Informed by the expertise of the American Academy of Pediatrics, this authoritative guide to immunizations and infections in children covers a wide range of subject matter in easy-to-understand terms. Divided into four parts, this resource covers immunizations, antibiotics, prevention, and infection control, and also gives summaries of various infectious diseases. Readers will learn what exactly an infectious disease is; the differences between bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites; and about contagions and incubation times. Parents, school nurses, librarians, and anyone else who comes into contact with children will find this handbook indispensable. A 2004 Childhood Immunization Schedule and a sample child vaccination record are also included.
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"This straightforward manual will give [parents] the information they need to keep their kids healthy." —Kirkus
"A fine, user-friendly source available for raising healthy children." —The Observer & Eccentric Newspapers
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Margaret C. Fisher, MD, FAAP, is a pediatrician, the chair of the department of pediatrics at Monmouth Medical School, and a professor of pediatrics at Drexel University College of Medicine. She served on the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases from 1996 to 2002 and is the editor-in-chief of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She lives in Sea Bright, New Jersey.
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A must have for world-traveling families!,
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This review is from: American Academy of Pediatrics: Immunizations & Infectious Diseases: An Informed Parent's Guide (Paperback)
I am so glad I have this book! I use it all the time as a reference book to help me understand the various immunizations & diseases out there--esp since we get a lot of shots due to the fact that we travel the world for my husband's work. Sure, you could look things up online, but there have been so many times when our internet didn't work (or we didn't have it due to the remoteness of our location) and I needed answers now. This book is well organized and very informative. At 447 pages, it doesn't tell you everything there is to know about each disease or immunization, but it gets you started and headed in the right direction.
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vibrio infections, streptococcal infections, children with weakened immune systems, contact your pediatrician, keeping your child healthy, human ehrlichioses, call your pediatrician, small breathing tubes, contagious period, tinea infections, ask your pediatrician Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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vibrio infections, streptococcal infections, children with weakened immune systems, contact your pediatrician, keeping your child healthy, human ehrlichioses, call your pediatrician, small breathing tubes, contagious period, tinea infections, ask your pediatrician Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Getting the Facts About Infectious Diseases, Call Your Pediatrician Contact, Organisms Causing, West Nile, Organisms Spread, American Academy of Pediatrics, Keeping Your Child Healthy Through Immunizations, Treatment Most, Call Your Pediatrician Call, Bacterial Infections, Salmonella Infections, Treatment Children, Hepatitis Supportive, General Prevention Guidelines, Associated With Lung Diseases, Prevention There, Prevention Make, Sexually Transmitted Diseases Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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