Useful Links
General
Children with Special Healthcare Needs Program, Washington State
Provides resources and information for parents of children with special healthcare needs.
March of Dimes
Detailed information for parents and families on the care of premature babies and the complications they may experience.
Breast-feeding
Women's Health.gov: Breast-feeding
Provides extensive information about breast-feeding.
Digestive system
NASPGHAN
North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. Includes a family resources section with handout topics on digestive and liver diseases from biliary atresia to short bowel syndrome.
Heart
American Heart Association
Provides extensive, up-to-date information regarding heart disease and treatment.
Pediheart
Offers separate sections for parents, children and medical practitioners. Kidzone includes the anatomy of the heart and information about common heart defects, as well as a story section where families can read about other kids with heart defects.
Post-pregnancy self-care
The Ohio State University Medical Center
Postpartum educational materials.
Urology and bladder
UrologyHealth.org
American Urological Association Health Foundation. This is where you can find urologic diseases and/or conditions that either apply specifically to children or can apply to children and adults.