VISION AND GOALS | |
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Vision of the Västerbotten County Council | |
By 2020, the health and well-being of the population will be the best in the world. | |
Main goal for the Salut Programme | |
Good health is achieved by salutogenic interventions in collaboration with societal actors and the family with the child’s best in focus. Through systematic improvements, interventions are developed and implemented to promote satisfactory conditions during childhood, increased physical activity, and healthy eating habits. | |
The goals aim for: | |
Module I | |
Expectant parents | ✓ avoidance of maternal and fetal pregnancy complications related to maternal lifestyle |
✓ healthy maternal weight gain during pregnancy | |
✓ a minimum of 30 minutes daily physical activity | |
✓ regular meals | |
✓ five fruits and vegetables a day | |
✓ tooth-brushing twice a day with fluoride toothpaste | |
✓ regular dental health care visits | |
✓ parents are feeling prepared for their parental roles | |
✓ pregnant women are living in relations free from intimate partner violence | |
✓ pregnant women refrain from tobacco, alcohol and drug use | |
Module II | |
Children 0–18 months with parents | ✓ normal weight development for 18-month olds’ |
✓ retain of pre-pregnancy weight | |
✓ sufficient sleep (parents and children) | |
✓ environments free from tobacco and drug use, and alcohol use is limited | |
✓ a minimum of one hour daily physical activity (play) for children | |
✓ a minimum of 30 minutes daily physical activity for parents | |
✓ avoidance of TV-viewing and TV/computer games for children | |
✓ six months exclusive breastfeeding, and thereafter partly continued for one year or longer | |
✓ introduction of five fruits and vegetables a day for children | |
✓ five fruits and vegetables a day for parents | |
✓ regular meals for both parents and children | |
✓ avoidance of discretionary foods for children | |
✓ tooth-brushing twice a day with fluoride toothpaste (from the first tooth for the children) | |
✓ regular dental health care visits | |
✓ parents feel confident in their parent roles | |
✓ satisfying parental-child attachment and interplay | |
✓ women and children live free from men’s violence |