Great sites for learning more about health related issues...

 

New York Times health page:  http://www.nytimes.com/pages/health/?scp=1-spot&sq=Health&st=cse


L. A. Times health pagehttp://www.latimes.com/features/health/?track=leftnav-health


Web MDhttp://www.webmd.com/


Alcohol, Tobacco, and other drug use

From the US Department of Health we get:  http://www.drugabusestatistics.samhsa.gov/

From the Center for Disease Control (CDC)  http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/index.htm


Prevention and Control of Disease:

Again, the CDC site is a valuable resource:  http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/


Promotion of Environmental Health:

CDC on Environmental Health:  http://www.cdc.gov/Environmental/

The WHO, World Health Organization is a great source: 

http://www.who.int/topics/environmental_health/en/


Healthy Eating links:  (there are many links for this general topic)

WebMD has this section:  http://www.webmd.com/diet/tc/healthy-eating-overview

Helpguide has this:  http://www.helpguide.org/life/healthy_eating_diet.htm


Injury Prevention:

CDC has a great link:  http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has this:

http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/menuitem.5928da45f99592381601031046108a0c/

And the World Health Organization (WHO) has this:

http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/en/


Promotion of Physical Activity:

From Kidsource we get:  http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content4/promote.phyed.html#Introduction

From the Center for Health Promotion:  http://www.chdf.org.au/


Sexual Health:

From the Nemours Foundation:  http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/sexual_health/

From the MAYO Clinic:  http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/teens-health/TN99999


Violence and Suicide Prevention:

From the U. S. Dept. of Health:  http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

A site combining many national organizations:  http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/suicideprevention/

From the American Academy of Pediatrics:  http://www.aap.org/advocacy/childhealthmonth/prevteensuicide.htm