Childrens health
- Breastfeeding
A Queensland Health website to assist women who choose to continue breastfeeding upon their return to work.
- Child Health fact sheets
fact sheets on breastfeeding, nutrition, child development milestones, safety, SIDS, oral health
- Nutritional Guidelines
- Get Up & Grow
healthy eating and physical activity for early childhood settings guidelines
- Health Information Directory
Queensland Health fact sheets specific to babies, children and adolescents
- Healthy bodies, healthy minds
contains a step by step guide for early childhood environments
- Child Injury Prevention
Queensland Health website about injury prevention in the home, child care settings and preschool settings.
- Healthy Schools
Queensland Health website to support health professionals and school communities in the work they are doing to create schools that are healthy places to learn, work and play.
- Child and Youth Health Practice Manual for Child Health Nurses and Indigenous Child Health Workers
This manual covers practice issues and guidelines for child, youth and family health practice. It is specifically designed for Child and Youth Health Nurses and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child and Youth Health Workers who are working with families, children and young people (0-18 years) within Queensland Health.
- SEEDS - Social and emotional development
The Social and Emotional Early Development Strategy (SEEDS) project has developed a mental health promotion framework and resources designed to address social and emotional wellbeing in early childhood environments. It is a practical tool for the early childhood sector, using simple language and concepts.
- Healthy Kids Queensland Survey 2006
This survey provides important data to help plan, develop and implement effective policies and programs to improve young Queenslanders’ dietary and physical activity behaviour, and to achieve healthy weight.
More information is also available for the
child care and school industry.
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