Children's Health Package

This content package for parents, compiled by the editors of Harvard Health Publications, contains over 300,000 words and focuses on child health and wellness from the infant year to adolescence.

"A PARENT'S LIFE" COMMENTARIES

• Prevent Accidental Poisonings!
• How Safe Is Your School?
• Do Your Kids Have the Holiday 'Gimmes'?
• Guard Your Child against Accidental Injuries
• Monitoring Media, On-Screen and Online
• Don't Dismiss Dairy!
• Watch Out for Rabies -- It Could Happen to You!
• Preventing Teen Pregnancy
• Is Your Child Getting Enough Sleep?
• Parents, How Much Do You Know About Inhalants?
• Take Care of Your Child's Oral Health
• Car-Seat Safety
• Radon: What Do You Need to Know?
• All About Breastfeeding
• Fighting Childhood Obesity
• Drinking and Driving: Keep Your Teens Safe
• Talk To Your Child About Tobacco
• Protecting Your Kids from Colds and Flu
• Watch Out For Whooping Cough (aka Pertussis)
• Avoiding Heat-Related Illness
• Type 2 Diabetes in Children: A Growing Problem
• Jaundice in Newborns: Common but Potentially Serious
• How to Talk To Your Kids About Drugs
• Treating Earaches in Children
• Keep Your Child Safe around Pets in the Home or Classroom
• 'Body Art' and Your Teen
• Ensuring Happy Campers
• Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Bronchiolitis and Colds
• The Importance of Reading to Your Child
• Child Abuse Prevention
• 2004 Update on Childhood Immunizations
• Growing Pains
• Circumspection for Circumcision
• Debating the Use of Growth Hormone in Healthy but Short Children
• Healthy Eating, Healthy Kids

"SAFETY TIPS FOR PARENTS" COMMENTARIES

• Back-to-School Safety Tips
• Fall Safety
• Holiday Safety Tips
• July Fourth Safety Tips
• Spring Safety for Your Kids
• Summer Safety
• Tips for a Safe Halloween
• Tips for Parents for a Happy, Health New Year
• Winter Safety Tips for Kids

PEDIATRIC SYMPTOMS AND CONDITIONS

• Allergic Rhinitis
• Asthma
• Bronchiolitis
• Colds (Upper Respiratory Infection)
• Conjunctivitis
• Croup
• Gastroenteritis
• Iron Deficiency (Anemia)
• New Guidelines for Managing Ear Infections in Children
• Otitis Media
• Pneumonia
• Sinusitis
• Strep Throat
• Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)

ASK THE EXPERTS

• My daughter will be 1 year old soon. She does not know how to crawl yet. She also does not know how to stand holding on very well. Should I be concerned?
• My 5-year-old son has high cholesterol (220). As I modify his diet I am concerned about him not getting enough fat. Is there a minimum amount of fat needed in the diet for kids his age? I know in the earlier years it was necessary as part of the brain development. Does this still hold true at age five?
• Can acetaminophen and ibuprofen be given together to pediatric patients to reduce fever?
• What are the regulations on providing emergency contraception to minors?

CHILD WELLNESS GUIDE

• The Infants Year (Prenatal – 9 Months)
• The Early Years (12 Months – 4 Years)
• The Middle Years (5 Years – 10 Years)
• The Adolescent Years (11 Years – 21 Years)

INTERACTIVE TOOLS

• Baby's Growth Timeline
• Child Development Timeline
• Childproofing Your Home

PEDIATRIC HOW-TO SLIDE SHOWS

• How to hold your baby
• How to breast feed your baby
• How to bottle feed your baby
• How to burp your baby
• How to sponge bathe your baby
• How to tub bathe your baby

QUIZZES

• Back-to-School
• Childhood Obesity
• Newborn
• Teenage Smoking