Establishing Healthy Lifestyle Choices Early: How to Counsel Children and Their Parents

Abstract

Promoting childhood and adolescent health and long-term well-being requires an emphasis on preventative care and anticipatory guidance. In this review, the authors will focus on pertinent ear, nose, and throat preventative health in children, providing clinicians with relevant and succinct information to counsel children and their parents on the following essential subjects: foreign body aspiration and ingestion, upper respiratory infection prevention, noise exposure risks, aural hygiene, risks of primary and secondhand smoke exposure, and sleep hygiene.

Keywords: Aural hygiene; Foreign body; Noise exposure; Preventative health; Secondhand smoke; Upper respiratory infection.