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Health Topic Sheets |
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List
of available topics
| Note: Many of these topics
are available in brief, teen, or Spanish versions
in addition to the original parent versions. Letters
or symbols in parentheses following topics denote:
b - brief version; t or † - teen version; and
s - available in Spanish in the Spanish/English Pediatric
Advisor. A dagger (†) is used to denote topics
that are available in teen versions only (i.e., there
is no parent version). Brief versions are usually
just one page long. Teen versions are written in
second person and address specifically the concerns
of teens. |
- Abdominal pain (s, b)
- Abdominal problems
- Abrasion (s, b, t)
- Abscess (s, b)
- Abuse
- physical
- danger signals of potentially
abusive day care providers
- effects of family violence on
children
- the hidden bruises
- sexual
- book list
- danger signals of potentially
abusive
- day care providers
- general information
- parenting abused child
- protecting children (b)
- responding to
- substance
- book list
- by teenagers
- making decisions about treatment
- Accident prevention
- Acetaminophen
- dosages for fever (s)
- dosages for injury (s)
- Acne
- adolescent (s, b, t)
- newborn (s)
- Activity, decreased with illness
- Acute illness, recommended handouts
- Adolescent medicine
- Adolescents and AIDS
- Adoption
- book list
- telling children about their
adoption
- Aggressive behavior, preventing
or reducing
- AIDS and adolescents
- Air travel with a baby
- Airsickness (s, t)
- Alarms
- for bed-wetting
- for fire in the home
- Alcohol abuse
- book list
- by teenagers
- children of alcoholics
- making decisions about treatment
- Allergic reaction, severe (s)
- Allergic rhinitis (s, b, t)
- Allergies
- Alopecia (s)
- Altitude sickness
- Ampicillin
- diarrhea (s)
- rash (s)
- Anal fissure (b, t)
- Anaphylactic reaction (s)
- Anemia
- iron deficiency (s, b)
- iron in diet
- newborn
- Anger, book list
- Animal bite
- general guidelines (s)
- marine (s)
- prevention
- Animals, fear of, book list
- Anorexia nervosa
- Anterior fontanel in newborn
(s)
- Antibiotic-associated diarrhea
(s)
- Anxiety, severe, symptoms of
- Apnea of prematurity
- Appetite
- decreased during illness (s)
- slump in toddlers (s)
- Arguments, sibling
- Artificial surfactant (given
to babies with respiratory
- distress syndrome)
- Asthma
- book list
- effect of tobacco smoke
- environmental control
- general guidelines (b, t)
- illustration of narrowing of
bronchioles
- medication
- bronchodilator, inhaled
- cromolyn
- home nebulizer treatments
- metered dose inhalers (MDI)
- steroids, inhaled
- steroids, oral
- theophylline
- peak flow meter
- Athlete's foot (s, b, t)
- Attention deficit disorder (ADD)
(short attention span)
- book list
- general guidelines (s)
- Autism
- book list
- general guidelines
- Babies, preparing and caring
for
- Baby equipment
- Baby sitter
- (see also Day care)
- form for list of instructions
- guidelines
- Back carrier for baby
- Backache (s, t)
- Bacterial conjunctivitis (s,
b, t)
- Bad breath (s)
- Bath
- book list
- infants (s, b)
- Bed-sharing with parents
- Bed-wetting
- alarms
- book list
- general guidelines (s, b, t)
- Bedtime
- (see also Sleep, problems)
- book list
- negativism
- refusal (s)
- Bee sting (s, b)
- Behavior
- Behavior in public places
- rules and discipline
- teaching good behavior
- Birth certificate
- Birth control
- condom (†)
- diaphragm (†)
- natural family planning (†)
- oral contraceptives (†)
- spermicide, vaginal (†)
- Birth control pills (†)
- Birthmarks
- Bite
- animal or human (s)
- insect (s)
- itchy or painful (s, b)
- swelling of eyelid (s)
- marine (s)
- prevention of pet and other animal
bites
- scorpion (s)
- snake (s)
- spider (s)
- tick (s, b)
- Biting
- Bladder problems
- Blanket/toy attachment, book
list
- Bleeding
- nose (s, b, t)
- severe (s)
- Blended families
- Blindness, book list
- Blister
