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Aboriginal approaches to fetal alcohol syndrome/effects  PDF
Explores how Aboriginal cultures and practices aid the development and daily lives of community members living with FAS/FAE. Includes information about parenting children with FAS/FAE, community based programming, prevention work, and alternative justice for offenders with FAS/FAE. Link requires PDF reader.
Source: Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres
International resource  An easy guide to breastfeeding for African American women  PDF
Explains the benefits of breastfeeding and why it is important to promote breastfeeding in the African American community. Offers tips to get off to a good start and for breastfeeding success. Answers common breastfeeding questions and suggests questions for women to ask their health care provider.
Source: National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC)
From: International resource
Best Start 
Supports service providers across the province of Ontario working on health promotion initiatives to enhance the health of expectant and new parents, newborns and young children. Provides consultation, training, information, and resources.
Source: Best Start
Boys and puberty 
Outlines the physical and physiological changes that occur in boys during the period of puberty.
Source: Calgary Health Region
From: Sexual health
Breastfeeding your baby 
Offers an illustrated guide to breastfeeding. Highlights the benefits of breastfeeding. Describes breastfeeding positions and signs that a baby is breastfeeding well. Suggests how mothers can care for their breasts. Explains how to extract breast milk by hand and by breast pump. Describes how to store breast milk.
Source: Toronto Public Health
Directory of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) information and support services in Canada  PDF
Provides contact information for national and regional organizations that offer services related to fetal alcohol syndrome and fetal alcohol effects. Includes descriptions of many of the services. Listings are organized by province. Link requires PDF reader.
Source: Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA)
Eating well 
Contains advice on choosing healthy foods; pregnancy and nutrition; feeding children; and dieting. Includes a list of resources for teachers.
Source: Peel Public Health
International resource  Families are talking 
Provides a series of newsletters, fact sheets, and bibliographies to support parents and caregivers to communicate with children about sexuality-related issues.
Source: Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS)
From: International resource
Girls and puberty 
Outlines the physical and physiological changes that occur in girls during the period of puberty.
Source: Calgary Health Region
From: Sexuality
Group B streptococcus infection in pregnancy 
Explains the risk of infecting babies during childbirth with a common strain of bacteria. Includes information on prevalence, testing, risk factors, treatments for mothers before and during labour, and treatments for babies after birth.
Source: Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)
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