Preparing for Emergencies and Disasters Guide
NAPNAP’s Injury Education and Prevention Special Interest Group (IEP SIG) partnered with Children’s Hospital Oakland and Kohl’s Injury Prevention Program and Riley Hospital for Children Safe Escape Program at IU Health to develop a guide for parents and caregivers on how to prepare for emergencies and disasters. This guide includes checklists such as a Quick Evacuation Preparedness Checklist, and recommended items for an Emergency Evacuation Kit for Children with Special Needs, a Family Emergency and Disaster Preparedness Kit, and a First Aid Kit. Download and print it here.
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New Video - Infant Feeding Safety Tips
NAPNAP has collaborated with the International Formula Council to produce a video on safe infant feeding. This video highlights the benefits of breastfeeding and formula feeding for mothers and families. Many tips and professional advice that will ensure safe and nutritious infant feeding are shared in the video. Click here to learn more and to view the video.
The Sixty Second Parent website provides reliable, factual and timely information that is essential for today's parent to make raising children less challenging and more rewarding. Whether you are parents-to-be, new parents, experienced parents or even grandparents - you are provided with information, enjoyment, and connection into a like-minded community via a user-friendly website. The online support network is designed to link parents and families with specialists and other parents, along with an online store offering the best in parenting resources.
Healthy Habits for Kids – RB’s Activity Book and Online Games
NAPNAP partnered with Reckitt Benckiser (the makers of Lysol®) to develop this healthy habits activity book for children. Practicing healthy habits can be tough, but we've created the R.B. Activity Book to help you teach children about the benefits of being healthy. Inside you'll find lots of puzzles, activities and brain-teasers. They're fun to do – and they have important information for you to discover and share with your family, too. Go to http://www.lysol.com/healthy-families/kidz-zone for other online games to help teach kids about germs and good hygiene.
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Available Online: New RSV Video for Parents
Children's Hospital St. Louis is sharing a new, web-based, two-minute informational video about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) with consumers. In addition to identifying the signs and symptoms of RSV, the video offers prevention tips and other useful information. Premature infants are at increased risk for developing severe and potentially life-threatening complications of RSV, a major cause of respiratory illness in young children. View the video and learn more about RSV on the hospital's "What is RSV" page
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Resources for Families Coping with Disasters and Traumatic Events
Natural disasters, such as hurricanes and fires and traumatic events, such as acts of terrorism, violence, and war can be frightening for adults, but they are especially traumatic for children. Being prepared for natural disasters and knowing how to handle the aftermath of disasters and stressful events is essential. Click here to find available resources to aid health care professionals, parents, teachers, and children with preparing for disasters.
The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) has partnered with Q-Med Scandinavia, Inc. to develop a new online resource dedicated to educating parents and providing them with necessary information and resources about the different treatment options available to manage vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). VUR is a condition affecting young children that allows urine to flow backwards from the bladder to the kidneys through one or both of the connecting ureters. Children with VUR lack the valve function that prevents this reflux. For many parents whose children have VUR, the condition and treatment options can be overwhelming and confusing. Be sure to check out www.vurinfo.com!
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Autism Website: Healing Thresholds
Healing Thresholds is a free website and email newsletter dedicated to healing the lives of families touched by autism. They provide comprehensive therapy fact sheets, daily updates of autism therapy research and news, and a global directory of autism-related therapists and services. Go to http://autism.healingthresholds.com to learn more.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released new public service advertisements designed to encourage consumers to get involved in their health care by knowing and asking appropriate questions when visiting their healthcare provider. Visit http://www.ahrq.gov/questionsaretheanswer to learn the 10 questions every patient should think about asking when visiting their healthcare provider.
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Have You Heard?: A Pre-teen Meningitis Vaccine Video
This parent-friendly short video from the CDC Childhood Immunization Communication uses a real-life mother and daughter team to showcase the all-too-real experience of when meningococcal illness frightens a community. Using a mix of humor and concrete advice from a CDC pediatric expert, this video will strike a chord with parents everywhere, encouraging pre-teen vaccination and a well-child visit for the often over-looked school-age child. Visit http://www.cdc.gov/cdctv/haveyouheard/ to watch or download for free.
- Online Video: "Breath of Life: A Caregiver's Guide to Pediatric Tracheostomy Care"
Creative Force Video Productions has announced the release of a new half-hour video, "Breath of Life: A Caregiver's Guide to Pediatric Tracheostomy Care." The video is a free resource for families in need, developed by parents Matt and Melanie Dragovits, along with their daughter Elizabeth, who walk viewers through each of the steps in their daily pediatric tracheostomy home care. The full program can be viewed for free online, as streaming video, and may also be ordered on DVD. To view the video online and get more information, go to http://www.patienteducation.tv/trach_video.php.
Creative Force Video Productions has announced the release of a new half-hour video, "Breath of Life: A Caregiver's Guide to Pediatric Tracheostomy Care." The video is a free resource for families in need, developed by parents Matt and Melanie Dragovits, along with their daughter Elizabeth, who walk viewers through each of the steps in their daily pediatric tracheostomy home care. The full program can be viewed for free online, as streaming video, and may also be ordered on DVD. To view the video online and get more information, go to .
The contents are for informational purposes only and should never replace the advice and care of a licensed healthcare professional. NAPNAP does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of any information contained in this video, and shall not be liable for any loss, damage or injury directly or indirectly cased by or resulting from such information or its use. NAPNAP's link to this video shall not in any manner be interpreted to constitute an endorsement by NAPNAP of any products or services that may be advertised or referenced therein.
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Keeping Track of Your Medications - New Medicine Record from the FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has a new record to help you keep track of the medicines and dietary supplements (including vitamins and herbals) you use. Keep “My Medicine Record” with you all the time and show it to all your health care professionals every time you visit a physician office, pharmacy, health center, and hospital. That way, all the people who take care of you can see everything you are using, check for combinations that could be harmful, make suggestions, and keep their records on you up-to-date.
Print the record from a computer and enter the information with a pencil. Or use a computer to save the record, enter your information, save again, and print. Next time, you only have to enter anything that has changed, save and print. There are directions on how to use the record and a question guide to help you ask for information about your medicines. “My Medicine Record” – http://www.fda.gov/cder/consumerinfo/my_medicine_record.htm
National Alopecia Areata Foundation
www.naaf.org
National Eczema Association for Science & Education
www.nationaleczema.org
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
www.cpsc.gov
Thimerosal in Vaccines
www.vaccineinformation.org/thimerosal
Vaccines and Autism
www.vaccineinformation.org/autism