Counties Manukau Improving Infant Nutrition Project - Public Health Community Initiatives for Maaori, Pacific & South Asian Families

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RFx ID :	4391897
Tender Name :	Counties Manukau Improving Infant Nutrition Project - Public Health Community Initiatives for Maaori, Pacific & South Asian Families
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Open Date :	Monday, 15 September 2014 10:00 AM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+12:00)
Close Date  :	Monday, 13 October 2014 10:00 AM (Pacific/Auckland UTC+13:00)
Department/Business Unit :	Planning & Funding
Tender Type :	Request for Proposals (RFP)
Tender Coverage :	Sole Agency  [?]
Categories :	85100000 - Comprehensive health services 85111600 - Non contagious disease prevention and control 85121500 - Primary care practitioners services 85121700 - Healthcare providers specialists services 85122200 - Individual health screening and assessment services 85151600 - Nutrition issues
Regions:	Auckland
Exemption Reason :	None
Required Pre-qualifications :	None
Contact :	Amy Buswell amy.buswell@middlemore.co.nz
Alternate Physical Delivery Address  :	Suz Lockett, CMDHB, Private Bag 94052, Manukau 2240, Auckland or Suz Lockett, CMDHB, Building 3, 19 Lambie Drive, Papatoetoe, Auckland
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Counties Manukau District Health Board (CMDHB) is seeking proposals for services aimed at improving infant and toddler (aged 0-2 years) nutrition, using a public health approach to achieve some or all of the following priorities:

• Increase knowledge and understanding of parents, grandmothers and other influential family members of 0-2 year olds regarding key issues, beliefs and barriers identified in the needs assessment as impacting on the nutrition and feeding practices of infants in Counties Manukau;
• Increase family support for breastfeeding and age appropriate introduction of healthy first foods by responding to the beliefs and barriers and identified in the needs assessment, and supporting families and communities to develop/figure out their own solutions to the identified barriers;
• Develop and improve practical skills in parents of 0-2 year olds and influential family members to make healthy, affordable and culturally appropriate infant foods and meals for the whole family; including preparing meal plans and shopping lists, accessing affordable and healthy food, cooking skills, and storing and freezing food; and
• Develop and/or increase access to facilitated peer support groups for parents of 0-2 year olds in Counties Manukau to promote mother-to-mother support, increase confidence in new mothers, optimize parenting skills and parent-infant attachment, and improve breastfeeding duration and the timely introduction of first foods.

This is a public health contract, for work at a population level with Counties Manukau communities.

The priority populations for this work is Maaori, Pacific and South Asian families, particularly parents, grandmothers/nans and other influential family members of infants and toddlers aged 0-2 years in the Counties Manukau DHB region.

The contract term for delivery of services in Stage 1 will be for an initial term of 12 months from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015.

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