Child Health Guide Put Prevention Into Practice A Message About Your Child's Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Preventive care is as important for your child's health as treatment is when he or she is sick. This care includes immunizations, tests, and health guidance. Your child receives preventive care from the doctor or other health care provider at check-up visits and at other times. Proper preventive care helps keep your child healthy.

As a parent, you should know what preventive care your child needs. Work with your child's doctor or other health care provider to assure that he or she gets proper care.

The Child Health Guide has information on needed preventive care and on good health habits. Use it as a permanent record to help you keep track of your child's health and care through the years. This guide can help your child get a healthy start on life.

M. Joycelyn Elders, M.D.
Surgeon General
U.S. Public Health Service

• Important Information
  
• How to Use This Child Health Guide
  
• Check-Up Visits
  
• Immunizations
  
• Immunization Record
  
• Tests and Exams
  
  • Growth Record
    
  • Growth Chart (Boys: Birth to 3 years)
    
  • Growth Chart (Boys: 3 to 18 years)
    
  • Growth Chart (Girls: Birth to 3 years)
    
  • Growth Chart (Girls: 3 to 18 years)
    
• High Blood Pressure and Anemia
  
• Lead
  
• Vision and Hearing
  
• Additional Tests
  
• Test and Exam Record
  
• Preventive Care Timeline
  
• Health Guidance
  
  • Development
    
  • Nutrition
    
  • Dental/Oral Health
    
  • Physical Activity
    
  • Smoking
    
  • Safety and a Special Message About SIDS
    
  • Child Abuse
    
  • As Your Child Grows Up
    
• For More Information
  
• Health Care Visit and Illness Record
  
• Put Prevention Into Practice
  

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