This infographic provides a snapshot of children’s health in Australia, from mortality and chronic conditions to the risk factors adversely affecting our children’s health.
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The most common complaint is conflicting advice, as well as staff who are “bossy, judgemental and inaccessible” and who undermine women’s confidence.
An environment rife with shame is a fertile breeding ground for conflict: pitting mother against mother.
Breastfed infants diagnosed with “tongue tie” are being unnecessarily treated with deep laser or scissors cuts under both their tongue and upper lip in the first weeks and months of life.
Women who are not enjoying breastfeeding, or think their baby is not enjoying breastfeeding, are more likely to wean early.
This research suggests that there is one simple way to equip your children for a life of literacy from their infancy: show them picture books.
A Harvard University researcher last week suggested western women stop breastfeeding after a couple of months to reduce the risk of passing potentially harmful toxins on to infants via breast milk.
One of the most common surgical procedures undertaken in the world today – one that every human alive has undergone – is the clamping and cutting of the umbilical cord at birth.
Australia is unique in using parental financial incentives for immunisation.
Hippocrates said circa 400BC that “food should be our medicine and medicine should be our food”. He would probably turn in his grave if he saw the amount of highly processed, sugary food and drinks marketed…
Every evening, parents across Australia hope their babies will sleep through the night. Many won’t. That’s where controlled comforting, or controlled crying might help. Contrary to some claims, this is…
Alongside this week’s announcement of a free trade deal between China and Australia came reports of Gina Rinehart’s investment in a Queensland dairy operation to supply infant formula to China. Australia’s…
The whooping cough (pertusis) vaccination is safe and effective when taken during pregnancy, according to a new British study…
The growth of babies in their womb and their size at birth are strikingly similar the world over when born to healthy, educated…
Fewer Australian babies need to be readmitted to hospital before their first birthday than in the 1990s, a new study suggests…
A new study suggests the treatment pregnant women receive for epilepsy does not adversely affect their offspring. The study…
Babies who develop leukaemia in their first few years of life seem to inherit a rare combination of genes from their parents…
Women who do not gain enough weight during their pregnancy are at an increased risk of losing their baby in the first year…
Compounds derived from garlic are extremely effective in killing off Cronobacter sakazakii, a food-borne pathogen that can…
Having a baby with a first cousin more than doubles the risk of congenital problems such as heart and lung defects, cleft palettes and extra fingers, according to the largest study of its kind in the UK…
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Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University
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Research Fellow, University of Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Midwifery, Associate Dean Research and HDR, Midwifery Discipline Leader, Western Sydney University
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Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Caroline Homer est un·e adhérent·e de The Conversation
Deputy Director (Gender Equity, Diversity and Inclusion), Burnet Institute
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Associate Professor, Lund University, Sweden, Lund University
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Professor & Tresillian Chair in Child & Family Health, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Health, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate professor, Neonatologist, Lund University/Skåne University Hospital, Lund University
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Professor in Breastfeeding Research, La Trobe University
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The Erdi Foundation Child Health Equity (COVID-19) Scholar, Centre for Community Child Health | Honorary, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne | Team Leader / Senior Research Officer, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Associate Professor in Law, Deakin University
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Professorial Fellow in Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Midwifery, Western Sydney University
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General Practitioner, Researcher, The University of Queensland
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Paediatrician at the Royal Childrens Hospital and Associate Professor and Clinician Scientist, University of Melbourne and MCRI, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
