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Healthy Start

 

Title            Healthy Start: a New Zealand guide to common childhood problems
Author        Exton, Lynda
Purchase    Available from bookshops nationwide
Summary
Healthy Start is the healthy start you need to give your children. It is conveniently organised into five main sections: a quick guide to the common things that ail a child's body and mind; a section on keeping your child well; a more detailed section on managing common illnesses; a guide to common medicines used to tread children's ailments; and a resource section, including a guide to health services and assistance with the costs of illness.

 

About the author

 

Dr LYNDA EXTON has been a family doctor for 23 years, including 20 years with her practice in suburban Christchurch. She has a particular interest in the wellbeing of children and in assisting parents, and has spoken at many parent support and education seminars. Lynda is the author of ‘Healthy Start’, a health and parenting resource for young New Zealand families. Lynda is a Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners and has a postgraduate Diploma of Obstetrics. She and her husband John have a teenage son and daughter.