AMA's mission is to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health. AMA's work includes the development and promotion of standards in medical practice, research, and education; strong advocacy agenda on behalf of patients and physicians; and the commitment to providing timely information on matters important to the health of America.

• Division 37 of the APA—The Division of Child, Youth, and Family Services
  Publishes a scientific and professional journal, Children's Services: Social Policy, Research, and Practice and a newsletter, The Child, Youth, and Family Services Advocate
• The Section on Child Maltreatment
  Established in 1994 to support and promote scientific inquiry, training, professional practice, and advocacy in the area of child maltreatment…it’s the only permanent organization within the APA specifically developed to address issues related to child abuse and neglect.
• Division 54 - Society of Pediatric Psychology 
  Dedicated to research and practice addressing the relationship between children's physical, cognitive, social, and emotional functioning and their physical well-being, including maintenance of health, promotion of positive health behaviors, and treatment of chronic or serious medical conditions.

• National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
  Nchs is the Federal Government's principal vital and health statistics agency.
• Growth Charts
  Pediatric growth Charts have been used by peditricians, nurses, and parents to track the growth of infants, children, and adolescents in the United States since 1977. The 1977 growth charts were developed by the NCHS as a clinical tool for health professionals to determine if the growth of a child is adequate.

• Social and Emotional Competence and Physical Health
  Pulling together findings from medicine, prevention, psychology, psychiatry, public health, and education, the Social and Emotional Competence (SEC) and Physical Health initiative project investigated the relationship between social emotional competence and physical health throughout the lifespan.

A national initiative linked to health care practices that focuses on the importance of the first three years of life. This approach emphasizes a close relationship between health care professionals and mothers and fathers in addressing the physical, emotional, and intellectual growth and development of very young children from birth to age three.

• Enhanced Well Child Care
  Well child office appointments are conducted jointly or sequentially by a team consisting of a physician/pediatric nurse practitioner and a Healthy Steps Specialist. The visits are designed to answer questions mothers and fathers may have about their children's upcoming developmental stages, as well as to administer physical exams and developmental checkups.
• Child Development and Family Health Checkups
  Starting when the child is six months old, these checkups serve the following purposes: detecting early signs of developmental or behavioral problems; identifying family health risks that may affect the child's development; and providing teachable moment opportunities to discuss with mothers and fathers the child's learning and coping style as well as pattern of development.
• Child Development Telephone Information Line
  This service complements a practice's medical information/emergency line with a resource for questions about child development or behavior issues. Healthy Steps Specialists are available to answer questions about day-to-day worries a parent may have, such as concerns about breast feeding, a baby's crying, or a toddler's temper tantrums.
• Written Informational Materials for Mothers and Fathers that Emphasize Prevention
  Strategies to provide families with information, suggestions, and reassurance.  Available in English and Spanish.
• Home Visits by Healthy Steps Specialists

The online journal review service and continuing medical education resource that will revolutionize the way you stay current. Online access to vital topics and essential journal article reviews with expert commentary; a searchable database that delivers answers instantly; availability of full-text articles, many delivered electronically; content that is downloadable to your handheld computer and MP3 player; online CME from Johns Hopkins; and much more.  Sponsored by The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the site’s CME Course Director and Administrator is Julia A. McMillan, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Vice Chair of Pediatric Education at Hopkins.

Medem is the premier physician practice-patient communications network on the Internet that provides secure communications and integrated Web-based services for the physician practice. The Medem Network offers customizable practice Web sites with integrated HIPAA and eRisk compliant secure messaging, access to new insured patients via health plan provider directory links, access to health plan transactions, and e-commerce, all from within a single point of access designed to streamline daily communications and tasks.

• Medical Library—for Children’s Health
  Library of topics on children’s health.
• Smart Parent’s Health Source—Children’s Health Updates
  Articles for parents on children’s health issues.

• Milk Matters Campaign
  This campaign works to educate kids, parents, and health professionals about the importance of getting enough calcium during the childhood and teen years.
• SIDS: “Back to Sleep” Campaign
  This campaign educates about the importance of putting babies on their backs to sleep to help reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).  Sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the SIDS Alliance, and the Association of SIDS and Infant Mortality Programs.
• Parenting Booklet
  New Parenting Booklet Puts Decades of Research into Easy-to-Read Guide
  A valuable new parenting booklet that incorporates three decades of research on effective parenting techniques and healthy child development.
• Behavioral Pediatrics and Health Promotion Research
  This program supports research and research training in behavioral and developmental pediatrics. It examines the role of behavior in relation to health, growth and development from fetus to young adulthood. Emphasis is placed on the identification of risk factors and precursors of risk in childhood and adolescence, which predispose to injury, illness, eating disorders, chronic disease, and early sexual debut.
• Autism
  The NICHD, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is one of the primary Institutes doing research into various aspects of autism, including its causes, prevalence, and treatments.
• Child Development and Behavior Branch (CDB)
  The Child Development and Behavior Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, supports research on psychological, psychobiological, and educational development from conception to maturity. The branch focuses on the following program areas.

• National Center for Early Development and Learning
  A national early childhood research project sponsored by the US Department of Education’s Office of Educational Research and Improvement.  NCEDL focuses on enhancing the cognitive, social, & emotional development of children from birth through age eight.

The National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Resource Center (NSRC) provides information services and technical assistance on sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)and related topics. Our goal is to promote understanding of SIDS and provide comfort to those affected by SIDS through information sharing. Sponsored by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NSRC assists State MCHB-supported projects, State SIDS programs funded through the MCH Block Grant, policymakers, program planners, parents, family members, the general public, researchers, educators, medical and legal professionals, care providers, and counselors.

A National Pediatric Literacy program.

SRCD is a multidisciplinary, not-for-profit, professional association with an international membership of approximately 5,000 researchers, practitioners, and human development professionals from over 50 countries.  The purposes of the Society are to promote multidisciplinary research in the field of human development, to foster the exchange of information among scientists and other professionals of various disciplines, and to encourage applications of research findings.  Membership is needed for access to some information.

• Publications
  The Society publishes three journals, the Social Policy Report, the SRCD Newsletter, and a Directory of Members.

A national multi-disciplinary project whose mission is to protect the fetus and the child from environmental health hazards and promote a healthy environment.

• BrainWonders
  Special site about how the brain develops, within the context of relationships, from conception through three years of age.  Special sections developed especially for parents, caregivers, and pediatric and family clinicians.