Patient and Family Education A - Z
This section contains information developed by UC Davis Children's Hospital about various pediatric conditions, procedures and how to provide care at home. The educational handouts available on this site may duplicate those that parents and families received during their child's care at the hospital or clinic. If there is a topic you were interested in that is not covered on this page, please visit www.healthychildren.org. This is a site with information for parents, curated by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Please also check out Kids Considered, a podcast hosted by two UC Davis pediatricians.
The information contained in these printable materials is not intended as a substitute for professional medical care and follow up. Please always follow your health care professional's instructions. Contact your primary care physician, specialty physician, or clinic for any questions.
A
Anesthesia
Asthma
B
Bedwetting
Bereavement
- Explaining death and dying to your child
- Saying goodbye from afar
- How to help with difficult conversations
- How to help your child through loss, sickness due to COVID-19
- Supporting children through grief and loss booklet (PDF) |Spanish | Russian
- Activities for grieving children and families
Breastfeeding
Bronchilitis
Broviac ® (Central Venous Catheter)
C
Caudal Nerve Block
Care Binder
The “Care Binder” is a notebook where you can organize health information, reports, doctors’ visits and written handouts:
- Complete Notebook | Spanish | Chinese | Russian | Punjabi | Vietnamese
Central Line Parent Education
- Central Venous Catheter (Broviac ®) | Spanish | Russian | Chinese | Hmong | Vietnamese
- Comparison: Implanted Catheter vs. Central Venous Catheter (Port vs. Broviac) | Vietnamese
- My Lifeline Card | Vietnamese
- Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) | Spanish | Russian | Chinese | Hmong | Vietnamese
- Port-a-Catheter (Port) | Spanish | Russian | Chinese | Hmong | Vietnamese
- Preventing Infection in your Central Line | Spanish | Russian | Chinese | Hmong | Vietnamese
Comfort
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- Vaccinating 12-to-15-year-old children explained (video)
- Should pregnant and breastfeeding women get vaccinated? (video)
- Clinic begins vaccinating 12-to-15-year-olds for COVID-19 (video)
- Caring for newborns when mother has COVID-19
- Easing anxiety about fevers and children during COVID-19
- How to balance working from home and teaching kids (video)
- Tips to teach children about wearing masks (video)
- Mutisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C)
- Kawasaki disease
- Masks pose dangers to babies, toddlers
- See additional coronavirus resources for parents
D
E
Ear tubes
F
Fetal echocardiograms
Fever
Flu Information
G
Gastrostomy Tube
I
Infants
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
N
P
Parenting
PICC and Port
- Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) | Spanish | Russian | Chinese | Hmong | Vietnamese
- Port-a-Catheter (Port) | Spanish | Russian | Chinese | Hmong | Vietnamese
Potty training
Preparing for Baby
Preparing for Your Child's Hospital Stay
- How to Prepare for the Hospital
- How to Help a Child at Home
- How to Help a Child at the Hospital
- How to Help a Child in Pain
- How to Help a Child take their Medicine
- How to Help a Newborn
- How to Help a Preschooler
- How to Help a School Age Child
- How to Help a Teenager
- How to Help a Toddler
- How to Help an Infant
- How to Help Siblings Visit the PICU
S
T
Tonsillectomy
Tracheostomy
- Tracheostomy Handbook
- Tracheostomy Emergency Care | Spanish | Russian | Chinese | Hmong | Vietnamese
- Tracheostomy Travel Bag | Bolso de Viaje de Traqueostomía | Russian | Chinese | Hmong | Vietnamese
- Tracheostomy Suction | Aspiración Traqueal | Russian | Chinese | Hmong | Vietnamese
- Tracheostomy Teaching Schedule