Child and adolescent health

Our pediatricians provide competent and neutral information and advice on infectious diseases, infection protection and publicly  recommended vaccinations (opens in a new tab).

For chronically ill or disabled children and adolescents, there is a special medical advisory service at the health department that works closely with the social services. It prepares expert opinions for various offices and institutions that care for young patients, which are needed, for example, for requested integration measures. It also provides detailed advice to parents and, if necessary, to the kindergartens and schools where the children are cared for.

Contact:  Medical specialist service for children and young people with chronic illness or disability

Public health examinations are carried out by the public health office on behalf of other offices. The most frequent issues are frequent absences of a child from school, and expert opinions on the integration of a chronically ill or disabled child into the daycare center or school.

The Family Pediatric Nurse Practitioner visits families seeking support and guidance in dealing with their children in their current situation. She is preventive and advocates for healthy growing up. The Family Pediatric Nurse Practitioner provides practical support in managing everyday life with children.

The goals of the Family Pediatric Nurse Practitioner are:

• Prevention within the framework of child protection
• Early detection of health and development risks in the child
• Health promotion
• Strengthening parental competence with regard to the child's health development
• Strengthening of trust in supporting institutions
• Cooperation and networking with other institutions

For us, health promotion and prevention in the family means recognizing, maintaining, strengthening and increasing the possibilities of children and parents.

The family pediatric nurse visits families at home. There she advises and supports in everyday life. She assists with feeding, bathing and caring for infants, gives tips on personal hygiene and hygiene for toddlers, and advises on sleeping or eating problems of preschool children. The goal is always to strengthen the parents and to activate their self-help powers.

In doing so, she works closely with doctors, psychologists, social pedagogues as well as other professional groups and institutions.

Our pediatric nurses or doctors also offer competent advice and information over the phone.

Contact:  Family and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner,  Child and Adolescent Health.

The school enrollment examination is an important building block in the transition from kindergarten to school. Together with parents, educators and the cooperating teachers of the elementary schools, the child should be prepared for a good start at school.

The health office has the task of examining the child's basic school-relevant skills, such as vision, hearing, speech and fine motor skills, and recommending support or treatment if necessary.

The school enrollment examination takes place in the penultimate year of kindergarten so that there is enough time for any needed support or therapies. If necessary, a second examination will take place about six months before school enrollment.

By employing school health specialists, the public health department is helping to improve health in schools. Thanks to all-day schools, pupils are spending more and more time at school and are therefore increasingly coming into contact with health issues: they get injured or fall ill during school hours, children and young people with chronic illnesses require medical and nursing care and important skills for healthy living can be learned in everyday school life.

The tasks of the school health specialists include

• First aid for injuries or acute illnesses (e.g. after accidents, for headaches or stomach aches)
• Medical and nursing support for children and young people with chronic illnesses or disabilities in their everyday lives
• Person of trust and contact person for health-related questions from pupils, parents and all school staff
• If necessary, referral to the support system and connection to suitable advice centers
• Promoting healthy physical, mental and psychological development
• Reducing health risks through education and prevention
• Carrying out health education and health promotion activities such as classroom visits, project days, parents' evenings, also in cooperation with the school doctor

The care and advice provided by a school health specialist is free of charge. They are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

The current locations of the school health specialists are

Bad Cannstatt: Brunnen-Realschule, Jahn-Realschule and Johannes-Kepler-Gymnasium

Neugereut: Pelikanschule and Jörg-Ratgeb-Schule

Ost: Berger-Schule, Grund- und Werkrealschule Ostheim, Realschule Ostheim and Zeppelin-Gymnasium

Zuffenhausen-Rot: Uhlandschule, Rilke-Realschule and Ferdinand-Porsche-Gymnasium

Please direct any questions and suggestions regarding the deployment of school health specialists to:  schulgesundheitstuttgartde

Parents can get information and advice from us. Do you have questions about infectious diseases, vaccinations, motor development, cleanliness and speech development or health problems? Our pediatricians are available for you by phone as well as during consultation hours.

Community institutions such as kindergartens and schools are advised by our district physicians, for example, if contagious diseases have occurred, on topics of health promotion and prevention of diseases, but also after the school enrollment examination on questions concerning the promotion of children's development. For responsible physicians, contact the health office by telephone.

Older children receive medical advice directly at school. In many Werkreal- and Gemeinschaftsschulen and some Realschulen, a school consultation is offered by the physicians of the public health department.