Universal
support: Provided to everyone,
through health promotion and primary prevention. It benefits all families,
caregivers and children in a county. The core principle is that everybody is
expected to benefit regardless of their risk or financial means.
Targeted support: Provided
to families and children at risk with a focus on individuals or communities who
are at risk of later problems because of factors such as poverty, under
nutrition, disability, adolescent pregnancy, HIV, violence, displacement and
humanitarian emergencies. The aim is to reduce the damaging effects of stress
and deprivation, to strengthen individuals’ capacity to cope, and to provide
extra help. These families also have access to universal support.
Indicated
support: Provided to individual families or children who
have additional needs. They include young children without caregivers, or with
depressed mothers or violent homes, as well as children whose birth weight was
very low, or who have disabilities, developmental difficulties or severe
malnutrition. These children and families need extra services and assistance
based on their identified needs.
