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Children's Page

URL of this page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childrenspage.html

From the National Institutes of Health

Mind Over Matter (National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.nida.nih.gov/MOM/MOMIndex.html
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Kids' Pages (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) - http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/home.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kidspan/home.htm

Overviews

Explorers' Club (Environmental Protection Agency) - http://www.epa.gov/kids/
FDA Kids' Home Page (Food and Drug Administration) - http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/kids/default.htm
FEMA For Kids (Federal Emergency Management Agency) - http://www.fema.gov/kids/
KidsHealth for Kids (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/kid/
National Center for Environmental Health Kids' Page (National Center for Environmental Health) - http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/kids/99kidsday/default.htm
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information: For Kids Only (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - http://www.health.org/features/kidsarea/kidsarea.htm
USDA for Kids (Dept. of Agriculture) - http://www.usda.gov/news/usdakids/index.html

Anatomy/Physiology

How the Body Works (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/kid/closet/how_the_body_works_interim.html
My Body (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/misc_pages/mybody_noSW.html

Pictures/Diagrams

Color Our World Bright and Beautiful! (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) - online coloring books - http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/color.htm
Information for Pediatric Patients and Their Families: The Clinical Center Patient Coloring Book (National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center) - http://www.cc.nih.gov/ccc/pedweb/coloring_book/coloring_book/coloring_book.htm
Milk Matters with Buddy Brush (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - Links to PDF File - Large file - Coloring book for children ages 4-8 - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/milk/book0115/coloringbook0115.pdf
Mission SunWise: Activity Book (Environmental Protection Agency) - Links to PDF File - http://www.epa.gov/sunwise/doc/actvtybookfinal.pdf
Also available in Spanish - http://www.epa.gov/sunwise/doc/libroactividades.pdf
My Trip to the Hospital Coloring Book (American Society of Anesthesiologists) - Links to PDF File - http://www.asahq.org/patientEducation/MyTrip.pdf

Nutrition

Food Labels Tell the Story! (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) - http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/baylor/food3.htm
Milk Matters Web Games for Kids and Teens (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) - http://www.nichd.nih.gov/milk/kidsteens.cfm
Mission Nutrition (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/kid/closet/mission_nutrition.html
Snack Smart for Healthy Teeth (National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research) - http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/HealthInformation/OralHealthInformationIndex/ChildrensOralHealth/SnackSmart/
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/NR/rdonlyres/B89E20F7-B405-4522-90FF-094957EE3345/0/sanas.pdf

Related Issues

Dusty the Asthma Goldfish and His Asthma Triggers Funbook (Environmental Protection Agency) - Links to PDF File - http://www.epa.gov/iaq/asthma/pdfs/dustythegoldfish_en.pdf
Also available in Spanish - http://www.epa.gov/iaq/asthma/pdfs/dustythegoldfish_sp.pdf
Environmental Health Science Education (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) - http://www.niehs.nih.gov/science-education/
Further Adventures of Kidd Safety: Interactive Games (Consumer Product Safety Commission) - http://www.cpsc.gov/kids/kidsafety/index.html
Healthy Environments for Children (Pan American Health Organization) - Links to PDF File - Large file - http://www.paho.org/English/DD/PIN/whd03_monica.pdf
Helping Kids Do the Job Safely (National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety) - http://www.nagcat.org/categories.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://www.nagcat.org/poster/spanish/intro.htm
How Mother Bear Taught the Children about Lead (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) - Links to PDF File - http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/bear/
Julia and Robbie: The Disaster Twins (Federal Emergency Management Agency) - http://www.fema.gov/kids/twins/
Also available in Spanish - http://www.fema.gov/kids/twins/enespanol.htm
Just Look at Those Hands (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition) - http://www.foodsafety.gov/~dms/fsehand1.html
Kids Acid Reflux (Children's Digestive Health and Nutrition Foundation) - Requires Flash Player - http://www.kidsacidreflux.org/
Kids and Teens Page (National Runaway Switchboard) (National Runaway Switchboard) - http://www.nrscrisisline.org/kids.asp
Kids' Quest on Disability and Health (National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/kids/
Little Big Kids (Consumer Product Safety Commission) - Links to PDF File - http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/kids.pdf
Lurking in the Locker Room (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.bam.gov/survival/locker.htm
Meet McGruff, Scruff, and All the Kids! Adventures of McGruff and Scruff in Indian Country (Indian Health Service) - http://www.ihs.gov/PublicInfo/Publications/McGruff/adventures/mcgrufftoc.asp
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Safety City (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/kids/
National Weather Service: Owlie Skywarn's Weather Book (National Weather Service) - http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mkx/owlie/owlie.htm
Powerful Bones, Powerful Girls (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/powerfulbones/
Sara's Quest Challenge (National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.sarasquest.org/Quest/SQuesttext.html
Skin Disorders and Diseases (American Academy of Dermatology) - http://www.aad.org/public/Parentskids/KidsConnection/skindisdis.htm
Stalking the Mysterious Microbe (American Society for Microbiology) - http://www.microbe.org/
Star Sleeper (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/sleep/starslp/
Things to Expect When Your Mom Is Pregnant (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/home_family/mom_pregnant.html
Also available in Spanish - http://kidshealth.org/kid/en_espanol/sentimientos/mom_pregnant_esp.html
USFA's Kid Page (United States Fire Administration) - http://www.usfa.fema.gov/kids/
Vaccination: An Act of Love (Pan American Health Organization) - Links to PDF File - Large file - http://www.paho.org/English/DD/PIN/sv04_monica_eng.pdf
Also available in Spanish - http://www.paho.org/Spanish/DD/PIN/sv04_monica_spa.pdf
What Are Germs? (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/germs.html
Also available in Spanish - http://kidshealth.org/kid/en_espanol/preguntas/germs_esp.html
Why Is Handwashing Important? (American Society for Microbiology) - http://www.microbe.org/washup/importance.asp
Also available in Spanish - http://www.microbe.org/espanol/washup/importance.asp

Dictionaries/Glossaries

Word! A Glossary of Medical Words (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/kid/word/

Organizations

BAM! Body and Mind (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.bam.gov/
KidsHealth (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/index_noflash.html

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:

Child and Teen Health - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childandteenhealth.html

Page last updated: 04 November 2004
Topic last reviewed: 05 June 2004