Growing Strong
A guide to keeping kids on a healthy track.
- Choose a primary care doctor.
- Complete a wellness check-up within 90 days of enrollment.
- Ask your health plan about getting a ride to the doctor鈥檚 office at no cost.
- Remember to re-certify for your benefits.
Infancy
(Birth to 1 year)
Check-ups needed at Newborn, 3-5 days, 2 weeks, and at 2, 4, 6, 9, and 12 months听
SCREENINGS
- Anemia听
- Dental
- Growth Measurements
- Hearing听
- Hepatitis C听(risk based)
- Lead听(between 9 & 12 months)
- Maternal Depression
- Vision,
alignment,
and eye diseases
IMMUNIZATIONS
- Annual Flu Vaccine听(starting at 6听months)
- DTaP
- Hep B
- Hib
- IPV
- Pneumococcal
Vaccine - Rotavirus
Early Childhood
(1 to 4 years)
Check-ups needed at 15, 18, 24, 30 months, and ages 3 & 4听
SCREENINGS
- Autism Spectrum Disorder听
- Blood Pressure听(beginning at age 3)
- 听Cholesterol听(risk based)听
- Dental听
- Growth and BMI听
- Hearing听
- Hepatitis C听(risk based)
- Lead听(risk based)听
- Nutrition and Physical Activity Counseling
- TB (risk based)听
- Vision and screening for Strabismus (lazy eye)听
IMMUNIZATIONS
- Annual Flu Vaccine
- Chicken Pox
- DTaP
- Hep A/Hep B
- Hib
- IPV
- MMR听
- Pneumococcal Vaccine
Middle Childhood
(5 to 10 years)
Check-ups
needed once a year
SCREENINGS
- Blood Pressure
- Cholesterol (risk based until age 8)
- Dental
- Hearing听
- Hepatitis C听(risk based)
- Lead 听(before entering kindergarten)
- Nutrition and Physical Activity Counseling
- TB听(risk based)
- Vision听
IMMUNIZATIONS
- Annual Flu Vaccine
- Chicken Pox
- DTaP听(Catch up)
- HPV (starting at age 9)
- IPV
- MMR
- Tdap听(over age听7)
Adolescence
(11 to 20 years)
Check-ups
needed once a year
SCREENINGS
- Anemia
- Blood Pressure
- Cholesterol听
- Dental
- Depression (start at age 12)
- Growth and BMI
- Hearing听
- Hepatitis C听(risk based periodic testing)听
- HIV听(risk based)
- Nutrition and Physical Activity Counseling
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- TB 听(risk based)
- Tobacco, Alcohol or Drug Use
- Vision听
IMMUNIZATIONS
- Annual Flu Vaccine
- HPV (at ages 11 and 12)
- Meningococcal Vaccine (at ages 11 or 12)
- Tdap (at ages11 or 12)
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