Factsheets Categories

Fact sheets on a range of health and safety topics have been developed in partnership by Sydney Children's Hospital, The Children's Hospital at Westmead and Hunter New England Kidshealth Network. They aim to help you learn about your child’s illness and ways you can help improve their overall health and wellbeing, Factsheets are for educational purposes only, please consult with your doctor or other health professional to make sure this information is right for your child.

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Healthdirect 24 hour telephone helpline: 1800 022 222. Healthdirect Australia is a 24-hour telephone health helpline staffed by Registered Nurses to provide expert health advice.

For further information on children’s health and safety issues, visit the Kids Health Website. For books recommended by our hospitals' experts, please visit our book shop.

Translations

A range of fact sheets have been translated into a number of languages. Please visit our translations page to view the resources available in each language.

Allergy | Asthma

Babies | Newborns | Infants

Basic life support | CPR

Blood | Veins | Haematology

Bones | Muscles | Orthopaedics

Brain | Spinal cord | Neurology

Cancer | Tumours | Oncology

Chronic illness | Inflammatory

Common childhood illness

Common problems

Deafness | Hearing | Audiology

Death | Organ donation

Development | Behavioural

Digestive | Gastroenterology

Disability

Ear | Nose | Throat

Emotional | Mental health

Eyes | Sight | Ophthalmology

Face | Mouth | Speech

Family support | Information

Feeding | Nutrition | Hydration

Heart | Cardiac

Immunisation

Infectious diseases

Injury | Accident | Poisoning

Kidney | Urinary

Liver | Hepatology

Lungs | Respiratory | Sleep

Obesity | Healthy weight

Pain management

Palliative care

Rehabilitation | Physiotherapy

Skin | Dermatology

Surgery | Anaesthesia

Teenagers | Young people

Teeth | Dental

Tests | Procedures | Diagnostics

Vascular access