Healthy Kids Check
The Healthy Kids Check was released on 1 July 2008. GP Health assessment MBS Items 701, 703, 705, 707 and Practice Nurse item number 10986 will support medical practitioners and practice nurses to undertake Healthy Kids Checks. The checks are designed to ensure every four year old child in Australia has a basic health check to see if they are healthy, fit and ready to learn when they start school. Below is a list of resources provided at the Division's Healthy Kids Check training which was held in June 2010.
Presenter: Sharlene Vlahos (Healthy Kids Check Project officer – Karitane & NSW Health)
Presentation Slides:
Other Relevant Information and Directory of Services:
Electronic GP Referral Templates
| Healthy Kids Check Template - Medical Directory Template |
RTF (78KB) |
| Healthy Kids Check Recall Letter - Medical Director Template |
RTF (7KB) |
Useful Links:
- The Health Kids Check website http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/Healthy_Kids_Check
- Get Set 4 Life Guide – translations now available
The Get Set 4 Life – Habits for Healthy Kids Guide (the Guide) provided at the time of the Healthy Kids Check (MBS Items 709 and 711), has now been translated into six community languages: Arabic; Traditional Chinese; Greek; Italian; Spanish; and Vietnamese. General Practitioners and practice nurses can access copies of the translated versions of the Guide:
By ordering from National Mailing and Marketing; email: health@nationalmailing.com.au or telephone: 02 6269 1000; or by downloading from: www.health.gov.au/epc.
Division Contact:
For further information please contact Gillian Minto (Program Officer - Immunisation) or Laura Denegris (Program Officer - Practice Support) at the Division. You can also visit the following website for more resources http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/Healthy_Kids_Check
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