Who can come to the clinic?
The Child Health Clinic provides care to any infant, child, or adolescent in this area whose family requests the service.

What services are offered?
The clinic staff members provide a variety of child health services including:

• routine well-child health supervision
• health education
• counseling
• immunizations
• diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic illness

For severe or unusual health problems, the clinic has access to the faculty, staff and other diagnostic facilities within the Department of Pediatrics and University Hospitals and Clinics.

Who will see your child?
The Child Health Clinic functions as a group practice involving medical students, pediatric nurse practitioners and pediatric residents supervised by staff pediatricians.

In order to provide continuity and personalized care, new patients are scheduled with a physician who will serve as your child's primary pediatrician. Requests for specific doctors or pediatric nurse practitioners will be honored whenever possible.

For regularly scheduled visits, every effort is made to schedule your child with the same physician. However, in the event of emergencies or acute illness your regular physician may not be available and care may be provided by another physician.

For times when you need information about your child's health, you may call the Child Health Clinic (356- 3553) and speak with a nurse. The nurse will give you appropriate advice, consult with your child's doctor, or make arrangements for your child to be seen in the clinic.

Well-child examination and immunization schedule
Regularly scheduled health maintenance visits and immunizations at recommended intervals are the best way to ensure the health and well-being of your infant, child or adolescent.

The following schedule is recommended for most children. Your doctor may modify this schedule according to your child's health and immunization status.

If your child has an immunization record, please bring it with you so that the record may be updated. If you have a school physical form (e.g., sport physical, daycare) please present it to the nurse upon entering the examination room.

* Hepatitis B vaccine has recently been recommended for children and infants in addition to this schedule in a three dose series. The series may be started at birth.
** Your child's first dental exam is recommended for sometime between 12 and 18 months.

Clinic hours
The Child Health Clinic is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Most well-child visits are scheduled in the afternoons. Sick children are scheduled throughout the day as needed.

Where is the clinic located?
The Child Health Clinic is located in the lowa Children's Health Care Center. To reach the clinic take elevator F to the second floor.

Scheduling/appointments
319-356-2229 Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
To facilitate the scheduling process, well-child visits should be scheduled at least four weeks in advance whenever possible. If you are unable to keep a scheduled appointment, please notify the clinic at 319-356-2229.

Illnesses/emergencies
319-356-3553 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
319-356-1616 after 5 p.m.
If your child has an urgent or acute problem, he or she can be seen at any time. During clinic hours, please call 319-356-3553. After 5 p.m., on weekends, or on holidays, please call 319-356-1616 and ask for the pediatrician on call.

Fees
319-356-2213 Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Information about the cost of care provided by the Child Health Clinic may be obtained by calling the clinic at 319-356-2213.

Poison control
319-356-2922 or 800-272-6477

Appointments and questions:
M-F, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
319-356-2229
Patient Self Referrals

Emergencies, evenings, and weekends:
319-356-1616

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