Overview
Support through this program includes:
- help accessing services, e.g. breastfeeding support and paediatrics
- support for families whose babies have been admitted to special care nursery or neonatal intensive care unit
- attending your postnatal home visits with a nurse
- advising on healthy child development, e.g. breastfeeding and immunisations
- linking you with local Aboriginal organisations and additional government supports
- helping you through difficult situations, e.g. those involved with DHHS Child Protection.
We also help you connect with Maternal and Child Health Services at the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service or through mainstream community health services and local councils
You can access this service by talking to those providing your care at MHW or by contacting us directly on 03 8458 4398.
Nangnak Wan Myeek means “Nurture, Care, Look after me and Mine”. This name was chosen by Wurundjeri Elder Aunty Joy Murphy Wandin in the Woirwurrung language of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation, whose traditional land MHW is located.
Getting here
Find us at:
Location details
Level 3.
How can people get access?
Referrals to the Nangnak Wan Myeek program are made internally within the hospital, through the Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officers.
Opening hours
Monday to Friday, 8.30am–5pm.
Your appointment
More information
Team Composition
Throughout your experience in the program, you will be supported by the Aboriginal Postnatal Engagement Officer.
For health professionals
We support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and their families after the birth of a baby. The program is based at Mercy Hospital for Women (MHW).
Procedural information
Referrals to the Nangnak Wan Myeek program are made internally within the hospital through the Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officers.
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