The ABC's of Safe and Healthy Childcare. An online handbook for child care providers by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Center for Disease Control. A comprehensive resource to help child care providers reduce sickness, injury, and other health problems in child care facilities. Includes fact sheets on childhood diseases and conditions, as well as resources for setting up a safe child care setting, dealing with illness and injury, food safety and sanitation, first aid procedures, working with children with special needs, cleaning and disinfection procedures, and much more. Clear, vital information for child care professionals.Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention. Basic questions and answers on lead poisoning in children from birth through age five.
Children's Health Center. Parent's Place sponsors the Children's Health Center, a online place where you can ask questions of a variety of health care professionals: a pediatrician, a pediatric dentist, a midwife, a lactation consultant, and a nutritionist. This extensive site also includes bulletin boards and chat rooms on dozens of health-related topics, and hundreds of pages of relevant health-related articles. If you have a health concern about a child from birth through adolescence, you'll probably find an answer here.
Child Safety Forum. Drawn from The Child Safety Handbook, this website includes detailed information on child safety in your home, recall information, and a place for parents to communicate with each other about safety issues. Each month, the site features child safety tips for a different room of your home. You can also use this website to order safety-related equipment online.
Consumer Product Safety Commission. Links to Consumer Product Safety Commission publications on a wide range of topics including: drowning prevention, fire prevention, indoor air quality, electrical safety, toy safety, and poison prevention.
The Coroner's Report: Information and Resources on Gang Intervention and Prevention. This invaluable site, run by Steve Nawojczyk, the coroner of Little Rock, Arkansas, opens with a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King: "The choice today is no longer between violence and nonviolence. It's either nonviolence or nonexistence." The Coroner's Report provides information about the dynamics of street gangs, a parent resource guide on the warning signs of child gang involvement, recommended reading and videos, a newsletter, lists of resources and links, and useful tips for parents and educators.
Dr. Greene's HouseCalls: Pediatric Wisdom for the Information Age. A pediatrician responds to a huge data base full of questions. Answers deal with all age ranges. Topics range from immunizations to ear infection, breastfeeding to sleep to nutrition. Live chat with Dr. Greene is also available.
For Parents of Preemies. This site, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin and The Center For Perinatal Care at Meriter Hospital in Madison, provides invaluable information for parents of premature infants. Topics include: anticipating the birth of a preemie, chances for survival, the likelihood of disabilities, the neonatal intensive care unit, common problems, preparing for discharge, questions after discharge, understanding your preemie, getting emotional support, later problems of preemies, child safety, and other topics as requested. Excellent resources and links to information on preemies and loss/grief. Site information available in Spanish and English.
Girl Power! Girl Power! is a national public education campaign sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services to encourage and empower 9 to 14-year old girls to make the most of their lives. Girl Power! seeks to reinforce and sustain positive values among girls ages 9-14 by targeting health messages to their unique needs, interests, and challenges. This well-designed site is divided into three sections: for adults who care about girls, for girls, and for the media. A terrific site, especially appealing to young girls.
Healthy ChildCare: Health and Safety Ideas for the Young Child. This website for Healthy ChildCare Magazine includes selected articles from their magazine on topics related to nutrition, health, medicines, playground safety, immunizations, supporting children with special needs, and more. Site also includes links to other health and safety sites.
Kidshealth at the AMA. This website, a joint venture of the Nemours Foundation and the American Medical Association, includes pediatric news as well as age-related information on: child development, nutrition, childhood infections, safety and accident prevention, and dealing with emergencies and first aid.
Kid's Health.Org. Created by pediatric medical experts at the Nemours Foundation, Kid's Health is an extremely well-designed, user-friendly site chock full of valuable health information. KidsHealth is devoted to the health of children and teens. Full of accurate, up-to-date information about growth, food & fitness, childhood infections, immunizations, lab tests, medical and surgical conditions, and the latest treatments for various conditions. Includes health games, How The Body Works animations, the KidsVote health poll, and much more. Divided into three sections: one each for parents, kids and health professionals. A fabulous interactive site and a great resource. The stuff for kids is amazing.
KidSource Online. Medical and education resources for parents of kids of all ages, organized by a group of parents who knew about computers and also wanted to make a positive and lasting difference in the lives of families. As the founders of the site explain, "We've created an online community that shares our values and goals in raising, educating and providing for our children. We believe that parents and caregivers want to take greater responsibility for their children's health and education, but don't always have the right information, resources or advice to do so. Our goal is to provide that knowledge and advice." Site includes fact sheets, articles, online forums, product and software reviews, as well as an online store. KidSource also sponsors a public service program called Computing EDGE, which matches needy schools with used, obsolete or excess computing equipment from corporations or individuals.
National Childcare Information Center. A voluminous database with tremendous resources on finding and choosing quality child care, health and safety information, child care legislation, and pending legislation. Designed for both parents and child care professionals. Includes child care research, Native American tribal child care resources, technical assistance programs, funding opportunities, extensive links, and much more. One of the databases in the ERIC system.
National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care. A continuously evolving list of selected web sites providing health and safety tips and information applicable to child care settings (and to parents as well). Topics include: bicycle safety, burn prevention, car safety, child abuse, child care resources and information, children with special health needs, choosing child care, disaster planning, emergency preparedness, environmental exposure, falls, farm safety, head lice, head start, health, immunizations, kitchen safety, latex allergies, lead poisoning, military child care, nutrition, oral health, parenting, playground safety, poisoning, safety, SIDS, smoking, support groups, training materials and vaccinations. A wealth of information and support.
The No Spanking Page. Dozens of links to articles, essays and information about the problems with spanking, as well as alternatives.
Pacific Center for Violence Prevention. The Pacific Center for Violence Prevention, a project of the Trauma Foundation, works to prevent youth violence in California. Website includes information on youth violence, firearm safety, and alcohol use. Also includes legislative news and profiles of activists working to prevent youth violence.
Pediatric Points of Interest. An excellent, extensive collection of links to online pediatricians and other sources of medical information for parents. Includes dozens of resources for specific diseases and medical conditions. From the Johns Hopkins University School of Pediatrics.
Poison Prevention and Safety. Easy and accessible information on infant and child safety, home safety, environmental safety, food poisoning and poison prevention.
SIDS Network: A World of Information and Support. A huge, multifaceted site dedicated to helping parents who have lost a child to Sudden Infant Death, miscarriage or stillbirth. In addition to information about dealing with the loss, the site includes chat rooms, a listserv, SIDS research, thousands of pages of articles, information on how parents can reduce the risk of SIDS, first-person stories written by those who have been touched by SIDS, and an extensive resource section.
