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Press Release
August 30, 2005
Girls’ Health Web Site Changes Name and Web Address
New web site address makes it easier to find girls' health information online
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Contacts: Valerie Scardino Acting Communications Director Office on Women's Health (OWH) (202) 205-0270 |
August 30, 2005 Washington, DC - August 30, 2005 Washington, DC – In an effort to streamline the information they provide to girls, parents, and educators, OWH changed the name, web site address, and logo of their girl’s health web site to girlshealth.gov. These changes allow anyone to find reliable, up-to-date girls’ health information on the Internet faster and easier.
What |
The Office on Women’s Health (OWH) is proud to announce the name change of their girls’ health web site to girlshealth.gov. Formerly www.4girls.gov, this new name and web site address more accurately describes the content on their web site. Along with these changes, girlshealth.gov also has a new logo. OWH hopes that these changes will help girls, parents, and educators find important information on girls’ health faster and easier. |
Who |
Girlshealth.gov is sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women’s Health, and is the “daughter” program of the National Women’s Health Information Center (www.womenshealth.gov). Girlshealth.gov provides valuable information about ways girls can achieve a healthy lifestyle helping them to understand their body, mind, and spirit as they grow into adults. For information, visit www.girlshealth.gov or call the National Women’s Health Information Center at 1-800-994-9662. |
When |
Our new name, web site address, and logo have officially been changed and were launched this month. |
Why |
The web site relocation and name change to www.girlshealth.gov will make it easier for girls, parents, and educators to find girls’ health information on the Internet. As incidents of diabetes, eating disorders, and drug abuse continue to increase and teens continue to consume more and exercise less, OWH recognized the need to make girls’ health information even more accessible to the public. The mission of girlshealth.gov is to promote healthy, positive behaviors in girls between the ages of 10 and 16. The site, originally launched in 2002, gives girls current, reliable, and useful information on various health issues they will face as they become young women, and tips on handling relationships with family and friends, at school, and at home. The former web site address for girlshealth.gov was www.4girls.gov. This address will still work. |
The former web site address for gilrshealth.gov was www.4girls.gov. This address will still work. For more in-depth health information and to learn more about girlshealth.gov visit us online at:
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