Healthy Under 5 Kids

The Healthy Under 5 Kids dataset supports the Healthy Under 5 Kids Partnering with Families Program (2019), Northern Territory Government, Department of Health (DoH) initiative.

This program incorporates a series of age-specific child health checks which include growth assessment and the childhood vaccination schedule. AMSANT and DoH have jointly worked to make this program available through the Communicare system. For information relating to data and electronic health record system functionality, contact AMSANT. For queries relating to the Healthy Under 5 Kids program, contact NT DoH, Child & Youth Health Strategy Unit.

The Healthy Under 5 Kids dataset comprises the following items:
  • Clinical items:
    • Check up;Healthy Kids Check
    • Check up;HU5K child health check 4 wks
    • Check up;HU5K child health check 8 wks
    • Check up;HU5K child health check 4 mths
    • Check up;HU5K child health check 6 mths
    • Check up;HU5K child health check 9 mths
    • Check up;HU5K child health check 12 mths
    • Check up;HU5K child health check 18 mths
    • Check up;HU5K child health check 2 yrs
    • Check up;HU5K child health check 2.5 yrs
    • Check up;HU5K child health check 3 yrs
    • Check up;HU5K child health check 3.5 yrs
    • Check up;HU5K child health check 4 yrs
    • Check up;HU5K child health check 4.5 yrs
    • Check up;HU5K;Child Hx & Risk Assessment
    • Check up;HU5K;First Assessment
  • Reports:
    • Recalls > Healthy Under 5s Checks for patients with a recall due or overdue
Tip: After the Healthy Under 5 Kids dataset is enabled, your Communicare Administrator must manually enable the clinical items in File > Reference Tables > Clinical Item Types before clinicians can use them.

The HU5K clinical items are assigned the Healthy Ki keyword which clinicians can use to find the HU5K clinical items in the Clinical Terms Browser.