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2005-2006 Student Health Insurance Program: www.BollingerInsurance.com/lycoming
www.samhsa.gov
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration
www.uhs.uga.edu/sexualhealth
.
A website that specifically deals with oral sex and STI
risk.
www.healthinschools.org/students/
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools invites
you to visit its portal with links to games, information and activities on
many health topics.
www.WebMD.com.
Click on WebMD Health Link. You will find
self-help facts on things like earwax, sore throats, Bronchitis, Sinusitis,
etc.
Facts On Tap: www.factsontap.org
(Alcohol Facts)
National Coalition for Adult Immunization: www.nfid.org/ncai/
www.aaaai.org
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
American Diabetes Association: www.diabetes.org
American Cancer Society: www.cancer.org
BACCHUS & Gamma Peer Ed Network: www.BacchusGamma.org
CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse: www.cdcnpin.org
Names Project Foundation: www.aidsquilt.org/Newsite
American Academy of Family Physicians: www.familydoctor.org
Lycoming Chapter American Red Cross: www.lycoming-redcross.org
Columbia University Health Education- very good site!:
www.goaskalice.columbia.edu
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention- National Vaccine Program
Office (Q&A on vaccine safety):
www.cdc.gov/od/nvpo/people.htm
The internet is a wonderful resource for finding health/wellness
information but how do you know the information is accurate? Use
these tips from the CDC-Centers for Disease Control to evaluate the
information you find:
1. The ownership of the website should be clear.
2. The information provided should be based on sound scientific
study
3. The website should carefully weigh the evidence and acknowledge
the limitations of the work.
4. Beware of "junk science" and suggestions of
"conspiracies".
5. The individuals or group providing the information should be
qualified to address the subject matter.
6. Arguments should be based on facts, not conjecture.
7. The motives of the website should be clear.
8. The information provided should make sense (i.e., if it seems to good to be true, it probably is).
9. The website contains references from and to recognized
peer-reviewed publications.
10. You should be able to obtain additional information if you
need it.
*adapted from the CDC's website (http//www.cdc.gov/od/nvpo/people.htm)
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