Reports

Global child health

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) produces reports on global child health, including its flagship annual State of the World's Children reports.  (Link to reports)

The World Health Organisation (WHO) produces reports on global health such as the annual World Health Report and compendium of World Health Statistics. (Link to reports)

WHO also maintains a range of topic specific pages, such as on maternal health, child health, child development, and child maltreatment which provide links to reports on these topics from a global health viewpoint. (Link to topics)

The Global Partnership for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health directly provides and links to a range of reports and resources on global child health. (Link to reports)

Countdown to 2015 is a global collaboration that produces reports on progress towards Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 (on maternal and child survival). (Link to reports)

Child health within the UK

State of Child Health Report - One Year on 2018 ( Link to report)

State of Child Health report 2017 (Link to report )

Public Health England report on the health and wellbeing of children and young people in London. (Link to report)

The Office of Health Economics provides a guide to statistics on health and health care within the UK (https://www.ohe.org/publications/ohe-guide-uk-health-and-health-care-statistics)

Child poverty

The Child Poverty Action Group provides a range of reports on the extent of child poverty in the UK and its impact on children's lives. (Link to reports)

The 2010 independent report by Frank Field MP (The Foundation Years: Preventing Poor Children Becoming Poor Adults) made recommendations to the UK Government on reducing child poverty and reducing the impact of poverty on children's outcomes. (Link to report)

Child health services and children's outcomes

The Children and Young People's Health Outcomes Forum report sets out proposals on improving health-related care for children and young people in England. (Link to report)

The Chief Medical Officer for England's annual report for 2012 focuses on improving children's health outcomes. (Link to report)

NHS RightCare and the Child and Maternal Health Intelligence Network have produced reports on variation in children's healthcare. (Link to reports)

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health produce periodic reports on child health and child health services. (Link to reports)

Non-health services for children including childcare, education, and child protection

The National Children's Bureau produces a range of evidence informed reports on various aspects of children's services, all with a focus on supporting the most disadvantaged children. (Link to reports)

Maternal and perinatal health

EURO-PERISTAT is a European Union funded project that produces reports on maternal and perinatal health in Europe. (Link to reports)

RCOG scientific impact paper on the science and ethics of non-invasive prenatal testing of fetal DNA/chromosomal anomalies. (Link to reports)

Early child development and early years support

The WHO's Commission on the Social Determinants of Health included a strong focus on the determinants of early child development, and the importance of development to later health and social outcomes (Link to Social Determinants of health report)

Graham Allen MP produced two independent reports for the UK Government in 2011 on early intervention for children aged 0-3 years. (Link to reports)

Susan Deacon, previous MSP, produced an independent report (Joining the Dots) for the Scottish Government on the importance of the early years for children's outcomes in 2011. (Link to report)

The Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research and Policy has published a review of the international evidence on early childhood interventions aimed at equitably promoting cognitive and social development. (Link to review)

Nutrition and obesity

The Foresight programme, which supports the UK Government in thinking about issues that are likely to be significant challenges over time, produced a seminal report on obesity (Tackling Obesities: Future Choices) in 2007. (Link to reports)

The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges published Measuring Up: the Medical Profession's Prescription to the Obesity Crisis in 2013. (Link to reports)

EU action plan on childhood obesity 2014-2020. (Link to report)

WHO Europe member state profiles on nutrition, physical activity, and obesity. (Link to profiles)

Injuries

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) maintains an online database of resources relating to the prevention of unintentional injuries. Anyone can search the database but you have to be a member of RoSPA to access the reports. (Link to reports)

Mental health

The charity Young Minds produces a range of reports on child and adolescent mental health for children, their families, and professionals. (Link to reports)

They also maintain a list of policy relevant to child and adolescent mental health from across the 4 nations of the UK and statistics on child mental health issues. (Link to policy)

The Royal College of Psychiatrists produces a range of reports on mental health and mental health care. (Link to reports)

Adolescent health

The Association for Young People's Health produces regular reports on adolescent health, including the Key Data on Adolescence series and research updates on key topics. (Link to reports)

An interactive online report on adolescent health across the globe from the World Health Organisation. (Link to report)

Child maltreatment

The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) produces a range of reports on child maltreatment and child protection. (Link to reports)

WHO Europe report on preventing child maltreatment and the importance of a public health approach. (Link to report)

General public health

The Faculty of Public Health produces ad hoc reports, briefing papers, and position statements on a range of public health issues. (Link to reports)

Health inequalities

The Institute of Health Equity produces a range of reports on health inequalities, including the seminal 2010 Fair Society, Healthy Lives report on reducing health inequalities in England that included a strong focus on child health. (Link to reports)