Updates

The 2026 Conference will be held in Melbourne at the Royal Children's Hospital on October 1st & 2nd, with master classes on the 30th of September.  The conference committee and finalising details, and we will update members asap.  Book the dates in your diary now. Abstract submissions will be open later this year, so start planning

Position – Clinical Nurse Consultant

Join us on the 2nd of October for the next ACCYPN Webinar.

A CONVERSATION CAN CHANGE A LIFE

R U OK? Inspire and empower everyone to meaningfully connect with the people around them and start a conversation with those in their world who may be struggling with life.

You don't need to be an expert to reach out - just a good friend and

This year’s National Child Protection Week theme, ‘Every conversation matters: Shifting Conversation to Action,’ reminds us that while dialogue is essential when it comes to raising awareness, challenging harmful norms, and sparking new ideas, real change is only possible when we turn those conversations into meaningful

Invitation for Member Feedback – Position Statement: Planetary Health and Its Impact on Infants, Children, and Young People

The ACCYPN invites member feedback on our new Position Statement: Planetary Health and Its Impact on Infants, Children, and Young People.

This

Children’s Health Queensland Nursing Research Symposium - 29 September 2025

Our

Kathleen Kendall-Tackett has published Psychological Trauma and Breastfeeding: What we know so far, 2022, in the European Society of Medicine Journal and for UNICEF.  Looking at the different types of trauma and what criteria there are for the diagnosis of trauma. Looking at breastfeeding and feeding choices by women when different

In 2014 the WHO released a Comprehensive Implementation Plan on Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition.

The 5 global targets were focused on:

Stunting, Anaemia, Low Birth Weight, Overweight, Breastfeeding and Wasting

https://iris.who.int/bitstream/handle/10665/113048/WHO_NMH_NHD_14.1_eng.pdf?sequence=1

Looking

The article below by Pillay J & Davis TJ, published in 2023, looks at the physiology of lactation, describing the stages of lactation. What occurs at the cellular level, breast development and the stages of lactogenesis. 

The article link is below.