Pediatric Resources

[Adolescence] [Allergies and Asthma] [Assessment] [Cardiac Disease] [Critical Care] [Diabetes] [Infections/Immunization] [Mental Health] [Mental Retardation/Special Needs] [Neurological Disorders] [Normal Growth and Development/Parenting] [Organizations]

Children's Health Fund - Nonprofit organization; website includes "Healthy B.A.S.I.C.S", an effort to provide health education  brochures, lesson plans, and parent’s guide suitable for children and families of all backgrounds.

Adolescence

• CDC's Adolescent and School Health page

Allergies and Asthma

• Allergy and Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics - Nonprofit family organization

• Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology Online - Site maintained by the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology for families

• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology - Organization of allergists

• Global Initiative for Asthma - Federal effort from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; check out the guidelines for families and professionals

• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Information, latest research, publications on allergies and infectious disease

Assessment

• American Association of Family Practitioner's Assessment of Abnormal Growth Curves

• Growth Charts from CDC

Cardiac Disease

• Cardiovascular Assessment - From the University of Florida.  Comprehensive explanation for cardiovascular assessment of children included

Critical Care

• Pediatric Critical Care

Diabetes

• Children with Diabetes

Infections/Immunization

• Infectious Diseases In Children - From Slack, Inc., publisher of the journal by the same name. A comprehensive site that requires free registration to access editorials, a monthly case study, clinical articles, and monographs on clinical topics.

• The Vaccine Page - Up-to-date site with the latest on all vaccinations.  Check out their news page, in conjunction with Yahoo

• American Nurses Association INNpower page - Provides the most update information on childhood immunizations and emphasizes the importance of getting infants started on immunizations as recommended.

• Childhood Immunization Schedule - From the CDC

• Fact Sheets on vaccinations - From the CDC 

• Immunization Safety, from the Institute of Medicine

• Thimerosal in vaccines, from the FDA

• Thimerosal News Information on the correlation between brain damage and autism that may result from the exposure to the organic compound form of mercury contained in Thimerosal. Vaccines containing Thimerosal and current legal suits are also reviewed (Another view!)

Mental Health

• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Links, fact sheets, and practice guidelines

Mental Retardation/Special Needs

• Down Syndrome WWW Page

• Raising kids with special needs

Neurological Disorders

• Ketogenic Diet Packard Children's Hospital Stanford University Medical Center - For epilepsy

• Spina Bifida Association of America - Information, support, and preventative measures

Normal Growth and Development/Parenting

• 4 Girls' Health - 

• Assessment of Abnormal Growth Curves, by James D. Legler, M.D., and Lewis C. Rose, MD, University of Texas at San Antonio (1998)

• Children's Nutrition Research Center (CNRC)

• Crisis Intervention in Child Abuse and Neglect - From the US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect

• Kids health organization

• Lead Environmental Awareness and Detection - A non-profit Canadian organization; website is full of information about lead poisoning and neurotoxicity

• Parenting Toolbox - Interesting site with a lot of information, such as anger management, a newsletter, and "tools" for parenting

• Pediatric Nutrition Online

• Playground Safety - From the University of Northern Iowa

• Prenatal Screening and Assessment for substance abuse, from the Santa Clara County, California Child Abuse Council

• School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS) 2000 report - CDC report on the policies and programs (health education, physical education and activity, health services, mental health and social services, food service, school policy and environment, faculty and staff health promotion, and family and community involvement) nationwide, at the state, district, school, and classroom levels

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