017
• Health and wellbeing analysis 2014
  An assessment of the need for school based services to support students’ health and wellbeing, 2014

Wider determinants of health

• It takes a city to raise a child
• Report of the Birmingham Commission for Children considering what systematic improvements should be put in place across the city to improve children’s lives and well-being, October 2014
• Birmingham youth justice strategic plan
  Birmingham City Council's strategic plan for local youth justice services 2014 to 2015
• Birmingham child poverty commission report
  An independent report on child poverty in Birmingham, 2016
• Substance misuse needs assessment for children and young people
  An assessment of the prevalence, risk factors and evidence of effective interventions relating to substance misuse by children and young people, August 2018

Childhood obesity

• Childhood obesity NCMP
  The National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) measures primary school children to track weight status. This report is a summary of Birmingham’s NCMP results for 2015 to 2016
• Childhood obesity and active travel
  Presentation to Childhood Obesity Steering Group on analysis of childhood obesity and method of travel to school, September 2016
• Childhood obesity good school practice
  Snapshot of case studies of good practice in Birmingham schools and how it is funded. Based on improvements in school obesity prevalence 2014 to 2015
• NCMP tracking report
  PHE report tracking 33,000 children from 4 local areas including Birmingham, 2017
• Population segmentation: An approach to reducing childhood obesity inequalities
  Research paper exploring health inequalities relating to childhood obesity in Birmingham, 2017

Mental health and wellbeing

• Children and Young People's Mental Health
  A summary of the drivers and responses for children and young people’s mental health in Birmingham, May 2014
• Mental Health Index for 10 to16 year olds
  Data analysis report created for HeadStart Emotional Resilience project including an experimental mental health index for 10 to 16 year olds, November 2015