PlaneTree Health Library/Children's Health

Children's Health

MedlinePlus Children's Health: Comprehensive information from an authoritative source: the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine. Includes links to latest news and general overviews of childrens' health and research, specific conditions, prevention and screening, organizations, statistics and more.

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Facts for Families: This site has an extensive list of fact sheet on various mental health conditions and problems affecting children and teens.

American Academy of Pediatrics Public Education Brochures: The mission of the American Academy of Pediatrics is to attain optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. Their "Public Education Brochures" give you sound pediatric advice that reflects the views and practices of more than 55,000 pediatricians. This advice is reviewed by a team of experts and presented in an easy-to-understand format.

Childhood Cancers at NCI: Helping kids with cancer or other life-threatening illnesses with information written for and by them. This site sponsored by the National Cancer Institute offers personal stories, poetry and information covering cancer treatments, managing eating problems during cancer treatment, and coping for the family.

Children with Diabetes: Sponsored by a non-profit organization, this site is chock-full of information for kids, teens, and parents concerning every aspect of diabetes treatment and control.

CommonThread: A web site for personal expression and 24-hour chat room for teens living with an illness or disability.

EPA Explorer's club: Interactive games, pictures and stories from this U.S. Environmental Protection Agency web site helps kids (aimed at ages 5 - 12) increase their awareness of environmental impact and action.

A Family Guide to Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy & Drug Free: This public education website was developed to support the efforts of parents and other caring adults to promote mental health and prevent the use of alcohol, tobacco and illegal drugs among 7- to 18-year-olds.

FDA Home Page for Kids: Quizzes, games and Yorick, the bionic skeleton that helps kids learn about food safety, immunization vaccines, medical devices and more. The "Parent's Corner" contains useful family care information, plus articles of interest from the FDA Consumer magazine. The FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine provides animal care and safety information and links to its "Information for Consumers" page with answers to questions about veterinary medical issues.

FEMA For Kids: This excellent site offers kids disaster information including pet care, how to put together a home supply kit, and has educational games and coloring book. Fun for all ages!

healthfinder for Kids: Developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, healthfinder for KIDS lists health Web sites suitable for children in categories such as Cool and Uncool Stuff, Games, Safe Surfing, and Art Contest. It is an extensive and well organized Web site resource list from a reputable source.
Human Body - Blending in But Staying Special: A K-4 school in Indiana developed this site that helps children navigate the human body. This site explains organ donation, transplantation, and has graphics of body systems.

Kid Safety: A site geared to prevent unreasonable risks of injuries to children that are associated with consumer products.

Kids Like Me With ADD!!: Explains ADD and offers information on coping, medications and recommends additional resources for parents and kids.

KidsHealth: Solid information and interactive article for parents and kids about children's health ranging from medical/surgical issues to "cooties". Engaging, colorful graphics are fun, but may be slow to download during periods of high web usage.

Kidzone: Kidzone is produced by LD (learning disabilities) Online, and offers stories, artwork and information for young people with disabilities.

Merck Source: Children's Health Center: Includes a wealth of information on childhood diseases and conditions as well as health and wellness.Newborn-3, 4-12, 13-18. Links to the Merck Manual of Medical Information and virtual body tours.

Neuroscience for Kids: For students and teachers who want to learn more about the spinal cord.

Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia: Written by Jeffrey W. Hull, a pediatrician, this project gives short, easily understood answers to common questions that come up in his everyday practice.

Parents Helping Parents: A national non-profit agency serving children with special needs and their families, caregivers, and health care professionals. Their web site has extensive links and resources.

Parentsplace.com: The parenting channel of ivillage.com, the Women's Network. It has comprehensive information.

Tips4Youth: Kids can read the advice of teen idols about how to say no to smoking and learn how to keep peer pressure in perspective. Strong anti-smoking themes are presented as tip sheets, in artwork, and from a special Surgeon General report just for kids.

Virtual Hospital / Virtual Children's Hospital (ceased to operate January 1st, 2006 - some contents still available online ): From the University of Iowa. The Virtual Hospital is a digital health sciences library created in 1992 at the University of Iowa to help meet the information needs of health care providers and patients. The Virtual Hospital digital library contains hundreds of books and brochures for health care providers and patients and makes the Internet a useful tool for medical reference and health promotion.

Your Child's Health: This website from the Children's Center of Dallas features a wide variety of articles on family life, nutrition, safety and health.

Zero to Three: Zero to Three is a national non-profit organization dedicated solely to the healthy development of infants and toddlers. Their website includes handouts created with the American Academy of Pediatrics on how parents can best support their child's development and growing brain.