Aims:

• Place the health issues of this vulnerable group within a context of parenting as a key determinant of child health and wellbeing
• Discuss parenting programmes as a strategy to improve child health across the population
• Consider child health promotion strategies to address risk taking behaviours seen in many adolescents, but particularly in children looked after

Learn to:

• Understand a wellbeing Module of Health
• Understand parenting as a proximal determinant of emotional and social health
• Know the evidence for parenting programmes as an intervention in the population as a whole and vulnerable groups in particular
• Understand the health needs of children in public care and the legislation 'Promoting the health of looked after chidren'
• Critically evaluate the evidence for health promotion strategies in risk taking behaviours