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Prevention & Environmental Health - Staying Healthy

These web resources provide information on staying healthy for yourself, your family, and the environment in which we live.

Click your mouse on one of the following topics to find information:
Child Health | Environmental Health & Justice | Exercise | Food & Nutrition | Food Safety | For Kids and Teens - Games, Health, and Science | Immunizations | Safer Sex |Traffic and Car Safety | Women's Health |

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Child Health - Children with Special Health Care Needs

  • A selection of sites to help parents with children with special health needs.
    A Web Resource Sample from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, Pacific Northwest Region.
    http://nnlm.gov/pnr/samplers/specialchild.html

  • This web site links to resources on particular health issues and includes a guide to Internet resources in English and Spanish. See its links to Resources for condition-specific information, coping support, and publications.
    Center for Children with Special Needs from Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, Washington.
    http://www.cshcn.org/

  • Find local Washington, DC area resources for families with children for special health needs. Explore its resource directory and outreach activities.
    Health Care for Children with Special Health Needs by the Health Services for Children Foundation of Washington, DC.
    http://www.hscsn-net.org/

  • Check out the Parents, Teens, and Kids sections for information on child development, diseases, emotional concerns, and nutrition.
    Kids Health from the Nemours Foundation.
    http://kidshealth.org

  • MedlinePlus has health pages on specific health conditions, including cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis, Down Syndrome and others.
    MedlinePlus' "Genetics and Birth Defects" Topics from the National Library of Medicine.
    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/geneticsbirthdefects.html

Environmental Health & Justice

  • Gateway to sites on environmental health, pollution, poisoning, and toxicology - from air pollution to water.
    Environmental Health from MEDLINEplus.
    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/poisoningtoxicologyenvironmentalhealth.html

  • Environmental health information from asbestos to weather.
    Environmental Health from NOAH.
    http://www.noah-health.org/english/illness/environment/environ.html

  • Environmental effects on health - from child health to toxins and water.
    EnviroAction from Physicians for Social Responsibility.
    http://www.envirohealthaction.org/

    Air Pollution

  • Is air pollution part of 'racial profiling?'
    "'Minorities' and Air Pollution" by the American Lung Association.
    www.lungusa.org/air/minority_factsheet.html

    Children and the Environment

  • Information, conferences, organizations on children's health and the environment.
    Children's Environmental Health Network.
    http://www.cehn.org/

  • Protecting children from hazards in the environment.
    EPA's Office of Children's Health Protection.
    http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/homepage

  • How to reduce environmental health risks to children in and around the home? Fun and interesting activities.
    HealtheHouse by the Children Health Environmental Coalition.
    www.checnet.org/healthehouse

  • Fun games and activities for children. Juegos para niños. Fun with several activities in English and Spanish.
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences NIEHS Kids’ Pages by the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services.
    http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/home.htm

  • Tips to Protect Children from Environmental Risks. Cómo Proteger a los Niños de los Riesgos Ambientales.
    Office of Children’s Health Protection by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
    http://yosemite.epa.gov/ochp/ochpweb.nsf/content/tips.htm

  • Do you want to explore your environment? Resources for sudents and teachers.
    US EPA Environmental Explorers’ Club for Kids by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
    http://epa.gov/kids

  • Kids learn how to live healthy lives. Resources on human body, safety, health and wellness.
    Health Windows Jr. by a group of professionals with extensive experience in the healthcare and Internet industries, and funded by Ti Capital.
    http://www.healthwindows.org/story.asp

    Lead

  • Easy guide to lead poisoning prevention.
    Lead: Environmental Concepts Made Easy from Tulane University.
    http://e.hormone.tulane.edu/aboutUs.html

  • The Alliance for Healthy Homes works to protect children from lead and other home environmental health hazards. A national, non-profit public interest organization, the Alliance advocates for policy solutions and builds the capacity of communities to prevent in-home hazards from harming the health of children, their families, and all residents.
    Alliance for Healthy Homes (AFHH) from AFHH.
    www.afhh.org/

  • How to find and understand lead abatement services.
    The Lead Listing: Open Guide for Consumers by QuanTech and ICF Information Technology, Inc. for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Lead Hazard Control, and is supported by the National Lead Assessment and Abatement Council (NLAAC).
    www.leadlisting.org/leadlisting/

    Environmental Justice

  • What's the evidence for environmental racism? Examples from California and other areas.
    Environmental Inequality by Michael Meuser, environmental sociologist, University of California, Santa Cruz.
    www.mapcruzin.com/EI/

  • How to organize against environmental racism?
    EcoJustice Network.
    http://www.antiracismnet.org/main.html

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Exercise & Physical Activity

  • Physical activity: how to fit it into your life; benefits for all.
    Energize Your Life from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/index.htm

  • VERB - It's What You Do! Physical activity for teens and pre-teens.
    VERB - It's What You Do from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
    http://www.verbnow.com

  • BAM - Body and Mind activities for kids on food and physical activity.
    BAM from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    http://www.bam.gov/fit4life

