Boy Scout camps promise a great time for kids. Before the fun begins, however, there are some required health and safety measures. Boy Scout camp physicals are a required part of summer or winter camping, or events longer than 72 hours. For AZ camp physicals, parents should contact a Happy Valley pediatrician to conduct their Boy Scout camp physicals. The Boy Scouts ask for these [...]
Caring for sick children is a huge responsibility. Parents and other caregivers can often wind up stressed out, burned out, and overwhelmed during the course of caring for sick children. If this happens, North Phoenix pediatricians may recommend that caregivers attend support groups for parents with sick children. A Common Understanding Support groups put parents in touch with others who are caring for sick children. [...]
Pediatricians in Phoenix, Arizona, are bound by similar reporting laws as most pediatric doctors across the United States. While these pediatric doctors routinely see sick children in their offices, they may also see children who are victims of abuse or neglect, or children whose health concerns may be part of a wider, serious threat to public health and safety. Reporting laws exist to benefit public [...]
Every parent wants to avoid having sick kids, but there are some families who are not taking every step toward keeping children safe from preventable illnesses. Child immunizations are a very important part of childhood health and fewer child immunizations means more sick kids. Both preventable illnesses and preventable deaths have been caused by a lack of child immunizations. The website www.antivaccinebodycount.com tabulates data from [...]
For student athletes in Phoenix, sports physicals are a standard part of joining a team or playing a new sport. School sports physicals determine if students are fit to participate in athletics. Even if they are not required by the school, Phoenix pediatrics practitioners recommend school sports physicals to students who will be participating in athletics during the school year. School sports physicals done in [...]
