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Overview of ways in which parents and other adults can help children with kidney disease overcome the daily challenges of living with a chronic illness.

As autumn approaches, many children are heading back to school. Because children spend much of their time in classrooms, schools are an ideal setting to teach and model healthy behaviors. As children across the country get ready to return to school, parents and staff can gear up to improve the health of students and help them achieve academic success.

James Matthias, MPH1, Cristina Dusek2, P. Scott Pritchard, MPH1, Laura Rutledge2, Paula Kinchen3, Mark Lander, MS3 (Author affiliations at end of text).

Information on preparing for public health emergencies from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Get a kit, make a plan, and be informed.

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Persons using assistive technology might not be able to fully access information in this file. For assistance, please send e-mail to: mmwrq@cdc.gov.

CDC's Office on Smoking and Health offers information related to smoking and tobacco use.

CDC supports adolescent and school health efforts using three state-of-the-art monitoring systems designed to collect, analyze, and disseminate data on youth risk behaviors and school health policies and practices.

School-located vaccination: Administering Vaccine, Adverse Events, Recording Information, Legal Issues, FERPA, HIPAA - CDC