  • Interactive quizzes, resources, and recommendations on fitness, food portions, physical activity and more. Some features require registration.
    Shape Up, America! from Shape Up, America - a coalition of industry, health, nutrition and related organizations.
    http://www.shapeup.org

  • How to get exercise into my daily life?
    Physical Activity in Your Daily Life by the American Heart Association.
    http://americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200013

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Food & Nutrition

  • Nutrition Fact Sheets, Dieting for Dummies, Healthy Lifestyles, Recipes and more from professional dieticians.
    American Dietetic Association's Web Site.
    http://www.eatright.org

  • This is the gateway to all US government nutrition sites. You can find information on weight loss, recipes, nutrition, WIC, food safety, and food assistance programs here.
    Nutrition.gov from multiple federal agencies.
    http://www.nutrition.gov/home/index.php3

  • How do I eat better?
    American Heart Association Eating Plan: a comprehensive guide to heart healthy nutrition practices including dietary guidelines, healthy recipes, and detailed diet plans by the American Heart Association.
    http://www.deliciousdecisions.org/ee/wbd_easy_main.html

  • Fun games and tests to help you plan a healthy diet. Find how many calories you burn, join a chat, discover new nutrition resources.
    Cyberdiet by Mediconsult Nutrition Services, a team of registered dieticians and writers.
    www.cyberdiet.com/

  • Recipes for a heart healthy diet.
    Delicious Heart Healthy Latino Recipes (English & Spanish) by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH). Choose PDF format.
    http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/sp_recip.htm

  • General nutrition information - recipes, quizzes, articles, and a question and answer forum on many topics.
    Food and Nutrition Center from the Mayo Clinic.
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/findinformation/healthylivingcenter/ (choose Food and Nutrition Center

  • Visit Snacktoids, About Gus, and Choose Your Chews in this fun, interactive site about fast food and myths promoted by the fast food industry.
    Smartmouth.org from the Center on Science in the Public Interest.
    http://smartmouth.org

  • Learn more about your favorite Fast Food.
    Fast Food Facts, Interactive Food Finder by Olen Publishing.
    http://www.olen.com/food/

  • How to use the food pyramid to make healthy food selections from the Nemours Foundation.
    http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/pyramid.html

  • Food pyramid selections from the USDA.
    http://www.nal.usda.gov:8001/py/pmap.htm

  • Recipes, strategies for eating 5 fruits and vegetables a day from the National Cancer Institute and partners.
    http://5aday.gov

  • A guide to recommended web sites on nutrition from the Tufts University School of Nutrition Science and Policy.
    http://navigator.tufts.edu/general/

  • Games for kids about nutrition from the Pacific Science Center.
    http://www.exhibits.pacsci.org/nutrition/default.html

  • Kids’ Food Cyber Club has games, Rate Your Plate, and other fun activities to learn about healthy food choices from the Connecticut Association for Human Services.
    http://www.kidfood.org/kf_cyber.html

  • BAM – Body and Mind activities for kids on foods and activity from the CDC.
    http://www.bam.gov/fit4life/

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Food Safety

  • "Bad Bugs" in your food and water.
    The Bad Bug Book by the FDA, Food and Drug Administration.
    http://www.agr.state.nc.us/cyber/kidswrld/foodsafe/badbug/badbug.htm

  • How to protect yourself against food poisoning.
    Food Borne Illness: Fact Sheet from the US Department of Agriculture, USDA.
    http://www.fsis.usda.gov/OA/pubs/fact_fbi.htm

  • How to keep foods safe.
    Food Safety Facts by the North Carolina State Dept. of Agriculture.
    http://www.agr.state.nc.us/cyber/kidswrld/foodsafe/facts/Sffacts.htm

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Kids and Teens - Health, Games, and Science

  • Activities just for kids.
    Kids.gov from Health and Human Services.
    http://www.kids.gov/

  • Learn what goes on in the doctor's office without leaving your computer! For kids and parents - tips on healthy living.
    HealthyBeginning.com from Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, recommended by Children's Health Center SE.
    http://www.healthybeginning.com

  • Sounds and images of your body - from belches, ear wax, and many yucky things. Also games and quizzes.
    Yucky, Gross, and Cool Body from Discovery Channel.
    http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/

  • All about your body - with animations, pictures and descriptions. Just don't click on all the ads!
    Inner Body from Innerbody.com, Intellimed International Corp.
    http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html

  • Get help with your homework!
    Just for Kids: Homework Help from the Internet from the DC Public Library.
    http://dclibrary.org/kids/homework.html

  • Find resources and answers to your questions.
    Ask Jeeves for Kids by Ask Jeeves.
    http://www.ajkids.com/

  • Games and info for teens about growing up and sexually transmitted infections.
    I Wanna Know from the American Social Health Association.
    http://www.iwannaknow.org/games/index.html

  • Learn to be safe and have fun!
    McGruff from the National Crime Prevention Council.
    http://mcgruff.com/

