California School Nurses Organization

Adolescent Health

ATOD Prevention 

• MacNeil/Lehrer Productions is developing the.News, an in-school news broadcast for high school and middle school students and teachers that will emphasize 21st Century learning objectives. the.News will include a regular health awareness feature called the.Medic. Click the link below to go there and check it out! 

     www.macneil-lehrer.com/thenews/themedic/

• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• Smoking
•  Teens and Tobacco
•  Faces of Meth: These pictures are graphic, gruesome, and alarming - They certainly portray what this drug can do.

Choking Game Websites:

• "Games Adolescents Shouldn't Play"   - Website about the choking game
• "DB Foundation"- Dangerous Adolescent Behavior Education"  
• "Kids be Safe Online" - A guide for parents
• "Still Loving My Gabriel" - memories of a lost son . . .

Eating Disorders

• Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders
• Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Eating Disorders
• Treatment

Growth

• CDC Growth Charts

HIV/AIDS and STDs

• CDC Facts

Immunization Recommendations

•  Vaccinate B4 U Graduate HS - 4 Students
•  Vaccinate B4 U Graduate HS -  4 Students (Spanish) 
•  Vaccinate B4 U Graduate HS - 4 Parents
•  Vaccinate B4 U Graduate HS - 4 Parents (Spanish) 
•  Vaccinate B4 U Graduate 8th Grade - 4 Students
•  Vaccinate B4 U Graduate 8th Grade - 4 Students (Spanish) 
•  Vaccinate B4 U Graduate 8th - 4 Parents  
•  Vaccinate B4 U Graduate 8th - 4 Parents (Spanish)

Legislation & Policy

• Policy search at the American Academy of Pediatrics
• Adolescents who are medically unable to attend school
•  Teen Pregnancy: Policy's Role in Prevention

Mental Health

• Center for Mental Health in Schools
• The President's Commission on Mental Health
• CDC: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
• Suicide

Obesity

• Click link for: 2-24-10 Action for Healthy Kids presents Series of Obesity Webinars Starting Tomorrow!! Register NOW! 
• CDC Overweight and Obesity Overview
• CDC Obesity Trends
• California Teen Project LEAN
• Dairy Council of California - Nutrition Education

School Health

• Physical Activity and Teen Health
• Adolescent Injury
• Teen Development
• MRSA Guidelines for Athletic Departments
• MRSA Information for Athletes

Teen Pregnancy

• Child Trends Data Bank
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute
• Public Health Institute's Center for Research on Adolescent Health and Development

Trends in Healthcare Delivery

• The Adolescent & School Health Update
• California Health Care Foundation
• Adolescent Health Working Group
• California Health Line
• California Adolescent Health Collaborative
• “Improving the Odds: The Untapped Power of Schools to Improve the Health of Teens”

Violence

• Teen Violence
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Youth Development

• Building Parnerships for Youth
• Forum for Youth Investment