Baby baby (2010)

Description

The Baby baby comic book is aimed at encouraging Aboriginal women to attend regular check-ups during their pregnancies. It stresses the importance of these regular check -ups to monitor the pregnancy and the baby's growth.

The comic book deliveries this message through the story of an Aboriginal family who have a number of women at different stages of pregnancy who face many different health issues including:

• young pregnancy with a family history of complications during childbirth
• older pregnancy
• gestational diabetes
• loss of a baby

The comic book also highlights the damaging effects of smoking and alcohol on an unborn baby, the importance of a well-balanced diet and the need to often have blood tests at the beginning of a pregnancy.

Workshops were held with Aboriginal women in Perth, WA who contributed to the script for the comic book.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Contact details

Western Australian Office of Aboriginal Health
Department of Health Western Australia
189 Royal Street
East Perth WA 6004
Ph: (08) 9222 4024

Links

• View resource: Baby baby
• View website: Inception Strategies
• View website: Western Australian Office of Aboriginal Health

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