Preventive health resources

A list of resources about preventive health.

Resources

First foods: food from home

This Get Up & Grow brochure provides advice on introducing solid food to children from the age of 6 months, what foods to introduce and talking to your child's carer about what stage your child is.

Infant formula booklet

This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information to parents and carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children about infant formula.

First foods

This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information to parents and carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children about introducing solid foods to babies aged about 6 months.

Good drinks for our kids

This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information to parents and carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children about drinking healthy drinks.

Get moving – birth to 1 year

This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information to parents and carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children about the importance of physical activity for kids aged up to 1 year.

Get moving – 1 to 5 years

This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information to parents and carers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children about the importance of physical activity for kids aged 1 to 5 years.

Burns prevention

Australian Government response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health and Ageing roundtable forum on burns prevention – July 2010

Director/coordinator book

This Get Up & Grow booklet provides 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.

Cooking for children book

This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information and advice on early childhood nutrition, menu planning and food safety. It contains delicious and nutritious recipes for settings and families.

National Women’s Health Policy 2010

This policy guides our work to improve the health of women and girls in Australia. The National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2030 builds on the National Women’s Health Policy 2010 to take into account changes in the policy environment, emerging evidence and issues in women’s health.

Staff and carer book

This Get Up & Grow booklet is for child health and early childhood professionals. It provides advice about child nutrition and physical activity.

Family book

This Get Up & Grow booklet provides information and advice on early childhood nutrition and physical activity. It also includes information about returning to work after having a baby.

National Men’s Health Policy 2010

This policy guides our work to improve the health of boys and men in Australia, particularly for those most at risk of poor health. It provides practical suggestions for action and includes 9 supporting documents that provide more in-depth analysis of specific areas of male health.

Decisions about down time: a balancing act

This Get Up & Grow brochure provides some tips on how to reduce the amount of time children spend on inactive, unnecessary tasks during early childhood.

Food ideas for busy parents

This Get Up & Grow brochure provides some ideas for easy and healthy meals for parents to give to their children.

Developing movement skills

This Get Up & Grow brochure provides some tips on how to help children develop their movement skills with fun activities.

COVID-19 response update to GPs – 23 March 2020

This webinar on 23 March 2020 is part of a series of webinars to update GPs and other key frontline workers.

COVID-19 response update to GPs – 19 March 2020

This webinar on 19 March 2020 is part of a series of webinars to update GPs and other key frontline workers.
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