Learn why it’s important to get an influenza vaccination every year. Find out how getting a flu shot not only protects you from influenza, but it protects your loved ones and those closest to you.
Use this tip sheet to understand the purpose, timing, and goals of the required newborn visit. Early Head Start staff will also find strategies for making the most of the visit.
View this webinar to find ways to help mixed-age groups of children engage in physical activity. Learn how to offer movement opportunities to all children in your program.
Learn how vaccines can protect young children from 14 dangerous diseases. Use this tip sheet to talk with parents about the importance of infant vaccines.
These fact sheets serve as tools to help Head Start health managers provide important information to families about Office of Head Start priorities. We hope that you find them useful as you work within your programs and communities to strengthen the health and wellness of all Head Start children.
Bed bugs are small, reddish-brown insects about the size of an apple seed. Questions about them are common in early education settings. Learn how to identify bed bugs and what to do if you have them in your program.
Listen on the go to a podcast (audio-only version) of the five-minute video for home visitors on helping families promote tummy time with their babies.
In this fact sheet, find information for families about asthma. Also, learn more about ways families can eliminate tobacco exposure.
This fact sheet includes tips families can use to help young children develop positive active play behaviors.
Find current immunization schedules (from the CDC) for children ages birth through 6 years old, catch-up schedules for children birth to 18 years old and the adult schedule by vaccine and age group.