- fever (s, b, t)
- foot or hand (s)
- mouth (s, b, t)
- Blocked tear duct (s, b)
- Blood group incompatibility in
newborn (b)
- Blood transfusion (in newborn)
- Bluish lips (s)
- Body systems, health topics by
- Boil (s, b)
- Bone problems
- Bone trauma (s, b)
- Book lists
- Books
- age 0 to 18 months
- age 18 months to 3 years
- age 3 to 6 years
- age 6 to 9 years
- age 9 to 12 years
- helping children cope with problems
- importance of
- lists
- parenting
- storytelling
- suggested reading activities
- Bottle feeding
- introduction of bottle to breast-fed
baby
- overview (s)
- Brain problems
- Breast engorgement
- newborn (s)
- nursing mother
- Breast infection, nursing mother
- Breast-feeding
- advantages
- engorgement of breasts
- essentials of (s)
- feeding positions
- general recommendations
- infection (mastitis)
- introduction of bottle
- let-down reflex
- milk production
- during hospitalization of newborn
- how to increase
- how to know if your baby is getting
enough milk
- plugged ducts
- screening form for early follow-up
of breast-fed infants
- sore nipples
- storage and handling of breast
milk
- Breath, bad (s)
- Breath-holding spells (s, b)
- Breathing
- fast (s)
- noisy (s)
- Bronchioles, illustration showing
narrowing
- during asthma attack
- Bronchiolitis (s, b)
- Bronchitis, acute (s, b, t)
- Bronchodilator, inhaled, for
asthma
- Bruise
- finger (s, b)
- muscle or bone (s, b)
- skin (s, b, t)
- toe (s, b)
- Bug bite (s)
- Bulimia
- Burn
- chemical (s)
- prevention
- sunburn (s, b, t)
- thermal (s, b)
- Calcium
- in dairy products and supplements
- pros and cons of milk in diet
- Cancer, book list
- Candidiasis, vulvovaginal (†)
- Canker sore (s, b, t)
- Capillary hemangioma (s)
- Caput in newborn (s)
- Car safety seat
- children over 1 year old
- general guidelines
- infant
- Car sickness (s, t)
- Car travel with a baby
- Care for children and adolescents
with mental illness
- Caries, dental (s, t)
- Carotenemia (s)
- Catastrophe, helping children
afterward
- Cavity, tooth (s, t)
- Cephalohematoma in newborn (s)
- Cerebral palsy
- book list
- general guidelines
- Chalasia (s, b)
- Chalazion
- Chemical burn (s)
- Chemical in eye (s)
- Chemical vulvitis (s, b)
- Chest pain (s)
- Chickenpox (s, b)
- Child abuse
- book list
- physical
- danger signals of potentially
abusive day
- care providers
- effects of family violence on
children
- the hidden bruises
- sexual
- danger signals of potentially
abusive day
- care providers
- general information
- parenting sexually abused child
- protecting children (b)
- responding to
- Child care — See Day care
- Childhood diabetes
- Childproofing the home
- Children and family moves
- Children and TV violence
- Children of alcoholics
- Children of parents with mental
illness
- Children's literature
- Chlamydia
- in females (†)
- in males (†)
- Choking
- general guidelines (s)
- illustration of Heimlich maneuver
- prevention of
- Cholesterol
- screening (t)
- treatment for high levels (t)
- Chronic fatigue syndrome (s,
t)
- Circumcision
- care and problems (s)
- pros and cons
- Cleft lip, cleft palate
- Clothing for newborns
- Cognitive development and discipline
in toddler/preschooler
- Coitus interruptus (withdrawal,
as method of birth control)(†)
- Cold (s, b, t)
- Cold sore (s, b, t)
- Colic (s, b)
- Coma (s)
- Communication
- with baby or toddler
- with child
- Comprehensive psychiatric evaluation
- Concussion (s, b)
- Condom (†)
- Condylomata acuminata (†)
- Congestion
- ear (s)
- nose (s, b, t)
- respiratory (s)
- sinus (s, b)
- Conjunctivitis
- bacterial (s, b, t)
- from irritant or viral infection
(s, b, t)
- Constipation
- general guidelines (s, b, t)
- with soiling
- preschooler
- school-age child (s)
- Contact dermatitis (s)
- Contagious periods of infection
- Continuum of care for mental
illness
- Contraception
- Convulsions
- with fever (b)
- without fever (s)
- Coping with grief
- Cost of a new baby
- overview
- worksheet for cost of staying
at home vs. working
- Cough (s, b, t)
