Growing strong: feeding you and your baby

• Reach:

  QLD

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Not specified

• Evaluated:

  Yes

Overview

The purpose of this project is to provide information about eating well during pregnancy as well as providing suggestions for dealing with some common food and nutrition related problems. Information is also provided about common breastfeeding issues including how to know when a baby gets enough breast milk and correct positioning and attachment. The program involves a Growing Strong training manual, a participant workbook, a facilitators training package for health workers, and an illustrated client book. Growing Strong resources provide evidence-based information about eating well during pregnancy as well as suggestions for dealing with some common food and nutrition related problems. Information is also provided about common breastfeeding issues including how to know when a baby gets enough breast milk and correct positioning and attachment.

Contacts

Helen Vidgen
Ph: (07) 3234 0343
Kani Thompson
Ph: (07) 4050 3655

Related publications

Queensland Health (2003)

Growing strong: feeding you and your baby

Brisbane: Queensland Government

• Links
• View report: Growing strong: feeding you and your baby (PDF - 477.5 KB)
• View website: Queensland Government

Growing strong: feeding you and your baby resources (2008)

Queensland Health

Queensland Health have developed a new set of resources for health workers and other professionals to use when talking with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families about healthy eating for mothers, babies and children. The new series of resources includes 22 individual brochures on a variety of topics. A set of flipcharts has also been developed for use with families and groups.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

• Links
• View information: Growing strong: feeding you and your baby [order form] (PDF - 92.2 KB)
• View resource: Alcohol, tobacco and other drugs during pregnancy and breastfeeding [booklet] (PDF - 341.3 KB)
• View resource: Baby's growth checks [booklet] (PDF - 369.2 KB)
• View resource: Breastfed babies' growth and growth spurts [booklet] (PDF - 212.9 KB)
• View resource: Breastfeeding: good for Baby, good for Mum [booklet] (PDF - 395.1 KB)
• View resource: Expressing breastmilk [booklet] (PDF - 523.4 KB)
• View resource: Formula feeding [booklet] (PDF - 660.0 KB)
• View resource: Growing strong: feeding you and your baby [poster] (PDF - 277.4 KB)
• View resource: Healthy drinks for Baby [booklet] (PDF - 403.6 KB)
• View resource: Healthy drinks for children aged 1 - 4 years [booklet] (PDF - 383.0 KB)
• View resource: Healthy food and drinks for your grandkids [booklet] (PDF - 408.6 KB)
• View resource: Healthy food ideas for children aged 1 - 4 years and older [booklet] (PDF - 232.4 KB)
• View resource: Healthy food in pregnancy [booklet] (PDF - 390.8 KB)
• View resource: Healthy foods for children aged 1 - 4 years [booklet] (PDF - 956.5 KB)
• View resource: How dads can help [booklet] (PDF - 389.8 KB)
• View resource: How to breastfeed [book] (PDF - 998.0 KB)
• View resource: Iron rich foods for babies and growing children [booklet] (PDF - 666.9 KB)
• View resource: Keeping food safe [booklet] (PDF - 437.4 KB)
• View resource: Morning sickness and other pregnancy issues [booklet] (PDF - 366.0 KB)
• View resource: Overweight children [booklet] (PDF - 427.8 KB)
• View resource: Physical activity during and after pregnancy [booklet] (PDF - 345.3 KB)
• View resource: Pregnancy and diabetes [booklet] (PDF - 391.4 KB)
• View resource: Starting solids [booklet] (PDF - 656.3 KB)
• View resource: Sterilising bottles, teats and dummies [booklet] (PDF - 374.6 KB)
• View website: Growing Strong: Feeding You and Your Baby program, Queensland Health

Thompson K, Boyle J (2008)

Growing Strong: Feeding You and Your Baby

Paper presented at the National Nutrition Networks Conference 08: good tucker good health. 11-14 March 2008, Alice Springs (NT)

• Links
• View abstract: Growing Strong: Feeding You and Your Baby
• View abstract: Growing Strong: Feeding You and Your Baby (PDF - 22.3 KB)
• View conference presentation: Growing Strong: Feeding You and Your Baby (PDF - 3.2 MB)
• View website: National Nutrition Networks Conference 2008
• View website: National Rural Health Alliance

Evaluated publications

Queensland Health (2006)

Growing strong: feeding you and your baby evaluation summary report

Brisbane: Queensland Government

• Links
• View report: Growing strong: feeding you and your baby evaluation summary report (PDF - 332.9 KB)
• View website: Queensland Health

Links

• View website: Queensland Health