Martha Dewey Bergren Web Links
Health Web Sites for Children and
Families
- Adolescence Directory On Line An award winning electronic guide to information on
adolescent issues for educators, counselors, parents, researchers, health practitioners, and
teens, a service of the Center for Adolescent Studies at Indiana University.
- Adolescent Sexuality The Adolescent Sexuality Special Interest Group of NNFR seeks to
promote research-based, educational programs that address adolescent sexuality. Current
efforts include identifying curricula and other teaching materials available both within and
outside the Cooperative Extension System and making those materials known and available
electronically.
- AL-ANON and ALATEEN
- Arizona Health Sciences Library Consumer Health Links
- Ask the Dietitian
- Ask The Doctor
- Backpack Safety
- Bandaids and Blackboards Chronic Illness..or Other Medical Problems..Go to School
- BodyMatters A resource for women, parents and teachers provided by Tampax.
- Children Now! Directory of Children's Issues on the World Wide Web
- Children with Diabetes On-line community for kids, families and adults with Type 1 diabetes.
- Children's Safety Network National Injury and Violence Prevention Resource Center
- Children, Youth, and Family Consortium Electronic Clearinghouse
- Children's Policy Sites
- Children's Television Workshop
- ChronicNet - Robert Wood Johnson Project
- Connect for Kids Weekly is your source for the latest news on issues affecting kids and
families
- Dr. Greene's HouseCalls
- Dr. Koop's Community Interactive Resource
- Doug Flutie - for kids and parents interested in autism.
- EatRight.org - Importance of breakfast - American Dietetic Association
- Fast Food Facts - Interactive Food Finder
- The Fitness Files - Questions about fitness fundamentals, the best exercises, the healthiest
foods, or how to prevent injuries.
- Girl Power! A national public education campaign, Girl Power! provides positive messages,
accurate health information, and support for girls ages 9 to 14 and the people who care
about them
- Go Ask Alice - Teen health from nutrition to sexuality, by the Health Education Program at
Columbia University. Receives more than 1,000 questions weekly from college and high
school students, parents, teachers, professionals, older adults, and others, on every
conceivable health topic.
- Healthy Body Calculator
- Health Finder - provides quality health information on various topics, such as the ten Leading
Health Indicators, which help individuals and communities target their actions to improve
health.
- It's Your Sex Life - An interactive website created by the Kaiser Family Foundation offers
teenagers information on pregnancy, contraception, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
and tips on talking to partners.
- Kick Butts Online TIPS4Teens- Resources for adolescents and young adults about smoking
and tobacco. Include: posters and publications; a teen media contest; questions and answers
with Motown's Boyz II Men: and links to other related sites for parents and youth group
leaders.
- KidsCampaign - Child Advocate Site
- KidsDoctor A 24 hr-a-day source of "What parents need to know" to keep kids healthy.
- Kid Source On-Line
- Listservs - Condition Specific Internet Discussion Lists
- Links for School Health Educators Indiana University
- Living to 100 - An interactive logenvity assessment
- Longevity Game - Health Promotion Quiz
- Mayo Health Oasis - Includes interactive Health Assessments and Quizzes
- Medhelp: Free Medical Information
- National Clearinghouse For Alcohol And Drug Info Publication catalog
This catalog contains drug information in fact sheets, booklets, posters, videotapes, and
audiotapes, many free of charge.
- National Runaway Switchboard - Thinking about running away from home ? Help is just a
phone call away 1-800-621-4000. The Switchboard is a toll free, confidential hotline. The
Switchboard staff will listen to you and help you think about what you need and want to do
next. They also can tell you about people in your community who can help you.
- NOAH -New York Online Access to Health (English & Spanish information for consumers)
- Our-Kids - Raising kids with special needs
- ParentsPlace
- Pediatrics for Parents
- Planet-Know An interactive Web for youth between 11 and 14, Planet-Know features
positive activities to increase adolescents' drug knowledge. Includes: "Virtual Body"
--provides factual & scientific information about how drugs affect the body and mind; "Juke
Box"-- listen to music from a selection of musical genres; and "Better Things To Do"--an
interactive area allows youth to explore career options and lists positive alternative activities.
- Safety City - National Highway Traffic Safety Admin's Kids Page - designed to teach
children about the importance of traffic safety and health procedures in an interactive and
entertaining manner.
- Starbright On-line computer network that enables seriously ill children to meet, play and
verbally communicate with one another.
- Sex, etc.- For teens, by teens, this newsletter has articles on AIDS, drugs, abstinence
and sex education.
- Something Fishy Website on Eating Disorders
- Steriod Abuse
- Suicide -Thoughtful common sense & resources for troubled teens.
- Teen Advice - Teen Peer Counselors answer questions
- TAG - Teen Age Grief Teen Age Grief, Inc. is a non-profit organization that provides
expertise in providing grief support to bereaved teens.
- Teen Hoopla A great health collection on the American Library Association's webpage
- Teen Pregnancy
- THINK: Teenage Health Interactive Network - Nutrition, fitness, mental health, and more.
- ThinkFirst - A head injury prevention program; curriculum and handouts and video
- Troom - A Teen website with health information sponsored by Tampax.
- Web of Addictions dedicated to providing accurate information about alcohol and other
drug addictions.
- weprevent.org Stopping school violenceNational Crime Prevention Council
- WellnessWeb Home Page
- YouthInfo - new information resource by the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services. Provides the latest information on America's adolescents, including a statistical
profiles, publications, and resources for parents.
- ZapHealth Ever wondered where to get the right answers when you have questions about:
condoms, body odor, eating disorders, acne, sex, body piercing & tatooing, sports injuries?
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Last revised: September 29, 2001