- Counseling, mental health
- Coxsackie A-16 virus (s, b)
- Crab lice (†)
- Cracked skin (s)
- Cradle cap (s)
- Cramps
- abdominal (s, b)
- leg (s)
- menstrual (s, b)
- Crib
- climbing out of
- safety standards and hints for
use
- Cromolyn, medication for asthma
- Croup (s, b)
- Crying baby
- colic (s, b)
- possible causes
- Cut
- general guidelines (s, b, t)
- sutured wound care and suture
removal (s, b)
- Cyanosis (s)
- Cystitis (s, b, t)
- Damaging property
- Dandruff (s, t)
- Danger signals of potentially
abusive day care providers
- Dark circles under the eyes
- Dark, fear of, book list
- Day care
- adjustment
- age 0 to 18 months
- age 18 months to 3 years
- age 3 to 6 years
- age 6 to 12 years
- baby sitter guidelines
- before and after school
- center-based
- danger signals of potentially
abusive providers
- employer-provided
- family day care
- finding and investigating alternatives
- home-alone children
- in-home
- parent cooperatives
- preventive measures to help ensure
safe day care
- questions to ask
- Deafness
- book list
- general guidelines
- Death
- age-related views
- years 0 to 3
- years 3 to 6
- years 6 to 9
- years 9 to 12
- book list
- general
- grandparent
- parent
- pet
- suicide
- general guidelines to help a
child cope
- teen suicide
- ways children cope with grief
- Delirium (s)
- Dental caries (s, t)
- Dentist visits, book list
- Depression
- Dermatitis
- atopic (b)
- contact (s)
- Development, cognitive, and discipline
in toddler/preschooler
- Development, normal
- months 0 to 1
- months 1 to 2
- months 2 to 3
- months 3 to 4
- months 4 to 5
- months 5 to 6
- months 6 to 7
- months 7 to 8
- months 8 to 9
- months 9 to 10
- months 10 to 11
- months 11 to 12
- months 12 to 13
- months 13 to 18
- months 18 to 24
- years 2 to 3
- years 3 to 4
- years 4 to 5
- years 5 to 6
- years 6 to 7
- years 7 to 8
- years 8 to 9
- years 9 to 10
- years 10 to 11
- years 11 to 12
- Development, psychological, evaluation
of
- Developmental disorders
- Developmental stimulation (s)
- Diabetes
- book list
- general guidelines
- Diagnosing major psychiatric
disorders in children
- Diaper
- types
- washing
- Diaper rash (s, b)
- Diaphragm, vaginal (†)
- Diaries for data collection
- behavior
- pain
- sleep
- soiling (encopresis)
- vomiting
- Diarrhea
- caused by antibiotic (s)
- general guidelines (s, b, t)
- Diet
- calcium
- in dairy products and supplements
- pros and cons of milk in diet
- for constipation (s, b, t)
- for diarrhea (s, b, t)
- for vomiting (s, b, t)
- for weight loss (s, t)
- healthy
- for children
- for teens
- helping your child eat well
- iron
- low-fat, to lower cholesterol
level (t)
- meals for children
- snacks
- sugar and sweets (t)
- Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis
(DTP) vaccine
- reactions
- schedule (s)
- Directions
- ignoring
- teaching your child to follow
- Disability
- book list
- developmental disorders
- Disaster, helping children afterward
- Discipline
- and cognitive development in
toddler/preschooler
- basics (s)
- problems
- techniques
- adolescents (s)
- job grounding
- spanking (s)
- time-out (s)
- when time-out doesn't seem to
be working
- Dishonesty
- book list
- general guidelines
- Divorce
- age-appropriate guidelines
- book list
- overview of impact on children
(s)
- single parenting
- Dizziness (s)
- Doctor visits
- book list
- comforting your child
- making visits easier
- preparation for calling a physician
(s)
- Down syndrome, book list
- Dressing
- poking, stalling
- refusal
- teaching skills
- Dressing table for baby
- Drooling
- excessive
- rash (s)
- Drowning
- general guidelines
- prevention
- Drug abuse
- book list
- by teenagers
- making decisions about treatment
- Drug rash
- Dry skin (s)
- Dry, stuffy nose (s, b, t)
- Dysarthria (s)
- Dysfluency (s)
- Dysmenorrhea (s, b)
- Dysphagia (s)
- Dysuria (s, b)
- Ear discharge (s)
- Ear infection (s, b, t)
- Ear problems
- Ear trauma (s)
- Ear, illustration
- Ear, pulling at (s)
- Earache (s, b)
