C-PHIG's interests include:
- National public health policy e.g. poverty and inequalities, nutrition, children’s rights commissioner, legislation on smacking;
- Promoting paediatrician and child public health involvement in preventive programmes at local level, e.g. prevention of child abuse, parenting programmes, child injury prevention, nutrition improvement;
- Supporting the role of FPH and RCPCH in child health advocacy;
- Production of materials to support advocacy;
- Developing training opportunities and syllabus for child public health;
- Promotion of joint working between Faculty of Public Health and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health; and
- Developing the role of paediatricians and public health practitioners in child public health.
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