| College Health |
American College Health Association
This site provides information on ACHA organization, activities, publications, membership, annual meetings, college health jobs listings, and descriptions of special projects. An article on vaccination for meningococcal meningitis of college students also is online. | Student Counseling Virtual Pamplet Collection
Sponsored by the Univ. of Chicago Student Counseling and Resource Service, this site brings together online pamphlets emanating from a number of different universities. Topics covered include alcohol, anger, anxiety, cults, depression, suicide, homesickness, and counseling, among others. |
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| General Health |
Center for Young Women's Health
Sponsored by the Children;'s Hospital, Boston, this site offers English and Spanish information for parents and patients about adolescent girls' health including body piercing, eating disorders, endometriosis, gynecological exams, health care, menstruation, nutrition, scoliosis, sexuality and birth control options, smoking, vaginal agenesis, vaginitis and STDs. | FDA Food and Nutrition Info for Teens
An U.S. Food and Drug Administration publication, the FDA Consumer periodically runs articles with health information for teens. Some 18 of these articles are online at this site and cover such topics as exercise-induced asthma, eating disorders, sun safety, endometriosis, food labels, attention deficit disorder, and acne, among others. | Go Ask Alice!
(Note: This site contains some explicit content.) Go Ask Alice! is a health Q&A site for older teens and college-age youth from the Columbia University Health Service. It provides in-depth, straight-forward, and nonjudgmental information to assist young people in decision-making about their physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Topics include relationships; sexuality and sexual health; emotional health; fitness and nutrition; tobacco, alcohol and other drugs; eating disorders; and general health. | Internet Public Library - Teen Division (Health)
The Internet Public Library, under the aegis of the School of Information and Library Studies at the University of Michigan, is a consumer site for a wide variety of health information resources. This URL is the page for teens and young adults with links to site relating to body image and eating disorders, diseases, exercise, hygiene, mental health, nutrition, puberty, sex, and substance abuse. | National Institutes of Health
This site is a starting point for accessing any of the 25 NIH institutes and centers including the Institutes of Child Health and Human Development, Drug Abuse, and Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; the National Library of Medicine; and the new Center for Information Technology. | National Library of Medicine
This is the primary site for Medline and other NLM searches. Registration is no longer required and access is free. | Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
From the DHHS, This site provides access to a range of health information of interest to both professionals and consumers including such online reports as Healthy People 2010:Goals and Objectives, Guides to Clinical Preventive Services, and Dietary Guidelines for Americans; as well as a list of other ODPHP publications. Useful links include healthfinder (http://www.healthfinder.gov) for locating health and human services information from the federal government and its partners; and to the National Health Information Center (http://nhic-nt.health.org), a central health information referral service using a database of over 1,400 national associations, government agencies, and other organizations. | TeenGrowth
TeenGrowth is an interactive Web site specifically tailored toward the health interests and general well being of the teenage population. TeenGrowth offers a secure environment to search for, request and receive health care information on topics such as alcohol, drugs, emotions, health, family, friends, school, sex and sports. | TeensHealth
Sponsored by the Nemours Foundation, this site provides teens with a wide range of online health, mental health, and social information. Topics include nutrition, drugs, STDs, contraception, sports, homework, baby sitting, volunteering, stress management, and safety, among others. | Young Men's Health Site
A website for teen guys & young men featuring state-of-the-art health information. |
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| Mental Health |
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
In addition to organizational information about AACAP, this site provides tables of contents and article abstracts of JAACAP since 1996; detailed summaries of AACAP practice parameters for the assessment and treatment of related mental health disorders; psychiatric CPT codes; on-line facts sheets for parents on behavioral and emotional issues of children and adolescents (available in English, Spanish and French); a publications list; and a search engine for locating adolescent and child psychiatrists by state and town. | Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
CHADD is a national non-profit organization for children and adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and their families. Activities include education, advocacy and support through a national office and 500 regional chapters. This site contains fact sheets on the diagnosis and treatment of AD/HD, legal rights, parenting, and education; legislative information; organizational information; a regional chapter locator; and an on-line store for ordering annual conference audio and video tapes, fact sheets in bulk, and books. | Go Ask Alice!
(Note: This site contains some explicit content.) Go Ask Alice! is a health Q&A site for older teens and college-age youth from the Columbia University Health Service. It provides in-depth, straight-forward, and nonjudgmental information to assist young people in decision-making about their physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Topics include relationships; sexuality and sexual health; emotional health; fitness and nutrition; tobacco, alcohol and other drugs; eating disorders; and general health. | Internet Public Library - Teen Division (Health)
The Internet Public Library, under the aegis of the School of Information and Library Studies at the University of Michigan, is a consumer site for a wide variety of health information resources. This URL is the page for teens and young adults with links to site relating to body image and eating disorders, diseases, exercise, hygiene, mental health, nutrition, puberty, sex, and substance abuse. | TeensHealth
Sponsored by the Nemours Foundation, this site provides teens with a wide range of online health, mental health, and social information. Topics include nutrition, drugs, STDs, contraception, sports, homework, baby sitting, volunteering, stress management, and safety, among others. |
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| School-Based Health |
Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools (CHHCS) is a nonpartisan policy and program resource center located at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, which works with institutional leaders, state officials and clinical providers “to maximize outcomes for children through more effective health programming in schools.” The website features policy analyses and program guidance on organizing and financing school health programs, news briefs, information about s, quality improvement programs and forms, and an E-journal on emerging issues. | National Assembly on School-Based Health Care
The NASBHC promotes school-based primary health and mental health care for children and youth through community, state, and national advocacy, information and knowledge exchange, networking opportunities, and technical assistance. The site includes on-line reports on standards and guidelines for school-based health centers; school-based health center statistics; financing information; evaluation information; and an annotated list of references to recent relevant literature with ordering information. |
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| Specific Disorders |
Arthritis Foundation
The Arthritis Foundation is a national voluntary health agency seeking the causes, cures, preventions and treatments of all forms of arthritis. The American Juvenile Arthritis Organization is a subdivision focusing on the needs of children, teens and young adults. In addition to describing AF and AJAO activities, this site provides fact sheets about all the various types of arthritis the full text of the current Arthritis Today magazine, the opportunity to ask questions via e-mail, and information about contacting local support groups. | Just for Teens (American Diabetes Association)
This page from the ADA provides diabetic teens with information about how to work with their health care team, effective communications, self-esteem, assertiveness, confidentiality, and telling friends about their disease. |
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