Kids Health is the health promotion unit of The Children's Hospital at Westmead. We strive to keep children fit, happy, healthy, safe and out of hospital. Our team works to achieve these aims through health and safety promotion, information provision and education.
The unit consists of our health promotion staff, the Hospital's bookshop and a lending library. We are located on Level 2 (street level), off the galleria (main walkway), opposite The Parent and Carer Resource Centre. You can visit us without appointment between 9.00am and 4.00pm from Monday to Friday (except Public Holidays).
Phone: (02) 9845 3585
Fax: (02) 9845 3562
Email: kidsh@chw.edu.au
Bookshop
Our specialist bookshop contains a wide range of publications, reviewed by our hospital experts. More >>
Health Promotion
Health promotion is defined as the process of enabling people to increase control over the determinants of health and thereby improve their health. To reach a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being an individual or group must be able to identify and realise aspirations, to satisfy needs and to change or cope with the environment.
Nutbeam, D (1986) Health Promotion Glossary. Health Promotion vol 1 No 1 Oxford University Press.
Health, is therefore, more than the absence of disease. It is a positive concept that emphasises physical, mental and social well being.
For more information, please visit the following sites:
Health Promotion Projects
Breastfeeding and Infant Nutrition
Good nutrition is a key component of obesity prevention in childhood. By providing your child with good nutrition from birth, you can give them the best start to life. More >>
Bringing Out the Best in Your Baby
A must for parents and caregivers of children from birth to 12 months of age.This resource has been produced to help support new parents in caring for babies during the first year of life. More >>
Burns Prevention
Visit our interactive virtual home to search for the potential burn dangers in everyday life. More >>
Childhood Obesity
With approximately one in four children in New South Wales now overweight or obese, it is important that parents know how to prevent their children from becoming overweight or obese. More >>
Crying Baby
This film was produced to provide information to parents, carers and professionals about responding to a crying baby. Its goal is to ensure that all those involved with babies understand the importance of not shaking a baby, ever. It provides suggestions and strategies for responding to these stressors. More >>
disAbility
Information for families, friends and professionals on disability. More >>
Fact sheets
View more than 200 fact sheets on child health and safety. More >>
Oral Health for Children
Dental caries is the single most common chronic disease of childhood. More >>
Poison Safety
In New South Wales, every year thousands of children need medical care for poisoning from products commonly found in and around the home. Kids Health have developed a number of poison safety resources for parents and carers and also for child-care centres. More >>
Preparing your child for a hospital stay
A hospital visit or stay may be quite overwhelming for your child. There are a number of ways in which you can help make the experience less daunting. More >>
Smoking Kills Fun
As part of World No Tobacco Day 2008, adolescent patients at The Children's Hospital at Westmead created a short stopmotion clip regarding the negativity of smoking. More >>
Spinal health and young people: an introduction
Spinal pain is a major health problem in our society. More >>
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