NHF Publications


	A lifecourse approach to coronary heart disease prevention. Scientific and policy review
	National Heart Forum 2003 ISBN 0 11 3225261, £30.00


	Coronary heart disease: Estimating the impact of changes in risk factors
	McPherson K, Britton A, Causer L. National Heart Forum 2002 ISBN 0 11 702864 9, £17.50


	Looking to the future: Making coronary heart disease an epidemic of the past
	National Heart Forum 1999 ISBN 0 11 322093 6, £22.50


	Social inequalities in coronary heart disease: Opportunities for action
	National Heart Forum 1998 ISBN 0 11 322105 3, £19.95


	Preventing coronary heart disease: The role of antioxidants, vegetables and fruit
	National Heart Forum 1997 ISBN 0 11 322001 4, £19.99


	At least five a day: Strategies to increase vegetable and fruit consumption
	National Heart Forum 1997 1997ISBN 0 11 322002 2, £12.99


	Preventing coronary heart disease in primary care: The way forward
	National Heart Forum 1995 ISBN 0 11 322000 6, £7.95


	The above reports are available from The Stationery Office bookshops and all good booksellers. Copies can be ordered direct from The Stationery Office by telephone 0870 600 5522 or fax 0870 600 5533. Stationery Office account holders can order via the Internet from http://www.clicktso.com


		Bold Nutrient-based standards for school foods A summary of the standards and recommendations of The Caroline Walker Trust and the
		National Heart Forum Produced by: The Caroline Walker Trust and National Heart Forum



		Easing the Pressure: Tackling Hypertension Toolkit A toolkit for developing a local strategy to tackle high blood pressure
		Authors: Dr Alan Maryon-Davis and Dr Vivienne Press on behalf of the Cardiovascular Health Working Group of the Faculty of Public Health Produced by: Faculty of Public Health and National Heart Forum ISBN: 1 900273 15 2, £free Limited copies available from: Faculty of Public Health Email: [email protected]

		Nutrition + Food Poverty Toolkit
		A guide for those involved in developing or implementing a local nutrition and food poverty strategy Press V., Mwatsama M. National Heart Forum, 2004 ISBN 1 874279 12 8, £free

		Coronary heart disease: Are women special?
		National Heart Forum 1994 ISBN 1 874279 03 9, £9.95 Available From: National Heart Forum Telephone 020 7383 7638

		Physical activity: An agenda for action
		Sharp I, White J, Rogers L. National Heart Forum 1995 ISBN 1 874279 04 7, £5.00 Available from: National Heart Forum Telephone 020 7383 7638

		Fuel poverty and health toolkit A guide for primary care organisations, and public health and primary care professionals
		Press V. National Heart Forum 2003 ISBN 1 874279 11 X, £free

		Towards a generation free from coronary heart disease: Policy action for children's and young people's health and well-being Policy framework document from the young@heart initiative. For further details and access to the downloadable pdf version, see the young@heart website.

		Tackling obesity: A toolbox for local partnership action
		Maryon Davis A, Giles A, Rona R. Faculty of Public Health in association with the National Heart Forum 1999 ISBN 1 900273 04 7, £free Available from: the Faculty of Public Health Telephone 020 79350243. Email: [email protected]

		Let's get moving: A physical activity handbook for developing local programmes
		Maryon Davis A, Sarch L, Morris M, Laventure B. Faculty of Public Health in association with the National Heart Forum 2001 ISBN 1 874279 09 8, £8.00 Available from: the Faculty of Public Health Telephone 020 7935 0243. Email: [email protected]



	A lifecourse approach to coronary heart disease prevention. Scientific and policy review National Heart Forum 2003 ISBN 0 11 3225261, £30.00 Conceived by the National Heart Forum, this report brings together a unique series of specially commissioned reviews and previously unpublished data which for the first time document the trends in coronary heart disease risk factors and health inequalities among children and young people. It also presents a comprehensive framework of recommendations for policy action to tackle these and to foster health as well as longer life expectancy in the next adult generation. At a time when UK rates of childhood overweight and obesity are spiralling, and evidence of the poor state of children's diets and activity levels is accumulating, this report is essential reading for people with responsibilities for public health and social policy as well as policy makers. It is an invaluable resource to those whose focus is the health and well-being of the young and to those with a professional interest in the epidemiology and prevention of chronic disease. Available from the Stationery Office and booksellers, priced £30.00 Visit tso.co.uk/bookshop or call 0870 600 5522. This report complements the young@heart policy framework - Towards a generation free from coronary heart disease. Policy action for children's and young people's health and well-being which was published last year. Copies of the policy framework are available on the young@heart website




