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Health Maintenance Guidelines Birth to 17

Learn about the checks ups, screenings and vaccines your child needs from birth through adolescence.

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Check Ups

Visits at 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 and 30 months of age. Annual visits from ages 2 to 17; screen for healthy weight. Check blood pressure annually age 3+.

Chart showing Check Ups needed for Age 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 and 30 months of age. Annual visits from ages 2 to 17.

 

Screening Tests

Vision
At least once between ages 3 to 5 years.

Obesity
Monitor starting at age 6.

Chlamydia/Gonorrhea
Check yearly for sexually active females ages 16 to 24 years.

HIV
Age 15 and older, start younger if at risk.

 
 

 

Immunizations

Two-month series of vaccines can be given as early as 6 weeks.

 

  • Hepatitis B — Birth, 1 month, 6 months
  • Haemophilus Influenza Type B — 2 month, 4 months, 6 months, 12 months
  • Polio — 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 4-5 years
  • Diphtheria, Tetanus and Acellular Pertussis — 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 15 months, 4-5 years
  • Rotavirus — 2 months, 4 months, 6 months
  • Pneumococcal — 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 12 months
  • Tdap/Td — 11 years
  • Measles, Mumps and Rubella — 12 months, 4-5 years
  • Varicella (Chickenpox) — 12 months, 4-5 years
  • Hepatitis A — 12 months, 18 months
  • Influenza (yearly) — 6 months, 18 months, 2 years, 4-5 years, 11 years, 16 years
  • Meningococcal Conjugate — 11years, 16 years
  • Human Papillomavirus — Ages 11 to 14 years should receive a two-dose series or ages 15 to 26 should receive a three-dose series.

Women's Health

Pregnancy
If you are pregnant or able to get pregnant, take a daily vitamin or supplement containing 0.4 to 0.8 mg of folic acid. Talk to your doctor about more steps for a healthy pregnancy.

 

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