Our hope for our Kids’ Health and Wellness Hub is that it will be a source of easily accessible, trustworthy information for families.
Keith J. Loud, MD, MScDartmouth Health Children’s has launched a Kids’ Health and Wellness Hub on its website—a one-stop shop dedicated to providing expert advice to parents and caregivers on kids’ health, growth and behavior. The Kids’ Health and Wellness Hub features articles and videos with concise bullet points, organized by topic and with search capability, to help families easily access factual, science-based information that’s easy to understand and apply.
Each post in the Health and Wellness Hub features a Dartmouth Health Children’s pediatric expert and addresses frequently questions, trending topics, and resources including links to more information on the topic and how to get connected with a provider. Current featured Hub posts include what to know about concussions, safe sleeping practices for newborn babies, and why Dartmouth Health Children’s is following the American Academy of Pediatrics’ vaccine guidelines.
“While we live in an era where information is more readily available than ever before, too much of that information, which is widely disseminated by social media, is misunderstood, misconstrued, or just flat out incorrect, especially when it comes to our health,” said Keith J. Loud, MD, MSc, physician in chief of Dartmouth Health Children’s. “Every parent wants the absolute best for their child, but with so much competing information, it can be confusing and difficult to know what to trust. Our hope for our Kids’ Health and Wellness Hub is that it will be a source of easily accessible, trustworthy information for families navigating any and all questions about their children’s health, from treating tummy aches, to encouraging healthy eating habits, to supporting mental and emotional wellbeing.”
Visit the Dartmouth Health Children’s Kids Health and Wellness Hub at childrens.dartmouth-health.org/kids-health and check back frequently for updates.
About Dartmouth Health
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and the state’s largest private employer, serves patients across northern New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,000 providers in almost every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH, as well as across its wide network of hospitals, clinics and care facilities. DHMC is consistently named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, one of only 57 National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers in the nation, and the only such center in northern New England; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital and multiple locations around the region; member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire; and more than 24 clinics that provide ambulatory and specialty services across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its historical partnership with Dartmouth and the Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually, and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials recognized across the globe with Geisel and the White River Junction VA Medical Center in White River Junction, VT. Dartmouth Health and its more than 13,000 employees are deeply committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in our communities, and to providing each of our patients with exceptional, personal care.
About Dartmouth Health Children's
Dartmouth Health Children's is the only comprehensive pediatric healthcare system in the region. Fully integrated in Dartmouth Health and anchored for more than 30 years by Children's Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (CHaD)—in Lebanon, NH—Dartmouth Health Children's promotes health, advances knowledge, and delivers the best patient and family-centered care for infants, children, and adolescents across New Hampshire and Vermont. Dartmouth Health Children's conducts groundbreaking research and educates the next generations of health professionals as the primary pediatric partner of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. Highly skilled and collaborative child health professionals provide care in multiple settings across the region. Outpatient specialty visits and same-day surgery services are available at Children's Hospital at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (CHaD) and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics Manchester. Primary care appointments in general pediatrics are available at Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics in Bedford, Concord, Lebanon, Manchester and Nashua, NH and Bennington, VT; as well as at Dartmouth Health members: Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital, Cheshire Medical Center, New London Hospital and Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center.