	Coronary heart disease: Estimating the impact of changes in risk factors McPherson K, Britton A, Causer L. National Heart Forum 2002 ISBN 0 11 702864 9 The report examines the epidemiological evidence for the main risk factors that affect coronary heart disease rates: cholesterol, physical activity, blood pressure, smoking and obesity and, for the first time, estimates the relative impact that changes to these risk factors may have on the number of cases and deaths from the disease in England. Each risk factor is looked at individually and the percentage reduction in coronary heart disease that could be achieved in the population as a whole, and where possible, among individual groups is assessed. The report is a valuable resource for researchers, policy makers, National Service Framework coordinators, directors of public health and others with responsibilities for public health in local government and in the health services. Available from the Stationery Office and booksellers, priced £17.50. Visit tso.co.uk/bookshop or call 0870 600 5522.




	Looking to the future: Making coronary heart disease an epidemic of the past National Heart Forum 1999 ISBN 0 11 322093 6 This report addresses the fact that although death rates from coronary heart disease - the UK's leading single cause of death - have been falling since the 1970s, the decline has not been as impressive as in other similar countries such as the US and Australia. It examines what works to reduce disease rates and how this evidence should be translated into effective prevention strategies for the future, ensuring the widening inequalities in heart disease rates are addressed. In particular, the report: • Examines current and future trends in coronary heart disease and its risk factors • Assesses new research into the causes of the disease, and the implications for policy • Considers the effectiveness of population policies, individual behaviour change interventions and medical therapies to reduce heart disease risk • Explores social, demographic, political and economic trends, and their implications • Sets out a new agenda for preventing coronary heart disease, with clear priorities for the next decade and beyond. The report is a valuable resource for all health and social policy makers and practitioners with the shared goal of shaping public health strategies that will make coronary heart disease an epidemic of the past. Available from the Stationery Office and booksellers, priced £22.50 Visit tso.co.uk/bookshop or call 0870 600 5522




	Social inequalities in coronary heart disease: Opportunities for action National Heart Forum 1998 ISBN 0 11 322105 3 This report addresses the widening social class gap in coronary heart disease which is increasingly associated with social disadvantage and deprivation in the UK and which is occurring despite the declining death rates from coronary heart disease since the 1970's. The report: • Examines the social class patterns in coronary heart disease and its risk factors • Assesses the risk factors and determinants underlying these health inequalities • Sets out strategies and policy options to reduce the social class gap in coronary heart disease, offering ideas for action at national, community and individual levels. The report is a valuable resource for all health and social policy makers and practitioners with a responsibility for, or interest in inequalities in reducing coronary heart disease including health professionals, directors of public health and health promotion, service planners and managers in local, health and education authorities, employers, industry and government. Available from the Stationery Office and booksellers, priced £19.95 Visit tso.co.uk/bookshop or call 0870 600 5522.




	Preventing coronary heart disease: The role of antioxidants, vegetables and fruit National Heart Forum 1997 ISBN 0 11 322001 4 This report brings together the key research on the role of specific nutrients in fruits and vegetables, such as antioxidants, in the protection against coronary heat disease. It sets out the evidence, highlights the remaining areas of uncertainty, and points to the next step - increasing consumption of vegetables and fruit. In particular the report considers: • The biological mechanisms by which antioxidants may lower coronary heart disease risk • The research evidence on the role of antioxidants, vitamin supplements and vegetables and fruit in preventing coronary heart disease • National and international dietary recommendations for preventing coronary heart disease, as well as cancer, in light of current consumption patterns. The report is a valuable resource for all those with an interest in the role of vegetables and fruit in reducing coronary heart disease rates including health professionals, directors of public health and health promotion, service planners and managers and other professionals in local, health and education authorities, employers, industry and government. Available from the Stationery Office and booksellers, priced £19.99 Visit tso.co.uk/bookshop or call 0870 600 5522




