Pediatric Patient Education Topics
Common conditions and educational materials affecting pediatric patient populations.
Pediatric Health Topics
Educational materials for parents or caregivers on health conditions occurring in children.
The following handouts are designed generically for use in any clinic setting. Click here to see the set of these handouts that include Harborview Children and Teens Clinic contact information
Cough/Cold
"How To Treat Your Child's Cough or Cold at Home"
This pamphlet provides information about cold and home treatment of symptoms including medicines that are safe for children and some non-medication treatment suggestions. Each pamphlet is 3-5 pages (depending on language), in PDF format.
English
Khmer (Cambodian)
Russian
Somali
Spanish
Vietnamese
Diaper Rash
"Diaper Rash Information"
This is a 1 page sheet describing what diaper rash is, how to reduce baby's risk of it, and what typically causes it. Provides space for a provider to indicate to a parent whether diaper rash is caused by skin irritation from the diaper, or by yeast or fungus.
English
Khmer (Cambodian)
Russian
Somali
Spanish
Vietnamese
Fever Instructions for Children
"Fever and Acetaminophen" (Tylenol ©)
Information for parents about a child's fever and how to treat it. 2 page PDF. Page 2 has space for a provider or pharmacist to indicate instructions and doses for treating a fever with Acetaminophen.
English
Khmer (Cambodian)
Russian
Somali
Spanish
Vietnamese
Rickets
"Preventing Rickets in Breastfed Babies"
Information about preventing Rickets in breastfed babies, including signs of the condition and suggestions for getting sufficient Vitamin D.
Amharic
English
Khmer (Cambodian)
Oromo
Somali
Tigrinya
Vomiting / Diarrhea
"How to Treat Child's Vomiting and Diarrhea at Home"
A 4 page pamphlet about treating the common conditions of vomiting and diarrhea in children.
English
Khmer (Cambodian)
Russian
Somali
Spanish
Vietnamese
This patient education material is provided by the Community House Calls project and Children's Clinic, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Safe Storage of Household Cleaning Supplies
Safe Storage of Household Cleaning Supplies
This poster project was created by nursing students Mina So, RN, BSN and Stephanie Bauer RN, BSN to convey a universally understood message of the harm and danger that could result from the improper storage and/or accidental ingestion of household cleaning products. The target audience is any population who is unable to read English well and is unfamiliar with common household chemicals found in the United States.
Blind/Low Literacy Audio Resources on Dyslexia
Patient education audio resources for blind or low literacy populations. The audio recordings were done by the Utah Department of Health Office of Health Disparities.
| What is Dyslexia? (6:01 min) |
Link to the English document 2 page, PDF |
| Understanding Your Dyslexia (7:02 min) |
Link to the English document 2 page, PDF |
| Frequently asked Questions about Dyslexia (6:53 min) |
Link to the English document 2 page, PDF |
| Dyslexia/Reading Disorder (9:48 min) |
Link to the English document 10 page, PDF |
These audio resources were provided by the Utah Department of Health Office of Health Disparities.
Related Websites
Other websites that provide some patient education materials in other languages on a variety of pediatric topics.
Parenting/Raising Children
Bridging Refugee Youth & Children's Services (BRYCS) has many resources for refugee families, youth and children. Here are several resources to highlight:
Raising Children in a New Country: An Illustrated Handbook
This booklet was created for agencies serving refugees and immigrants in order to support their efforts to ensure that newcomer parents have the basic information they need about U.S. laws and parenting practices. Although newcomers may find the booklet useful by itself, it is primarily intended for case managers and other service providers to use together with their refugee and immigrant clients. The booklet is targeted to newcomer parents with low levels of English proficiency and/or low literacy levels.
Available in: English Arabic Somali
Raising Children in a New Country: Supporting Early Learning and Healthy Development
BRYCS and the Office of Head Start's National Center on Cultural and Linguistic Responsiveness (NCCLR) partnered to create "Raising Children in a New Country: Supporting Early Learning and Healthy Development," an illustrated handbook for newcomer families parenting young children. The handbook addresses the following themes: Family Well-Being, Safety and Protection, Guidance and Discipline, Healthy Brain Development, Early Learning and School Readiness, and Connecting to Early Care and Education.
Available in: Arabic English Nepali Somali Spanish
Raising Children in a New Country: A Toolkit for Working with Newcomer Parents
This toolkit brings together useful resources that have been created for or can be adapted to developing parenting services for newly arrived families.
Child Safety
Seattle Children's Hospital Safety and Injury Prevention
This site has some translated patient educational materials (mostly Spanish, some Cantonese, Russian, Somali and Vietnamese) specifically on topics with an emphasis on injury prevention: Home Safety, Sport Safety, Travel & Vehicle Safety, and Water Safety. Includes Booster Seat Information in 13 languages.
MedlinePlus (National Library of Medicine):
Child safety resources in multiple languages
Healthy Roads Media
Numerous topics and in various formats (audio, mobile video, written) including car seat safety, circumcision, SIDS, lead poisoning in children and many other topics. Some topics are free, but there may be a charge for some materials.
