A guide for parents and families
Check this booklet developed by Workbase Education Trust as part of a research project funded by the Ministry of Health.
Looking after your child's skin and treating skin infections (PDF, 5.9MB)
Information 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
