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  HEALTH: SPECIFIC TOPICS - Accurate as of June 2006
Links regarding general healthy information. Includes sites discussing conflict resolutions, drugs/alcohol/smoking, eating disorders, fitness, human sexuality, mental awareness, self esteem, etc.)

 
 

CONFLICT RESOLUTION ... DRUGS, ALCOHOL, SMOKING ... EATING DISORDERS ... FITNESS ... HUMAN SEXUALITY ... MENTAL WELLNESS ... SELF-ESTEEM ... TEACHER

CONFLICT RESOLUTION

Conflict Resolution
http://www.clcrc.com/pages/conflict.html
What is conflict, what is its value, teaching constructive conflict resolution

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center
http://www.safeyouth.org/home.htm
News and events, topics, publications, and more

The Peace Center : Education in Conflict Resolution and Violence Prevention
http://www.comcat.com/~peace/PeaceCenter.html
Programs, resources, and more

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DRUGS, ALCOHOL, SMOKING

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/
Current news, information on the tobacco industry, details on regulations, and more

Catalog: The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)
http://www.health.org/catalog/catalog.html
Online pamphlets, video files, statistics

CDC’s TIPS: Tobacco Information and Prevention Source
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/tobacco.htm
Tip sheets, posters, Surgeon General’s reports, news, research data, and more

Drug-Free Resource Net: Partnership for a Drug-Free America
http://www.drugfreeamerica.org/
Detailed descriptions of drugs, images of drugs and paraphernalia, drug slang

Drug InfoNet
http://www.druginfonet.com
Information and links to web areas concerning healthcare and pharmaceutical-related topics

Drug Trafficking in the United States
http://www.dea.gov/pubs/intel/01020/
Report on the trafficking, prices, purity, and seizure of drugs in the US

Drugs of Abuse by Teenagers
http://parentingteens.about.com/cs/drugsofabuse/
Resource information on specific drugs that teenagers abuse

Drugs and Teen Substance Abuse
http://www.focusas.com/SubstanceAbuse.html
Describes different categories of drugs, warning signs, and more

Familydoctor.org
http://familydoctor.org
Health topics, healthy living, drug information, herbal and alternative remedies

Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov
News, hot topics, safety alerts, product approvals, and more

HIT: Health Information for Teenagers
http://www.army.mod.uk/bfghs/hit/
Alcohol, drugs, smoking, stress, sex, healthy eating

MADD: Mothers against Drunk Driving
http://www.madd.org/
Statistics, victims’ assistance, information on hot issues

National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
http://www.casacolumbia.org/
Resources and links, drug facts, and more

NIDA: National Institute on Drug Abuse
http://www.nida.nih.gov/
Information on specific drugs, publications, study results, and more

NoTobacco.org
http://www.notobacco.org/
Article summaries, quitting tips, photo gallery, and more

PrevLine: Prevention Online
http://www.health.org/
Information and materials on alcohol and substance abuse—prevention, intervention, treatment

RxList: the Internet Drug Index
http://www.rxlist.com
Search for drugs and alternative medicines, discussion groups, dictionary

Safemedication.com
http://www.safemedication.com
Learn about prescription medicines and prevent dangerous drug interactions

US Food and Drug Administration
http://www.fda.gov
News, safety alerts, consumer information, and more

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EATING DISORDERS

The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness
http://www.eatingdisorderinfo.org/
Definitions, warning signs, statistics, and more

ANRED: Anorexia nervosa and related eating disorders, inc
http://www.anred.com/
Definitions, warning signs, statistics, treatments

Edreferral.com
http://www.edreferral.com/
Provides information and treatment resources for all types of eating disorders

National Eating Disorders Association
www.nationaleatingdisorders.org.
Information on disorders and body image concerns, treatment centers, prevention programs

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FITNESS

Fitness Online
http://www.fitnessonline.com
Exercise, nutrition, mind and body, health, and more

Health and Fitness Pages
http://home.miningco.com/health
Links to all different kinds of resources on fitness, mental health, and diseases/conditions

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HUMAN SEXUALITY

Global Reproductive Health Forum
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/grhf
Encourage critical discussions about reproductive health, rights, and gender on the net

I Wanna Know
http://www.iwannaknow.org
Answers to questions about teen sexual health and sexually transmitted diseases

KinderStart
http://www.kinderstart.com
Indexed directory and search engine focused on children zero to seven years of age

Pregnancy/birth
http://pregnancy.about.com
Articles on all aspects of pregnancy

Visible Embryo
http://www.visembryo.com/baby
View the unique changes in each stage of development during pregnancy

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MENTAL WELLNESS

Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
http://www.bazelon.org/
Legal advocacy for the civil rights and human dignity of people with mental disability

The Center for Mental Health Service
http://www.mentalhealth.org
News, feature stories, locator services, and more

Health and Fitness Pages
http://home.miningco.com/health
Links to all different kinds of resources on fitness, mental health, and diseases/conditions

Mental Health Net
http://mentalhelp.net
Guide to online mental health and the behaviorial health professions

Psych Central
http://www.psychcentral.com
Index for psychology, support, mental health issues, resources, and people on the internet

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SELF-ESTEEM

The Self Esteem Connection
http://www.selfesteem.org/
Ideas on how to boost students self esteem

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TEACHER

HealthTeacher.com
http://www.healthteacher.com
Comprehensive, sequential k-12 health curriculum with lesson guides

PE Central
http://www.pecentral.org
Lesson plans, assessment tools, learning resources, and more




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