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A national program developed by the Centre for Community Child Health at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne with support from Johnson & Johnson. This publication promotes current expert advice on child health and wellbeing and current policies and practices for thise who work with young children and their families. The Childcare and Children's Health resource is now released in a duplicate format with information directed to a parents perspective. The information sheets are available in Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, English, Somali, Spanish, Turkish and Vietnamese translations.

 

June 2008

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 11 No 2  (pdf 1.1MB)
Environmental Sustainability in Early Childhood Settings
& Fever in Babies and Children

Parent Fact Sheet  - Environmental Sustainability in Early Childhood Settings

Parent Fact Sheet  - Fever in Babies and Children

Feb 2008

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 11 No 1  (pdf 399KB)
Implementing an Aboriginal Perspective into any everyday early childhood environment & Insect Stings and Bites

 

Parent Fact Sheets

Introducing children to Aboriginal culture
Insect Stings and Bites

Dec 2007

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 10 No 4  (pdf 359KB)
Learning Stories & Head Lice and Nits

Parent Fact Sheet - Learning Stories

 

Sept 2007

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 10 No 3  (pdf 283KB)
Teaching and Caring: Responding to both the Vulnerability and Competence of  Infants and Toddlers

Parent Fact Sheet - Responsive Care Giving for Infants

 

Jun 2007

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 10 No 2  (pdf 305KB)
Outdoor Play & Injuries

Parent Fact Sheet - Outdoor Play

 

Mar 2007

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 10 No 1  (pdf 293KB) 
Working with Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Families & Allergies and Anaphylaxis

Parent Fact Sheet - Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Families & Allergies and Anaphylaxis

 

Dec 2006

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 9 No 4  (pdf 351KB) 
Conversations with Babies & Good Nutrition

Parent Fact Sheet - Conversations with Babies

 

Sep 2006

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 9 No 3  (pdf 259KB) 
Transition to School & Child Health and the Sun

Parent Fact Sheet - Transition to School

 

May 2006

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 9 No 2  (pdf 268KB) 
Bringing Dads In & Handwashing and Nose Wiping

Parent Fact Sheet - Dads and Child Care Services & Handwashing and Nose Wiping

 

Mar 2006

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 9 No 1  (pdf 276KB) 
DUTY OF CARE - What do we mean by "Duty of Care"?

Parent Fact Sheet - Duty of Care

 

Feb 2006

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 8 No 6  (pdf 217KB) 
Navigating common pitfalls in parenting conversations - developing the partnership

 

Parent Fact Sheet - Talking with Childcare Professionals about your Child

 

Nov 2005

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 8 No 5 (pdf 116KB) 
Literacy Experiences in the 21st Century

Parent Fact Sheet - Literacy as Part of Everyday Life

 

Aug 2005

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 8 No 4  (pdf 133KB) 
Promoting Reading with Young Children

Parent Fact Sheet - Reading with Young Children

 

Jul 2005

Childcare and Children's Health Publication Survey Report  (pdf 1.07MB) 

 

May 2005

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 8 No 3  (pdf 142KB) 
Infection Control and Some Common Infections in Young Children

Parent Fact Sheet - Reducing Infectious Diseases

 

Apr 2005

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 8 No 2  (pdf 178KB) 
Medication Management in Children's Services

Parent Fact Sheet - Giving Medication

 

Mar 2005

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 8 No 1  (pdf 136KB)
Exploring the Nature of Parent-Professional Partnerships

Parent Fact Sheet - Parent-Professional Partnerships

 

Dec 2004

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 7 No 6  (pdf 133KB) 
Stress Management for Carers of Young Children

Parent Fact Sheet - Baby Massage

 

Oct 2004

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 7 No 5  (pdf 180KB) 
Music Experiences for Young Children in Childcare

Parent Fact Sheet - Music Experiences for Young Children

 

Aug 2004

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 7 No 4  (pdf 162KB) 
Healthy Teeth in Child Care

Parent Fact Sheet - Healthy Teeth in Child Care

 

July 2004

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 7 No 3  (pdf 162KB) 
Child Care Links

Parent Fact Sheet - Child Care Services are Community Centres

 

May 2004

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 7 No 2  (pdf 164KB) 
The Social Baby

Parent Fact Sheet - The Social Baby

 

Feb 2004

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 7 No 1  (pdf 115KB) 
Recognising Serious Illness in Young Children

Parent Fact Sheet - Recognising Serious Illness in Young Children

 

Nov 2003

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 6 No 4  (pdf 122KB) 
Food Safety Plans - What are they? & Sun Protection in Early Childhood

 

Sep 2003

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 6 No 3  (pdf 118KB) 
Grandparents are family too: Insights from the experience of grandparents & Supporting children's transition to school

 

Jun 2003

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 6 No 2  (pdf 124KB) 
Hand Washing and Nose Wiping, Connections between personal experiences of care and caring practices & Asthma and the Under 5's

 

Mar 2003

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 6 No 1  (pdf 72KB)
Inclusion, Role of childcare staff in making connections with families & It's a stressful life

 

Dec 2002

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 5 No 4  (pdf 86KB) 
Understanding and responding to the grieving child & Helping young children to self-regulate

 

Sep 2002

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 5 No 3  (pdf 86KB) 
Dads want to 'be there' for their children - Childcare staff can help them 'get there' & Self-regulation in early childhood

 

Jul 2002

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 5 No 2  (pdf 107KB) 
Meningococcal disease, Update: Colds and flu & Partnerships with families: Resources for accreditation

 

Mar 2002

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 5 No 1  (pdf 213KB)  
Survey Results for Childcare and Children's Health, Behaviour problems in young children & Health initiative

June 2008

 

Childcare and Children's Health Vol 11 No 2  (pdf 1.1MB)
Environmental Sustainability in Early Childhood Settings
& Fever in Babies and Children

 

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