Child Health Websites
Allergies / Anaphylaxis
About Kids Health: www.aboutkidshealth.ca/
(Hospital for Sick Children)
Anaphylaxis Canada: http://www.gosafe.ca/
Caring for Kids:
http://www.caringforkids.cps.ca/
(Canadian Pediatric Society)
Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical
Immunology – Patient/Public Information:
http://www.csaci.ca/index.php?page=546
Epipen Canada: http://www.epipen.ca/
Motherisk: http://www.motherisk.org/
(Hospital for Sick Children)
Motherisk General Helpline 416-813-6780
Alcohol & Substance Use 1-877-327-4636
Morning Sickness 1-800-436-8477
HIV treatment in pregnancy 1-888-246-5840
All Motherisk lines open Monday – Friday
9.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m.
Healthy Canadians – Kids:
http://www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/init/kidsenfants/index-eng.php
(Government of Canada)
Kids Health: http://kidshealth.org/
(Nemours Foundation – U.S.)
Healthy Children:
http://www.healthychildren.org/
(American Academy of Pediatrics)
Allergy Safe Communities:
http://www.allergysafecommunities.ca/
The information contained in this brochure is
intended as a reference list but may not be all
inclusive.
St. Joseph’s Health Centre assumes no liability
for the quality or accuracy of the information
contained in this brochure or on any of these
websites. Inclusion of websites and/or
organizations in this brochure does not imply
endorsement by the Health Centre, nor is such
information intended to replace the advice of your
physician.
We recommend that all medical needs be
consulted by a physician, or in the case of a
medical emergency, you are advised to go to
your closest Emergency Department or call 911.
Safety / Injury Prevention
Safe Kids Canada:
http://www.safekidscanada.ca/
(Hospital for Sick Children)
Smartrisk: http://www.smartrisk.ca/
Health Canada – Consumer Product Safety:
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/cps-spc/indexeng.php
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Health
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A Reference for Parents
Health Information on the Internet - A Reference for Parents
Asthma & Lung Disease
Toronto Public Health:
http://www.toronto.ca/health/
Canadian Lung Association: http://www.lung.ca/
Ontario Lung Association: http://www.on.lung.ca/
Poison Information
Ontario Poison Centre:
http://www.ontariopoisoncentre.com/
1-800-268-9017 / 416-813-5900
Telehealth Ontario:
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/public/programs/t
elehealth/
Telehealth Ontario 1-866-797-0000
Kids Help Phone: http://www.kidshelpphone.ca/
Kids Helpline 1-800-668-6868
Toronto Resources
Public Health Agency of Canada:
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/id-mi/index-eng.php
FightFlu.ca: http://www.fightflu.ca/
(Public Health Agency of Canada)
Medline Plus: www.medlineplus.gov
Nutrition
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care:
http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/public/
Canada’s Food Guide: http://www.hcsc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index-eng.php
(Health Canada)
Mental Health
Children’s Mental Health Ontario:
http://www.kidsmentalhealth.ca/
Infectious Diseases
Heart & Stroke Foundation of Ontario:
http://www.heartandstroke.on.ca
Travel Health
Mayo Clinic – Diseases and Conditions:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/DiseasesIndex/
DiseasesIndex
Public Health Agency of Canada – Travel Health:
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/tmp-pmv/indexeng.php
UpToDate – Patient Information:
http://www.uptodate.com/patients/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(U.S.) – Travel Health:
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/
Toronto 211: http://www.211toronto.ca/
Immunizations
City of Toronto – Services & Programs:
http://www.toronto.ca/services/
Social
Children’s Aid Society: http://www.oacas.org/
CPR & First Aid Training
Public Health Agency of Canada –
Immunizations: http://www.phacaspc.gc.ca/im/iyc-vve/index-eng.php
Canadian Coalition for Immunization Awareness
& Promotion: http://www.immunize.cpha.ca/en/
General Health
Healthy Ontario: http://www.mhp.gov.on.ca/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(U.S.) – Vaccines: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/
Canadian Red Cross: http://www.redcross.ca/
(Use “How We Help” tab)
St. John Ambulance:
http://www.sja.ca/Ontario/Training/Pages/Toronto
CourseCalendar.aspx