Supporting mothers and children

Care across the lifespan

Supporting mothers and children, and older Australians

Over 7,500

babies are born in
our region every year

99%

of children participate
in kindergarten

95%

of children are fully immunised by the age of 5 (96% for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children)

8 in 10

women do not smoke
during their pregnancy

Goolburri Bunjiburris to Gunadoos Program

The Bunji to Gunadoos Program provides Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families with culturally appropriate antenatal and postnatal care in Toowoomba.

 

The Program supports:
   
  • inclusion of fathers in the early childhood phase of health care
  • increased access and attendance to GP, midwife and antenatal appointments
  • increased access to immunisation appointments, and
  • opportunistic health care for women and their children.


In 2020-21, the Program supported: 

154

family appointments


227

playgroup sessions


415

hospital and GP antenatal care appointments

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    Helping Mums with their resumes and assisting them in finding work. Also, just getting families out of the house and making new memories and meeting new people and letting the children interact and make new friendships.

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Improving pathways to health care for children and young people in care

Darling Downs and West Moreton PHN in partnership with local stakeholders launched The Children and Young People in Care Information Booklet in March 2021. The booklet was developed as a part of the Strengthening Health Pathways Project to improve access to health care for children and young people living in care in the Ipswich area.


The Project is aimed at improving health outcomes for children and young people in care by focusing on creating health care pathways and improving the number of health assessments conducted.


Providing adaptive education for health professionals

The PHN hosted a five-part webinar series with leading West Moreton Paediatrician Dr Ian Shellshear. Dr Shellshear has over 40 years of experience in paediatrics and is passionate about behaviour management for children and young people.


The webinar series covered topics such as examination techniques for children presenting with behaviour or development issues, the importance of family, carers and teachers, behavioural strategies, and diagnosis and assessment tools.


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Working with future generations to improve their health

The Root Cause Children’s Health Program was delivered by Darling Downs Health, working in partnership with schools and families to educate and empower children to have a positive relationship with food and sleep.


The Program worked to influence over 5,000 children in 19 schools over 12 months throughout the Darling Downs region. It featured in-person workshops for students, parents, and staff, plus an array of classroom resources, professional development and an online portal full of resources for families.

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