	At least five a day: Strategies to increase vegetable and fruit consumption National Heart Forum 1997 ISBN 0 11 322002 2 This report aims to stimulate positive action so that the 'at least five a day' vegetable and fruit goal in the UK becomes a reality. The report makes the case for a UK-wide strategy to increase vegetable and fruit intake levels and: • Examines current patterns of vegetable and fruit consumption in the UK • Explores the barriers to the 'at least five a day' goal, including attitudes, access and availability • Identifies practical ideas for action to increase consumption in the UK - at European, national and local level - by the food industry, government, health professionals and consumers. The report is a valuable resource for all those with an interest in increasing vegetable and fruit intakes and reducing coronary heart disease rates including health professionals, directors of public health and health promotion, service planners and managers and other professionals in local, health and education authorities, employers, industry and government. Available from the Stationery Office and booksellers, priced £12.99 Visit tso.co.uk/bookshop or call 0870 600 5522.




	Preventing coronary heart disease in primary care: The way forward National Heart Forum 1995 ISBN 0 11 322000 6 This report explores the role of the primary care team in the context of national health policies to reduce the rates of coronary heart disease. Health promotion is an essential part of primary care, and the report asks how the interventions can be made more effective. The report: • Examines the evidence on different types of intervention in primary care, and models of behaviour change • Considers the lessons learnt from the two major UK intervention studies carried out in the early 1990s, the OXCHECK Study and the British Family Heart Study, and includes brief overviews of both • Assesses the implications, and makes recommendations for action in health policy, primary care practice, and future research. The report is a valuable resource for anyone with an interest in the role of primary care in reducing the rates of coronary heart disease. Available from the Stationery Office and booksellers, priced £7.95 Visit tso.co.uk/bookshop or call 0870 600 5522




	Nutrient-based standards for school foods - Summary Nutrient-based standards for school food, is a summary of an in-depth report, Eating Well at School: Nutritional and Practical Guidelines which will be published by The Caroline Walker Trust (CWT) and National Heart Forum (NHF) in September 2005. Eating Well at School updates and expands the first expert report of the CWT Nutritional Guidelines for School Meals (1992) which has been widely used as the definitive document for nutrient-based standards for school meals and which are now the basis of the statutory standards for school meals in Scotland. The production of this report has been part funded by the Department of Health.




	Easing the Pressure: tackling hypertension Toolkit Authors: Dr Alan Maryon-Davis and Dr Vivienne Press on behalf of the Cardiovascular Health Working Group of the Faculty of Public Health Produced by: Faculty of Public Health and National Heart Forum ISBN: 1 900273 15 2, £free Easing the pressure: tackling hypertension is a toolkit for developing a local strategy to tackle hypertension. It is intended to help local multi-agency teams - including public health, health promotion and primary care professionals, and strategic planners in both NHS and local government - develop and implement strategies and action plans, not only to identify and treat patients with hypertension but also to promote health lifestyles and environments to prevent hypertension in the first place. Easing the pressure: tackling hypertension - online resource includes links to online tools including a 'Hypertension ready reckoner' - an online calculator to help estimate local prevalence, as well as proformas and checklists to help assess local need and monitor progress. Limited copies of the toolkit can be ordered from the Faculty of Public Health by email [email protected]. To Download - see various options below:


			• Preliminaries and Executive Summary


			• A: Hypertension: the public health burden This section defines hypertension. It outlines the risk factors for hypertension, who is most at risk and why. It also describes the burden hypertension places on individuals, on society and the NHS - its prevalence, its health effects and financial costs.


			• B: Reducing the burden: tackling hypertension Section B looks at the strategic framework for tackling hypertension through prevention, detection and control. It looks at particular approaches to this, including a 'whole population' approach and an 'at-risk' individual or group approach, as well as considering the supporting evidence and broad principles involved.


			• C: Reducing the burden: tackling hypertension This section gives guidance on the practicalities of developing and implementing a local action plan. It provides information on the necessary elements, including deciding what action is need and where it should be targeted, building local partnerships, choosing interventions on prevention, detection and control, and dealing with barriers to change.


			• D: Resources The resource section gives further information on relevant publications and guidance, as well as patient information and useful organisations. It also contains the toolset - 15 practical, in-depth resources to help review current activities or services and develop the action plan.


