Selected Health-Related Topics And Agencies On The World Wide Web For Health Teachers

College Student Journal, Dec, 2000 by Tom Syre

The World Wide Web is an instant source of information for k12 and college health teachers. The web provides up-to-the minute information in a rapidly evolving health industry. Selected health topics and health agencies are presented.

The World Wide Web is an instant source of information for k-12 and college health teachers. The world wide web provides up-to-the minute information in a rapidly evolving health industry.

Selected health topics and health agencies are listed below in alphabetical order. Each of these sites provides interesting and, in some cases, unusual information on a variety of subjects. Inclusion of the website below does not imply endorsement by the author.

Take a few minutes to visit these web sites. See if any of them can provide you with new insights and content in health-related teaching efforts in the school and university setting.

Topics                            Web Site

Aids                              www.drkoop.com/
Alternative Medicine Resources    www.noah.cuny.edu/alternative/
Americans with Disabilities
  Act Information                 www.hr.state.ks.us/dc/
Birth Control                     www.plannedparenthood.org/
                                  birth-control/
College Health Information        www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/
Dance                             www.dancer.com/dance-links/
Diet Issues                       www.dietician.com/
Drug, Alcohol and Violence
  Education                       www.jmu.edu.cisat/vepp/
Health and Medical News           www.onhealth.com/
Health Resources                  www.healthatoz.com/
Men's Health Issues               www.malehealthcenter.com/
Mental Health                     www.mentalhealth.com/
Quackery and Fraud                www.quackwatch.com/
STD Information                   www.ama-assn.org/special/std/
Stress                            www.oates.org/chris/stress
Suicide Prevention                www.afsp.org/
Support Group Networking          www.support-group.com/

Agencies                          Web Site

AAHPERD                           www.aahperd.org
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention                    www.cdc.gov/
National Institute for
  Consumer Education              www.emich.edu/public/coe/nice/
National Institutes of Health     www.nih.gov/
National Organization for Women   www.now.org/
U.S. Department of and
  Human Services                  www.os.dhhs.gov/
U.S. National Library of
Medicine                          www.nlm.nih.gov/databases
VAHPERD                           www.vahperd.vt.edu

DR. TOM SYRE James Madison University