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Dr. Jeff Couchman, Dr. Nicole Abdy, Dr. Joshua Yell, and Dr. Catherine Gioannetti
Mesquite Pediatrics provides high-quality, personalized care for infants, children, teens, and young adults in Tucson AZ.
Resources You Can Trust
We do our best to provide you with reliable online resources to guide you in caring for your child. Our Patient Education Library contains over 800 handouts with expert advice from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
News & Blog
Vaccine Parking
news • October 2, 2025
For September through November only, if you have an appointment for flu and/or COVID vaccine during the week, you will park around the back of the building and we will come out to give the vaccine in your vehicle. Follow these instructions.
Governor Hobbs signs executive order expanding access to COVID vaccines
news • September 12, 2025
Governor Hobbs has signed an executive order expending access to COVID vaccines in Arizona. Read our news article or see our Pediatric Services page for more details and to learn how to schedule.
Welcome to Dr. Gioannetti’s Patients
news • February 27, 2025
If your kids are current patients of Dr. Gioannetti and you would like to follow her to Mesquite Pediatrics, we welcome you! We look forward to seeing you here at Dr. Gioannetti’s new home starting April 1, 2025. You can call us any time to schedule an appointment and our staff will walk you through the process of getting established with us.
See our New Patients page to ensure our practice is the best fit for your family, and to begin registration.
As we have entered the new year let us focus on how to keep our children healthy
blog • January 7, 2026
As we have entered the new year let us focus on how to keep our children healthy. We know a healthy diet is important to their well-being and that it should contain more whole foods than processed foods. We know physical activity helps maintain healthy weight and prevent complications like diabetes and heart disease. We know vaccinations prevent harmful and potentially fatal infections. The falsified links of acetaminophen (Tylenol) and...
Mesquite Pediatrics Statement on Vaccines and the ACIP
blog • June 30, 2025
In this day and age it is hard to know who you should trust with the care of your child. There are a lot of opinions out there on how best to raise your children – family, friends, social media, etc. We are committed to providing high quality, evidence-based medical care to all families based on current guidelines and research. We would like to help you and your family navigate these uncertain and changing times with scientific and fact-based care.
See our statement about vaccines.
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Infants should not sleep in inclined sleepers, swings, car seats (at home) as this increases the risk of sudden infant death syndrome. Babies should be placed on their back on firm mattress in a crib with no toys, bumpers, or other objects in the crib. Once kids start rolling they should no longer be swaddled.
A recent study discussed in the AAP news Feb 2026 discusses that despite a recall of these incline sleepers there still infant deaths.
Per the article: "Infants in inclined sleepers are at risk for suffocation. In April 2019, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced the recall of nearly 5 million inclined sleepers after reports of infant deaths. Later that year, it issued a warning saying it had received 1,108 incident reports related to infant sleepers that occurred from January 2005 to June 2019." Some sleepers were rebranded as swings or loungers.
For more details see: publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/34478/Study-At-least-50-infants-died-in-inclined?searchresult=1
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Teen Substance Use & Risk Taking: Reset Limits with the 6 "Cs"
See full details from healthy children article:
www.healthychildren.org/English/ages-stages/teen/substance-abuse/Pages/teen-substance-use-and-ris...
3 days ago
Recent data show us that 1 In 6 US Parents Skipped Or Delayed Vaccinating Children Against Diseases Besides COVID-19 Or Flu. With all the misinformation about vaccinations out there we would like thank our Mesquite Pediatric families for helping to protect our community through vaccination.
Twelve medical professional organizations endorsed the AAP schedule released this year.
CHOP has excellent resources for those who want to explore vaccinations more:
www.chop.edu/vaccine-education-center
Vaccine Integrity program provides evidence based reviews:
vaxintegrity.cidrap.umn.edu/
Here are a couple of videos from the AAP:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXfMqThDMLU
www.youtube.com/watch?v=buxjrNUySiA
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Feb U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) product recalls:
publications.aap.org/aapnews/news/34076/Health-alerts-Swimming-pools-youth-helmets-bath?autologin...
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Are Food Coloring and Additives Safe for Kids? What Parents Should Know Podcast
Dr. Steph Lee joins host Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez to explore the world of artificial food dyes and additives. They break down what these substances are, the common foods they appear in, how the FDA oversees them, and what current research says about their safety. They also share practical tips to help parents make informed, balanced choices when it comes to food additives and artificial dyes in their children's diet.
www.healthychildren.org/English/tips-tools/healthy-children-podcast/Pages/ep-060-are-food-colorin...
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