If you are a teenager, this page is for you!
It includes materials specifically for you - not for your parents - about health and safety for teens. There are quizzes, games and lots of cool web sites for you to explore. Have fun!
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Take Charge of Your Health: A Teenager's Guide to Better Health
(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/take_charge.htm
- TeensHealth(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/teen/
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Smallstep.gov(Dept. of Health and Human Services) - http://www.smallstep.gov/
Also available in Spanish http://www.smallstep.gov/esp/esp_index.html
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Teenagers: How to Stay Healthy(American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/children/teens/prevention/285.printerview.html
Also available in Spanish http://familydoctor.org/online/famdoces/home/children/teens/prevention/285.printerview.html
- Mental Health Disorders Common in Young Adults(12/12/2008, Reuters Health) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_72724.html
- Girls Health(National Women's Health Information Center) - http://www.girlshealth.gov/
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Cool Spot: Info on Alcohol and Resisting Peer Pressure(National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism) - http://www.thecoolspot.gov/
- Especially for Teens: Birth Control(American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) - http://www.medem.com/MedLB/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZBRRU487C&sub_cat=12
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Especially for Teens: Having a Baby(American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists) - http://www.acog.org/publications/patient_education/bp103.cfm
Also available in Spanish http://www.acog.org/publications/patient_education/sp103.cfm
- High School Environmental Center(Environmental Protection Agency) - http://www.epa.gov/highschool/
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Homosexuality: Facts for Teens(American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/children/teens/sexuality/739.printerview.html
Also available in Spanish http://familydoctor.org/online/famdoces/home/children/teens/sexuality/739.printerview.html
- How Smart Are You about Cosmetics?(Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition) - http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/costftoc.html
- Lurking in the Locker Room(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.bam.gov/sub_yourbody/yourbody_lurking.html
- NetSmartz Workshop: Teens Home(Boys & Girls Clubs of America, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children) - http://www.netsmartz.org/netteens.htm
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NIDA for Teens(National Institute on Drug Abuse) - http://www.teens.drugabuse.gov/
- Protect Yourself(National Crime Prevention Council) - http://www.ncpc.org/topics/by-audience/teens/protect-yourself
- Radiation for Students and Teachers(Environmental Protection Agency) - http://www.epa.gov/radiation/students.html
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Snapshots of Science & Medicine(National Institutes of Health) - http://science-education.nih.gov/snapshots.nsf
- Think First for Teens(ThinkFirst National Injury Prevention Foundation) - http://www.thinkfirst.org/teens/
- Too Smart to Start Youth(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - http://www.toosmarttostart.samhsa.gov/youth/youth.aspx
- Youth and Teens Page(National Runaway Switchboard) - http://www.1800runaway.org/youth_teens/youth_teens.html
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine(Nobel Foundation) - http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/medicine/
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Adolescent(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/term=adolescent+health
- KidsHealth(Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/index_noflash.html
- Teen Health - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/teenhealth.html
- Teen Sexual Health - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/teensexualhealth.html
- Teen Violence - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/teenviolence.html
- Teenage Pregnancy - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/teenagepregnancy.html
- Children and Teenagers - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/childrenandteenagers.html