- Early morning riser
- Earpits in newborn (s)
- Earwax problems (s, b)
- Eating disorders in teenagers
- Eating misbehavior
- Eating problems
- Economics of a new baby
- overview
- worksheet for cost of staying
at home vs. working
- Eczema (b)
- Elective mutism
- Electric eel shock (s)
- Electrical shock, prevention
of
- Emergencies
- Emergency room, comforting your
child
- Emergency symptoms (s)
- Emergency transportation (s)
- Emergency, first aid
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- Emotions, book list
- anger
- fear
- general
- jealousy
- shyness
- Encopresis
- diary for data collection
- with constipation
- preschooler
- school-age child (s)
- without constipation
- Engorgement, breast
- newborn (s)
- nursing mother
- Enuresis
- alarms
- book list
- general guidelines (s, b, t)
- Environmental control and asthma
- Epilepsy
- book list
- general guidelines (s)
- Epistaxis (s, b, t)
- Epithelial pearls in newborn
(s)
- Epstein-Barr virus (s, b, t)
- Erections in newborn (s)
- Erythema infectiosum (s, b)
- Erythema toxicum (s)
- Evaluating normality in psychological
development
- Excessive drooling
- Eye allergy (b, t)
- Eye infection
- with pus (s, b, t)
- without pus (s, b, t)
- Eye problems
- Eye trauma (s)
- Eyelid swelling from insect bite
(s)
- Fainting (s)
- Family
- (see also Sibling)
- book lists about relationships
- general
- grandparents
- middle sibling
- oldest sibling
- only child
- parents
- sibling of newborn
- sibling rivalry
- stepparent
- youngest sibling
- issues
- making the most of family time
- records, medical and official
- single parenting
- stepparenting or blended families
- violence in family, effects on
children
- Family planning, methods of
- Father's role in care of newborn
(s)
- Fear
- book list
- animals
- dark
- general
- separation
- storms
- water
- helping children after a disaster
- panic disorder
- R-rated movies
- separation anxiety
- Febrile seizures (b)
- Feeding
- (see also Diet)
- infant
- premature infant
- Feet turned in, up, or out in
newborn (s)
- Fever
- general guidelines (s, b, t)
- temperature, methods for measuring
- illustration
- text (b)
- with seizures (b)
- Fever blister (s, b, t)
- Fifth disease (s, b)
- Fighting
- physical
- sibling quarrels
- Finger trauma (s, b)
- Fingernail
- infection (s, b)
- torn (s, b)
- Fire alarms for the home
- First aid
- altitude sickness, severe
- bite, animal or human (s)
- bleeding, severe (s)
- burn
- chemical (s)
- thermal (s, b)
- chemical in eye (s)
- choking (s)
- convulsions
- with fever (b)
- without fever (s)
- drowning
- emergencies
- fainting (s)
- foreign body
- in ear (s)
- in nose (s)
- fracture (s)
- glass fragments on eyelids (s)
- heat reactions (s)
- kit (s)
- marine animal bite (s)
- poisoning (s)
- severe allergic reaction (s)
- snake bite (s)
- spider or scorpion bite (s)
- sprain (s)
- stridor with croup (s)
- tooth, permanent and knocked
out (s)
- Flattened nose in newborn (s)
- Flatulence
- Flu
- general guidelines (s, b, t)
- reactions to shot
- Fluoride
- Folded-over ears in newborn (s)
- Food
- (see also Diet)
- allergies (b)
- breast-feeding
- eating problems
- formula (s)
- solid, for infants (s)
- Forceps or birth canal trauma
(s)
- Foreign body
- in ear (s)
- in eye (s)
- in nose (s)
- in skin (sliver) (s)
- in vagina (s)
- swallowed (s)
- Foreskin
- care and problems (s)
- decision to circumcise
- Formula feeding (s)
- Fracture, first aid (s)
- Freckles (s)
- Friends
- book list
- dilemmas
- imaginary
- making friends
- fighting
- mistreating
- Frostbite (s)
- Gas, excessive
- Gastroenteritis (s, b, t)
- Gastroesophageal reflux (GE reflux)
in infants (s, b)
- Gastrointestinal tract, illustration
- Gavage feedings, premature infant
- Genital herpes (†)
- Genital problems
- Genital trauma (s)
- Genital warts (†)
- Geographic tongue
- German measles (s)
- Gifted child, book list
- Glasses
- book list
- instructions for improving wearing
- Gonorrhea
- in females (†)
- in males (†)
- Grandparents, book list
