by Editorial Team | May 3, 2024 | News
INFANT has been endorsed as a recommended evidence-based program by the US National Cancer Institute (NCI). As the leading federal agency for cancer research in the United States, the NCI focuses on the scale up of proven health lifestyle programs. This commitment...
by tpenny | Apr 16, 2024 | News
The latest recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO) that non breastfed infants aged 6–11 months can be fed either formula or animal milk has created a stir. The apparent contradiction between the recommendations and the current Australian Infant...
by Editorial Team | Feb 29, 2024 | News
New resources encouraging healthy eating and active play from the start of life have been developed for culturally and linguistically diverse families in Melbourne’s west. The Western Public Health Unit (WPHU) has partnered with Deakin University’s Institute for...
by Editorial Team | Nov 17, 2023 | News
INFANT has been identified in a US Centre for Disease Control-funded review as the strongest international model for wide-spread implementation of a community complementary feeding intervention. The review titled ‘Complementary Feeding Interventions for Infants and...
by Editorial Team | Aug 18, 2023 | News
INFANT’s contributions to enhancing positive health behaviours in early childhood have been recognised by two awards from the Deakin University Faculty of Health Partnerships in Practice. INFANT received two awards at the inaugural Deakin Faculty of Health...
by Editorial Team | Mar 10, 2023 | News
Characterised by its growth corridors and very high birth numbers, WPHU is home to many families with young children, from diverse cultural backgrounds. To support our population, WPHU has taken the evidence based INFANT program and in collaboration with Deakin...
