Child and Family Health in Community

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Effective Term: 2025/05
Institute / School :Institute of Health and Wellbeing
Unit Title: Child and Family Health in Community
Unit ID: HEALM6305
Credit Points: 15.00
Prerequisite(s): (HEALM6301)
Co-requisite(s): Nil
Exclusion(s): Nil
ASCED: 060303
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Brief description of the Unit

This unit will guide the students to explore the range of health issues that can impact on children and families in the community. Identification, assessment, management and referral of these issues will be discussed in terms of support and agencies available to families. The concept of vulnerability and vulnerable families will be further explored in terms of the Maternal and Child Health nurse’s role, care planning, and health promotion

Grade Scheme: Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF)
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Placement Component: No
Supplementary Assessment:Yes
Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment
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5678910
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The ANMAC National Accreditation Standards for the Midwife (2014); NMBA Midwife Standards for Practice (2018); NMBA Code of Conduct for the Midwife (2018), Code of Ethics for the Midwife (2014), NMBA Registered Nurse Standards for Practice (2016); NMBA Code of Conduct for nurses (2018), Code of Ethics for nurses (2012) and Maternal and Child Health Service Standards (2010) have substantially informed the syllabus/content of this unit.

  • Child and family assessment of risk
  • Range of health issues that impact on child and family – assessment, management and referral procedures, including immunisation
  • Support and agencies available to families
  • Concept of vulnerability and vulnerable families
  • Chronic illness - parent and/or child and impact on families
  • Impact of tobacco on child and family health
  • QUIT
  • Sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI)
  • Bridges out of poverty
  • Circle of security
  • National disability insurance scheme (NDIS)
  • Parenting groups
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