By Christine V. Amstutz RN MN
Supervisor Health Services
There are so many health sites and links on the Internet that I wanted to share with you some that are pertinent to various health conditions, and issues. Due to the volume of health web links I will be listing these in a multi-part series for the parent newsletters.
Health Web Sites for Students 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.
- 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
- 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 ResourceCenter
- 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.
- 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
- 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 violence National 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.
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