News Archive

The August 2011 Newsletter has been released.
Newsletters including past editions can also be found in the Members Only Section on the Newsletter page.

AWCH would like to congratulate Action for Sick Children UK (Formerly NAWCH - National Association for the Welfare of Children in Hospital) on their 50th Anniversary happening this year.
Action for …

21 years ago on 20 November 1989 a remarkable milestone for the protection and realization of the rights of all children - the Convention on the Rights of the Child …

A National Health and Hospitals Network for Australia’s Future – Delivering better health and better hospitals

The National Primary Health Care Strategy (the Strategy) represents the first comprehensive national policy statement for primary health care in Australia. It provides a road map to guide current and future policy and practice in the Australian primary health care sector.

The board of the ACCYPN is pleased to present the 1st Annual Report of the ACCYPN.

In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 20 November 2009, UNICEF is dedicating a special edition of its flagship publication The …

Letter to the Editor published in Medical Journal of Australia (Volume 191, Number 9, November 2009).
Authors: Zoe M Poiner, Michael D Kerr, Belinda A Wallis and Roy M Kimble
Link to letter (permission …

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has released a new report today:
 
Australia’s mothers and babies 2007
Australia’s mothers and babies 2007 is the 17th report providing information on births in …

Text from the Executive Summary:
Save the Chidlren Australia undertook a literature review of national reports on newborn and child survival in Australia in order to examine the causes of deaths of …

Save the Children Australia’s media release summary:
Save the Children urges the Australian Government to reduce child mortality in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities by two-thirds within the next six …

Link to Report:
Views of Young People in Residential Care 2009

Information from their website:
“Snapshot 2009, the seventh in the Commission’s Snapshot series, draws together data from a wide range of sources to compile an up-to-date picture of the safety …

Information from their website:
“The NSW Child Death Review Team provides information about child deaths and aims to prevent or reduce the number of deaths of children in NSW from birth …

Information from their website:
“In September 2008, the Premier launched Toward Q2: Tomorrow’s Queensland.
This policy articulates a new vision for the future of Queensland, including five ambitions and 10 targets to …

The following information has been provided by the Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian:
Here are links to two reports released recently from the Wave 1 results from …

NAPCAN are conducting the largest ever survey of community attitudes. This survey has been designed with the assistance of leading researchers from across the country to gather information which will …

Applications are invited for participants in the 2010 Leadership Development Program for Families.
The Program runs from February 2010 to November 2010.
Applications must be received by 1 December 2009 for consideration …

The Australian College of Children and Young Peoples Nurses congratulates Rosemary Bryant, FRCNA - Australia’s Chief Nurse and Midwifery Officer on her appointment as President of the International Council of Nurses …

From the AIHW website: This report delivers the latest information on how, as a nation, we are faring according to key indicators of child health, development and wellbeing. Death rates among children have fallen dramatically, and most children are physically active and meet minimum standards for reading and numeracy. But it is not all good news. Rates of severe disability and diabetes are on the rise. Too many children are overweight or obese, or are at risk of homelessness, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children fare worse on most key indicators.

Weighing it up Obesity in Australia, from House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health and Ageing, May 2009. This document covers the whole age range, but specific sections are relevant to the early years.Weighing it up Obesity in Australia, from House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health and Ageing, May 2009. This document covers the whole age range, but specific sections are relevant to the early years.

latest policy brief (No 15) from the Centre for Community Child Health entitled Caring for Young Children: What Children Need.

State of the World’s Mothers Report 2009 Investing in the Early Years Save the Children, 2009.

Link to report.

You may have seen the media around the release of the recent ARACY report on child protection in The Courier Mail (30.4.09, page 10) and The Australian (30.4.09, page 5).  …

Information Paper
Early childhood learning and care: data sources, gaps and opportunities
Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2008 (released 8 April 2009)
 Text from the Preface:
This review on early childhood aims to improve the …

Members have now been sent their unique username and passwords to access the members area. All new members will receive thier username and password after the Board has accepted their …

ACCYPN members will be sent their members’ area access details within 3 weeks (ie by 8 March 2009) of the launch of the new ACCYPN site.

National Standards for the Care of Children and Adolescents in Health Services

Final Report of the Special Commission of Inquiry into Acute Care Services in NSW Public Hospitals
Peter Garling SC

Rethinking universal and targeted services
Tim G. Moore, Centre for Community Child Health

Child protection Australia 2007-08
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, January 2009

ACPCHN is pleased to offer members free access to the Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing. To access this, you need to log on to the members area. If you are …