Work health and safety information - Safe Work Australia. As a national policy body Safe Work Australia does not regulate work health and safety laws. The Commonwealth, states and territories retain responsibility for regulating and enforcing work health and safety laws in their jurisdiction. For information about regulations governing work health and safety in your workplace visit the work health and safety authority in your state or territory.
View the contact details of the Commonwealth, state and territory regulators. The following pages contain information on key industries and issues related to national work health and safety policy. Industry pages Agriculture and QuadWatchConstructionMiningRoad freight transportStevedoring Issues Licensing High risk work Asbestos removal and clearance Demolition workMajor Hazard Facilities (MHF) Healthy Beginnings | Early intervention to prevent childhood obesity. The Foundations of Lifelong Health Are Built in Early Childhood. Children's health. Provides a range of information and initiatives on healthy eating, regular physical activity and overweight and obesity to assist all Australians to lead healthy and active lives.
Department of Health Outlines the activities being undertaken by government to enhance child health and wellbeing. Links to information on health issues that affect children, from babies and toddlers to young people. Healthdirect provides links to some of Australia's most authoritative health organisations and their websites. healthdirect Australia Provides a step-by-step plan for families to make healthy changes to their children's eating and activities.
CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Registering for an eHealth record will help you take control of your health and healthcare information. Australian Psychological Society Provides a safe and fun online community designed for young people living with a serious illness, chronic health condition or disability. Managing health in services. Managing health in services Judy Radich discusses balancing health policy with the emotional concerns of staff and families. The health and wellbeing of young children is central to the creation of high-quality early childhood environments. Services are also required by legislation and accreditation to have policies on managing illness and infectious diseases. However, these policies only provide basic guidelines; day-to-day family and centre conditions can often complicate practice.
One of the big difficulties staff face is when to inform a parent that their child is too sick to remain in a centre. €˜ … vary according to a number of factors, such as the age of the child, the perceived severity of the symptoms, how competent the staff are in managing common problems, the wishes of the parents and access to good and immediate advice from a nurse or doctor.' Planning ahead Medication and alternative therapies Giving medication to children in care can also be problematic. Reference. Get Up & Grow: Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for Early Childhood resources. The resources include a director/coordinator book, a staff and carer book, a cooking for children book, a family book, six posters, fourteen brochures and four stickers.
Specific Get Up and Grow resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander childcare educators, families and carers have been developed and include a staff handbook, seven brochures and five posters. The Get Up & Grow resources are available in English and nine non-english languages (Traditional Chinese, Vietnamese, Filipino, Korean, Indonesian, Malaysian, Arabic, Turkish and Spanish). Get Up & Grow Resources Directors/Coordinators Book The most detailed of all the Guidelines resources. Provides practical information and advice on early childhood healthy eating and physical activity, how to develop nutrition and physical activity policies and ways to support and encourage staff, carers and families.Format: A4 Spiral Bound, 220 pages NMM Order Code: HW 01 Stickers Four full colour stickers for early childhood settings.
Staying Healthy: Preventing infectious diseases in early childhood education and care services (5th Edition) Public Consultation report Public Consultation Report: Staying Healthy: Preventing Infectious Diseases in Early Childhood Education and Care Services – 5th Edition (PDF, 1.2MB) Clarification In response to media inquiries regarding the 5th edition of this publication NHMRC has advised that: Staying Healthy is best practice advice to help child care centres make good decisions for children in their care, not a new set of rules. The advice aims to reduce the risk of serious infections and infectious diseases spreading through child care centres to the children’s families, the workers and the community. It’s not about keeping children away from all germs. The advice in relation to doctors’ letters simply reflects that staff of child care centres use their common sense—for example, the child’s condition may have changed since the visit to the doctor.
Development of Staying Healthy involved extensive consultation with the childhood and education section, experts and the public. Feeling better, with help NQS PLP. This brief vignette shows an educator comforting a young child who is feeling a bit unwell. An example of a common occurrence in any care and education setting, it offers an opportunity to reflect on teaching and learning opportunities in such situations. How to use this Connecting with practice-EYLF and NQS vignette The Connecting with practice-EYLF and NQS video vignettes are for you to use on your own, or better still, with other educators. The aim is that your discussion will focus on both what and how children are learning and the educator's roles and contribution to the learning.
This dual focus will help you use the EYLF to reflect on your practice and take action that will lead to improved ways of supporting children's learning. Please use these General guidelines which apply to all the vignettes-to help you use the vignettes with other educators. Please refer to the 'Feeling better, with help' supporting document written specifically for this vignette. Immunise - The Australian Immunisation Handbook 9th Edition 2008. Skip to main contentSkip to left navigationSkip to search Home The Australian Immunisation Handbook The address for The 10th edition of the Australian Immunise Handbook is ( If you have bookmarked the 9th edition, please update your bookmarks.
Copyright | DisclaimerPage last updated on 10 January, 2014 by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, Office of Health ProtectionFor further information contact: Handbook@health.gov.au. Oral Health for Babies and Infants. As part of a community campaign to promote good oral health care for babies and toddlers the Australian Dental Association (ADA) has developed oral hygiene guidelines and tips for parents and carers of young children. Your child's first or primary teeth are as important as permanent teeth and require daily care. Click here to view and download our postcard containing tips for your child's dental health.
Almost all dental disease is preventable. The Australian Dental Association (ADA) has developed three fact sheets and a media release accessible below, containing guidelines and tips for parents and carers of young children to help prevent early childhood dental decay. Fact Sheet - Oral Hygiene (PDF 485 KB) Fact Sheet - Healthy Eating equals Healthy Teeth (PDF 480 KB) Fact Sheet - Tooth Development in Babies and Toddlers (PDF 483 KB) Media Release - Caring for Teeth for Life (PDF 60 KB)
Health information. Centre for Community Child Health. Women's and children's hospital adelaide. Women's and children's hospital adelaide. Happy Teeth Program. About the program Resources and Ordering Process Queensland Child Care facilities are eligible to receive 1 free copy of the Happy Teeth kit. If you are a Queensland Child Care facility and your centre has not received a kit, please order your kit using the Happy Teeth order form.
If your facility is not eligible for a free copy of the kit, you can download your copy of the Happy Teeth manual here. Copies of the Happy Teeth kit will be available to purchase from OfficeMax (details coming soon). Pamphlets top of page Posters The following posters are available for downloading and will be available to purchase from OfficeMax (details coming soon). These posters are included in the 'Happy Teeth' kit. Click on one of the following images to view a larger version. Stickers These stickers will be available to purchase from OfficeMax (details coming soon). Public Health SA Home Page. Home - Home. DH - Health Promotion Branch home - South Australian Government. New & Updated Topics.