Teacher: Mrs. Porter

Research Goal: Locate consumer health information on the Internet

Tips: When searching individual sites, look for the consumer or patient information links. Some sites have interactive features that allow you to ask a question of a specialist. However, the response time will be 2-3 days usually. Although the sites listed below have been reviewed and recommended, BE CAREFUL OF ALL INFORMATION YOU LOCATE ON THE INTERNET--EVALUATE AND ANALYZE.

General Health & Wellness
Mental Health
Eating Disorders
Sports Medicine
Disease
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

General Health
Netwellness

Speaking of Women’s Health

Girls Health.gov

Healthier Us

AMA Health Insight

National Institutes of Health

Healthfinder

Healthy People 2000   

Mayo Clinic

Virtual Hospital

Food and Nutrition Information Center

Nutrition.gov

Ohio Department of Health

Center for Science in the Public Interest

National Wellness Institute
 

 

Mental Health
General

National Institute of Mental Health

Bullying

Cyberbulling.org

 

Cyberbully.org

Divorce and Separation

Dealing with Divorce and Separation: A Guide for Teens

Dealing with Divorce

Depression

Suicidal.com

Befrienders.org

SAVE: Suicide Awareness Voices of Education

Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program

NAMI: The Nation's Voice on Mental Illness

Depression: on the Edge

Self-esteem

More Self-esteem.com

The National Association for Self-Esteem (NASE)

Grieving

Willow Wood

Fernside Online

Self-harm

Self-injury.com

Sexual Abuse

TAASA (Texas Association Against Sexual Abuse)

The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)

The Ohio Coalition on Sexual Assault (OCOSA)

It’s Not Your Fault / Rape Crisis and Abuse Center

 

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Eating Disorders

National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)

Eating Disorders Coalition for Research, Policy and Action (EDC)

Academy for Eating Disorders (AED)

National Women’s Health Information Center (NWHIC)

Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center (EDRIC)

American Dietetic Association

 
American Anorexia Bulimia Association (AABA)

Anorexia Nervosa & Related Eating Disorders, Inc (ANRED)

The Renfrew Center Foundation

National Eating Disorders Association

Something Fishy: Web-site on Eating Disorders

National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders

Body Positive

Body Icon

Healthy Weight Journal: Research, News and Commentary Across the Weight

Pale Reflections

 

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Sports Medicine
American College of Sports Medicine

American Council on Exercise
 
 

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Disease
Centers for Disease Control (CDC )

American Heart Association

American Cancer Society

American Diabetes Association

American Dietetic Association

American Lung Association

American Social Health Association
 

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