Phoenix Children’s Pediatrics
At Phoenix Children’s Pediatrics, we enjoy partnering with you to promote your child’s health and well-being. In addition to the information and services provided by our licensed health care providers, the following are a few educational health and safety resources to assist you.
Patient Resources
Urgent Care vs. Emergency Care
Sometimes, it may be difficult to determine whether your child’s medical condition requires advice from a pediatrician or a visit to an urgent care center or emergency department. Our online and printable care guides are designed to help you make informed decisions about when and where to seek medical care for your child.
Immunizations/Vaccinations
At Phoenix Children’s Pediatrics, our practices follow the immunization guidelines recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics. These vaccines are proven to protect children from life-threatening illnesses.
Wellness (Well-Child) Exams
Based on industry best practices, our wellness exams adhere to guidelines set forth by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Visit our Wellness Exams page for a summary of these guidelines.
Fever Medication Dosing
Correct medication dosage is determined by the dose frequency, type of medication (liquid, chewable, pill) and a child’s weight. Children coping with fever may take acetaminophen (Tylenol®) and/or ibuprofen (Advil®/Motrin®), without a prescription, to ease symptoms. Please administer the appropriate dosage for your child.
Emily Center Health Library
Featuring the largest pediatric consumer health library in the Southwest, The Emily Center Health Library offers a variety of information on health conditions, treatments and procedures and other health-related topics.
Phoenix Children’s Health Library
Powered by Staywell, our online library offers a wide variety of information on health-related topics, such as medical conditions and treatments, nutrition and general wellness, pregnancy and newborn information, medication facts and general health news.
Center for Family Health and Safety
From road and car seat safety to water and home safety, Phoenix Children’s Center for Family Health and Safety is dedicated to providing many health and safety programs for families with resources that promote children’s safety.
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
The official website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), CDC.gov serves as a reputable online source for credible health information and statistics for a wide range of diseases and conditions, as well as wellness and safety tips to promote healthy living. This website is also a great resource for information when traveling abroad with children.
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Children’s products, including toys and equipment, are often recalled due to manufacturing defects or discovered safety hazards. CPSC is a great resource for staying up-to-date on product recalls.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
The FDA offers a lot of food safety information online, including food allergy information, food recalls and outbreaks, labeling and nutrition and much more. It’s a great resource for parents!
Online Resources
Phoenix Children's Pediatrics has reviewed and recommends the following websites on various health topics. As content to any one site may change periodically, it remains important to discuss any concerns you have regarding this information with your primary health care physician.
General health information from tots to teens
Asthma is a condition that is constantly changing with age, seasons, environments, physical condition and numerous other variables, so it is important to maintain close follow up of your child’s asthma so that treatment can be customized to fit your child’s changing needs. Our goal is to minimize the impact of asthma on your child’s health so that they can lead full and active lives with the least amount of medication and side effects possible. The current recommendation by asthma experts is to have routine evaluation of chronic asthma symptoms at least every 6 months, more frequently if symptoms are not well controlled. In addition, it is important for children with chronic conditions like asthma to get an annual flu vaccine every fall. For more information please visit the following Centers for Disease Control website on asthma:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Vaccine Safety
- Vaccineinformation.org
- Vaccinesafety.edu – this website is sponsored by Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Their mission is “To provide an independent assessment of vaccines and vaccine safety to help guide decision makers and educate physicians, the public and the media about key issues surrounding the safety of vaccines. The institute’s goal is to work toward preventing disease using the safest vaccines possible.”
Car Seat – current car seat safety guidelines:
Infant Safe Sleep:
- US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Crib Information Center – a short three minute video on how to put your baby to sleep safely. Sponsored by the CPSC.
Food:
- US Food and Drug Agency (USFDA) Food Safety – allergen and allergy information as well as food recalls.
Water Safety:
- Poolsafely.gov – educational videos and parent/child activities to promote pool and water safety.
Product Recall:
- CPSC.gov – information on product recalls.
Travel:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Travel Safety – destination specific immunizations, illnesses, general travel precautions, and disease outbreaks.
- Passport Health – information on vaccines needed for travel and general travel safety.
- EatRight.org – sponsored by American Dietetics Association.
- Eatwellbewell.org – Arizona Nutrition Network.