Books
- Child Health Guide (US Dept of Public Health)
Lists
- Diabetes - Children
- Diabetes - Food for Children with Diabetes
- KidSource
Search this directory for information about common children's health related issues.
- Organizations Providing Case Management Services (Center for Healthcare Information)
Provides a list of agencies by state, county, area code, keyword, and zip code. Try specifying state alone first. 11-99
- Pediatric Dentist Finder (American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry)
Search the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry for a pediatric dentist anywhere in the US. 1-04
Papers
- -How to Enable Children to Grow Up Drug-Free (US Department of Education)
- ADD, ADHD (About.com - Bailey)
Provides information about diagnosis and starting a support group. Also provides experiences of persons with ADD. 21101
- Asthma (About.com - Rhoades)
Provides news, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention information. 3-01
- Asthma and School (National Heart. Blood, and Lung Institute)
Provides a questionnaire to help schools prevent asthma related problems or emergencies in children. 11-99
- Back Pain In Children (applesforhealth)
Persistent back pain in children should be carefully checked because it often is the symptom of a serious injury or disease. 12-03-99.
- Bedwetting
- Childhood Diseases and Afflictions 1 (Centers for Disease Control)
Provides information on common childhood diseases and afflictions. 1-04
- Childhood Diseases, Injuries, Afflictions, and Safety 2 (Centers for Disease Control)
Provides information on common childhood diseases, injuries, afflictions, and safety. 1-04
- Children and Tobacco
- Children's Health Archives (applesforhealth)
Apples For Health Children's Health Archives. 1-04
- Children's Health Articles (Kid Source)
Provides articles related to health, education, prevention and safety.
- Diabetes - Food Tips You Might Not Know For Children with Diabetes
- Diseases and Conditions of Children (Virtual Hospital)
Provides information alphabetically, by disease or condition. 2-00
- Ear Infections (KidsHealth.org)
Provides a full explanation and a drawing to explain the nature, cause, cure, and prevention of acute otitis media (earache). An ache in the ear is estimated to occur in two out of three children during childhood and may need to be treated quickly to prevent hearing loss. 1-04
- Ear Infections - A Cure (applesforhealth.com)
Describes a study in which children were twice as likely to get rid of ear infections (otitis media) through the use of helpful bacteria instead of antibiotics. Doctors are concerned about the use of antibiotics because antibiotics can reduce the body's immune system, while the use of the helpful bacteria helps the immune system. 2-01
- Earaches or Infections (Health World)
"Your child’s doctor should treat very bad ear pain. He or she may tell you to give your child acetaminophen. The doctor may give your child antibiotics if they have an infection. The doctor may also have you give your child other medicines to dry up or clear a blocked ear."
"You can use self-care on your child if the pain isn’t bad, and if they don’t have any other symptoms." 1-04
- Factsheets on Preventable and Treatable Conditions Globally (World Health Organization)
Provides factsheets on some of the most disabling medical conditions globally. Many are also preventable or treatable with minimal costs. 3-01
- Handling Some Common Medical Problems for Children (Health World)
- Healthy Children Guide (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Provides information on childhood diseases and conditions. Includes fact sheets on some of the most common childhood problems, such as Asthma, Baby Bottle Tooth Decay and Oral Health, Bacterial Meningitis, Campylobacter, Chickenpox, Cold Sores, Common Cold, Cryptosporidium, Cytomegalovirus, Diarrheal Diseases, Diphtheria, Earache (Otitis Media), E. coli, Fifth Disease, Foodborne Illnesses, Giardiasis, Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Coxsackie A), Head Lice, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infections, Impetigo, Infectious Mononucleosis, Influenza, Measles, Mumps, Pertussis, Pinkeye (Conjunctivitis), Pinworms, Polio, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Ringworm, Roseola, Rotavirus Diarrhea, Rubella, Salmonella, Scabies, Shigellosis, Strep Throat and Scarlet Fever, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), Tetanus, Tuberculosis, and Yeast Infections (Thrush) 5-00
- Hookworm (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Provides a factsheet for families. For prevention of infection, "Do not walk barefoot or contact the soil with bare hands in areas where hookworm is common or there is likely to be feces in the soil or sand." Visitors sometimes misspell as hook worm. 6-01
- Immunization Guide (CDC)
Provides a guide to immunizations, including a guide to different shots and a schedule for immunizations. 1-04
- Immunization Recommendations for Babies (Immunization Action Coalition)
Provides recommendations for vaccinations. 10-00.
- Immunizations Recommended for Children and Teens (Immunization Action Coalition)
Provides a chart of recommended vaccinations by age. 5-00.
- Infections - Childhood Infections (Nemours Foundation - KidsHealth.org)
Provides full explanations and drawings to explain the nature, cause, cure, and prevention of over fifty childhood diseases, including chicken pox, colds, flu (influenza), croup, measles, hepatitis, head lice, Lyme Disease, meningitis, mononucleosis, mumps, pinworm, pneumonia, ringworm, scabies, sinusitis, staph (staphylococcus aureus), strep throat, tonsillitis, warts and whooping cough (pertussis). 2-00
- Lice (Centers for Disease Control and Preventionr)
Provides a factsheet on head lice, including treatment. 6-01
- Measles Risk High For Unvaccinated Kids (applesforhealth)
Parents who claim religious or philosophical objections and refuse to allow their children to be vaccinated dramatically increase the chance their children will contract disease. 07-09-99.
- Parasites in Humans (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Provides an alphabetical list of conditions resulting from worms or insects and provides articles on each condition, such as river blindness, trichinosis, or hookworm infection. Does not provide a picture of roundworms or other parasites. Many of the articles are for physicians, but some are for families. 6-01
- Pinworm (Centers for Disease Control and Preventionr)
Provides a factsheet on the infection. Visitors sometimes misspell as pin worm. 6-01
- Preventing Lead Poisoning of Your Children (Centers for Disease Control)
Provides information on preventing lead poisoning. 1-04
- Prevention Articles Related to Children (Kid Source)
Provides dozens of articles related to prevention for children.
- Problems With Soiling and Bowel Control
- The Child With a Long-Term Illness
- Thrush (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Provides a fact sheet for the public. "Candidiasis of the mouth and throat, also known as a "thrush" or oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC), is a fungal infection that occurs when there is overgrowth of fungus called Candida. Candida is normally found on skin or mucous membranes. However, if the environment inside the mouth or throat becomes imbalanced, Candida can multiply. When this happens, symptoms of thrush appear." 1-04
- Trichinosis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Provides a factsheet for families. For prevention of infection from the roundworm, do not eat raw or undercooked meat, especially pork products, such as ham and sausage, and wild game. 6-01
- Vaccine Prevent Kids' Pneumonia (applesforhealth)
Researchers are reporting for the first time a vaccine can effectively prevent pneumonia in children. 10-01-99.
- Worm Diseases (NIAID)
Provides a factsheet for families for pinworm, whipworm, trichinosis, hookworm, and other parasitic diseases caused by worms. 6-01
- Worm Infections (Mar Vista Animal Medical Center)
Provides a short description of precautions with pets to protect children from infection by roundwoms. Does not provide a picture. Also spelled round worms. 6-01
Projects
- AIDS and Children (GreaterGood.com)
Displays a map showing the number of children contracting AIDS each day. Provides opportunities for schools to conduct online fund raising. Also supports other projects, such as helping to combat AIDS in children globally. 7-00
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