Growing healthy families
Getting mums and bubs off to a good start is essential in promoting good health throughout a child’s life. Healthy mums have healthy babies, and with the right support from Apunipima, healthy babies grow into healthy kids. By visiting the Apunipima clinic regularly through pregnancy, and taking advantage of the support of our Baby One Program, families are taking the first step forward to giving their new baby a healthy start to life.
Key Services
Child, Maternal Health Services available:
- Baby One Program (BOP)
- Child Health Checks
- Immunisations
- Family Planning
- Postnatal Care (after bub is born)
- Women’s health checks
- Social and Emotional Wellbeing
Baby One Program
The Baby One Program is delivered by Apunipima Health Workers through a series of clinic and home visits from pregnancy, and through the first 1000 days of a child’s life. The program supports women and families on this journey, and aims to improve the overall health and wellbeing of families in the Cape.
What to expect from a Baby One family visit:
- Yarning on topics to help grow bubbas up strong
- Health activities to play
- Health information to learn from
- Baby baskets with useful items during pregnancy and as bubba grows.
A plan based around the strengths of Cape York Families
The Apunipima Maternal, Child Health strategy acknowledges the strengths of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families and aims to capitalise on those strengths in improving the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples living in Cape York communities through early intervention and ensuring the best start in life.
It guides the delivery of optimal clinical care, while retaining a focus on prevention and early intervention to reduce risk factors for chronic diseases and build protective factors to support optimal child health, growth and development.
Apunipima’s approach is family centred, offering home visiting and school-based support. The Apunipima Model of Care focuses on partnerships and collaboration between service providers and families to enhance quality of care, access to health services, and client satisfaction while reducing fragmentation of services.
Find out more about our clinical services
Contact Us
To enquire about access to Baby One or any of our Child, Maternal and Family health services, contact your Apunipima Clinic.
