American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Health and Condition Resource
Empower encourages our adult members to go to the AAP website. It has many articles and videos about issues that may affect you. The link https://www.healthychildren.org/english/health-issues/pages/default.aspx will land you on the AAP website Health Issues page. Across the left side of the page is a list of different subject areas. There are many conditions not only defined but different articles that magnify different elements of the condition some are even videos that can be watched. Although several of the articles are for parents and guardians of children there are many of the articles that speak to what is important information
Child and Adolescent Professional Examination Guidelines
Empower has adopted the AAP guidance regarding the preventive checks that should be occurring during a child/adolescent’s life. A health professionals examination guidelines are defined by the age of the child and include many physical, behavioral, and developmental assessments to make sure a child is growing and maturing within acceptable limits. The sections for each age group include the age of the child, physical measurements, vision and hearing check, social, mental, and behavioral development, a physical examination, immunizations, check of the mouth and important lab/blood tests.
The AAP tables for the assessments are as follows:
Infancy
Middle Childhood
Early Childhood
Adolescence
