Maternal and Child Health Service
The Maternal and Child Health Service (MCH) is a universal primary care service for Victorian families with children from birth to school age. The service is provided in partnership with the Municipal Association of Victoria, local government and the Department and aims to promote healthy outcomes for children and their families. The service provides a comprehensive and focused approach for the promotion, prevention, early detection, and intervention of the physical, emotional or social factors affecting young children and their families in contemporary communities.
A number of resources are available to Maternal and Child Health Service professionals to support them in maintaining high service standards for Victorian families.
- Universal Service – health promotion handouts, resources for nurses, and clinical updates
- Enhanced Service – service overview and brokerage program
- Policy and Reports – policies, protocols, guidelines, reports, strategies and research
- Annual Report and Data Collection – data collections forms and historical annual reports
- Professional Learning and Development – training, conferences, learning tools, scholarships and research
- Maternal and Child Health Line – information for professionals about this service for families.
Contact us
The Maternal and Child Health Service (MCH) team at DEECD can be contacted as follows:
Email (preferred): mch@edumail.vic.gov.au
Telephone: 1300 791 423
Post: Maternal and Child Health, DEECD, GPO Box 4367, Melbourne 3001.
What's new
Maternal and Child Health State Conference: Tuesday 14 February 2012
Presentations from the 14 February MCH Conference have been uploaded to this site.
See: Conference Presentation Archive 2008-2012
News archive
For older news items, see: MCH News Archive
Centre directory
The online centre directory is the most up to date source of contact details for MCH centres across Victoria.
The directory was last updated on 21/07/2011.
Any changes should be emailed to mch@edumail.vic.gov.au