Health Supervision Visits: Which Handouts to Use

 
Prenatal Visit: 
-  Circumcision Decision       -  Sibling Rivalry 
-  Newborn Equipment and       -  Car Safety Seats 
   Supplies 

Newborn: 
-  Breast-feeding (15 topics)    -  Diaper Rash 
-  Formula-feeding               -  Newborn Skin: Rashes and 
-  Normal Newborn's                 Birthmarks 
   Appearance                    -  Newborn Skin Care 
-  Sleep Position for Young      -  New mother, concerns 
   Infants                       -  New father, concerns 

2 Weeks: 
-  Well Child Care at 2 Weeks    -  Pacifier 
-  Sleep problems,               -  Jaundice, newborn
   prevention                              
-  Colic                      

2 Months: 
-  Well Child Care at 2 Months   -  Blocked Tear Duct
-  Diaper rash                   -  Thrush 
-  Spitting up                   -  Immunizations 

4 Months: 
-  Well Child Care at 4 Months   -  Working Mother
-  Solid foods                   -  Day care     

6 Months: 
-  Well Child Care at 6 Months   -  Temperature, how to
-  Developmental stimulation        measure
-  Fever  

9 Months: 
-  Well Child Care at 9 Months   -  Toys 
-  Shoes                         -  Infection, prevention 
-  Teething                      -  Passive smoking 
-  Infant Play                                                 

12 Months:
-  Well Child Care at 12 Months  -  Weaning, Normal 
-  Teeth, prevention of          -  Weaning Resistance 
   decay                         -  Lead Poisoning, Prevention 
-  Iron, helping your child      -  Accident Prevention 
   get enough                                                

18 Months: 
-  Well Child Care at 18 Months  -  Appetite Slump in Toddlers 
-  Toilet Training Basics                                    

2 Years: 
-  Well Child Care at 2 Years     -  Temper Tantrum 
-  Diet, healthy                  -  Time-out Technique 
-  Discipline Techniques,                            
   Basics 

3 Years: 
-  Well Child Care at 3 Years     -  Spoiled Children, 
-  Sunburn (prevention)              Prevention 
-  Dysfluency (normal)            -  Toilet Training Resistance 

4 Years: 
-  Well Child Care at 4 years     -  Speech and Language 
-  Sex education                     Disorders    
-  Television                     -  Sugar and Sweets 

5 Years: 
-  Well Child Care at 5 Years     -  Cholesterol:  Treating 
-  Cholesterol Screening             High Levels     

6 Years: 
-  Well Child Care at 6 Years     -  Video games 
-  School: Responsibility 
   for Schoolwork 

8 and 10 Years: 
-  Well Child Care at 8 Years     -  School: Homework Problems 
-  Movies, fears from 
   (r-rated) 

12 and 14 Years: 
-  Rebellion, Adolescent          -  Acne 
   (normal) 
-  Puberty (for boys or girls)

16, 18, and 20 Years: 
-  Menstrual cramps               -  Diet, healthy (for 
-  Birth control                     teenagers) 

Specific Indications Other Than Acute Illness

 
Psychosocial Problems: 
-  Divorce                      -  Tics 
-  Remarriage                   -  Attention Deficit Disorder 
-  Night Terrors                   (ADD) 
-  Biting                       -  School phobia 
-  Sibling Fighting 

Book Lists for Family Problems: 
-  Adoption                     -  Hospitalization 
-  Death                        -  Sexual abuse 
-  Divorce                      -  Substance abuse 
-  Gifted child                   

Book Lists for Chronic Medical Conditions: 
-  Asthma                       -  Epilepsy 
-  Cancer                       -  Physical disabilities 
-  Cerebral palsy               -  Spina bifida 
-  Diabetes                     -  Mental retardation 
-  Down syndrome                   

Surgical Decisions: 
-  Ventilation tubes or tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy (Give 
   parents time to read and ponder the risks and benefits.) 

Child with Recurrent Asthma, Cough, Ear Infections, Sinus 
Infections, etc., and a Parent Who Smokes: 
-  passive smoking