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Internet Resource Guide

General

· Evaluating Health Information on the Internet – Michigan Electronic Library

http://med.lib.mi.us/health/health-evaluating.html

· National Library of Medicine PubMed

http://www4.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/

· Healthtouch Online

http://healthtouch.com

· Healthfinder – Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

http://www.healthfinder.gov

· American Academy of Family Physicians

http://www.aafp.org

· American Medical Association

http://www.ama-assn.org

· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

http://www.cdc.gov

· National Institutes of Health

http://nih.gov

· Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

http://odphp.osophs.dhhs.gov

· American College Health Association

http://www.acha.org

· World Health Organization

http://www.who.org

· Healthy People 2000

http://web.health.gov/healthypeople

· National Health Observances for 1999

http://www.wellnessnwi.org/hoc99.html

· Human Anatomy Online -- interactive anatomical animations

http://www.innerbody.com/indexbody.html

Chapter 1 -- “An Invitation to Health For the 21^st Century”

· National Wellness Institute – University of Wisconsin – Steven’s Point

http://www.wellnessnwi.org

· Quizzes and Health Assessments

Ø Mayo clinic Assessment: http://mayohealth.org/mayo/library/htm/quiz.htm

Ø Lifescan Health Risk Appraisal

http://wellness.uwsp.edu/Health_Service/Services/lifeScan.shtml

Ø Life Expectancy: The Longevity Game from Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

http://www.northwesternmutual.com/games/longevity

Ø Real Age: an online assessment that also gives you options for growing younger

http://www.realage.com

Ø Life Expectancy: How Long Will You Survive on Earth? It may depend on where in the world you live.

http://www.hksrch.com.hk/life.html

· Children’s Health -- information for parents, teens, and young children

http://kidshealth.org

Chapter 2: “Managing Stress”

· Stress Management: A Review of Principles,

presented by Wesley E. Sime, PhD, MPH, Professor of Health and Human Performance University of Nebraska-Lincoln

http://www.unl.edu:80/stress/mgmt

· Stress Assess -- three internet assessment tools developed by the National Wellness Institute at the University of Wisconsin – Steven’s Point

http://wellness.uwsp.edu/Health_Service/services/stress.shtml

· 25 Ways to Reduce Stress

http://www.clinique.com/busters.html

· Stress Facts for Young Adults – from the American Academy of Family Physicians

http://familydoctor.org/handouts/278.html

Chapter 3: “Feeling Good”

· National Mental Health Association

http://www.nmha.org

· What’s Your Emotional Intelligence Quotient?

http://www.utne.com/lens/bms/9bmseq.html

· National Sleep Foundation

http://www.sleepfoundation.org

· American Sleep Disorders Association

http://www.asda.org

Chapter 4: “Caring for the Mind”

· Depression

- General information from the Physician’s Desk Reference Getting Well Network

http://www.pdr.net/gettingwell/depression/index.html

- Adolescent Depression -- information from the National Mental Health Association

http://www.healthtouch.com/level1/leaflets/nmha/nmha034.htm

- Women and Depression – information from the American Psychological Association

http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/depress.html

· Suicide – information from the CDC

http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dvp/suifacts.htm

· Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

- General Information from the National Institutes of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/adhd.htm

- Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorder (CHADD) http://www.chadd.org

· Online Depression Screening Test -- from New York University Department of Psychiatry

http://www.med.nyu.edu/Psych/screens/depress.html

Chapter 5: “The Joy of Fitness”

· Fitness Basics – Information from the American Medical Association

http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/gen_hlth/fitness/fitness.htm

· Personal Trainer – Developing Your Own Exercise Program – Information from the American Medical Association

http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/gen_hlth/trainer/index.htm

· Shape Up America

http://www.shapeup.org/sua/index.html

· Information from the American Heart Association

- Physical Activity in Your Daily Life http://www.americanheart.org/catalog/Health_catpage9.html

- Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health: Fact Sheet

http://www.americanheart.org/Health/Lifestyle/Physical_Activity/PAfact.html

· Determining Your Fitness Level

http://www.fitnesslink.com/exercise/level1.htm

· Exercise Energy Expenditure – calculates the number of calories you burn during your workout.

http://www.healthcalc.net/hcn/tools.htm

· How Healthy Are You compared to others? Take the test to fine tune your exercise program, identify areas for improvement, and to measure progress.

http://www.healthcalc.net/hcn/tools.htm

· Aerobics -- a virtual library of different types of aerobic exercises, including FAQ’s

http://www.turnstep.com

Chapter 6: “Nutrition for Life”