- Grief, ways children cope
- Groin swelling (s)
- Growth, normal
- Gum, inflamed (s, b, t)
- Hair loss (s)
- Halitosis (s)
- Hand, foot, and mouth disease
(s, b)
- Handicap
- book list
- developmental disorders
- Handouts, parent, use of
- acute illness
- benefits
- health supervision visits
- how to use
- Hay fever (s, b, t)
- Head lice (s, b)
- Head trauma
- general guidelines (s, b)
- prevention
- Headache (s, b, t)
- Health supervision visits, recommended
handouts
- Hearing loss
- book list
- general guidelines
- Heat cramps (s)
- Heat detectors
- Heat exhaustion (s)
- Heat rash (s)
- Heat reactions
- description and treatment (s)
- prevention
- Heatstroke (s)
- Height
- book list
- short height
- tall height
- predicting adult height
- Heimlich maneuver
- choking (s)
- illustration
- Helping children after a disaster
- Hemangioma, capillary (s)
- Hemophilus influenza type b vaccine
(Hib)
- reactions
- schedule (s)
- Hepatitis B vaccine (HBV)
- reactions
- schedule (s)
- Hernia
- inguinal (s)
- umbilical (s)
- Herpes simplex
- cold sore (s, b, t)
- genital herpes (†)
- Herpes zoster
- Hiccups (s)
- High chair
- HIV and adolescents
- Hives (s, b, t)
- Hoarseness (s)
- Home medicine chest (s)
- Home nebulizer treatments
- Home-alone children
- Homework problems (s)
- Hospitalization
- book list
- helping a child cope with
- keeping family routine during
- of small premature infant
- Hot water temperature
- Humidifier
- Hurting another child
- Hydrocele (s)
- Hydrocephalus (caused by intraventricular
hemorrhage
- of newborn)
- Hymenal tags in newborn (s)
- Hyperactive child
- book list
- general guidelines (s)
- Hyperalimentation fluids given
to premature infants
- Ibuprofen, dosages for injury
(s)
- Ignoring instructions
- Illustrations
- asthma (narrowing of bronchioles)
- body temperature, methods for
measuring
- ear
- gastrointestinal tract
- Heimlich maneuver
- lymph nodes and vessels
- poison ivy and poison oak
- sinus (location of sinuses)
- tonsil and adenoid
- urinary system
- ventilation tube in ear
- Immunization
- reactions
- schedule (s)
- Impetigo (s, b)
- Incubation period of infections
- Independent play
- increasing attention span during
play
- teaching skills
- infant
- toddler
- Infant car safety seat, using
- Infant carrier
- Infant massage
- Infant play
- Infant, preparing and caring
for
- Infected sore (impetigo) (s,
b)
- Infection
- (see also Infectious diseases)
- ear (s, b, t)
- eye, with pus (s, b, t)
- eye, without pus (s, b, t)
- fingernail (s, b)
- frequent (s)
- incubation periods
- newborn
- pierced ear (s, b, t)
- prevention (s)
- sexually transmitted
- sinus (b, t)
- urinary tract (s, b, t)
- wound (skin) (s, b)
- Infectious diseases
- Infectious mononucleosis (s,
b, t)
- Influenza
- general guidelines (s, b, t)
- reactions to vaccine
- Ingrown toenail (s, b, t)
- Inguinal hernia (s)
- Inhaler — See Asthma, medication
- Injuries
- Inpatient psychiatric treatment,
questions to ask
- Insect bite
- itchy or painful (s, b)
- swelling of eyelid (s)
- Instructions
- for baby sitters
- for improving wearing of glasses
- ignoring
- teaching your child to follow
- Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
- Interrupting others
- Intestinal infection in premature
infant
- Intraventricular hemorrhage in
newborn (IVH)
- Introducing a bottle to breast-fed
baby
- Iris, color of, newborn (s)
- Iron deficiency anemia (s, b)
- Itching
- ear (s)
- genital (jock itch) (s, b, t)
- insect bite (s, b)
- localized, unknown cause (s)
- widespread, unknown cause (s)
- Itchy ear (s)
- Jammed finger (s, b)
- Jaundice
- general guidelines (s)
- newborn (b)
- Jealousy
- book list
- sibling rivalry toward newborn
(s)
- Jellyfish or Portuguese man-of-war
sting (s)
- Job grounding as a method of
discipline
- Jock itch (s, b, t)
- Joint problems
- Joint trauma (s)
- Juvenile diabetes
- Juvenile plantar dermatosis (s)
- Knuckle, skinned (s, b)
- Laceration
- general guidel
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