(Left to right) Dr Elisabeth Murphy, Amy Robertson, Nicole Tate and Paul Klarenaar
Pressing ‘play’ on new healthy kids videos NSLHD’s Population Health Promotion team officially recently launched a new video series.
“In fact, we now include a video in each of our newsletters to help parents and carers also support their kids development.” Early Years Program Manager, Nicole Tate, was excited to see the resources now being used with such a positive response to them. “Although just officially launched, the videos have actually been available for about two months, attracting around 2500 website visitors and 300 educators completing the accompanying professional development,” Nicole said. “We’ve also had a great response to the accompanying professional development package with 300 educators completing a course.” The free videos cover a wide range of topics to support Early Childhood Educators, and families, including breastfeeding, healthy eating and physical activity. Watch all the Small Bites for Big Steps videos at: https:// nshp.com.au/SmallBitesForBigSteps Researchers say there’s also a misconception that low back pain mostly affects adults of working age. This study shows that most low back pain cases affect older people, and more women than men. Kolling Institute researcher and lead author Professor Manuela Ferreira said the analysis paints a picture of growing low back pain cases globally, putting enormous pressure on our healthcare system. “We need to establish a national, consistent approach to managing low back pain that is informed by research,” she said. “Currently, how we have been responding to back pain has been reactive. Australia is a global leader in back pain research, so we can be proactive and lead by example on back pain prevention.”
The Small Bites for Big Steps videos were launched at Artarmon Kids Cottage with help from Dr Elisabeth Murphy, Senior Clinical Advisor for Child and Family Health, NSW Ministry of Health. Elisabeth set the scene by giving a fascinating overview of the importance of the First 2000 days of a child’s life and praised the videos for promoting early childhood development and the way they are delivered. Joining in the celebrations was Amy Robertson from Little Zaks Academy Hornsby, whose centre and educators star in the videos and helped make them such a success. “Our team finds the videos to be a fantastic resource for our own education, as well as for inclusion in our newsletters for families,” Amy said. Back pain cases to rise sharply A new study by researchers at the Kolling Institute estimates more than 800 million people will be living with low back pain by 2050, a 36 percent increase from 2020. The prediction follows an analysis of 30 years of global health data from over 200 countries. Modelling shows the number of back pain cases globally will rise to 843 million people by 2050, while in Australia, it’s expected there will be a 50 percent increase. The biggest jump is likely to be seen in Asia and Africa. Researchers are concerned the trend will only get worse with an inconsistent approach to back pain treatment. They say many commonly recommended treatments have been found to be ineffective, including some surgeries and opioids.
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