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Bandaids and Blackboards: When Chronic Illness...Or Some Other Medical Problem...Goes to School
ChIPS-support for teens with chronic illnesses from people who have the same illness to siblings to friends of ill teens.
The Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Complete Home Medical Guide
Electric Apple Journal: Ideas and Information for Healthier Living
Girl Power-A multi-phase public health initiative designed to prevent drug abuse and other risky behaviors among girls. This site has a section for parents with facts, statistics, and other helpful information, as well as a highly interactive girls-only section with games; tips on health, peer pressure, and self-esteem; and ways to contribute to the website.
Health Finder-consumer health and human services information web site is a free gateway to consumer health and human services information web site developed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
JAMA Asthma Information Center- JAMA Asthma Information Center is a collection of "peer-reviewed resources for physicians, other health care professionals, and the general public."
Kentucky Department of Education Food Guide Pyramid
kidsDoctor: What Every Parent Needs to Know
KidsHealth-KidsHealth is devoted to children's health, with special emphasis on health education for kids and parents. KidsHealth, created by the NemoursFoundation, offers separate browsing areas for kids, parents, and professionals.
KidsHealth at the AMA- KidsHealth is the newest service to join the growing American Medical Association Health Insight pages. Provided by AMA and the NemoursFoundation, the site contains easily understandable information about childhood infections, child development (from birth to two years), safety and accident prevention, and first aid.
Kidsource Online-Kidsource Online is an extensive collection of information about raising children from newborns to adolescents. A sampling of the publications they've pulled together at the site includes "Children and Bilingualism" from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; "Testing Your Child's Hearing" by Carol Knightly, Pediatric Audiologist; and the Asthma and Allergy Foundation.
Pediatric Points of Interest (POI)-The Points of Pediatric Interest page at Johns Hopkins University is a comprehensive and well-designed collection of links to information on all aspects of children's health care and related issues. Parents, teachers, care-givers, and professionals will find the site useful.
Pediatrics: Electronic Pages-The American Academy of Pediatrics is now offering an online extension of its monthly peer-reviewed print journal Pediatrics.
PEDINFO: An Index of the Pediatric Internet-This web site gathers pointers to Internet resources for pediatricians and others interested in pediatrics.
Prevline- The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information. A service of The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
SickKids Discussion List-SICKKIDS is an open, unmoderated discussion list for kids who are ill. These kids all have chronic or potentially fatal illness, and benefit by having this support group to talk to each other. The list is for kids only, ages 18 and under.
The Sickle Cell Information Center-The Georgia N.I.H. Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center, the Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia, and the Pediatrics and Hematology-Oncology Departments of the Emory University Medical School sponsor this site, an information-rich compendium on Sickle Cell Anemia that targets health care providers and patients alike.
The Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Network Web site offers information about SIDS research, awareness programs, how to reduce the risk of SIDS and legislative alerts.
NASA-MSU/Bozeman Center for Educational Resources Project Astronomy