Information for your patients and their families

For families of children suspected of having COVID-19, clinicians should prepare and distribute printed handouts with website addresses and other links to CDC, AAP, and other resources.

The CDC COVID-19 website contains a lot of materials targeted to parents, e.g., “Caring for Someone at Home”; “If you have Animals”; “Preventing the Spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Homes and Residential Communities”. Parents should be referred to that website.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) HealthyChildren.org website provides information targeted specifically to parents on multiple COVID-19 topics including
The American Academy of Family Practice (AAFP) familydoctor.org website also addresses a number of COVID-19 topics targeted at patients and families including:
The Virginia Department of Health web site has a detailed set of personal care prevention tips and a set of frequently asked questions and answers.
Clinicians may wish to have printed copies in their office of some of the most appropriate web-based parent-oriented and family-oriented materials to provide them directly to parents and families that may not have easy internet or printer access.

Lexi Aman
Outreach and Marketing Specialist, Senior
Northern and Central Virginia
Office: (804) 229-9351

Karol Wilson, MBA
Outreach and Marketing Specialist, Senior
Central and Eastern Virginia
Office: (804) 239-3819