Public Health launches Health and Lifestyle Survey

It aims to improve opportunities for child development

A Public Health initiative to improve the development of children up to the age of 11 in readiness for school has been launched on the Island.

The Health and Lifestyle Survey is part of an ongoing programme of activities in conjunction with the Department of Education, Sport and Culture, towards addressing the early intervention priority in government's Island Plan.

Parents and guardians of children are being urged to complete the survey to help create a better understanding of the current pressures and priorities.

Survey questions will range from personal finances, time pressures and health and wellbeing as a parent or carer, to children's health and wellbeing and how they spend their time.

Public Health aims to publish the results of the survey in January next year.

Minister for the Cabinet Office, David Ashford, says the information provided will offer a crucial insight to help government identify gaps and potential opportunities for supporting families in the first years of a child's life.

The anonymous questionnaire is available until midnight on 28 May and will take around 30 minutes to complete.

You can find the survey here, or for a paper copy, call Public Health on 642639 to leave a message with your home address.