Medicine subject guide - Links
Paediatrics and child health
Government sites | University sites | Organisations | E-texts | Statistics
Government sites
HEALTHInsite Child Health
Australian government health site.
Maternal and Child Health Bureau of HRSA
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Pediatric Oncology Branch of the National Cancer Institute
Includes protocols, clinical trials, and research.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Pediatric Medicine
University sites
UCL Centre for Evidence-Based Child Health
Flinder's University Department of Paediatrics and Child Health
University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics
University of Sydney Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health
Organisations
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
American Academy of Pediatrics
This is an index of sites suitable for the practicing pediatrician. Full Text Collections are available to subscribers only.
Developmental Genome Anatomy Project
Objective: To identify apparently balanced chromosomal rearrangements in patients with multiple congenital anomalies and then to use these chromosomal rearrangements to map and identify genes that are disrupted or dysregulated in critical stages of human development.
March of Dimes
Birth Defects Information and Fact Sheets on genetics and birth defects.
NIHD Cochrane Neonatal Collaborative Review Groups Systematic Reviews
Royal Australasian College of Physicians Paediatric Plicy
W.H.O. Child and addolescent health and Development
E-Texts
Australia's Children : Their Health and Wellbeing 1998
Produced by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare in PDF format.
National Health and Medical Research Council. Child health Publications
Titles available include:
Staying Healthy in Child Care, Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Overweight & Obesity in Adults, Children & Adolescents including a Guide for General Practitioners, Dietary Guidelines for Children and Adolescents in Australia incorporating the Infant Feeding Guidelines for Health Workers, Child Health Screening Surveillance: A critical review, Recommended minimum periods of exclusion from school and preschool of infectious diseases cases and contacts, Vitamin K for newborn babies - Information for parents (Pamphlet), Joint Statement & Recommendations on Vitamin K Administration to Newborn Infants to Prevent Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding in Infancy.
Statistics
Australia's Children : Their Health and Wellbeing 1998
Produced by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare in PDF format.
National Perinatal Statistics Unit
ChildStats.gov
The official site of the U.S. Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.
March of Dimes
U.S. National and State perinatal statistics.