A guide for parents and families
Check out this booklet developed by Workbase Education Trust as part of a research project funded by the Ministry of Health.
Information in the booklet includes diagrams and photos under the following headings:
- Things that help keep your child's skin healthy
- What causes skin infections?
- How to clean infected skin
- Things you could ask your child's doctor or nurse
- Washing and drying hands
- Information about a number of skin conditions (boils, cellulitis, cuts, scratches and grazes, eczema, impetigo, insect bites, ring worm and scabies)
- How to check skin infections