Your Child's Health
Your child’s health is of vital importance, as is knowing what services are available to keep them well. Some of your most useful resources for information on childhood illness, health and nutrition will be websites such as the Better Health Channel and The Royal Children’s Hospital.
For more information on health areas such as immunisation and hearing and vision screenings, see:
- Immunisation – information on the recommended immunisations for your child and the immunisation record
- Vision Screening - information about eyesight checks for your child
- Newborn Hearing Screen - information about the hearing check babies have just after birth
More information
The following websites and organisations have specialist health resources and provide information on everything from nutrition through to viruses, safety and emergencies, see:
- Better Health Channel – this website contains information about different illnesses and conditions, healthy eating and health service directories
- Child Safety Commissioner – this website has resources on a range of child safety issues
- Kidsafe – this website contains information, fact sheets and latest news about child safety
- The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne – this website contains details and fact sheets on kids health, medicines and hospital visits
- School Nursing – contains information about the role school nurses play
- Victorian Poisons Information Centre – this website has advice and information on poisonings or possible poisonings. Alternatively you can contact the Poisons Information Centre on 13 11 26.