Pediatric Resources

ACF
The Administration for Children and Families, Dept. of HHS informs how parents can choose better quality child care, proposes rules on child support, and provides fact sheets on many topics including Head Start, Child Welfare, Domestic Violence as well as others.

American Academy of Pediatrics
The AAP's site provides useful public education brochures that can be ordered in packs of 100, they include:When Your Child Needs Emergency Medical Services, Treating Jaundice in Healthy Newborns, Care of the Uncircumcised Penis, Hepatitis B, Chickenpox and the New Vaccine, Child Care: What's Best for the Family, Diaper Rash-Guidelines for Parents, Talking to Your Young Teen About Sex and Sexuality, Television and the Family, and others.

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
The AAPD provides brochures online that can be used for parent & child information including Conscious Sedation, Dental Care for Your Baby, Diet and Snacking, Mouth Protectors, Preventive Dentistry, Regular Dental Visits, Sealants, and others.

American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
American Professional Society of the Abuse of Children is a professional society to ensure that everyone affected by child maltreatment receives the best possible professional response. Benefits to membership include statewide  legislative networking, subscription to the APSAC Advisor, peer-reviewed Child Maltreatment, The APSAC Handbook on Child Maltreatment, APSAC Guidelines for Practice, and more. APSAC Legislative Position Statements are available online.

Comprehensive Community Child Care
4C, Comprehensive Community Child Care, of Greater Cincinnati is a resource and referral service dedicated to improve the quality, availability, accessibility and affordability of child care. It helps parents find child care, helps child care providers, helps employers address dependent care needs of their employees, and helps the community address the needs of children and families.

Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Cincinnati Web site provides information on patient education programs, which includes diseases, conditions and surgeries, diagnostic tests, health information, procedures for home care, medications, and others. Information on seat belts and airbags, bike helmet program, nursing education programs,  physicians referral directory, and library resources are listed. Directions to the medical center are provided. Adobe Acrobat Reader may be needed to download and read some PDF files.

National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
This site is a resource for professionals seeking information on the prevention, identification and treatment of child abuse and neglect, and related child welfare issues. The site contains a searchable database with over 24,000 records on child abuse & neglect, and child welfare issues, online publications ranging from What is Child Maltreatment to In Fact... Answers to Frequently Asked Questions on Child Abuse & Neglect.

PEDBASE Pediatric Database
PEDBASE contains descriptions of over 550 childhood illnesses. Information on each disorder in this Database has been obtained from at least 3 sources including Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics (14th and 15th editions), the Birth Defects Encyclopedia (1990 and 1994 editions) and from at least one other source (journal articles, review articles, textbooks). One may download the entire Database as Shareware. An editable Registered version is also available through the author.

National Immunization Program
This CDC affiliate site provides comprehensive information on immunizations, including: immunization schedules for children and adults; vaccine safety fact sheets with a vast range of topics from Hepatitis B Vaccine to a discussion on alternatives to vaccines; "Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases" course Textbook, 4th Edition, The Pink Book is available (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader), and other comprehensive resources. This Web site has almost anything one would want to know about vaccines.h

Virtual PNP
The Virtual PNP maintained by two CPNPs has case studies, many links to US children's hospitals, NP links, and other useful information.