			• E: Acronyms and Index


			• Full version: Easing the pressure: Tackling Hypertension


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			Nutrition + Food Poverty Toolkit A guide for those involved in developing or implementing a local nutrition and food poverty strategy. Press V., Mwatsama M. National Heart Forum, 2004 ISBN 1 874279 12 8, £free This new toolkit aims to help professionals tackle food poverty at local level. Nutrition + Food Poverty Toolkit brings together in one volume information essential to developing a local food poverty strategy. The toolkit: • Outlines the barriers to healthy eating and the scientific evidence on the role of poor nutrition in the major public health problems in the UK • Details key messages for healthy eating and includes practical tips on how people on low incomes can achieve a better diet • Demonstrates how nutrition and food poverty strategies can help to achieve local targets and how they are central to the government's health and inequalities agenda • Shows how nutrition and food poverty strategies inter-relate with the government's environment, social and education policies and programmes • Provides background information on how to write and implement a local strategy • Provides a comprehensive list of examples of good practice and further sources of guidance to assist with strategy development. It is aimed at a wide range of stakeholders, including strategic planners in the NHS and local government, Local Strategic Partnerships, nutritionists, dietitians, health promotion specialists and 5 A Day co-ordinators, National Service Framework (NSF) co-ordinators and leads, primary care professionals, physical activity specialists and community food workers, and those working on food related issues in the education, social and environmental services. Copies of the toolkit can be ordered from the National Heart Forum or downloaded below: Via email: [email protected] Via phone: 020 7383 7638 Multiple orders will incur courier/postage costs. The toolkit has been split into 7 separate PDF files for ease of navigation.


			• Preliminaries and Executive Summary This section contains the Foreword, Contents, Executive Summary and Introduction to the toolkit.


			• Section A: What is healthy eating? This section gives the main healthy eating messages for most individuals, explains the beneficial effects of food on health and provides practical tips on how people on low incomes can achieve a healthier diet. Tool A1 provides the research evidence of the benefits of healthy eating. This section can be used by primary care professionals to help in consultations, and by physical activity specialists to help in the management of clients who are overweight or obese.


			• Section B: Why consider what people eat? This section shows the importance of poor diets in the development of avoidable chronic diseases, and in health inequalities. This section can be used by public health professionals, registered public health nutritionists, dietitians, community food workers and other professionals as background information for strategies, or for making the case for action to colleagues in primary care.


			• Section C: Why prioritise strategies for nutrition and food poverty? This section shows how nutrition and food poverty strategies can help to achieve local targets and how they are central to the government's health agenda. It also shows how they give benefit to and receive support from the government's environment, social and education policies and programmes, and outlines the effects of the Common Agricultural Policy. This section will help establish food poverty as a priority issue.


			• Section D: Developing a local nutrition and food poverty strategy This section gives background information to help you develop and write a local nutrition and food poverty strategy. It includes information on the barriers to healthy eating. It also gives an outline of a local strategy. The first section - Recognising the underlying barriers to healthy eating - will also be useful for health and physical activity professionals.


			• Section E: Choosing interventions to reduce food poverty This section describes the types of settings for local food programmes, and the range of local projects that can be successful in tackling food poverty and the barriers to healthy eating. It includes several examples of good practice.


			• Section F: Resources This section lists sources of further information - publications, organisations and websites - on the scientific basis of healthy eating and on developing strategies to improve nutrition and alleviate food poverty.


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	Coronary heart disease: Are women special? National Heart Forum 1994 ISBN 1 874279 03 9 This report aims to improve understanding as well as action on risk factors and management of coronary heart disease - the leading cause of death in women in the UK. The report reviews research evidence and the policy implications of such evidence. It outlines the key areas for concern and draws out recommendations for action. Available priced £9.95 from: National Heart Forum Telephone 020 7383 7638




	Physical activity: An agenda for action Sharp I, White J, Rogers L. National Heart Forum 1995 ISBN 1 874279 04 7 This report sets out a detailed agenda for increasing physical activity rates in the UK. Suggestions for changes to fiscal policy, legal and regulatory strategies, service provision, education and information, and research and monitoring practice are offered by the report. The report also: • Sets out the health benefits of physical activity • Explores the barriers to it, and • Presents opportunities to promote activity as part of daily life. The report gives an extensive range of ideas for action by government, health authorities, local authorities, town planning and leisure and recreation, employers and industry, education authorities, schools and youth clubs, the media and voluntary sector and consumer groups. Available from: National Heart Forum Telephone 020 7383 7638




