Clinician's Guide to the First 2000 Days
The first 2000 days, from preconception to when a child starts school presents a critical window to establish healthy behaviours in parents and children.
Health behaviours during the first 2000 days influence the risk of lifelong disease, making prevention vital to ensuring optimum health and wellbeing for both mother and baby.
Integrating prevention into clinical care requires sensitive and nuanced conversations that support parents, children and families to actively engage with their own health, and the healthcare system.
Listen to the Clinicians Guide to the First 2000 Days podcast series, to deepen your clinical knowledge, enhance your care, and better support your patients during this pivotal time.
Clinicians Guide to the First 2000 Days podcast series has been created by Health and Wellbeing Queensland for health professionals.
Clinician's Guide to the First 2000 Days
Preconception healthcare: Before the beginning
‘Before the beginning’ explores the often-overlooked phase of preconception — the period before pregnancy. This episode explores how health and environmental factors can influence reproductive health and how healthcare professionals can support parents-to-be to optimise their wellbeing long before trying to conceive.
In this episode, Dr Sam Manger speaks to Dr Terri-Lynne South and Dr Shelley Wilkinson.
Dr Shelley Wilkinson is an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian with a PhD in Psychology. She is currently working with the Mater Mothers Hospital in Brisbane to create an evidence-informed, co-creation approach to the delivery of care within Obstetric Medicine. Dr Shelley Wilkinson is also the Director and Principal Dietitian of Lifestyle Maternity, a specialised dietetic practice focused on providing nutrition and lifestyle support for women throughout their fertility journey, pregnancy, and the first year postpartum.
Terri-Lynne is both a Medical Doctor (GP) and an Accredited Practicing Dietitian with a specific interest in obesity management and health conditions associated with a higher BMI.
Terri-Lynne is the medical director of a community-based multi-disciplinary health centre that focuses on holistic management of any health condition associated with a higher BMI.
She is the current chair of the RACGP (Royal Australian College of General Practice) Specific Interest Group in Obesity Management and a a member of several national organisations that promote multi-dimensional advocacy for people living with obesity.