Healthy Kids Project ECHO series - session 3

Posted Thursday 26 December 2024 | Health and Wellbeing Queensland

This five-part free series, from Thursday 23 May to 20 June 2024, aims to deliver health professionals the knowledge and tools to increase their skills and confidence in raising the topic of weight with children and their families. It also provides resources and effective ways to support children and families to build better health and lifestyle habits together.    

Nutrition considerations and practical solutions when supporting children with higher weights

• Awareness of current national healthy eating guidelines for children.
• Identify common eating behaviours that influence dietary quality in Australian children.
• Improve confidence in completing basic dietary assessment and utilising these assessments to make dietary goals. 
• Have awareness of nutrition resources and referral pathways available within Queensland and locally.

What is Project ECHO® and how does it work? 
Project ECHO® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) is an interactive knowledge sharing model, with a focus on peer-to-peer learning, collaborative problem solving and teaching.  Via an online platform ECHO® opens the channels for participants in rural and remote locations to evidence-based learnings and knowledge from a panel of topic experts and multi-disciplinary peers.   

Each week participants log in to a Zoom session which consists of a short presentation from a panel expert, with a question time.  A case is then presented by a participant followed by an interactive discussion led by the panel facilitator.

To download the flyer, click here.