Family Health
In the Spotlight
Prom Health and Safety Tips
If you or someone you know is going to the prom, here are a few tips to
help make it fun and safe. A
prom health
and safety podcast is also available.
Spring Break Health and Safety Tips
Make this year's spring break memorable by having fun and helping
yourself, your friends, and others stay safe and healthy.
Safe and Healthy Bride
As you plan your wedding and new life together, be sure to include health
and safety in your plans! Do you know a bride-to-be? Send her a
healthy wedding or
healthy bride e-card!
Healthy Families
Talk to Teens about
Healthy Relationships
Adolescence is a time when kids and teens learn how to make decisions about
relationships with their friends, family, and girlfriends or boyfriends.
They need adults- parents, teachers, coaches, and others- to help them
understand and choose healthy respectful, relationships.
Help Older
Adults Live Better, Longer: Prevent Falls and Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injuries are often missed or misdiagnosed in older adults.
Watch for these signs and symptoms if you know the older adult in your care
has fallen or has a fall-related injury, such as a hip fracture.
Ways to Prevent Kidney
Disease
Kidneys play an integral role in a person's well-being, keeping the right
amount of water in the body and helping to filter out harmful wastes. Common
causes of kidney disease are diabetes and high blood pressure. The risk for
kidney disease can be reduced by preventing these conditions when possible
and managing them when present.
Healthy Communities
School Violence
Acts of violence can disrupt the learning process and have a negative effect
on students, the school itself, and the broader community.
The Power
to Control Diabetes Is in Your Hands Community Outreach Kit
This online-only resource provides information about diabetes in older
adults and suggests how to promote the Power to Control campaign through
educational activities, media events, and promotional campaigns.
Impacting
Change at State and Local Levels
Learn about CDC’s Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Action Institute,
which provides local and state teams with tools, resources, and strategies
for developing evidence-based approaches to build healthier communities.
Spring Seedlings:
Tips for Growing Your Own Vegetables
Growing your own vegetables is a budget-friendly option for getting your
daily dose of colorful produce.
Science and Research
Health: United States-
Chartbook with Special Feature on the Health of Young Adults (3/30/09)
Health, United States: 2008 is the 32nd annual edition of the report
prepared by CDC′s National Center for Health Statistics. It includes a
compilation of health data from a number of sources within the federal
government and in the private sector. The report uses the most current data
available at the time of publication. This year′s edition features a special
section on adults aged 18 to 29, a group making many life choices, including
decisions about education, marriage, childbearing, and health behaviors
(e.g., tobacco and alcohol use), which will affect both their future
economic and health status.
Cost Effectiveness of Community-Based Physical Activity Interventions
(3/30/09)
This CDC study, with the support of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, used
a rigorous economic model to assess the cost-effectiveness of
community-based physical activity interventions. The study found these
interventions to be cost-effective, reducing new cases of many chronic
diseases and improving quality of life.
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Content Source: CDC Office
of Women’s Health
Page last modified:
May 1, 2009
Page last reviewed: April 2, 2009