Berkshire Health Promotion Resources

A free NHS lending and supply service for health promoting materials.  Stocks many items on oral health and most other health subjects.

www.bhps.org.uk/resources

The British Dental Health Foundation

a UK-based independent charity working to improve the standards of oral health care. A range of oral health resources, from leaflets, models, posters, puppets, stickers, books, videos, cassettes and CD ROMS are available- see the online catalogue for details.

www.dentalhealth.org.uk

The Comic Company

Their catalogue of health information resources are available online from:

www.comiccompany.co.uk/?category=3

Dairy Council

www.milk.co.uk

Leaflets - order free online:– Tiny Teeth, Tiny Tums and Chomp

SMA Leaflet – The Daily Diet Breakdown –available free of charge from Berhsire Health Promotion

Food - a Fact of Life - developed by the British Nutrition Foundation

www.foodafactoflife.org.uk

• provides advice, support and downloadable resources for teachers about healthier eating in school;
• contains interactive learning activities for children, as well as activity and information sheets;
• supports healthy schools initiatives throughout the UK, e.g. Food in Schools, Hungry for Success, 5 A DAY.

The content is carefully tailored to the teaching curriculum for 5- to 11- year olds. The site provides interactive activities and information sheets for children to help them discover more about the food they eat.

British Dental Association:

A cd rom teching aid. www.3dmouth.org developed by the British Dental Association and supported by Wrigley, the site uses the latest technology to present dentistry in an
entertaining and interactive way.

The 3D mouth illustrates the condition of the mouth at different stages of an individual’s life and demonstrates the development of various ailments as well as the application of treatments to  tackle them.

The Chewonthis website is designed for independent use by secondary school students aged 11-14 (Key Stage 3).

www.chewonthis.org.uk

The website will also be useful to anyone who is interested in how our food is produced and its effect on our health and the environment. The website is produced by The Food Commission Research Charity, a non governmental organisation that is totally independent of the food industry.

Smiling for Life

This is a national programme aimed at improving the oral and nutritional health of 0-5 year old children, originally designed by the Health Education Authority, The programme is run locally.

The objectives of the programme are:

• To raise awareness of the importance of oral and nutritional health amongst the children and group leaders
• To encourage the adoption of written healthy snacks policies by the groups.
• To encourage mothers to give their children a cup to drink from by one years old.

If you would like more information about this pack, please contact you local Oral Health Advisors.

Child minders

A resource pack available for use by childminders:- contact your nearest Oral Health team member.

Crest Schools Programme

Available online

www.crestforkids.co.uk/home.htm

The website is designed to help children learn good dental habits, helping them achieve healthy teeth for the rest of their life. Materials designed for cross curricular project for KS 1 pupils.

Keep on Smiling

Designed for use in Primary Schools.  Central to this programme is the ‘Snack Pack’ which provides information to help schools develop and implement healthy snacks policies. The pack contains:

• Information about the Keep on Smiling Nutrition Award
• Model policies

If you would like a copy of this pack or further information contact:- for East Berkshire:- Berkshire Health Promotion – Donna Evans dietician assistant
Berkshire West :- Angela Snowling 0118 987 3943

Bright Bites

This a learning tool specifically designed for Key Stage 2 Science unit 3a, Teeth and Eating, in primary schhols.
This is a resource based on scientific eveidence, developed by Dentaid, in consultation with oral health and educational experts.

An interactive CD-ROM that uses games, quizzes, activities, experiments, pictures and video clips.

Visit www.brightbites.org for additional support, ideas and information about Bright Bites for schools, teachers and health professionals.

Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures

Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures oral health education programme is designed to be used with Key Stage 2 primary school children.

Teachers can download this resource from:

www.brightsmilesbrightfutures.co.uk

Wrigley

www.betteroralhealth.info/uk-orbit/index.html

Developed by Wrigley it provides a range of information for dental professionals, general public and interactive sections for children.

Cool Kids Use Cups

Available to all Berkshire health visitors.  Pack containing drinking cup, toothbrush and leaflet containing information about the benefits to children of drinking from a cup.

Contact Berkshire Health Promotion Resources to order.