Healthy for life maternal and child health program (2009)

Description

The Healthy for life maternal and child health program brochure describes the Healthy for life maternal and child health program run by the Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service in Perth.

By offering education, support and information, the program aims to improve the health of:

• women before they become pregnant
• women, their families and their babies during pregnancy, and
• all children, especially those aged 0-5 years

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

Contact details

Healthy for Life Program
Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service
156 Wittenoom Street
East Perth WA 6004
Ph: (08) 9421 3888

Links

• View resource: Healthy for life maternal and child health program (PDF - 1.0 MB)
• View information: Healthy for life maternal and child health program
• View website: Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service

Related program(s)

• Healthy for life maternal and child health program

  The Healthy for life maternal and child health program, run by the Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service in Perth, Western Australia, aims to: improve the health of women before they become pregnant by increasing awareness of importance of folate in the diet and to decrease the use of alcohol, tobacco and other substances increase immunisations for measles, mumps and rubella before women become pregnant improve health outcomes for mums and babies during pregnancy by providing education for parents and supporting women for antenatal appointments, referrals and health check ups give women and their families more choices of where to have antenatal care and delivery, and where to access child health check ups improve health outcomes for all children, in particular children aged 0-5 years support families by providing home visits when needed and increasing the number of child health visits.

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