Nicklaus Children's Hospital – Preventive Medicine

The Division of Community Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine at Nicklaus Children's Hospital, formerly Miami Children's Hospital, was founded in 1991 to enhance the health and well being of the children of South Florida. The division advances the hospitals commitment to all children of the region, through advocacy, health promotion, and community outreach to promote prevention of illness and early identification of life-threatening diseases. Program components include:

Nicklaus Children's Hospital, formerly Miami Children's Hospitals Division of Community Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine provides medical outreach through a variety of programs to bring healthcare to children in need.

Division of Community Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine

Mission and Vision

Mission: To provide early, accessible preventive and interventional health services to improve the health status of children and adolescents in South Florida by early identification of risk factors that affect their health through the implementation of clinical, educational and research programs.

Vision: Nicklaus Children's Hospital, formerly Miami Children's Hospital, will be recognized as a national leader in disease prevention, health policy/advocacy and health promotion efforts by addressing the health needs of children and adolescents. This vision will be driven by ongoing monitoring, assessment leading to policy-making oriented towards the prevention of diseases and related risk factors, therefore improving morbidity and mortality rates

School-Based Programs

The Nicklaus Children's Hospital, formerly Miami Children's Hospital, Division of Community Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine is partnering with The Childrens Trust of Miami-Dade County to offer school-based health clinics, as part of the Health Connect in Our Schools Program.

This initiative, which provides a nurse practitioner and licensed practical nurse (LPN) at high-risk schools, provides preventive and basic school health services in an effort to decrease absenteeism and improve health outcomes of the student population. The program also seeks to assign medical homes for children without a pediatrician.

Services offered through the program include:

For more information on this program, please call 305-663-6800.

The Division of Community Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine offers a variety of health and safety classes and programs for parents, caregivers and children. Topics and programs include:

For more information on this program, please call 305-663-6800.

Injury Prevention Program/SafeKids

Locally the program focuses on reducing injuries to children by promoting and educating the community on child passenger safety, pedestrian/bike and wheeled sport safety and water/ drowning prevention, among other important safety topics. The passenger safety Buckle Up Program funded through SafeKids USA and the General Motors Foundation has been widely recognized by the Department of Pedestrian Safety, the State Department of Health, as well as nationally by the Department of Transportation and by the Institute of Health for Latino Children through the Corazon de mi Vida Car Seat Initiative.

These injury prevention programs have also been made possible in part from grants received from the Department of Transportation, the Ford Motor Company, United Automobile Insurance Company and SafeKids USA.

Nicklaus Children's Hospital, formerly Miami Children's Hospital, has opened the first Car Seat Check Station for parents to ensure appropriate sizing and fitting of their childrens car safety devices.

For more information, please call 305-663-6800.

Partnerships and Collaborations

The Division of Community Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine has forged partnerships with recognized local, state, national and international lead agencies in maternal/child health to include some of the following:

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