Health Checks for Babies

Routine health checks, screening and assessments are an important part of checking on growth and development in the first months of a baby's life.

Updated August 2011

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Title:   Neonatal screening test
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Newborns in South Australia have a blood test when they are about 48 hours old called the Newborn or Neonatal Screening Test or 'Guthrie' test, or 'heel prick' test.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Health checks
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Regular health and development checks are recommended for all young children to see that they are growing and developing normally, and to find health problems so that they can be treated early.
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Hearing and hearing loss
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Hearing well is important to your baby's development. If there are any problems in hearing, you need to find them early
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Screening programmes for developmental dysplasia of the hip in newborn infants
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The hip joint is a ball and socket joint. Newborns may have hips that are not in their socket (dislocated) or hips that are improperly formed (dysplasia). Risk factors for hip dysplasia include a family history of a similar problem and female infants de...
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Streptococcal infection - group B
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Group B streptococcal bacteria can cause a wide range of illnesses. One to four out of every 1,000 newborns contract group B streptococcal infection (GBS) from their mothers during childbirth. Life-threatening complications include blood poisoning, meningitis and pneumonia. A pregnant woman with GBS can be easily treated with intravenous antibiotics.
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Your baby's new-born hearing screening
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   In the first few weeks of life your baby will have several routine health checks. One of these checks that your baby hears the sounds needed to learn to talk. The information in this topic is for parents of newborn babies in South Australia.
Date:   Dec 2011
Title:   Local anaesthetic eye drops for prevention of pain in preterm infants undergoing screening for retinopathy of prematurity
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Infants born less than 1500 g or less than 32 weeks are at increased risk of retinopathy of prematurity, a potentially blinding eye condition, and so have routine ophthalmological assessment. This process is a recognised source of pain and discomfort fo...
Date:   Nov 2010
Title:   Why does my baby need a diagnostic assessment? (Hearing)
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service
Description:   Information from the NSW Statewide Infant Screening-Hearing (SWISH) Program for parents whose baby needs a diagnostic assessment following two unclear results from hearing tests.
Date:   May 2010
Title:   Neonatal screening for sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sickle cell diseases are inherited and affect mainly people of African origin. The red blood cells are abnormally (sickle) shaped, which can lead to life-threatening complications. They are most likely to be fatal in the first few years of life since af...
Date:   Apr 2010
Title:   Genetic services in Victoria
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Genetic services in Victoria cover diagnosis, screening and testing, counselling and ongoing management of individuals and families with particular birth defects and genetic disorders. Services available include maternal serum screening (MSS), screening for all newborn babies for phenylketonuria (PKU), hypothyroidism, cystic fibrosis and another 20 metabolic disorders, carrier screening for cystic fibrosis (CF) and thalassaemia screening.
Date:   Dec 2009
Title:   Baby's health: the Apgar score - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Find out about the Apgar newborn scoring system, the standardised technique that doctors use to determine the health of a baby within 5 minutes of its birth.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Blood tests for your newborn baby - Newborn screening test
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Screening newborn babies for health problems (congenital disorders) is an established worldwide public health practice.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   In people with cystic fibrosis lung disease and malnutrition occur very early in life. These complications are suited to early treatment. Newborn screening may therefore improve outcomes for people with cystic fibrosis. We aimed to find out whether newb...
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Hearing loss and your baby: the next step. An information resource for families in NSW
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   This publication was developed as part of the Statewide Infant Screening - Hearing (SWISH) Program to assist parents with the challenges they face when they discover their baby has hearing loss.
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Hearing tests (Comment for consumers)
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Some babies are born deaf. New technology will soon enable all babies to have a hearing check.
Date:   Aug 2003
Title:   Diagnostic tests: newborn hearing screening
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Advances in audiological testing equipment and techniques allow accurate hearing screening of the newborn, using either otoacoustic emission screeners or automated auditory brainstem evoked response audiometry. Hearing screening lowers the age of diagnosis of permanent hearing loss.
Date:   Aug 2003
Title:   Before your child's 18 month health check
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Before your child's 18 month health check. Answer these questions before you visit your nurse or doctor.
Date:   Jul 2003
Title:   Before your child's 6 to 8 months health check
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Before your child's 6 to 8 months health check. Answer these questions before you visit your nurse or doctor.
Date:   Jul 2003
Title:   Before your child's 6 to 8 weeks health check
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Before your child's 6 to 8 weeks health check. Answer these questions before you visit your nurse or doctor.
Date:   Jul 2003
Title:   Before your baby's first health check
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Before your baby's first health check. Answer these questions before you visit your nurse or doctor.
Date:   Jul 2003

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