NPY child nutrition and wellbeing program

• Reach:

  NT

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

The Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara child nutrition and wellbeing program (Child nutrition and wellbeing program) runs in remote communities of the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia. The aims of the program are to share knowledge and skills with the people of the NPY lands to improve the health and wellbeing of their children. The Child nutrition and wellbeing program commenced in 1996 with a six-month grant from Commonwealth Health. The Nutrition project, as it was called, aimed to teach young mothers how to cook for their children.

The main components of the program today are:

• individual family support and case management for children failing to thrive or at risk
• child nutrition education and promotion through community based workshops
• support to local communities to increase their capacity to develop and implement community based nutriion programs and strategies
• locally developed and produced resources and information on good nutrition and general wellbeing.

The resources cover a range of health topics using simple language and illustration and include:

• Food and nutrition feeding guide for infants and children - an A2 poster illustrating appropriate foods for babies as they grow
• Mai Wiru - Mirrka walykumunu - a practical guide to good nutrition from pregnancy to childhood for mothers and health professionals
• nutrition posters (set of 17) - A3 sized posters illustrating key child nutrition messages
  
• Maiku kulintjaku DVD - four part series documenting nutrition requirements throught life (in Ngaanyatjarra and Pitjantjatjara laguages).
  

Contacts

Nutrition Manager
Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women's council (Aboriginal Corporation)
Gate 2, 3 Wilkinson Street
Alice Springs NT 0871
PO Box 8921
Alice Springs NT 0871
Ph: (08) 8958 2366
Fax: (08) 8952 3742
Email: nutritionmanager@npywc.org.au

Links

• View information: Child nutrition and well-being program factsheet
• View information: NPY child nutrition program
• View contact details: NPY Women's council
• View website: NPY Women's council