Parents

• Alcohol, Smoking & Drugs
• Child Abuse Childhood Diseases & Illnesses
• Childhood Diseases and Illnesses
• Educational Resources
• Family Issues
• Healthy Environments
• Healthy Living
• Infants
• Injury Prevention
• Parenting Tips (Childhood Development)
• School Health
• Other Resources
• Comments

Alcohol, Smoking and Drugs

• Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Ears, Nose and Lungs: How to help your family clean the air
• Quit Smoking
• The Scoop
• Youth and Substances Abuse
• Drugs & Health Products - Preventing and Addressing Problematic Use
• Be Drug Wise

Child Abuse

Child abuse occurs when a parent, guardian or caregiver mistreats or neglects a child, resulting in injury, significant emotional or psychological harm or serious risk of harm.

• Child Sexual Abuse
• Wife Abuse - The Impact on Children
• National Clearinghouse on Family Violence
• The Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS)
• Child Abuse and Neglect
• The Secret of the Silver Horse - A story for children about the differences between "good" and "bad" secrets
• Canadian Health Network - Violence Prevention

Childhood Diseases and Illnesses

• Childhood Cancer
  • This Battle Which I Must Fight: Cancer in Canada's Children and Teenagers
  • Diagnosis and Initial Treatment of Cancer in Canadian Children 0 to 14 Years, 1995-2000
• Immunization Registries - It's Your Health
• Immunization
• Diseases & Conditions - More Diseases

Educational Resources

• Nobody's Perfect - An educational program for parents of children from birth to age five.
• Parenting Today's Teens: A Survey and Review of Resources
• Welcome to Parenting: The First Six Years

Family Issues

• All Together Now: How families are affected by depression and manic depression

Healthy Environments

Children are affected by their environment whether it is the environment is physical, biological or social.

• Children's Environmental Health
• Safe, Healthy Environments

Healthy Living

• Canada's Guide to Healthy Eating & Physical Activity
• Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating
• Food and Nutrition
• Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program
• Canadian Health Network - Healthy Eating
• Canada's Physical Activity Guide for Children and Youth
• Physical Activity
• Canadian Health Network - Active Living
• Vitality

Infants and Pregnancy

• Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
• Healthy Pregnancy
• Infant mortality
• Canadian Perinatal Surveillance System
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)

Injury Prevention

Injuries are the leading cause of death for children and youth under the age of 20.

• For the Safety of Canadian Children and Youth
• Is your child safe?
• Safety with Radar (Activity Book)
• Children's Products
• Smart Summer Fun
• Safe Winter Fun
• Canadian Health Network - Injury Prevention

Parenting Tips (Childhood Development)

• Child & Youth index
• Growing Healthy Canadians: A Guide for Positive Child Development
• Healthy Child Development
• Teens
  • Parenting Today's Teens: A Survey and Review of Resources
  • Transition to adolescence
• Reports
  • Children
  • Investing in Early Childhood Development

School Health

• Comprehensive School Health - An integrated approach to promoting healthy students in healthy schools)
• National Forum on Health

Other Resources

• National Child Day - lots of links and a fun zone !
• Canadian Health Network - Parents

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