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Adolescent Health: Organizations and Resources

Adolescent Nutrition

This Web Site is dedicated to making knowledge of adolescent nutrition accessible to the health care providers, educators and students who need to understand, and guide parents and teenagers through the crucial adolescent years.

Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI)

The Alan Guttmacher Institute (AGI) is a non-profit organization focused on reproductive health research, policy analysis and public education. 

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)

Information on mental health disorders in children and adolescents.

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Adolescent Medicine, Sports Medicine, and School Health

The Pediatric Internet: Reviews of internet resources by AAP fellows.

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Adolescent Health

Search results on the topic of adolescent health

American Medical Association (AMA): Adolescents

The AMA program on Child and Adolescent Health.

American Medical Association (AMA): Adolescent Health Links

Extensive list of hyperlinks to organizations that provide useful information and resources related to the health of adolescents.

Bright Futures

Health Supervision - This site contains both health guidelines and useful patient handouts regarding typical well adolescent needs and development.

Center for Disease Control (CDC)

CDC Health Topics on Adolescents and Teens

Center for Disease Control (CDC): YRBSS

Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System.

Center for Disease Control (CDC): Adolescent and School Health

A report of the Surgeon General on physical activity and health in adolescents and young adults.

Center for Disease Control (CDC): STDs

The 1998 Guidelines for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases.

Crisis Clinic

Seattle/King County Community Connections.

Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC)

The Food and Nutrition Information Center (FNIC) is located at the National Agricultural Library, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service.

National Adolescent Health Informaton Center

The University of California, San Francisco, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and Institute for Health Policy Studies sponored project to provide a national resource for adolescent health information and research.

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)

Information for health care professionals to promote CAM resource awareness and education. 

National Clearing House for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI)

The world's largest resource for current information and materials concerning substance abuse.

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

NIDA's mission is to lead the Nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction. 

 

Parent Power

Information on Washington State Program eligibility.

Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM)

A multidisciplinary organization of professionals committed to improving the physical and psychosocial health and well-being of all adolescents.

 

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