For Consumers
Aboriginal
'Growing Strong'
A series of booklets covering topics including healthy pregnancy, breastfeeding and feeding babies and toddlers. Adapted for SA from Queensland Health resources. All are in an easy to read, illustrated style.
Morning sickness and other pregnancy issues (332kb)
Physical activity during and after pregnancy (328kb)
Healthy food in pregnancy (368kb)
Pregnancy and diabetes (389kb)
Alcohol, tobacco and other drugs during pregnancy and breastfeeding(300kb)
How dads can help (367kb)
Breastfeedingg (753kb)
Expressing breastmilk(456kb)
Sterilising equipment (504kb)
Babys growth checks (310kb)
Starting solids (589kb)
Healthy drinks for babies under 1 year old (341kb)
Keeping food safe (373kb)
Iron rich foods for babies and growing children (529kb)
Healthy drinks for children aged 1-4 years (475kb)
Healthy foods for children aged 1-4 years (847kb)
Healthy food and drinks for your grandkids (347kb)
Overweight children (363kb)
Formula Feeding(598kb)
In line with Baby Friendly Health Initiative accreditation standards this resource is not to be on public display and to be provided by health workers to parents who have already decided to bottle feed their baby.
Target Audience: Aboriginal women who are pregnant; parents of Aboriginal babies, including fathers
Format: A5
Dated: 2012
Access: Via order form
'Right from the start: A book to share with your baby'
Reading with babies from an early age is important for their development. This book has been especially designed for Aboriginal families to share with babies from soon after they are born.
It has pictures that appeal to babies, and information for parents about baby development. It acknowledges culture and identity, extended families and has key words translated into 5 Aboriginal languages. It was developed in consultation with Aboriginal families and services in South Australia.
Target Audience: Parents and carers of Aboriginal babies
Format: 24 page, glossy card
Dated: 2011
Access: Via order form, free in South Australia
Parent Easy Guides are fact sheets on parenting topics for parents and carers of children 0 -18 years. 12 Parent Easy Guides has been specially developed for Aboriginal families.
Our Children, Our Families, Our Way (762kb)
Now you are a parent (357kb)
Role models (366kb)
Identity (320kb)
Family Togetherness (370kb)
Families that work well (776kb)
Step Families (429kb)
Grandparents (297kb)
Storytelling (369kb)
Coping skills for our kids (802kb)
Kids grieve too (360kb)
Support (756kb)
Target audience: Parents and carers of Aboriginal children 0-18 years
Format: A4,
Dated: Various
Access: Download from Parenting SA or via order form, free in South Australia
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Parenting
Parent Easy Guides are fact sheets on a wide range of parenting topics for parents and carers of children 0-18 years. There are over 70 topics, including those for parents of 0-5 year olds (blue), parents of teenagers 12 – 18 years (red), topics for all ages (green) and family issues (yellow).
Target audience: Parents and carers of children 0-18 years
Format: A4
Dated: Various
Access: Download from Parenting SA or via order form, free in South Australia
There are 3 Parent Easy Guides in 6 languages (Arabic, Dari, Dinka, French, Swahili, English) for new and emerging migrant communities.
- Family health and wellbeing
- Families and young children
- Families and teenagers
Target audience: Parents and carers of children 0-18 years in new and emerging migrant communities
Format: A4
Dated: Various
Access: Download from Parenting SA or via order form, free in South Australia
'Right from the start: Loving reading with your baby'
Reading with babies from an early age is important for their development. 'Right from the start' is a first reading book for parents to share with their baby from soon after they are born. It has pictures that appeal to babies and information for parents about baby development.
Target Audience: Parents and carers of babies
Format: 24 page, glossy card
Dated: 2003
Access: Provided free of charge to parents of all babies born in South Australia. Further copies available for $5.50 (incl GST) plus $1.10 postage and handling from the Centre for Health Promotion on 08 8161 7777
Feeding babies and children
Five easy to read pamphlets for parents on common nutrition issues for children 0 - 5 years.
Feeding your baby in the first year (964kb)
Snacks for children aged 1 year and over (1.84mb)
Drinks for children (516kb)
Dealing with fussy eating (589kb)
Constipation in children (957kb)
Target Audience: Parents and carers of babies and children
Format: DL, trifold
Dated: 2009, revised 2011
Access: Via order form, free in South Australia
Breastfeeding
An easy-read brochure that discusses the basics of breastfeeding.
Target Audience: Pregnant women, parents of a newborn
Format: DL, trifold
Dated: 2012
Access: Via order form, free in South Australia
Preventing choking on food (206kb) (developed by Start Right, Eat Right)
Information on preventing choking on food in children under 4 years of age. It discusses how to make eating safer, high risk foods to avoid or modify for young children and what to do if a child chokes on food. It was developed by early childhood professionals from SA Health with input from the Women and Children's Health Network, Kidsafe and the SA Dental Service.
Target audience: Parents and carers of young children; early childhood settings
Format: A4, double sided
Dated: 2011
Access: Via order form, free in South Australia
Safe Infant Sleeping
Safe sleeping: Reducing the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (1.07MB)
This pamphlet provides information for families about reducing the risks of babies dying when sleeping.
Target audience: Parents of babies under 1 year
Format: DL trifold,
Dated: March 2011
Access: Contact SIDS and KIDS on (08) 8369 0155
Infant Formula
These resources are intended for use by parents who have already made the decision to feed their infant with infant formula.
In line with Baby Friendly Health Initiative accreditation standards these resources are not to be on public display and to be provided by health workers to parents who have already decided to bottle feed their baby.
Infant formula: A guide to safe preparation and feeding of infant formula – booklet.
How to make up infant formula – easy read brochure.
Target audience: Health care professionals for use with parents who have chosen to feed with infant formula.
Format: A5 booklet, DL trifold, DVD
Dated: 2008, revised 2010
Access: Via order form, free for South Australian health care providers
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Youth Health
Positive mental health
Headroom pamphlets provide information to young people on a range of topics, e.g. body image, self-esteem, families.
Target audience: Young people aged 12 – 18 years
Format: A3 posters, postcards, DL trifold,
Dated: 2010 & 2011
Access: Download from Headroom or via order form
Working with schools
Health promotion: better health better learning guidelines and checklist (98kb)
The health promotion guidelines and checklist will help you plan and implement successful health promotion project in schools using a whole school approach.
Target audience: Workers planning health promotion projects in schools
Dated: November 2009
Absolutely Every Body: Achieving a body image friendly school community. A guide for teachers (1.5mb)
Absolutely Every Body - The tooklit (1.5mb)
These documents help school staff implement a range of healthy body image activities using a whole school approach. The guide provides information and examples and the toolkit provides useful resources.
Target audience: School staff and health workers planning healthy body image projects in schools
Dated: 2011
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