Aligning with national health and wellbeing priorities

Chair: Julia Norrish, Book Dash, South Africa

Presenters:

Catriona Wallace and Helena Barrett-Duncan, Scottish Book Trust

Engaging with the health sector

and aligning book gifting work with national health and wellbeing priorities

Bookbug within the Universal Health Visiting pathway in Scotland; Neonatal book gifting and reading in hospitals; Antenatal “Bookbug before birth” with young parents and Family Nurse Partnership; Aligning Bookbug to work of Perinatal and Infant Mental Health teams; Engaging with new Speech Language and Communication Leads

Open Forum Discussion and break out rooms:   how do you support and engage health professionals who are incredibly busy; what research do you use to evidence health and wellbeing outcomes of book gifting; which different health professionals engage with young families in your country and how are you working with them e.g. allied health professionals like occupational health, speech and language therapist, mental health nurses; how do you engage with the relevant Health policy makers and overarching health associations