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 Children's Health Information

American Association of Pediatrics
Search for information on children's health topics.  Click here for recommendations for immunizing children.

Child & Family Web Guide
The WebGuide is a directory that evaluates, describes and provides links to hundreds of sites containing child development research and practical advice. Topics are selected on the basis of parent recommendations; they cover all ages, from early child development through adolescence.

CureSearch
CureSearch represents the combined efforts of the Children’s Oncology Group (COG) and the National Childhood Cancer Foundation (NCCF), two organizations united by a common goal: finding a cure for childhood cancer. As partners in this search, each arm of CureSearch has vital responsibilities covering research, care, advocacy, and fundraising.

Ele's Place
Ele's Place is a nonprofit, community-based organization whose mission is to create awareness of and support for grieving children and their families.

Keeping Kids Healthy
Among the features that keepkidshealthy.com offers to parents are free parenting advice, online forums, info product recalls and pediatric news updated daily, an immunization schedule, growth charts, asthma center, breastfeeding center, a body mass index calculator to see if your kids are at risk of being underweight or overweight, height predictor, a lead poisoning screening quiz, plus info on kids nutrition, growth, development, common problems, diseases and conditions and infections in children.

KidsHealth
KidsHealth is the largest and most visited site on the web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. Created by the Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media, KidsHealth provides families with accurate, up-to-date and jargon-free health information they can use.  KidsHealth has been on the web since 1995.  KidsHealth has separate areas fir kids, teens, and parents - each with its own design, age-appropriate content and tone.

National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities
NICHCY is the national information and referral center that provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues for families, educators, and other professionals. With a special focus on children and youth (birth to age 22).

Nemours
Nemours is dedicated to providing treatment and curative services to acutely- and chronically-ill children.

SafeKids Organization
The National SAFE KIDS Campaign is dedicated solely to the prevention of unintentional childhood injury — the number one killer of children ages 14 and under.

 

 

 Nutrition Resources

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  • 5 A Day the Color Way, Produce for Better Health Foundation: www.5aday.org

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