Maternal, Child and Family Health Adelaide University

Overview

The Maternal, Child and Family Health course from Adelaide University customisable qualification offers you a choice of electives, all focusing on the health of the mother, child and family. Covering both the nursing and midwifery disciplines, you’ll study topics that integrate into your everyday practice and advance your skills into areas of clinical need.

Expand your perspective of the areas that impact family care and learn ways to address them. Understand how family health can be influenced by domestic violence, disability and chronic disease, culture and geographic location. Learn practical skills and strategies to provide care, including communication, ethical and legal requirements and more.

Fit study around your work and life with online and part-time study options. Engage in workshops and learn from your fellow nurses and midwives.

You’ll graduate with the skills to provide better, more individualised care, and the perspective to improve policies and practices for mothers, children and families

Career opportunities:

Registered nurses and midwives are the backbone of Australian healthcare. By advancing your scope of practice in the vital area of family health, you’ll meet critical gaps and work in collaboration with individuals, families and communities to make a positive impact on mothers and babies.

You could work in career roles such as:

• Child and family health nurse
• School health nurse
• Case coordinator
• Clinical nurse specialist
• Health promotion nurse
• Community health nurse
• Nurse research assistant.

You may find yourself working in hospitals as a lactation consultant, helping women and their babies develop healthier bonds. You could advocate for children in the school system and work with their families to meet their needs using multiple methods, including medication. Or perhaps you’ll work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities on country to provide culturally safe care during a vulnerable and rewarding time of a pregnant person’s life.