Health Resources
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Up-to-date advanced resource of all current health topics.
Girls Health
Girlshealth.gov offer girls reliable, useful information on health and well-being. Covers hundreds of topics, from getting your period to stopping bullies, and from getting fit to preventing sexually transmitted infections.
Healthfinder
This site is good for general health information, sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services.
KidsHealth
Provides up-to-date health information with separate areas designated for kids, teens, and parents.
WebMD
An excellent source for online health information, educational services, and communities for physicians and consumers.
Young Men's Health
The purpose of the website is to provide carefully researched health information to teenage boys and young men.
Medline Plus: Stress
Scroll down to the section titled "Coping." Here you will find information about meditation, positive thinking, relaxation techniques and yoga.
National Institute of Mental Health
Contains information about depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and other mental health issues.
American Heart Association: Getting Healthy
Tips on how to add physical activity into your life, and links to children's programs.
Exercise Motivation: How to Get It; How to Keep It
10 great tips about how to keep yourself motivated from WebMD.
Nutrition.gov
This site serves as a guide offering access to government websites with reliable and accurate nutrition information.
Physical Activity and Children
Tips on how to add physical activity into your life, and links to children's programs.
Above the Influence
This website is designed for kids to answer questions like: What are the facts? Why do people take 'em? How can I say no?
Al-Anon/Alateen Family Group
Al-Anon helps families and friends of alcoholics recover from the effects of living with the problem drinking of a relative or friend. Alateen is a recovery program for young people.
National Inhalant Prevention Coalition
This site is designed to combat drug use and drug use messages.
NIDA - National Institute on Drug Abuse
Provides information about drugs including short and long term effects. There is an area just for teens as well.
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Designed to provide current information about drugs and drug policy.
Partnership for a Drug Free America
You can search for specific drugs using the search box. Other information includes prevention and treatments.
SADD - Students Against Destructive Decisions
This site addresses the issues of underage drinking, impaired driving, drug use and other destructive decisions and killers of young people.
The Cool Spot
Sponsored by the US Department of Health and Human Services, provides teens with reliable information about alcohol and resisting peer pressure.
Health Reference Center Academic
If you use this database in school, you do not need a password to access the articles. Remember to create good search strategies when using a database. Combine your search words with AND, OR, NOT in order to look for specific information.
For example: breakfast AND benefits or breakfast AND health
Do NOT type in something like this: What are the benefits of eating a healthy breakfast? It won't work!!!