Parent Resource Center

The Mobile Health and Safety Education Program is an outreach effort of St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in partnership with The Children’s Board of Hillsborough County.

Child life specialists help teach and prepare children for procedures and diagnoses using developmentally appropriate language and teaching supplies such as photos, real medical equipment, medical dolls, or written material.

When children are hospitalized they often miss out on fun, exciting activities at home. In order to help compensate for this and to simply brighten a child's day, the Child Life Department often schedules special events such as visiting and entertainment groups.

St. Joseph's Children's Wellness and Safety Center provides a wide range of safety and wellness education on-site at several convenient hospital locations.

The purpose of the Children’s Wellness and Safety Center is to provide leadership, experience and expertise as a community and state resource, and to advocate for the health and well-being of children and their families.

The Safety Store, part of our Children’s Wellness and Safety Center, provides a comfortable environment for families to shop, learn and ask questions about how to keep children safe at home.

St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital is the lead organization for the Safe Kids Greater Tampa Coalition. Safe Kids Greater Tampa leads the Tampa Bay community in preventing childhood injuries in the areas of bicycle, pedestrian, water, home and child passenger safety programs.