Health Maintenance Guidelines: Birth to 17 

Babies and toddlers need checkups at 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 15 and 18 months. Children should have annual doctor visits from ages 2-17, including a checkup at 30 months.

• Blood pressure: Checked annually from age 3
• Chlamydia and gonorrhea: Checked yearly for sexually active females ages 16 to 24 years
• HIV: Testing starts at age 15 and older. Screening can start younger for anyone high risk.
• Obesity: Monitoring begins at age 6
• Vision: Checked at least once between ages 3 to 5 years

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

• COVID-19: All eligible ages should receive the recommended vaccine dose and schedule per CDC guidelines
• Diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (Tdap or Td) 
• Hepatitis A 
• Hepatitis B 
• Human papillomavirus (HPV): Ages 11 to 14 years should receive a two-dose series (can begin as early as age 9). Ages 15 to 26 should receive a three-dose series. 
• Influenza (flu): Children 6 months to younger than 9 years old who have not received at least two doses of flu vaccine in their lifetime need two doses of flu vaccine spaced at least four weeks apart. Afterward, only one annual dose of flu vaccine is needed.
• Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)
• Polio 
• Pneumococcal: For patients under 19 years, either PCV20 or PCV15 can be used to complete vaccination according to currently recommended schedules
• Rotavirus 
• Varicella (chickenpox) 

• Anxiety: Starts at age 8
• Depression: Starts at age 12
• Domestic violence: Starts at age 12
• Sexually transmitted infections: Starts at age 11
• Skin cancer: Starts at age 6
• Tobacco use and vaping: Starts at age 11

• Meningococcal B vaccine: Can be given ages 16 to 23
• Human Papillomavirus (HPV): Discuss at age 9.