Healthy Development

Resources and Publications

• Nova Scotia Department of Health Promotion and Protection -
  Position Statement on Water Fluoridation
• Nova Scotia Oral Health Review

Preconception

• Healthy Eating Nova Scotia

Prenatal Education & Support

• A New Life
• Abuse Often Starts or Gets Worse During Pregnancy - Poster
• Breastfeeding Basics
• Family Friendly Breastfeeding Pledge
• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder - Provincial Alcohol Strategy Report
• Healthy Eating During Pregnancy
• Mother to Mother – Creating a Breastfeeding Support Line in Your Community
• Pregnancy and Group B Streptococcus (GBS): What Every Pregnant Women Should Know
• Pregnancy Brings Changes in Relationships
• Prenatal Education & Support Needs in Nova Scotia
• Prenatal Education & Support Standards

Postpartum/Postnatal

• Breastfeeding Basics
• Family Friendly Breastfeeding Pledge
• Healthy Babies, Healthy Families: Postpartum and Postnatal Guidelines
• Mother to Mother – Creating a Breastfeeding Support Line in Your Community
• Loving Care

Early Childhood

• Breastfeeding Basics
• Healthy Teeth for Babies, Toddlers and Pre-Schoolers
• Loving Care

Healthy Beginnings: Enhanced Home Visiting

• Evaluation of the Healthy Beginnings: Enhanced Home Visiting Report
• Healthy Beginnings: Enhanced Home Visiting Evaluation Framework
• Healthy Beginnings Enhanced Home Visiting Program Standards
• Home Visiting to Support Young Families in Nova Scotia
• Breastfeeding
• Family Friendly Breastfeeding Pledge
• Introducing Your Baby to Family Foods
• Mother to Mother – Creating a Breastfeeding Support Line in Your Community

Children 4-12 Years (Elementary School-aged)

• A Healthy Start to School
• Breakfast Lunch and Snack Ideas for School-Age Children
• Dental Health (link)
• Handwashing
• Standards for the Nova Scotia Fluoride Mouthrinse Program
• Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (link)

Youth Age 13-18 (Junior and Senior High-aged)

• A Healthy Start to School
• Breakfast, Lunch, and Snack Ideas for School-Age Children
• Dental Health (link)
• Handwashing
• Vaccine Preventable Diseases (link)
• Tobacco (link)
• Youth Health Centres
  • Standards for Youth Health Centres in Nova Scotia
  • Guidelines for Youth Health Centres in Nova Scotia
  • On Being youth Centred: A Guideline for Individuals and Organizations
  • An Evaluation of the Youth Health Centres: A Profile of the Centres - Final Report
  • An Evaluation of Youth Health Centres in Nova Scotia - Phase III Report
  • An Evaluation of Youth Health Centres in Nova Scotia -
    Appendix B: Evaluation Interview Guides
  • An Evaluation of Youth Health Centres in Nova Scotia -
    Appendix B: Case Studie of Selected YHCs

Sexual Health

• Framework for Action: Youth Sexual Health in Nova Scotia
• How to Talk to Your Kids about Sexuality and Healthy Sexual Choices
• Just Loosen Up and Keep Talking
• Sex? - A Healthy Sexuality Resource
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  Early Childhood (birth - 4 years)

• Talk Sex

  Children 4 - 12

• Information for parents:
  • Growing Up OK!
  • How to Talk to Your Kids about Sexuality and Healthy Sexual Choices
  • Talk Sex
• Information for Children/Youth
  • Growing Up OK!

  Youth 12+

• Information for parents:
  • Growing Up OK!
  • How to Talk to Your Kids about Sexuality and Healthy Sexual Choices
  • Sex? - A Healthy Sexuality Resource
  • Talk Sex
• Information for Children/Youth
  • Growing Up OK!
  • Sex? - A Healthy Sexuality Resource