Youth Health Websites
- The Source
- Adolescence Directory On-Line (ADOL)
- ALATEEN and AL-ANON
- ALICE
- Freevibe
- Girl Power!
- Healthfinder: Just for You: Teens
- I Wanna Know (American Social Health Organization)
- Internet Public Library Teen Division - Health (links)
- Kick Butts Online TIPS4Teens
- Kids Helpline
- KidsHealth: teens – The Nemours Foundation
- On the Teen Scene - FDA
- Planet-Know
- Rave Safe Queensland
- Reach Out
- Schoolies Week - Queensland
- Teen Health Home Page - Dalhousie Medical School
- Teenager drug use
- Teens - ONDCP (Office of National Drug Control Policy)
- Web of Addictions
- Adolescent and School Health
- Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies
- Australian Health Promoting Schools Association
- Centre For Adolescent Health
- International Association for Adolescent Health
- Queensland Health – Child and Youth Health Unit
- Society for Adolescent Medicine
- Youth Suicide Prevention Project
The Source
The Source is the Commonwealth Government’s Youth Portal Website. It
contains a range of information, links and online resources for young people.
Website: http://www.thesource.gov.au
Adolescence Directory On-Line (ADOL)An electronic guide to information on adolescent issues. It is a service of the Center for Adolescent Studies at Indiana University. Educators, counselors, parents, researchers, health practitioners, and teens can use ADOL to find Web resources for these topics: conflict and violence, mental health issues, health and health risk issues, and a ‘teens only’ section.
Website: http://education.indiana.edu/cas/adol/adol.html
ALATEEN and AL-ANONSupport and information for families, friends, and others needing the services of Alcoholics Anonymous and Teen Alcoholics Anonymous.
Website: http://www.al-anon-alateen.org/
ALICEInformation on youth health issues from nutrition to sexuality, by the Health Education Program at Columbia University. "Go Ask Alice! 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."
Website: http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/
Freevibe
Read what teens have to say about drugs - or let others know what you have to say on the topic.
Website: http://www.freevibe.com/index.shtml
Girl Power!‘Girl Power’ is a national public education campaign sponsored by the U.S. Department of the Health and Human Services to help encourage and motivate 9 to 14 year-old girls to make the most of their lives. Girls at 8 or 9 typically have very strong attitudes about their health, so Girl Power! seeks to reinforce and sustain these positive values among girls ages 9-14 by targeting health messages to the unique needs, interests, and challenges of girls.
Website: http://www.girlpower.gov/
Healthfinder: Just for You: TeensHealthfinder is a service of the US Dept. of Health & Human Services. In addition to the topics highlighted, there are links to resources on general adolescent health issues, athletics, hepatitis, nutrition, sex education, and skin care. It covers many subjects of interest about teens—from questions about adolescence in general to specific diseases to dieting and tattoos.
Website: http://www.healthfinder.gov/justforyou/justforyou.asp?KeyWordID=169&branch=1
I Wanna Know (American Social Health Organization)Answers questions about teen sexual health and sexually transmitted disease prevention.
Website: http://www.iwannaknow.org/
Internet Public Library Teen Division - Health (links)Tons of websites. Subsections of the Health section include body image and eating disorders, diseases & disorders, exercise, mental health, nutrition, puberty, sex, substance abuse.
Website: http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/browse/he0000/
Visit this site for resources for adolescents and young adults about smoking and tobacco. Includes: 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.
Website: http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/tips4youth.htm
Kids Helpline
Kids Help Line is a national telephone and web based counselling service for
young people aged 5 to 18 years - it is free, anonymous and confidential.
Website: http://www.kidshelp.com.au/
KidsHealth: teens – The Nemours Foundation
KidsHealth has separate areas for kids, teens, and parents and
contains features, articles, animations, games, and resources developed by
experts in the health of children and teens from the Nemours Foundation
Website: http://kidshealth.org/
On the Teen Scene - FDA
If you're looking for information on anything from acne to smoking here's
a place to check out. Brought to you by the Food and Drug Administration.
Website: http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/kids/html/7teens.htm
Planet-Know
An interactive website that targets youth between the ages of 11 and 14,
Planet-Know features an array of positive activities designed to increase
adolescents' knowledge about drugs. Some features include: "Virtual Brain" - provides
factual and scientific information about how drugs affect the body and mind;
and "Better Things To Do" - an interactive area that allows youth
to explore career options and lists positive alternative activities in which
teens can participate.
Website: http://www.planet-know.net
Publications Catalog, National Clearinghouse
For Alcohol And Drug Info
This catalog contains drug information in fact sheets, booklets, posters,
videotapes, audiotapes and other venues, many free of charge. Visit this web
site for more information about these materials and how to order them.
