Child Health Information for ALL Texas Children

Shots Required for School	Tips for Terrific Teeth: A Guide for Parents
Is Your Child at Risk? Obesity, Acanthosis Nigricans, and Type 2 Diabetes...Know the Link!	Put It OUTside for Healthier Kids
Heat Exhaustion and Heat Stress	Walk Across Texas for Schools! A Fun Fitness Program for Children of All Ages!
Your Family Health and Medical Record	First Aid
Children’s Mental Health	Healthy Eating
Children’s Health Insurance TexCare Partnership	Car Seat Information and Child Passenger Safety

Personal Hygiene and Germs Hygiene Soap and Detergent Association

Healthy Home

More Resources

• Choosing the Correct Backpack for Your Child (PDF) [Text version]
• Taking a Child’s Temperature (PDF)
• Healthy Schools, Information on how to start a school health advisory board.
• Insect Repellent (PDF) [Text version]
  • Insect Repellent Fact Sheet for Older Children (PDF)
  • Insect Repellent Fact Sheet for Younger Children (PDF)
• CDC Interactive Health for Youth

3 Sun Safety Lessons

• Let’s Find Out Why It’s Cool in the Shade – for children
  (flip chart, PowerPoint presentation format) [Spanish version]
• It’s Cool in the Shade: The Savage Facts About Skin Cancer and the Killer Tan – for teens
  (flip chart, PowerPoint presentation format) [Spanish version]
• The Truth About Sun Safety: Protecting the Skin Your In – for adults
  (flip chart, PowerPoint presentation format) [Spanish version]
  

• MRSA – Antibiotic resistant staph infection (PDF) [Text version]