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.

 

Reviewed May 2007

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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:   Jun 2008
Title:   Asthma Friendly Children's Services resources
Publisher:   The Asthma Foundation of Victoria
Description:   The Asthma Friendly Children's Services Program has been developed by Asthma Victoria to provide a safer environment for children in preschool, childcare and family day care.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Antenatal lower genital tract infection screening and treatment programs for preventing preterm delivery
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   A genital tract infection during pregnancy can cross into the amniotic fluid and result in prelabour rupture of the membranes and preterm labour. Such infections include bacterial vaginosis; chlamydial, trichomonas and gonorrhoeal infections; syphilis a...
Date:   Apr 2008
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:   Feb 2008
Title:   Breastfeeding
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Relatively simple, cost-effective measures such as breastfeeding can have a significant impact on the health of women and children.
Date:   Dec 2007
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:   Individual or group antenatal education for childbirth or parenthood, or both
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Antenatal education aims to help prospective parents prepare for childbirth and parenthood. Prospective parents often look to antenatal education to provide important information on issues such as decision making about and during labour, skills for labo...
Date:   May 2007
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:   Apr 2006
Title:   Interventions for promoting the initiation of breastfeeding
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Breastfeeding is widely known to be good for both the baby's and the mother's health. Despite this, many women choose not to breastfeed their baby, especially women living in countries or communities where breastfeeding is not common. This review aims t...
Date:   Feb 2005
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
Title:   Why does my baby need a repeat hearing screen?
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Many babies need to have a repeat hearing screen. It does not necessarily mean that your baby has a hearing loss. There may be other reasons for rescreening.
Date:   Apr 2003
Title:   Why does my baby need a hearing check?
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   The NSW Statewide Infant Screening - Hearing (SWISH) Program aims to identify babies born with significant hearing loss and introduce them to appropriate services as soon as possible.
Date:   Apr 2003
Title:   Review of current interventions and identification of best practice currently used by community based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health service providers in promoting and supporting breastfeeding and appropriate infant nutrition.
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services
Description:   Report on project commissioned as part of the national initiative 'Health throughout life: maternal health - increasing rates of breastfeeding in Australia'.
Date:   Nov 1997
Title:   Audit of current training in breastfeeding support and infant nutrition
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care
Description:   This report provides information on an audit of current training for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers and other health professionals providing health care to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander women.
Date:   Nov 1997
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