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The Cities of Joondalup and Wanneroo passed letters of support for ORIGINS at their June 2014 council meetings. ORIGINS staff attend regular meetings conducted by the Community Development officers of the Wanneroo Council. This provides access to a large network of community-based service groups e.g. Ngala, Child Parenting Centre staff, Playgroup WA, etc. |
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beyondblue provides information and support to help everyone in Australia achieve their best possible mental health, whatever their age and wherever they live. |
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Families new to Perth and new to parenting can find friends, something to do or somewhere to go. |
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Child and Parent Centres are being set up by the State Government on or near public schools to support families as they lay the foundations for their children's development and learning. |
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Fertility North is a state of the art fertility clinic located at Joondalup Private Hospital in Perth, Western Australia. As the only fertility clinic in the northern suburbs of Perth, Fertility North is a refreshing alternative to the crowded city clinics. We pride ourselves on providing patients with an individual, personalised treatment and a high level of patient care. |
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FIFO Families aim to assist transient and long distance commute workers and their partner/families to build strong relationships, to grow local connected communities and to help them navigate a successful working away lifestyle. |
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The WA Department of Health promotes healthy living on their Healthy WA website.They provide lots of information about having a baby, including what to consider before becoming pregnant, pregnancy and birth and after your baby is born. |
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Ngala are providing strong support for ORIGINS. Several joint grant proposals have been submitted to enable the provision of support services to new fathers attending antenatal classes at the Joondalup Health Campus. The ORIGINS' midwife is coordinating the addition of workshops for fathers. |
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Playgroups are a great way for your children to interact with other children in a fun and safe environment, while giving you the opportunity to interact with other parents. |
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Raising Children Network is the complete parenting resource for all stages, from pregnancy to newborns to teens, offering research-based content on hundreds of topics for children and grown-ups. |
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Ruah Community Services is a not-for-profit community service organisation. It provides a diverse range of services and programs to disadvantaged members of the community. |
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Information about your child's immunisation schedule. |
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Womens Health & Family Services Womens Health & Family Services staff specialise in women's health issues, providing medical, counselling, drug and alcohol support, domestic violence, mental health and other health services for women and their families. |
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UWA School of Population Health - Community and Consumer Participation Helping to support the inclusion of consumers and community in health reasearch policy and practice |
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Gymbaroos are parent/child educational, fun, learning centres specializing in the natural physiological development of babies 6 weeks to 5 year olds. |
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Origins: Early-life solutions to the modern health crisis by Dr Susan Prescott
The field of epigenetics is revolutionising our understanding of how environment shapes our genes. Dr Susan Prescott, a leading childhood immunologist, shows how the application of epigenetics through Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) is changing scientific research and public health.
A poor start to life is associated with an increased risk of disorders throughout life, including cardiovascular disease, obesity, type 2 diabetes and metabolic disturbances, osteoporosis, chronic obstructive lung disease, some forms of cancer and some mental illnesses. The environment in which early life develops - at conception, and/or during fetal life, infancy and early childhood - induces changes in development that have a long term impact on later health and disease risk. Parental lifestyle and diet, smoking, obesity and exposure to endocrine disruptor chemicals and toxins, have all been shown to modulate disease risk. The effects of such exposures are often graded and subtle - they do not simply disrupt development or induce disease themselves - but can affect how rapidly disease develops in an individual. However, timely interventions may reduce such risk in individuals and also limit its transmission to the next generation.
DOHaD has significant implications for many societies and for global health policy. In Origins, Dr Prescott explains the research and shows how a focus on early life in health promotion, the exchange of knowledge between policymakers, clinical and basic scientists and the wider public, and education and training, will build capacity to assist a healthy start to life across populations.
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