A-Z of healthy living

This is your eighth key age and stage visit with a maternal and child health nurse in your local area. Maternal and child health nurses work in partnership with families to care for babies and young children until they start school. The service is free for all Victorian families.

When your child turns two, it is time for their second from last key age and stage appointment with your maternal and child health nurse.

Your local Maternal and Child Health (MCH) service will be a great source of support after your baby is born.

When your child turns three-and-a-half, it is time for their final key age and stage appointment with your maternal and child health nurse.

Immunisation is the best protection against measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (chickenpox).

Meat and poultry are a great source of protein and lots of other nutrients your body needs. Check your recommended intake of meat and poultry and try to stick with it.

People may choose to travel overseas to seek medical or surgical treatment that is unavailable in their home country. This is called medical tourism, and it's a booming industry worldwide. People thinking about medical tourism should carefully consider the risks, their legal options if something goes wrong, and what their insurance covers.

Sexuality is not about whom we have sex with, or how often we have it. Sexuality is about our sexual feelings, thoughts, attractions and behaviours towards other people. We can find other people physically, sexually or emotionally attractive, and all those things are a part of our sexuality.

Meningococcal group vaccines provide good protection against meningococcal group diseases.

Menopause, the final menstrual period, is a natural event that marks the end of a woman's reproductive years.