Ruby Jane L.

Madani
BSN 1-A
Target Population: Assessment of infant / child nutrition, growth and development, within the
primary health care setting.
Statewide Child and Youth Clinical Network (SCYCN)
The assessment of young children (age 0-5) should incorporate a developmental, relational, and
biological perspective on the presenting symptoms and include data collected on interview,
observation of dyadic or triadic interactions, as well scores on validated screening tools. This
portion of the website provides more information on these considerations when assessing a
young child. This Guideline has been developed to promote and facilitate a standard approach
for assessing nutrition, growth and development within the primary health care setting, for
infants and children aged between 0-5 years. The assessment ages are in line with the child
health checks in the Personal Health Record. This Guideline has been developed for use by all
Queensland Health Child Health Nurses, Registered Nurses, Midwives, Youth Health Nurses,
and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers, working within the Primary Health
Care setting. Child and Youth Health Practice Manual for Child and Youth Health Nurses and
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Health Workers. Prior to assessing an infant / child’s
nutrition, growth and development review all available infant / child and maternal documentation
i.e. medical record, referral. Knowledge of normal infant / child development facilitates
performing a developmental assessment. Appendix 1 provides a brief overview of
developmental domains and milestones in line with the well child health check ages, and
appendix 2 provides further developmental assessment information and resources. When
performing a developmental assessment use the developmental assessment screening tool that
is utilized in your health service, document developmental assessment findings, and follow
referral and review guidelines recommended by the developmental assessment screening tool
being used. Current versions of the developmental assessment tool used by the Children’s
Health Service (Central) are available from. Elicit parental concerns regarding infant / child’s
nutrition, growth and development, and discuss concerns identified utilizing a partnership
approach – the Family Partnership Model can be used to explore parental / career challenges.
Refer to reference [4] for further explanation of the Family Partnership Model. Typical
development is defined by the attainment of specific physical, cognitive, linguistic, social-
emotional, and behavioral milestones that are influenced by historical, cultural, genetic and
environmental factors. Developmental theory has historically embraced both the theories of
continuous (slow, gradual) developmental changes and discontinuous (step-wise, and with
periods of rapid growth) progression over time, while highlighting the presence of both critical
and sensitive periods. A critical period is a discrete time period during which a specific function
develops making it difficult or even impossible to develop these functions later in life. For
example, the first five years of life are considered a particularly critical period for language
acquisition. On the other hand, a sensitive period describes a time when it is easiest for children
to acquire certain skills, but the onset/offset of the period is more gradual, and acquisition is not
impossible following this timeframe. An example of this is that very young children readily
acquire second languages when exposed. However, these same languages can certainly be
learned later in life. http://qheps.health.qld.gov.au/rch/CCHS/cchsforms.htm
Ruby Jane L. Madani
BSN 1-A

SMART GOAL FOR HEALTHY CONCIOUS

S (Abuse usually means buy using alcohol and using drugs.)
M (Avoid drinking alcohol and using drugs.)
A (Do and follow an orientation about health education.)
R (Quit drinking alcohol and using drugs.)
T (Exercise about 20-30 minutes like jogging and walking.)
TARGET POPULATION: (Baranggay M15 ages from 20-50.)