Women's and Children's Health

The program aims to enhance the health and wellbeing of women and children through general practice. The program is overseen by the Divisional Women's and Children's Reference Group comprised of GPs and Division staff.

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This a funded pilot program being run by GP South, starting from October 2011, for:

• Parents or carers of children under 6 years of age; or

• Pregnant women and their partners; who

• Live in North of Hobart

Download the following:

• Poster for Practices

• GP and Practice Nurse Information

• Application/Referral Form    MD Template     BP Template

• Information flyer for participants

Resources 

Sexual Health

• National Management Guidelines for Sexually Transmissible Infections  

• Melbourne Sexual Health Centre – education and resources  

Antenatal

• Antenatal Shared Care Kit 2011  ^{Aug 2011}   Best practice antenatal shared care protocols in collaboration with the RHH

• Antenatal Shared Care Kit 2011 Updated Pages only ^{Aug 2011}    Download this if you just want the pages updated since the 2008 edition.

• General Practice South - Perinatal Depression - Referral Options  

Perinatal Depression

• Child Health and Parenting Service (CHAPS) – service locations guide

• General Practice South - Perinatal Depression - Referral Options  ^{Updated Nov 2011}

• Post and Antenatal Depression Association (PANDA) - Health professional information and consumer information sheets

• Parent-Infant Research Institute (PIRI) – Health professional information and consumer information

• Good Beginnings – program information

• St Helen’s Hospital (The Mother and Baby Unit)

• The Hobart Clinic

• Integrated Care Service (Relationships Australia), and the Better Access to Mental Health Care initiative

• Beyond Blue-Perinatal Depression - clear and comprehensive information, resources and tools.

Other

• Anaphlaxis Australia

• Asthma Foundation of Tasmania

• Australian Breastfeeding Association

• Allied Health Professions Australia – Helping Children with Autism website for Health Professionals and Consumers  

• Australian Society of Clinical Immunolgy and Allergy

• Australasian Menopause Society  

• Breast Screen Tasmania – 2011 Itinerary for Mobile Screening Clinic

• Evidence-based clinical best practice information on breast and ovarian cancer for health professionals

• Child Protection Services - Information for GPs 

• Clinical Growth charts for children

• Building solutions for preventing childhood obesity - University of Sydney Prevention Research Centres have developed a series of modules that synthesises recent evidence of the effectiveness of interventions for preventing weight gain and promoting healthy weight among children and adolescents. 

• Continence Foundation of Australia Resources order form

• Get up and Grow Commonwealth Government – Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Guidelines for Early Childhood Settings 

• Healthy Kids Check Resource Kit (items 701, 703, 705, 707 or 10986)  The Healthy Kids Check has been developed to ensure every four year old child in Australia has a basic health check to see if they are healthy, fit and ready to learn when they start school. There is also a poster advertising the check. 

• NHMRC Dietary Guidelines for Australian Adults and Dietary Guidelines for Children and Adolescents in Australia incorporating the Infant Feeding Guidelines for Health Workers  

• 2007 Kids Eat Kids Play Study  

• MS Society Australia

• National Cervical Screening Program - resources for GPs and patients - guidelines, statistical reports, fact sheets.

• RACGP accredited web broadcasts - The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health provides a unique response to the needs of women through excellence in research, community and professional education and clinical care.

• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (RANZCOG) – 2011–2013 Triennium requirements for DRANZCOG and DRANZCOG Advanced

• Rural Health Education Foundation - education programs available by satellite TV broadcast, web stream, or download audio pod-cast.

• SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)

• Tasmanian Cervical Cancer Prevention Program – including the Tasmanian Pap Smear Register

• The Tasmanian Women's Health Program provides information to women and service providers about health issues and services, and works within the health system to improve services to women. The Program has a particular focus on the needs of low income women and women who have unequal access to the health system.