Health Checks for Babies

Routine health checks, screening and assessments are an important part of checking on growth and development in the first months of a baby's life.

Reviewed September 2008

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Title:   Streptococcal infection - group B
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Group B streptococcal bacteria can cause a wide range of illnesses. One to four out of every 1,000 newborns contract group B streptococcal infection (GBS) from their mothers during childbirth. Life-threatening complications include blood poisoning, meningitis and pneumonia. A pregnant woman with GBS can be easily treated with intravenous antibiotics.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Baby's health: the Apgar score - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Find out about the Apgar newborn scoring system, the standardised technique that doctors use to determine the health of a baby within 5 minutes of its birth.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Media release. Hearing screening for all Australian babies
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Australian Government will seek a commitment from States and Territories to deliver newborn Hearing Screening for all Australian babies from 1 January 2011.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Health checks
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Regular health and development checks are recommended for all young children to see that they are growing and developing normally, and to find health problems so that they can be treated early.
Date:   Dec 2008
Title:   Newborn screening for cystic fibrosis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   In people with cystic fibrosis lung disease and malnutrition occur very early in life. These complications are suited to early treatment. Newborn screening may therefore improve outcomes for people with cystic fibrosis. We aimed to find out whether newb...
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Hearing and hearing loss
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Hearing well is important to your baby's development. If there are any problems in hearing, you need to find them early
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Neonatal screening test
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Newborns in South Australia have a blood test when they are about 48 hours old called the Newborn or Neonatal Screening Test or 'Guthrie' test, or 'heel prick' test.
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Genetic services in Victoria
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Genetic services in Victoria cover diagnosis, screening and testing, counselling and ongoing management of individuals and families with particular birth defects and genetic disorders. Services available include maternal serum screening (MSS), screening for all newborn babies for phenylketonuria (PKU), hypothyroidism, cystic fibrosis and another 20 metabolic disorders, carrier screening for cystic fibrosis (CF) and thalassaemia screening.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Neonatal screening for sickle cell disease
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Sickle cell diseases are inherited and affect mainly people of African origin. The red blood cells are abnormally (sickle) shaped, which can lead to life-threatening complications. They are most likely to be fatal in the first few years of life since af...
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an inherited disorder. It occurs when the body cannot break down a substance in food, called phenylalanine. As phenylalanine builds up in the blood, it causes brain damage. Early detection and intervention with a special diet can prevent intellectual disability and result in normal growth and development.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Hearing loss and your baby: the next step. An information resource for families in NSW
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   This publication was developed as part of the Statewide Infant Screening - Hearing (SWISH) Program to assist parents with the challenges they face when they discover their baby has hearing loss.
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Universal neonatal hearing screening versus selective screening as part of the management of childhood deafness
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Neonatal hearing screening programmes aim to identify children born deaf. These programmes may test all children (universal screening) or only those with an increased probability of deafness (selective screening). This review has not identified any rand...
Date:   Jun 2006
Title:   Hearing tests (Comment for consumers)
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Some babies are born deaf. New technology will soon enable all babies to have a hearing check.
Date:   Aug 2003
Title:   Diagnostic tests: newborn hearing screening
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Advances in audiological testing equipment and techniques allow accurate hearing screening of the newborn, using either otoacoustic emission screeners or automated auditory brainstem evoked response audiometry. Hearing screening lowers the age of diagnosis of permanent hearing loss.
Date:   Aug 2003
Title:   Before your child's 18 month health check
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Before your child's 18 month health check. Answer these questions before you visit your nurse or doctor.
Date:   Jul 2003
Title:   Before your child's 6 to 8 months health check
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Before your child's 6 to 8 months health check. Answer these questions before you visit your nurse or doctor.
Date:   Jul 2003
Title:   Before your child's 6 to 8 weeks health check
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Before your child's 6 to 8 weeks health check. Answer these questions before you visit your nurse or doctor.
Date:   Jul 2003
Title:   Before your baby's first health check
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Before your baby's first health check. Answer these questions before you visit your nurse or doctor.
Date:   Jul 2003
Title:   Why does my baby need a repeat hearing screen?
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Many babies need to have a repeat hearing screen. It does not necessarily mean that your baby has a hearing loss. There may be other reasons for rescreening.
Date:   Apr 2003
Title:   Why does my baby need a hearing check?
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   The NSW Statewide Infant Screening - Hearing (SWISH) Program aims to identify babies born with significant hearing loss and introduce them to appropriate services as soon as possible.
Date:   Apr 2003
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