The Greig Health Record: 6 to 17 years
Bold = Good evidence
Italics = Fair evidence
Plain text - consensus
Selected Guidelines and Resources – Page 2
Internet safety tips
Internet Resources for Patients and Parents
Discuss internet expectations with your parent or caregiver.
Keep your identity private.
Never reveal personal information – including age or gender
Avoid posting pictures of yourself or friends on Web sites or in chat rooms.
Assume any information posted will be available for anyone to see or read.
First- time meetings with cyber buddies should be supervised.
Let others know if you experience unwanted or hurtful material while online
People online may not be who they say they are.
The Internet in unregulated, information found can be dangerous or illegal.
Adapted from Norris ML. HEADSSup: Adolescents and the Internet. Paediatr Child
Health 2007;12(3):211-6.
Booster Seats & Seat Belts – guidelines include weight and age
General
Information
Internet Health
Information
Abuse,
Making
Choices
Booster Seats,
Seat Belts &
Provincial
Laws
restrictions below plus proper seatbelt fit (see references). Rear seat is safest
except in certain compact extended cab pick-up trucks.
At least18 kg (40 lbs)
Booster Seat
Rear seat. Booster seat laws vary between provinces.
Check labels for individual model limits.
At least 145cm (4’ 9” ) tall and at least 36kg (80lbs)
Seat Rear seat
and at least 8 years old. Proper fit must be assessed.
Belt
Front seat Age 13 and over
Complementary
and Alternative
Medicine (CAM)
Dating Safety
www.cps.ca/english/statements/IP/ip08-01.htm www.sickkids.ca/SKCForParents
Firearm Safety
Contributors to Teenaged Driver Crashes and Injury
Hearing
Lack of driver experience
Young age at licensure
Failure to use safety belts
Inadequate hazard-perception skills
Distraction (cellular phone, food, drink, music)
Transporting teenaged passengers
Nighttime driving,
Speeding and reckless driving
Fatigue
Unsafe vehicle choice
Alcohol use,
Drug or medication use
Inadequate parental limit setting
Unlicensed or revoked license
ADHD
Discipline
HPV vaccine
Immunization
Iron in Foods
Insect
Repellents
Menstrual
Issues
Needlestick
Nutrition
Nutrition and
Physical
Activity
Physical
Activity
pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/118/6/2570
Fitness to Drive Reference
Canadian Medical Association. Determining medical fitness to drive. A guide
for physicians. 7th ed. Ottawa, Ont: Canadian Medical Association; 2006
Safety
Sexuality
Environmental Resources
Pesticides & Herbicides, Taking an Exposure History, Lead Exposure
Sleep Issues
www.ocfp.on.ca/english/ocfp/communications/publications/default.asp?s=1#EnvironmentHealth
Physician &Patient Resource
www.healthyenvironmentforkids.ca/english/
Health and Housing
www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/inpr/bude/heho/index.cfm
CDC Environment Website
www.cdc.gov/node.do/id/0900f3ec8000e044
Commission for Environmental Cooperation
www.cec.org/
Smoke &
carbon
monoxide
detectors
Suicide
Sun Safety &
Skin Health
Safety Topics (other)
Playground
Needle-stick
Traffic Safety – road crossing
Winter safety
Farm & Rural safety
Home alone – parent checklist
Bullying
Sports& Recreation
Trampoline Use
Dating safety
Making Choices
CPS, SKC
CPS
SKC
CPS, SKC
CSC, SKC
CSC
KHP, SC
CPS, SC, SKC
CPS, CSC, SKC
KHP, SC
KHP
www.caringforkids.cps.ca (CPS) www.kidshelpphone.org (KHP)
www.safecanada.ca (SC) www.safety-council.org (CSC)
www.safekidscanada.ca/safekidscanada (SKC)
Disclaimer: Given the evolving nature of evidence and changing
recommendations, the Greig Health Record is meant to be used as a
guide only.
Television,
Internet
Traffic Safety
Trampoline
Safety
Vehicle Safety
www.caringforkids.cps.ca
www.cps.ca/english/statements/CP/PracticePoint.htm
www.kidshelpphone.ca
1-800-668-6868
www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety/safedrivers/childsafety/car/index.h
tm
www.safekidscanada.com/safekidscanada/
www.caringforkids.cps.ca/keepkidssafe/CarSeatSafety.htm
www.safekidscanada.ca/SKCPublicPolicyAdvocacy/custo
m/BoosterSeatLegislationChart.pdf
nccam.nih.gov
www.naturaldatabase.com
www.safecanada.ca/link_e.asp?category=1&topic=129
www.caringforkids.cps.ca/behaviour&parenting/Misbehave
s.htm
www.caringforkids.cps.ca/behaviour&parenting/TimeOut.h
tm
www.caringforkids.cps.ca/keepkidssafe/firearmsafety.htm
pgs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/childguns_final3.pdf
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/iyh-vsv/environ/leisure-loisirs_e.html
www.soundsense.ca
www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/177/5/462
www.caringforkids.cps.ca/immunization/index.htm
www.immunize.cpha.ca
www.healthlinkbc.ca/kbase/frame/ue450/ue4500/frame.htm
www.cps.ca/caringforkids/keepkidssafe/repellents.htm
www.arhp.org/healthcareproviders/resources/menstruationr
esources/patientinformation.cfm
hwww.caringforkids.cps.ca/keepkidssafe/Needlestick.htm
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index_e.html
www.healthycanadians.ca
www.healthyalberta.ca
www.activehealthykids.ca
www.caringforkids.cps.ca/growing&learning/HealthyActiv
e.htm
www.safecanada.ca
www.safety-council.org
www.safekidscanada.com/safekidscanada
for younger children www.elmer.ca/home.php
www.sexualityandu.ca
www.sleepfoundation.org
www.caringforkids.cps.ca/TeenHealth/TeensSleep.htm
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hl-vs/iyh-vsv/prod/detect-eng.php
www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/house-domes/fire-feu/detecteng.php
www.cmha.ca
www.youthsuicide.ca
www.caringforkids.cps.ca/keepkidssafe/Sun.htm
www.dermatology.ca/patients_public/info_patients/index.ht
ml
www.caringforkids.cps.ca/behaviour&parenting/Managing
MediaUse.htm
www.caringforkids.cps.ca/growing&learning/GoodTelevisi
on.htm
www.safecanada.ca/link_e.asp?category=3&topic=94
www.webawareness.org/
www.elmer.ca/english/thinksafe/traffic/index.htm Road
safety for younger children
www.caringforkids.cps.ca/keepkidssafe/Trampolines.htm
www.saferoads.com/
Winter Safety
www.caringforkids.cps.ca/keepkidssafe/WinterSafety.htm
Workplace
Safety
www.safecanada.ca/topic_e.asp?category=12
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