I can't say that I have discovered an exact replica of WebMD.  I am a health
teacher in NC and I instruct grades 6- 8.  The following sites are popular with
my students.

teenhealth.org
kidshealth.org
brainpop.com
teengrowth.com

-- 
Charlotte R. Williams, H.Ed.
MPH Candidate
crwill4 at sph.emory.edu


Quoting "Carver, Mary-Lynn" <MLCarver at clcillinois.edu>:


> Charles -

> Have you seen Healthyroadsmedia.org yet? It has many easy to read and some

> audio articles too. 

> Mary Lynn Carver

> College of Lake County

> Waukegan, IL

> 

> 	-----Original Message----- 

> 	From: Charles Jackson [mailto:cjackson at humana.com] 

> 	Sent: Thu 12/29/2005 7:47 AM 

> 	To: healthliteracy at nifl.gov 

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> 	Subject: [HealthLiteracy] Do health websites at 8th-grade level exist?

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> 	Is there a health information website like WebMD that is at an 8th-grade

> level? 

> 	

> 	I know 6th-grade printed materials on specific health topics are available

> at some health websites, and some health websites have "Easy-To-Read"

> sections.   

> 	

> 	I have contacted several literacy groups, but no one is aware of such a

> site. 

> 	

> 	Charles Jackson

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