Child Health Services

Follow the links below to find information about services to help parents and families with children.

Reviewed October 2011

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Title:   CaFHS centre search
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Provides a searchable database of child and family health centres within South Australia. Consumers can search for health centres in their area by typing in their postcode or suburb.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Childhood
Publisher:   HealthInsite Life Events Page
Description:   HealthInsite life events page linking to information about children, from health issues to development and diet.
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Out of home care
Publisher:   Inspire Foundation
Description:   There are a range of different types of out of home care, depending on your needs and your situation.
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Getting help with settling babies
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Parents can learn how to teach their baby how to get to sleep independently; tips on how to find a parenting centre that suits your needs.
Date:   Aug 2010
Title:   Community-based intervention packages for reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality and improving neonatal outcomes
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   While women, newborn and under-five child death rates in developing countries have declined significantly in the past two to three decades, newborn mortalities have hardly changed. It is now been recognised that almost half of newborn deaths can be prev...
Date:   Jul 2010
Title:   Primary and secondary school. From My First Health Record (the 'Blue Book')
Publisher:   NSW Department of Health
Description:   Information for parents on health checks for children in the primary and secondary school years.
Date:   May 2010
Title:   Early childhood health services
Publisher:   NSW Department of Health
Description:   A guide to early childhood services for babies and young children (from My First Health Record).
Date:   May 2010
Title:   Pregnancy care for Aboriginal families
Publisher:   NSW Department of Health
Description:   The Aboriginal Maternal and Infant Health Service (AMIHS) is a free community based maternity service that provides pregnancy and baby care for up to 8 weeks for Aboriginal families in NSW.
Date:   Mar 2010
Title:   Parenting services
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Parenting does not always come naturally. Being a parent takes practice and patience. There are a range of support services to help parents raise happy healthy children.
Date:   Jan 2010
Title:   Parenting centres support families
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Early Parenting Centres provide help and support for families with children 0 to 36 months who have difficulties adjusting to, or establishing, feeding, sleep and other early childhood routines. Families can stay at the centres or attend a day program.
Date:   Jan 2010
Title:   Maternal and child health services
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   The Maternal and Child Health Service offers support and advice to Victorian families. It is available for babies and young children from birth to six years. This service will be a great source of support after your baby is born.
Date:   Dec 2009
Title:   Client service professions - roles and responsibilities
Publisher:   Novita Children's Services.Human Resources
Description:   Information is provided regarding the main professions that provide services at Novita - Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Social Work and Psychology.
Date:   Dec 2009
Title:   Lay health workers in primary and community health care for maternal and child health and the management of infectious diseases
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   A review of the effect of using lay health workers to improve mother and child health and to help people with infectious diseases was carried out by researchers in The Cochrane Collaboration. After searching for all relevant studies, they found 82 studi...
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Growth monitoring in children
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Growth monitoring is widely accepted and strongly supported by health professionals, and is a standard component of community paediatric services throughout the world. In this review, we define growth monitoring as the regular recording of a child's we...
Title:   Healthy for life: National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child and Maternal Health Exemplar Site Initiative: Site reports 2005
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This report is a synthesis of reports provided by Nganampa Health Council, Townsville Aboriginal and Islanders Health Services and Durri Aboriginal Medical Service under the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child and Maternal Health Exemplar Site Initiative. The report has been compiled by the Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (OATSIH), in consultation with each of the Exemplar Sites.
Date:   Apr 2005
Title:   Early Childhood Health Centres - How can they help?
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   If you're the parent of a baby or toddler, it's good to get to know your Early Childhood Health Centre. These centres provide many free services for families with children under the age of five.
Date:   Feb 2003
Title:   Problems with a new baby? There's always someone to help
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Guide to support services for new parents.
Date:   Jan 1996

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