Child Health Information

Information to help you keep your child healthy.

Medline Plus, sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, has baby care and health related information from a variety of sources.  It has extensive information on hundreds of diseases and conditions, it provides lists of hospitals and physicians, a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, information on prescription and nonprescription drugs, and health information from the media.

The AAP is an organization of 60,000 pediatricians. They can help a birth mother or a firth father with concerns about raising a child.  The AAP website contains general information for parents of children from birth through age 21.

The Baby Center offers a birth mother or birth father baby care advice from experts and other parents. This site includes information on infant development including a weekly calendar that shows your baby's development from 0-3 years of age.

You may be eligible for free or low-cost programs offered through the U.S. government and your state government.  The website link Government Assistance Programs and the information and links below will help you get in contact with these programs.

National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program provides free or low-cost mammograms and pap tests.

Child Health Insurance Program is an insurance program for infants, children and teens.

Child Nutrition Programs give you the link to the government programs including the National School Lunch Program, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, School Breakfast Program, and the Special Milk Program.

Early Head State programs are available to assist you in providing for the health and education of your child.

Food Banks provide a nationwide network of food warehouses that offer free food to fight hunger. 

Food Stamp Programs help low-income people and families buy the food they need.

Health Departments in can help you find out about health, nutrition, insurance, and school programs.

Medicaid is available to low-income individuals and families Medicaid does not pay money to you; instead, it sends payments directly to your health care providers.

WIC, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children provides nutritious foods, nutrition counseling, and referrals to health and other social services to participants at no charge.