title: Improving public health through health visitor services.
abstract: Professor Alan Glasper discusses the Department of Health's plans to expand health visiting services in England, in an initiative which aims to support families and address public health issues such as childhood obesity.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Glasper
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D006113:United Kingdom