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Federal campaigns addressing adolescent health

  4Parents.gov provides parents, grandparents, mentors, and guardians with all the information they need to help their children make smart choices about their health and future. It is a guide to help parents and their pre-teen or mid-teen discuss important, yet difficult, issues about healthy choices, abstinence, sex, and relationships.

  A Family Guide To Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy & Drug Free is a public education web site developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to communicate to parents and other caring adults about how they can help promote their child's mental health and reduce his or her risk for becoming involved with alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drugs.

  BAM! Body and Mind™ is an online destination for kids created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Designed for kids 9-13 years old, the campaign gives them the information they need to make healthy lifestyle choices. The site also offers students interactive content to investigate health and science topics for school or for a personal interest. This “Teacher’s Corner” web page is a resource for incorporating CDC health, safety, and science topics into classroom activities.

  BodyWorks is a program designed to help parents and caregivers of young adolescent girls (ages 9 to 13) improve family eating and activity habits. Using the BodyWorks Toolkit, the program focuses on parents as role models and provides them with hands-on tools to make small, specific behavior changes to prevent obesity and help maintain a healthy weight. The BodyWorks program uses a train-the-trainer model to distribute the Toolkit through community-based organizations, state health agencies, non-profit organizations, health clinics, hospitals and health care systems.

  The Fruits and Veggies: More Matters web page from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers fun facts about a variety of seasonal fruits and vegetables. It also provides information on how to prepare fruits and vegetables and great tasting recipe ideas to help you meet the 5 A Day goal.

  Hablemos en Confianza is a bilingual site that contains articles about substance abuse and information on how to talk with children about alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs.

  Helping America’s Youth is a nationwide effort to benefit children and teenagers by encouraging action in three key areas: family, school, and community. The Community Guide to Helping America's Youth helps communities build partnerships, assess their needs and resources, and select from program designs that could be replicated in their community. It walks community groups through the steps necessary for building strong supports for youth.

  The Milk Matters Calcium Education Campaign is dedicated to increasing calcium consumption among America's children and teens. The campaign, sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, focuses on educating people about the importance of calcium for building strong and healthy bones.

 The National Initiative to Improve Adolescent Health by the Year 2010 (also known as NIIAH 2010) is a cooperative initiative among the partners and states involved with promoting the Healthy People 2010 objectives with the purpose of focusing on health and safety issues in the adolescent and young adult population.

   Making good choices for healthy bones should start in childhood and become habits that last. Powerful Bones. Powerful Girls.™ is a national education effort by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help girls build strong bones. This web site is something all of your female students should check out! The campaign also has a site for parents, offering information to help their daughters build strong bones during the critical window of bone growth—ages 9 to 12.

   Take a Stand. Lend a Hand. Stop Bullying Now! Campaign is brought to you by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Maternal and Child Health Bureau. This interactive web site is created for children, teens, parents, and educators to get the latest information on bullying.

   VERB™ It’s what you do. is a national, multicultural, social marketing campaign coordinated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The campaign encourages young people ages 9 to 13 to be physically active every day, and the web site is a fun interactive resource to pass on to students.

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Content last updated January 26, 2009

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