The Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England post-2010, led bySir Michael Marmot, is due to make a number of recommendations togovernment in December on issues that need to be tackled.
Initial findings include addressing the "workforce crisis" in healthvisiting and putting more effort into outreach services.
These have been backed up by the Community Practitioners and HealthVisitors' Association (CPHVA), which provided the review withevidence.
Cheryll Adams, lead professional officer at the CPHVA, said the reviewwill need to be championed at a high level for the findings to beimplemented.
"The Acheson review on health inequalities, a very well-respected pieceof work in 1998, made a very strong case for more health visitors doingmore health visiting at the beginning of the Labour government," shesaid.
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