Well child tamariki ora practitioner handbook

Well Child/Tamariki Ora National Schedule 2013. Retrieved from health.govt.nz; Ministry of Health. (2013a). Well Child / Tamariki Ora Programme Practitioner Handbook: Supporting families and whānau to promote their child's health and development - Revised 2014. Wellington: Ministry of Health. Ministry of Health. (2014). (2014), available at health.govt.nz/publication/well-child-tamariki-ora-programme-practitioner-handbook-2013. Outcomes and performance criteria Outcome 1 Prepare for vision and hearing screening for tamariki/children in a health or wellbeing setting. Range screening types include - audiometry, tympanometry, vision. Performance criteria The Well Child Tamariki Ora (WCTO) programme provides health and development checks to all children from birth to five years of age. It also includes the B4 School Checks and key touchpoints with whānau. If issues are identified, additional support can be provided through referrals to primary or secondary health care or broader social services. Amendments: updated terminology and content to reflect linkages and service provision aligned with Well Child / Tamariki Ora and other health and education services and incorporates elements from the School Based Health Services Crown Funding Agreement variation. Updated reporting template. June 2011 All children born in New Zealand should have an eye check as part of their neonatal assessment, with details outlined in the Well Child / Tamariki Ora Programme Practitioner Handbook. 22. In children where visual behaviour or development is abnormal, or in the presence of nystagmus, referral for a comprehensive eye examination is required. 2 Strengthen strategic alliances and interagency networks to promote Well Child/Tamariki Ora services Encourage linkages between personal and public health services to deliver seamless Well Child/Tamariki Ora services. Liaise with Well Child/Tamariki Ora providers, including general practitioners and practice nurses, to ensure comprehensive in the Well Child - Tamariki Ora national schedule and the Well Child - Tamariki Ora national schedule handbook, Section 5. 2.3 The described interventions are consistent with the practitioner competencies for a Well Child worker within a Well Child service provider team. Range practitioner competencies - as outlined in the Well Child - Plunket Professional Development and Recognition Programme (PDRP) Handbook 2015 - 2017. Well Child - Tamariki Ora Nurses Together, the best start for every child Mā te mahi ngātahi, e puāwai ai ā tātou tamariki Royal New Zealand Plunket Society, Inc 2015 Nicola Mary Turner is a New Zealand public health advocate who is an honorary Professor at the University of Auckland and Director of the Immunisation Advisory Centre, an organisation that advises the New Zealand medical profession and the New Zealand Government.She has contributed to advisory committees for the New Zealand Ministry of Health, is a spokesperson for the Child Poverty Action Family health and wellbeing Will be required to discuss maternal and parent-child interaction and bonding, mental health and parenting. WCTO practitioners should refer to relevant topics in the Practitioner Handbook (Ministry of Health, 2013b) including: Perinatal mental health. Infant and preschool mental health and attachment. Review of Tier Two Well Child Services service specifications (2003) Amendments: updat