Glossary - H
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HDA - Health Development Agency.
HE - Higher Education.
HEA - Health Education Authority.
HEADLAMP - Head Teachers Leadership and Management Programme.
Health Action Zone - Partnerships between the NHS, Local Authorities, community groups and the voluntary and business sectors in areas of high deprivation, aimed at tackling health inequalities and poor health.
Health Inequality - The gap in health status, and in access to Health Services, between different social classes and ethnic groups and between populations in different geographical areas.
Health Related Behaviour Questionnaire - Paper survey to inform health promotion strategies directed at young people.
Healthquest - Online health related behaviour questionnaire.
Healthy Living Centres - A network of centres across the UK set up in 1999 to promote health and healthy life styles and tackle social exclusion in areas of urban or rural deprivation and among the most disadvantaged members of those communities. The centres can be in the form of a building, or as a form of outreach.
Healthy Schools Initiative - Government scheme to help improve the health of both pupils and teachers. The initiative includes a Wired for Health website, a Healthy Teacher focus to address occupational health issues for staff and cooks' academies in schools to improve knowledge about nutrition.
HEFCE - Higher Education Funding Council for England.
HEI - Higher Education Institution.
help4me Service Directory - A service directory for young people and professionals working with them.
HIMP - Health Improvement Programme – drawn up by primary health care professionals in association with other agencies with an aim to improve health and healthcare locally.
HMCI - Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools.
HMI - Her Majesty's Inspector (OfSTED inspector).
HNC - Higher National Certificate.
HND - Higher National Diploma. A two-year course that equates to two years of a degree course. Offered in many subject areas, mostly with a practical application. HNDs may also have an industrial or commercial placement as part of the course.
HO - Home Office.
Home Authority - The authority which holds case responsibility.
Home-school agreements - All state schools are required to have written home-school agreements, drawn up in consultation in parents. They are non-binding statements explaining the school's aims and values, the responsibilities of both school and parents, and what the school expects of its pupils. Parents will be invited to sign a parental declaration, indicating that they understand and accept the contents of the agreement.
HoNOSCA - Health of the Nation Outcome Scale. An audit scoring tool used in Child and adolescent mental health to monitor the outcome services of interventions.
Host Authority - The authority where a child may be found, is visiting for a short break or in receipt of specified services e.g. education.
HPU - Homeless Person’s Unit.
HR - Human Resources.
HSE - Health and Safety Executive.
Human Rights Act 1998 - Legislation supporting rights such as the right to liberty, freedom from inhuman treatment.
HV - Health Visitor. All preschool children have an identified health visitor. They are responsible for working with parents/carers to monitor health, development and well being to achieve maximum potential prior to school entry.
Hyperlink - A piece of text or image that when clicked on takes you to another part of the same page, new page, or website.
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