Child health
Alternative labels
Puericulture
Child health services
Research Summary
Children with special health care needs and involvement with child protection services
This FACSIAR Summary highlights that children with special needs are more likely to be in contact with child protection services at a young age.
Report
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): an update on policy and practice in Australia
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a term used to describe the wide variety of lifelong developmental effects associated with prenatal alcohol exposure. This paper outlines developments for the prevention of FASD and the diagnosis and support of children and young people living with FASD in Australia.
Report
Children, young people, and health in Brimbank
This report summarises the change over time, from 2006, of a subset of key health and education indicators included in the Brimbank Atlases of Health Education (Editions 1 and 2). It examines change for Brimbank as a whole, within Brimbank where data are available, and Brimbank as compared with the greater Melbourne region, Victoria, and...
Journal article
Risk factors for Australian school-age children in socio-economically disadvantaged populations not passing ear and hearing screening
This retrospective study describes the outcomes of an ear and hearing screening program for children from lower socio-economic backgrounds in New South Wales, between 2013 and 2016.
Report
COVID-19 and early childhood education and care
This research report examines the health risks posed to young children from COVID-19, the risk of children transmitting the virus, and the strategies that early learning centres need to implement to reduce the risk of transmission.