Designing Healthy Communities, Raising Healthy Kids
20 Tips to Help Prevent Medical Errors in Children
This fact sheet is intended to help parents help their children avoid medical errors, including medication errors and adverse drug events for hospitalized children.
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http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/20tipkid.htm
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Surrounding Our Kids with Equal Opportunities
Selected Findings on Child and Adolescent Health Care from the 2004 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Findings from the 2004 National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) and National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR) on health care quality, access, and utilization for children and adolescents.
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http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nhqrchild/nhqrchild.htm
Screening for Speech and Language Delay in Preschool Children
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations (February 2006).
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http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspschdv.htm
Screening for Visual Impairment in Children Younger than Age 5 Years
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations (May 2004).
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http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspsvsch.htm
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Surrounding Our Kids with Physical Activity
Combating Childhood Obesity: Get DVDs to Help Prevent Obesity in Children
Two new DVD programs, one for children and families and one for clinicians, to prevent and treat childhood obesity and overweight.
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http://www.ahrq.gov/child/dvdobesity.htm
Screening and Interventions for Overweight in Children and Adolescents
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations (July 2005).
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http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/uspstf/uspsobch.htm
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Surrounding Our Kids with Safety
Video—Decontamination of Children: Preparedness and Response for Hospital Emergency Departments
A 27-minute video that demonstrates for emergency responders and hospital emergency department staff how to safely decontaminate children who have been exposed to hazardous chemicals, including those from a bioterrorist attack.
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http://www.ahrq.gov/research/decontam.htm
Age, not height and weight, may be a better marker for assessing risk to children riding in vehicles with air bags
Research Activities, August 2005.
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http://www.ahrq.gov/research/aug05/0805RA13.htm
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Surrounding Our Kids with Clean Air
Chronic Care for Low-Income Children with Asthma: Strategies for Improvement
Research in Action, Issue 18 (June 2005)
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http://www.ahrq.gov/research/chasthria/chasthria.htm
Using Established Initiatives to Reduce Disparities in Pediatric Asthma
AHRQ is creating a learning network among State and community asthma coalitions to reduce disparities in pediatric asthma, using existing research findings and methods, discovering new approaches to care, and identifying research needs.
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http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/chasthmadisp.htm
Help for Smokers: Ideas to Help You Quit
Infants and children exposed to second-hand smoke are more likely to develop health problems such as chronic ear infections and asthma. Helping to eliminate these health risks is another good reason to quit smoking.
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http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/helpsmok.htm
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