	Fuel poverty and health toolkit A guide for primary care organisations, and public health and primary care professionals Press V. National Heart Forum 2003 ISBN 1 874279 11 X, £free The aim of the Fuel poverty and health toolkit is to improve the quality of life, to reduce morbidity and avoidable winter deaths, and to reduce winter strain on the NHS, by encouraging strategic planners and health professionals, in partnership with local authorities, to devise and implement well targeted local strategies to reduce fuel poverty. It is aimed at strategic planners, National Service Framework coordinators and leads, primary care professionals and those working on fuel poverty strategies in local partnerships. The Fuel poverty and health toolkit contains: • Fuel poverty and health: A guide for primary care organisations, and public health and primary care professionals (68-page book) • Fighting fuel poverty: Helping people stay warm (a leaflet for health professionals - 10 copies) • A poster for use in primary care • An easy-to-use client referral form Copies are available from the National Heart Forum, or can be downloaded as PDFs below.


			• Book - Fuel Poverty and Health Use book.pdf to print out a complete copy of the book.


			• Leaflet - Fighting Fuel Poverty ... Helping People Stay Warm Use leaflet_A4_black.pdf to print out a black and white copy of Fighting Fuel Poverty ... Helping People Stay Warm as a double-sided sheet, as shown on pages 53 and 54 of the Fuel Poverty and Health book. Use leaflet_DL_colour.pdf to print out a colour copy of the leaflet Fighting Fuel Poverty ... Helping People Stay Warm, that can be folded to make a one-third A4 (DL) leaflet - the same format as the sample colour leaflets supplied in the Fuel Poverty and Health toolkit.


			• Poster - Is Your Home Cold ... Damp... Draughty? To reproduce the poster Use poster.pdf to print out a copy of the A4 poster. You can print it in colour (or in black and white if you only have a mono printer). If you wish to change the boxed text, use poster.doc instead (see below). To adapt the poster for your use Use poster.doc if you wish to change the text in any of the lower half of the poster. You will not be able to change the text in the red title box. You can print the poster out in colour (or in black and white if you only have a mono printer).


			• Client referral form Use referralform.doc to print out a copy of the client referral form shown on page 56 of the Fuel Poverty and Health book. You may first wish to add a title to the form and, at the bottom, an instruction about to whom the client should give or send the form.


	• Printing large quantities If you wish to print a large quantity of the leaflet or poster and would like a copy of the original artwork on CD to give to your printer, please contact the National Heart Forum at: [email protected]
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	Tackling obesity: A toolbox for local partnership action Maryon Davis A, Giles A, Rona R. Faculty of Public Health in association with the National Heart Forum 1999 ISBN 1 900273 04 7 Produced in response to the UK's current obesity epidemic in which over half the population is overweight and about one in five obese, the toolkit: • Is aimed at health commissioners and their partners working at local level in the UK • Gives an overview of the size of the obesity 'epidemic' in the UK and outlines the evidence base for interventions at community, group and individual levels • Provides a practical framework for developing a local action plan to tackle obesity and overweight, with an emphasis on a partnership approach targeting those at greatest need • Lists the most useful current background documents and websites. Available free from the Faculty of Public Health Telephone 020 7935 0243. Email [email protected]




	Let's get moving: A physical activity handbook for developing local programmes Maryon Davis A, Sarch L, Morris M, Laventure B. Faculty of Public Health in association with the National Heart Forum 2001 ISBN 1 874279 09 8 This handbook is aimed at multi-agency partnerships and will help in the development of local policies, strategies and programmes to promote physical activity. It outlines: • The rationale and policy background for developing a local programme • Guidance for involving partners and the community • Criteria for deciding priorities, target groups and interventions • Advice on audit and evaluation • Local case studies (examples of good practice) • Sources of further information. The resource complements a training pack aimed at primary care professionals produced by the British Heart Foundation, the Physical activity toolkit: A training pack for primary health care teams, and also complements the Health Development Agency guidelines on implementation of the preventative aspects of the National Service Framework for coronary heart disease. Available from the Faculty of Public Health Telephone 020 7935 0243. Email [email protected] For details on how to contact the BHF and HDA see our Members section.