Local and National Information Links

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The following websites are recommended by the Mountainland Pediatrics healthcare providers and by the child mental/behavioral health experts at Mountainland Pediatrics' sister organization, Community Reach Center.

Please remember that these are educational suggestions and should not be considered complete or used in place of a visit, phone call, consultation or advice from your physician and/or healthcare provider.

Local Hospitals with Pediatric Staff

• The Children's Hospital (Denver)
• North Valley Medical Center (Thornton)
• St. Anthony's North Hospital (Westminster)
• Good Samaritan Hospital (Lafayette)
• Avista Adventist Hospital (Louisville)
• Platt Valley Medical Center (Brighton)
• Lutheran Medical Center (Wheatridge)
• Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children at Presbyterian/St. Luke’s (Denver)

Major National Resources

• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Academy of Pediatrics Parenting Corner
• American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology

Local Information and Support for Parents

• For Parents with Mental Health issues: Empower Colorado
• For Parents with Special Needs Children: Parent to Parent of Colorado
• Grieving: Judi’s Place

Immunization Information

• Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Vaccines & Immunization
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Vaccine Safety
• Center for Disease Control (en español)
• Passport Health: Travel Vaccinations
• National Network for Immunization Information
• Allied Vaccine Group
• Immunization Action Coalition

Child Safety

• Colorado’s Child Restraint Law
• Colorado Child Passenger Safety
• Child Passenger Safety (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
• U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
• Safe Kids USA

Flu

• Center for Disease Control on Season Influenza
• Center for Disease Control on 2009 H1N1 (Swine) Flu

Parenting/ Children's Health & Development

• Zero to Three
• Mayo Clinic Infant and Toddler Health
• Discovery Health: Infant and Toddler Center
• Discovery Health: Teen Center
• Kids Growth and Teen Growth
• Kids Health
• Building Blocks for a Healthy Future (for children 3-6)
• Social and Emotional Development (Bright Futures at Georgetown University)

Specific Medical and Mental Health Conditions

• Prevention of Allergies and Asthma in Children
• National Downs Syndrome Society
• Downsyndrome.com (social network)
• Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
• Toilet Training Problems

Breast Feeding

• La Leche League International

Postpartum Mood Disorders

• PBS web and video information (Episode 2 of This Emotional Life series)
• WEB MD on Postpartum Depression
• Oh Baby, This Isn’t What I Expected (Kempe Foundation)