Website: http://store.health.org/catalog/
Rave Safe Queensland
Rave Safe Queensland is a group of volunteers from the rave scene in South
East Queensland dedicated to making raving a safer experience for everybody.
Website: http://www.ravesafeqld.com
Reach Out
An Australian service that uses the Internet to help young people get through
tough times. Developed in response to Australia’s high rates of youth
suicide, Reach Out provides information, assistance and referrals in a format
that appeals to young people.
Website: http://www.reachout.com.au
Schoolies Week - Queensland
A website with up to date information about Schoolies Week activities.
Website: http://www.schooliesweek.com.au
Suicide - If you Are Thinking About Suicide,
Read this First
Thoughtful communication and resources for troubled youth.
Website: http://www.metanoia.org/suicide/
Teen Health Home Page - Dalhousie Medical
School
Includes links to subjects which have been identified in meetings with teens
as health concerns. The Dalhousie Teen Health Project hopes to provide some
basic information about these concerns, and to suggest where to go for more
information. Topics include healthy sexuality, sexual orientation, STDs, pregnancy,
women's health, men's health, and sexual assault. Also contains chat Q&A
from teens.
Website: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Health/TeenHealth/
Teenager drug use
Comprehensive links to information & effects on the use of narcotics,
depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens & other drugs.
Website: http://www.streetdrugs.org
Teens - ONDCP (Office of National Drug Control
Policy)
Read the facts on drugs and find out where to go for info.
Website: http://www.mediacampaign.org/
Web of Addictions
The Web of Addictions is dedicated to providing accurate information about
alcohol and other drug addictions. It is an effort to provide a resource for
teachers, students and others who needed factual information about abused
drugs.
Website: http://www.well.com/user/woa/
Adolescent and School Health
United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Includes national
school health strategies, research and evaluation, risk behaviors and health
topics, resources and tools.
Website: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dash/
Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies
Health section includes research reports, journal articles in ‘Youth
Studies Australia’, abstracts database and newspaper reports.
Website: http://www.acys.utas.edu.au/ncys/topics/health.htm#govt
Australian Health Promoting Schools
Association
The Aims of the Association include:
- initiate and support ways of establishing in schools a broad view of health consistent with the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion.
- promote nationally the concept of health promoting schools
- encourage collaboration among existing agencies, professional associations, government departments and student and parent groups
- advocate and strengthen participation in school health activities and national and state policy development
- work towards the sustainability of health curricula together with other social and environmental issues in the total program of educational institutions
- establish a mechanism for the exchange of information, expertise and resources between states and jurisdictions.
Website: http://www.hlth.qut.edu.au/ph/ahpsa/
Centre for Adolescent Health
Designed to provide you with up-to-date and reliable news, views and information
about the state of adolescent health in Australia.
The Centre for Adolescent Health aims to improve the health and well-being
of young people in Victoria from 10 - 24 years of age through the provision
of:
- Clinical services
- Community peer and parent support programs
- Education and training
- Health promotional programs in settings relevant for young people
- Research into health risk behaviours and factors which protect young people from harm.
International Association for Adolescent
Health
The IAAH is a multidisciplinary, non-government organization with a broad
focus on youth health The mission of the IAAH is to foster wider understanding
of the importance of youth health in each region of the world; to encourage
interaction and co-operation between youth and non-youth and between organizations
and individuals on youth health issues; to foster the development of national
associations for youth health; and to advocate on behalf of improved levels
of service, training, research and policy development in youth health in each
country.
Website: http://www.iaah.org/index.cfm
Queensland Health Child and Youth Health Unit
An overview of this unit can be found on the Queensland Health website
Website: http://www.health.qld.gov.au/phs/cyhu/
Society for Adolescent Medicine
A multidisciplinary organization of professionals committed to;
- improving the physical and psychosocial health and well-being of all adolescents
- Communication and collaboration among professionals of all disciplines involved in issues related to adolescent health
- Excellence in research related to the health of adolescents and to disseminate the results of such research
- Public and professional awareness of the health-related needs of adolescents and of strategies to address those needs
- Access to quality health-related services for all adolescents.
Website http://www.adolescenthealth.org/
Youth Suicide Prevention Project
As part of Australia's National Strategy, the Commonwealth Department of Health
and Aged Care has engaged the Australian Institute of Family Studies to help
those working to prevent suicide by providing:
- a knowledge base from which to inform policy, practice and research
- communications activities
- networking services.
Website: http://www.aifs.org.au/ysp/menu.html
This page last updated:
5 July, 2007
Review date: July 2006
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