| College Age Health |
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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| Specific Disorders |
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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| 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. | 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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| General Health, Mental Health and Behavioral |
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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| Sexuality and Reproductive Health |
National Women's Health Information Center
Developed by the DHHS Office on Women's Health, the NWHIC provides information on health issues for women of any age. This URL is the page on adolescent health with brief overviews of HIV/AIDS, STDs, eating disorders, nutrition, exercise, stress, and teen pregnancy in Q & A format. | SEX, ETC.
SEX, ETC. is a teen-oriented newsletter from Rutgers University's Network for Family Life Education and produced by a teen editorial board with professional supervision. The newsletter also is published in a hardcopy edition 3x/yr and distributed free. (Bulk copies are available to adults who work with teens.) The current issue is on-line as is a library of other topics, a Q&A section responding to all those questions teens want answers to but are reluctant to ask, and a recommended reading list. Some of the subjects covered include relationships; sexual decision making; abstinence; condoms and birth control (with limited detail as to precise use); drugs, alcohol and tobacco; gay and lesbian teens; pregnancy; and violence and abuse. The message is uncensored, nonjudgmental, and unbiased. | TeenWire
Sponsored by Planned Parenthood Federation of America, this site provides teens with uncensored and unbiased sexuality and sexual health information. This is drawn from both PPFA's own resources and from material submitted by teen peers (after review by PPFA). Teen site visitors also are encouraged to ask their own questions and to contribute their opinions and ideas. Some of the issues covered include changing bodies, choosing abstinence, protecting against sexually transmitted infections, preventing pregnancy, and establishing relationships. | IWannaKnow.org
Sponsored by the American Social Health Association, the Iwannaknow.org web page is specifically designed for teenagers to find answers to their questions about their bodies, sex, and sexual feelings, and to provide them with "responsible educational information in a relaxed, safe, and fun environment." A chat room with a mentor moderator hosts live chats at weekly intervals. A search capability leads to related information on the main ASHA site. |
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| Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation |
Tips 4 Teens (Centers for Disease Control)
This CDC site provides resources for adolescents and young adults about smoking and tobacco. Included is information about the hazards of smoking, how to quit, messages from Motown's Boyz II Men and Christy Turlington, the Surgeon General's reports on smoking, a teen media contest, order forms for free posters and publications. Links to other related sites are of interest to parents and youth group leaders as well as teens. Similar information, but from an adult point of view, will be found at http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/osh/tobacco.htm |
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