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

• MRSA – Antibiotic resistant staph infection (PDF) [Text version]
• Childhood Overweight: Community Mobilization (PDF) [Text version]
• Childhood Overweight: Fostering Healthful Behaviors (PDF) [Text version]
• Childhood Overweight: Favorable Food Practices (PDF) [Text version]
• Childhood Overweight: An Epidemic on the Rise (PDF) [Text version]
• Children with Food Allergies: Special Considerations for Kids (PDF) [Text version]
• Early Childhood Dental Health (PDF) [Text version]
• Energy and Sports Drinks: Hydration and health concerns (PDF) [Text version]
• Keeping Children Healthy
• Lactose Intolerance
• Lead Poisoning
• Poison Prevention: Putting You In Touch with the Resources (PDF) [Text version]
• Safety Camps for Kids
• Safety in Sports (PDF) [Text version]
• Secondhand Smoke
• Showering the Babies in Your Life with Safety (PDF) [Text version]
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
• Sunscreen, Insect Repellent and Other Safe Summer Remedies (PDF) [Text version]
• Sunscreen Use: Making Sense of Sunscreen and Tanning Products (PDF) [Text version]
• Sun Safety
• Type 2 Diabetes Among Youth
• Your Place in School Health: Advocating for Healthy Kids in Your School District (PDF) [Text version]

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]