Research from Camp Australia, the nation’s largest provider of Outside School Hours Care (OSHC), has found children in Australia’s most locked down states – ACT, NSW and Vic – have been most impacted by the pandemic. These findings have highlighted the need to support young...
Children undergoing surgery for severe hip deformities can now benefit from much shorter surgeries, which means getting back to normal walking and sitting sooner, thanks to an innovation that creates a computerised ‘twin’ of their bodies and movement. One child every two days in Queensland...
The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation is delighted to be leading an exciting new community-focused initiative on behalf of the Victorian Government as part of the Healthy Kids, Healthy Futures strategy. Launched today, our new dedicated workforce of Healthy Kids Advisors expands and strengthens our vision...
Treatment is key to avoid long-term pain, writes Steven Edwards Every day, parents around the world are told their child’s flat feet are normal and they will grow out of it. This isn’t true – they just grow up and out of their paediatricians’ practice. There’s no evidence...
Tania Ferfolja and Jacqueline Ullman report on the outcome of their study of over 2,000 Australian parents Debates about how schools acknowledge gender and sexuality diversity have been ongoing in Australia. It’s often claimed parents oppose the inclusion of gender and sexuality diversity content in the...
What do I need to know? asks Thea van de Mortel With the surge in Omicron cases, doctors are finding presentations of croup in children seeking hospital care for COVID in Australia and internationally. In some cases, children presenting to hospital with croup are infected only with...
Ruth Jeanes, Justen O’Connor, Dawn Penney, Ramon Spaaij, Dr Jonathan Magee, Dr Eibhlish O’Hara and Lisa Lymbery, report on the need for informal sport opportunities in Australia Statistics show a continued decline in organised sport participation over the past decade, with the Intergenerational Review of Australian...
ACOSS welcomes AMA focus on tackling poverty, lifting income support and providing secure housing, as central to child health and wellbeing Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS) is pleased to join with the Australian Medical Association (AMA) to call for a refocus on improving child health...
As the weather cools down and we have some sunny days here are some seasonal recipes to try. 1) Baked Spiced Plums with Cinnamon Quinoa Porridge Spice up breakfasts with a spoonful of baked sweet plums and the flavours of cinnamon and star anise in the morning....
"Have you stopped wearing reusable fabric masks?" Aleasha McCallion, Forbes McGain and Kim Borg look at the waste produced from COVID disposables At the beginning of the pandemic, many of us opted to buy reusable fabric masks to help fight the spread of COVID – they’re...