· American Dietetic Association

http://www.eatright.org

· The Food Guide Pyramid

http://www.nal.usda.gov:8001/py/pmap.htm

· Food Pyramid Quiz

http://www.thriveonline.com/eats/pyramid/index.html

· Your Personal Dietary Analysis – from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center features four different nutrition analyses, including a calorie counter and fast food information.

http://www.bgsm.edu/nutrition/in.html

· Nutrients for Good Health -- general information

http://www.realtime.net/anr/nutrient.html

· Cyberkitchen -- by Shape Up America

http://www.shapeup.org/kitchen/index.htm

· Fast Food Facts

http://www.olen.com/food/book.html

· CyberDiet’s Eating Out Guidelines – information on healthy selections from the following cuisines: USA, France, India, Mexico, Italy, Thailand, Japan, China, and Greece

http://www.CyberDiet.com/foodfact/eatguide.html

· Heart Healthy Diets

http://www.amhrt.org

· Nutrition and Cancer – information from the American Cancer Society

http://www.cancer.org/statistics.cff98/nutrition.html

· Sports Nutrition & Food Supplements

http://www.fitnesslink.com/food/sportnut.htm

· Nutrition Quizzes

http://www.cspinet.org/quiz

· Healthy Eating on the Run

http://www.shapeup.org/publications/fitting.fitness.in/noframes/eating.htm

Chapter 7: “Eating Patterns and Problems”

· Dietary Guidelines for Americans

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fric/dga/dguide95.html

· Shape Up America! -- founded by former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, M.D.

http://www.shapeup.org/sua

· Weight Control Information Network – from the National Institutes of Health

http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health/nutrit/win.htm

· Body Mass Index Determination

http://www.shapeup.org/bmi/index.html

· Healthy Weight, Healthy Living – Understanding the Medical Hazards of Obesity

http://www.shapeup.org/library/indexall.htm#hwhl

· Eating Disorders – information from Mental Health Net

http://eatingdisorders.cmhc.com

· Eating Disorders Quiz

http://www.bgsm.edu/nutrition/BwgQuiz/QzQues.htm

· Anorexia Nervosa – information from the American Academy of Family Physicians

http://familydoctor.org/handouts/063.html

Chapter 9: “Personal Sexuality”

· Sexuality information from Columbia University “Go Ask Alice”

- Sexual intercourse, abstinence, kissing, masturbation, etc.

http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/Cat6.html

· Planned Parenthood

http://www.plannedparenthood.org

· Homosexuality: Choice or Fixed Orientation?

http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_fixe.htm

· Safer Sex

http://safersex.org

· Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)

http://www.healthy.net/library/books/healthyself/womens/pms.htm

· Anatomy

- Female Reproductive Organs

- http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/gen_hlth/atlas/newatlas/femorg.htm

- Female Reproductive System

- http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/gen_hlth/atlas/newatlas/femrep.htm

- Male Reproductive Organs

- http://www.ama-assn.org/insight/gen_hlth/atlas/newatlas/male.htm

Chapter 10: “Reproductive Choices”

· National Women’s Health Information Center – U.S. Public Health Office on Women’s Health

http://www.4woman.gov

· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Women’s Health

http://www.cdc.gov/health/womensmenu.htm

· Methods of Contraception

http://www.fiu.edu/~health/contraception.htm

· Contraception Information Center -- from the American Medical Association

http://www.ama-assn.org/special/contra/contra.htm

Chapter 11: “Defending Yourself From Infectious Diseases”

· Cells Alive! -- interactive animations and illustrations to illustrate how the immune system works in the human body

http://www.cellsalive.com

· Immunization Action Coalition -- Information for children, adolescents, and adults

http://www.immunize.org

· Vaccine Information Sheets in English and Spanish -- for measles, rubella, tetanus, hepatitis A & B, influenza, chickenpox, polio, diphtheria, and more

http://www.immunize.org/vis/index.htm

· Color Photographs of people with vaccine preventable diseases

http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/pict001.htm

· Allergy: The PDR’s Getting Well Network

http://www.pdr.net/gettingwell/allergy/index.html

· Assess Your Risk for HIV and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases

http://www.thebody.com/surveys/sexsurvey.html

· AIDS Fact Sheets

http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/HIV _aids/pubs/facts.htm

· American Medical Association HIV/AIDS Information Center

http://www.ama-assn.org/special/HIV/search/search.htm

- AIDS Statistics from the AMA