Resources for Pediatricians

Below are a variety of links to resources that may be helpful to you. If you have suggestions for additional links or find that specific links are not functioning, please e-mail us at with that specific link information.

General Information

AAP HealthyChildren.org (AAP website with news, symptom checker, apps for families and more)

AAP IDC-10 resources

Bright Futures Guidelines for screening and well-child, birth to 21 years

Care Coordinators (NMPS member's only page)

Clinical Trials Registry (National Library of Medicine website)

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

COVID-19 Guidance for Safe Schools (AAP)
Supporting the Emotional and Behavioral Health Needs of Children, Adolescents, and Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic (AAP)
COVID-19 Updates for the NM Children's Cabinet (by Janis Gonzales MD, MPH, FAAP, NMPS Immediate Past-President)
“AAP offers response and updates for members on COVID-19” (AAP)
Evaluating and Reporting Persons Under Investigation (CDC)
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Situation Summary (CDC)
FAQs and Answers: Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) and Children (CDC)
FAQs on COVID-19 and Routine Immunizations (NMDOH; pdf)
"Maintaining Clinical Preventive Services, Including Immunizations, During the COVID-19 Pandemic" (CDC; Word doc.)
Guidance for Workplace, School, Home (CDC)
“Structural Biology Points Way to Coronavirus Vaccine” (NIH Director's blog)
“Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) v3” (WHO)
“Just For Kids: A Comic Exploring The New Coronavirus" (MDH Office of Preparedness and Response)

Early Childhood Evaluation Program for birth to age 3 (UNM)

Envision NM

FIT FOCUS Video Library Information on evidence-based and recommended early intervention practices in New Mexico (UNM)

Medicaid Centennial Provider Information/2015 ICD-10 Codes (NM DOH website)

MedlinePlus (National Library of Medicine website)

Opioid fact sheet for NM (AAP; pdf)

Pediatric Behavioral Health Specialists (Word doc)

SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) NM fact sheet (pdf)

Synagis Universal PA 2020-2021 form with submission instructions (pdf; updated Sept. 2020)

Women, Infants & Children (WIC) program (NM DOH website)

Zika Toolkit for Pediatricians CDC toolkit on identification, diagnosis, and reporting of congenital Zika virus infection in infants (36 pages; pdf)

Organizations

Centers for Disease Control

Family Infant Toddler Program (FIT) (NM DOH)

NM Dept. of Health

NM Poison and Drug Information Center (UNM)

NM Voices for Children

UNM School of Medicine

UNM School of Medicine Dept. of Pediatrics

UNM HSC Library & Informatics Center

Healthfinder.gov (US Dept. of Health and Human Services)

New Mexico Data

UNM Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER)

KIDS COUNT Data Center Annie E. Casey Foundation website

Native Health Database UNM website

SHARE New Mexico Library

News Links

NM Dept. of Health news (alerts, safety, vaccinations, etc.)

NM Human Services Dept. news

US Census Bureau news

NMPS Publications

Recommendations to Improve Pediatric Specialty Care in New Mexico The Pediatric Specialty Care Task Force recommendations that were presented to the Legislative Health and Human Services Interim Committee. A total of ten recommendations are included in the report. (Oct. 2018; 14 pages; pdf)

Agenda for New Mexico’s Children draws attention to the most urgent needs of children and families and makes achievable recommendations for improving our children’s lives. (2018; 4 pages; pdf)