  • List of all the kids pages from the Department of Health and Human Services - connect here to your health, bad bugs, biking, the environment, puzzles, and games.
    Kids' Pages from the US Dept. of Health and Human Services.
    http://www.hhs.gov/kids/

  • Links to quality web pages just for kids and young people about your health, foods, feelings, and safety. With lots of games.
    Children's Page from MEDLINEplus, the National Library of Medicine.
    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childrenspage.html

  • For young people and little kids: games, health movies, stories, and music.
    Noggin.
    http://www.noggin.com/

  • Sex, body image, health and safety articles, activities, and resources for teens.
    Kidshealth for Teens from The Nemours Foundation.
    http://www.teenshealth.org

  • Growing up, games, how my body works with sounds and pictures, common illnesses, free email, movies and more. Good for grownups also!
    Kids Health for Kids from The Nemours Foundation.
    http://www.kidshealth.org/index.html

  • Health and science games, quizzes, movies, activities, homework help, and music for kids.
    Brainpop from Brainpop.com.
    http://www.brainpop.com

  • Tricky and fun games to play.
    EduGames from Houghton Mifflin Publishers.
    http://www.eduplace.com/edugames.html

  • For kids and curious adults - where do dangerous microbes live? How do we use them?
    Stalking the Mysterious Microbe! by the American Society for Microbiology.
    http://www.microbe.org/

  • See the human body from the inside out.
    The Visible Human from the Mad Scientist Network with the Washington University School of Medicine and the NLM.
    http://www.madsci.org/~lynn/VH/tour.html

  • For Latinas: your body, your future.
    ¡Soy unica! ¡Soy latina! in English and Spanish from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
    http://www.soyunica.gov/default.aspx

  • Games in English and Spanish.
    Soy unica! from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
    http://www.soyunica.gov/clubhouse/games/default.aspx

  • Your Body Image - Eating Well.
    My Body from SAMHSA.
    http://www.soyunica.gov/mybody/defaults.htm

  • Kid Safety - bikes, skateboarding, games and fun.
    Kidd Safety.
    http://www.cpsc.gov/kids/kidsafety/index.html

  • Play games and learn how to ride in a car safely.
    Seatbelt Room from the US Department of Transportation.
    http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/kids/research/seatbelt/

  • Seguridad - bike safety (en ingles).
    Brain Busters quiz from the Consumer Safety Product Commission.
    http://www.cpsc.gov/kids/bb.html

  • Visit to Mars - games and quizzes
    Bill Nye, the Science Guy by Nye Labs.
    http://www.billnye.com/core.html?flashtarget=core.html&noflashtarget=noflash.html

  • The Environment - Games and Activities.
    Explorers' Club from EPA (US).
    http://www.epa.gov/kids/

  • Food, drugs, and medical devices: food safety quiz, Mac and Molly Investigator, all about animals.
    Kids' Page from FDA.
    http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/kids/default.htm

  • Health for Kids.
    Global Health Odyssey from CDC.
    http://www.cdc.gov/global/health.htm

  • Environmental Health Sites for Kids.
    Hey, Kids! Facts About Toxic Chemicals and the Environment from the Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry (ATSDR) of the CDC.
    http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/child/ochheykids.html

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Immunizations

  • When should children be immunized?
    Immunization Schedule from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
    www.aap.org/family/parents/immunize.htm

  • Childhood immunizations - when and why.
    ECBT - Every Child By Two from the Carter - Bumpers Campaign for Early Immunization.
    www.ecbt.org

  • Benefits and risks of individual vaccines for adults and children.
    Vaccine Information Statements from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    www.immunize.org/vis

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Safer Sex

Traffic and Car Safety

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Women's Health

  • Women's health library, daily news reports, and info on contraception and STDs.
    Women's Health Information Center from MEDEM, including the American Medical Association and other medical societies.
    http://www.medem.com/MedLB/sub_detaillb.cfm?parent_id=1&act=disp

  • Women's health topics and advocacy issues.
    Health Topics from the American Medical Women's Association.
    http://www.amwa-doc.org/healthtopics/healthlist.html

  • Pregnancy, disabilities, minority health, breastfeeding, and staying healthy for women (and men).
    National Women's Health Network from the US Dept. of Health and Human Services.
    http://www.4woman.org/

  • News on menopause: support groups, referrals, research, and an online guide.
    The North American Menopause Society.
    http://www.menopause.org/consumers/

  • Women's health topics - from health screenings to nutrition.
    Women's Health from MEDLINEplus of the National Library of Medicine.
    http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/womenshealthgeneral.html

  • Health living and health concerns.
    National Women's Health Resource Center, a non-profit clearinghouse for women's health.
    http://www.healthywomen.org/

  • "Our mission is to promote optimum health for Black women across the life span—physically, mentally and spiritually." Tools and information for self-care and health advocacy.
    Black Women's Health Imperative formerly known as the Black Women's Health Initiative.
    http://www.blackwomenshealth.org/

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