Children's Health
Expert Care to Keep Your Child Healthy
At CoxHealth, we’re here to support your child’s well-being from day one. That starts with establishing a trusted primary care provider, staying up to date on vaccinations, encouraging nutritious eating, practicing safety measures, and promoting regular exercise and restful sleep. And when specialized medical care is needed, no one in the region offers more expertise than CoxHealth.
Our team includes the region’s most experienced pediatric specialists, providing expert care in areas such as perinatology, neonatal intensive care (NICU), and pediatric urgent care. As one of Missouri’s top three maternity hospitals, CoxHealth is a leader in mother-baby care—delivering more newborns than any other hospital in the region.
Partnership with St. Louis Children's Hospital
Many of our pediatric specialties are provided by CoxHealth-employed physicians, while some are available through our partnership with St. Louis Children's Hospital (SLCH), which is ranked in the top 10 percent nationally by U.S. News & World Report. SLCH is part of BJC HealthCare, and our collaboration is facilitated through the BJC Collaborative. This initiative was created by several health systems to pool resources, expand programs and services, and improve care and access for patients in our local communities. This partnership allows us to offer additional services close to home, helping families avoid traveling to other cities for the care their children need.
Specialists from St. Louis Children's Hospital regularly visit Springfield to treat patients and offer care via telemedicine for certain conditions. All pediatric specialists see patients at our Pediatric Specialty Center.
Related Conditions
- Acne in Children
- Amenorrhea in Teens
- Apnea of Prematurity
- Behavior Disorders
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Birth Defects in Children
- Birth Injuries
- Birth Injury
- Breast Conditions in Young Women
- Breathing Problems
- Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) in Premature Babies
- Childhood Apraxia of Speech
- Common Childhood Illnesses and Concerns
- Congenital Heart Disease
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in Newborns
- Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip in Children
- Diaphragmatic Hernia in Children
- Difficulty with Latching On or Sucking
- Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (DTaP)
- Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21) in Children
- Eating Disorders in Children
- Failure to Thrive (FTT) in Children
- Fever in a Newborn Baby
- Gastroesophageal Reflux in Children
- Gastrointestinal Problems
- Group B Streptococcus Infection in Babies
- Haemophilus Influenzae Type b (Hib)
- Heat-Related Illnesses (Heat Cramps, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Stroke)
- Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn (HDN)
- Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) in Children
- High Blood Pressure in Children and Teens
- Hydrocephalus
- Hydrops Fetalis
- Hyperbilirubinemia in the Newborn
- Hypocalcemia in the Newborn
- Hypospadias in Children
- Imperforate Anus in Children
- Infectious Mononucleosis (Mono) in Teens and Young Adults
- Intraventricular Hemorrhage in Babies
- Kyphosis in Children
- Language Disorders in Children
- Large for Gestational Age
- Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease in Children
- Low Birth Weight
- Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) Vaccine
- Meconium Aspiration
- Menstrual Cramps (Dysmenorrhea) in Teens
- Menstrual Disorders
- Metatarsus Adductus in Children
- Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents
- Necrotizing Enterocolitis in the Newborn
- Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
- Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
- Nightmares and Night Terrors
- Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome in Children
- Obesity in Children and Teens
- Orthopedic Conditions
- Orthopedic Problems
- Osgood-Schlatter Disease in Children
- Persistent Depressive Disorder in Children
- Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in the Newborn
- Phenylketonuria (PKU) in Children
- Pneumococcal Infection in Children
- Polycythemia Vera in Children
- Postmaturity in the Newborn
- Prematurity
- Psychological Complications of Chronic Illness
- Puberty: Adolescent Female
- Puberty: Teen Boy
- Pyloric Stenosis
- Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS)
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) in Children
- Retinopathy of Prematurity
- Selective Mutism
- Separation Anxiety
- Sepsis in the Newborn
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Adolescents
- Short Bowel Syndrome in Children
- Skin Color Changes
- Small for Gestational Age
- Smoking
- Speech Sound Disorders in Children
- Spina Bifida in Children
- Sprains and Strains in Children
- Stuttering in Children
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
- Teens and Diabetes Mellitus
- Temper Tantrums
- Thrombocytopenia in the Newborn
- Tibial Torsion in Children
- Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn
- Trichomoniasis (Trich) in Teens
- Trisomy 13 and Trisomy 18 in Children
- Turner Syndrome (Monosomy X) in Children
- Very Low Birth Weight
- Vision Problems
- Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding (VKDB) in Newborns
Related Treatments
- Antibiotics
- Assessments for Newborn Babies
- Care of Children's Mouth and Teeth
- Developmental Care for Babies in the NICU
- Gestational Age Assessment
- Hearing Screening Tests for Newborns
- Immunotherapy: What Is It?
- Intravenous (IV) Line and Tubes
- Newborn Metabolic Screening
- Oral Health
- Pap Test for Adolescents
- Physical Exam of the Newborn
- Physical Exam: Adolescent Male
- Polio Vaccine (Inactivated Polio Vaccine; IPV)
- School-Based Occupational Therapy
- Tests for a Newborn Baby in Intensive Care
- Umbilical Cord Care
CoxHealth Pediatric Specialties
- Allergy, asthma and immunology
- Audiology
- Behavioral health and child/adolescent psychology
- Cardiology
- Developmental medicine
- Dyslexia and learning
- Ear, nose and throat
- Endocrinology
- Gastroenterology
- General surgery
- Neonatal medicine
- Neurology
- Nutrition outpatient services
- Orthopedics
- Pediatric critical care
- Pediatric hospital medicine
- Pediatric sedation
- Plastic surgery
- Sleep medicine
- Sports medicine
- Therapy and rehab
- Urgent care
- Urology
Children's Health Resources
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Primary Care
Your child's primary care physician is your partner in prevention, keeping your child healthy with regular check-ups and being your go-to when your child is sick, needs a specialist referral or has other medical needs.
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Programs & Resources
We offer parenting resources, our Child Life program and other programs dedicated to keeping kids happy and healthy.
Signature Classes Related to Children's Health
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