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Support For Families At Local Health Hub
Story: Alyssa Mackay
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Photo: Bruce Redman
Published On : Oct 22, 2021
Redcliffe families with young children have been finding support and guidance at a free local health and wellbeing hub.
The hub, at Hercules Road State School in Kippa-Ring, is an initiative of eight Peninsula primary schools.
Health and wellbeing hub project officer Gayle Wetzel Fitzgerald said the hub offered specialist support services to improve educational outcomes for students.
It started as a way to identify health and developmental needs before young kids start school,ť Gayle said. So you are starting that process of identifying any issues around things like speech a bit earlier, to make the journey a bit easier once they get to school.ť
The hub is open from 8.30am to 12pm every Wednesday and welcomes all young families on the Peninsula as drop-ins or by appointment.
Some people don't like going to a doctor's surgery, but being in a familiar environment they find it more relaxing to come to the hub and have a chat, and we can lead them on the correct pathway,ť Gayle said.
The hub has been running with the health nurses for the last 12 months and now we have got the health nurse once a fortnight, the early intervention clinic, and the GP who will be seeing people purely for the developmental side of things.ť
A health nurse is on-site to support families with children aged between birth and six years old who want to discuss concerns with breastfeeding, nutrition, normal growth and development, sleep problems, and hard to settle babies.
Families with children under the age of eight can access the early intervention clinic to receive guidance in relation to the parent-child relationship, understanding and responding to challenging behaviour, adjusting to parenthood and postnatal depression, coping with anxiety and stress, and parenting confidence.
Gayle said she hoped the hub would receive ongoing funding so it could continue to provide services to the Redcliffe community.
By the end of the year the funding might run out, which is unfortunate because we have gotten it this far and we would love to see it continue, as it is an invaluable service,ť she said.
For more information go to @Healthandwellbeinghub01 on Facebook or email healthhub@herculesroadss.eq.edu.au to make an appointment.
Health and Wellbeing Hub
Every Wednesday, 8.30am-12pm
Hercules Road State School
Hercules Road, Kippa-Ring
The hub, at Hercules Road State School in Kippa-Ring, is an initiative of eight Peninsula primary schools.
Health and wellbeing hub project officer Gayle Wetzel Fitzgerald said the hub offered specialist support services to improve educational outcomes for students.
It started as a way to identify health and developmental needs before young kids start school,ť Gayle said. So you are starting that process of identifying any issues around things like speech a bit earlier, to make the journey a bit easier once they get to school.ť
The hub is open from 8.30am to 12pm every Wednesday and welcomes all young families on the Peninsula as drop-ins or by appointment.
Some people don't like going to a doctor's surgery, but being in a familiar environment they find it more relaxing to come to the hub and have a chat, and we can lead them on the correct pathway,ť Gayle said.
The hub has been running with the health nurses for the last 12 months and now we have got the health nurse once a fortnight, the early intervention clinic, and the GP who will be seeing people purely for the developmental side of things.ť
A health nurse is on-site to support families with children aged between birth and six years old who want to discuss concerns with breastfeeding, nutrition, normal growth and development, sleep problems, and hard to settle babies.
Families with children under the age of eight can access the early intervention clinic to receive guidance in relation to the parent-child relationship, understanding and responding to challenging behaviour, adjusting to parenthood and postnatal depression, coping with anxiety and stress, and parenting confidence.
Gayle said she hoped the hub would receive ongoing funding so it could continue to provide services to the Redcliffe community.
By the end of the year the funding might run out, which is unfortunate because we have gotten it this far and we would love to see it continue, as it is an invaluable service,ť she said.
For more information go to @Healthandwellbeinghub01 on Facebook or email healthhub@herculesroadss.eq.edu.au to make an appointment.
Health and Wellbeing Hub
Every Wednesday, 8.30am-12pm
Hercules Road State School
Hercules Road, Kippa-Ring
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