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Download full textUS Department of Health and Human Services, 2005
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is one of many federal agencies working to understand autism. The NICHD supports and conducts research on what causes autism, how many people have autism, how best to treat…
Descriptors: Public Agencies, Child Health, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Autism
Watson, Russell; Stone, Brad – Newsweek, 1997
Explores major changes in pediatrics over the past decade: the push toward immunization; the rise in incidence of asthma; reduction of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS); and an emphasis on preventive care. (HTH)
Descriptors: Asthma, Change Agents, Child Health, Disease Control
Alaska State Dept. of Health and Social Services, Juneau. Div. of Family and Youth Services. – 1997
This booklet provides parents with information about immunizations and vaccine-preventable diseases, balances the benefits and risk of vaccination, and responds to inaccuracies or misinformation about immunizations and vaccine-preventable diseases. Section 1 presents a message to parents about vaccination. Section 2 offers facts about…
Descriptors: Child Health, Disease Control, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
United Nations Children's Fund, New York, NY. – 2002
Noting that each year nearly 11 million children die from preventable causes before reaching their fifth birthday, this handbook contains practical, low-cost ways of protecting children's lives and health. The handbook is directed to those in positions to communicate the information to families, such as health workers, teachers, government…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Birth, Breastfeeding, Child Development
