Patient/Family Education Materials by Category

This section contains broad-ranging information Children's Hospitals & Clinics has developed about pediatric medicine. Here you will find plain talk about medical conditions or procedures, first aid, and the like. Many topics have illustrations and detailed instructions about how to provide care at home, and when to call for medical advice. Some topics offer links to Hmong, Somali, and Spanish versions.

The information in this section duplicates information given to the parents of Children's patients during their child's care in one of the hospitals or clinics.

This section has medical information, not medical advice. If you or your child has a health problem, contact your clinic. Use these materials only under the guidance of your child's health care provider.

Ways to Wellness
	Aromatherapy:  Information for children and adolescents about how clinical aromatherapy can help with nausea, headaches, fatigue, and nervousness.
	Biofeedback:  Information for children and adolescents about techniques to make their body relax and feel good.
	ePrescribe patient handout:
	Exercise:  Information for children and adolescents about the benefits of exercise. Everybody's body is made to be put in motion.
	Healing Touch:  Information for children and adolescents about how healing touch therapies can help lessen pain and calm the body.
	Herbal Medicine:  Information for children and adolescents about how herbs can be used as a safe and gentle way to feel better.
	Integrative Cancer Care:  Information for children and adolescents about how Integrative Cancer Care can help reduce symptoms, provide relaxation, and make cancer treatment work better.
	Integrative Medicine:  An introduction for parents on the use of complementary and alternative medical therapies for their children and adolescents.
	Massage:  Information for children and adolescents about the benefits of massage.
	Mental Imagery:  Information for children and adolescents about how to use mental imagery to relax and feel better.
	Secondhand Smoke: Protecting Your Family:  Explains the dangers of secondhand smoke for children, and ways to keep it away from them. See Also: Asthma, Bronchiolitis, Asthma trigger control, Asthma Action Plan
	Spirituality and Healing:  Information for children and adolescents about what spirituality is and ways to get started feeling spiritual.
	Stress Management:  Information for children and adolescents about how to relieve stress. Describes three easy steps.
	Teach back:  Information for parents and children on the use of teach back as a learning method.
	Teach back checklist:  A checklist for parents to use in learning to care for a child with special health care needs.
	Therapeutic Listening:  Explains the dangers of secondhand smoke for children, and ways to keep it away from them. See Also: Asthma, Bronchiolitis, Asthma trigger control, Asthma Action Plan
	Traditional Chinese Medicine:  Information for children and adolescents about Qi energy, acupuncture, and acupressure.
	Yoga:  Information for children and adolescents about yoga and how it works.