RESOURCES
| TEEN
SISTERS' HEALTH A Body, Mind, & Spirit Wellness Guide for Girls of Color FROM TSH's "GOODY BAG" Selected Suggested Websites & Helplines |
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Healthy
Body
& Mind Eating Disorders Safety from Violence, Abuse, Suicide Safe Driving Abstinence & Preventing Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infection Information on Sex, Birth Control, Emergency Contraception, & Sexually Transmitted Infections Healthy Pregnancy Healthy Baby--"Babies Were Born to Be Breastfed" For Teens, Parents, & Youth Professionals Education--Free College Tuition for Qualifying Students |
TEEN SISTER'S HEALTH provides over 300 resources including websites, helplines, videos, and books, for teens, parents, educators, and youth professionals. These resources are listed within the chapters of TEEN SISTER'S HEALTH and gathered together at the end in a "Goody Bag" that's arranged by chapter so you can easily find information.
Here are just few of the
resources listed in TEEN SISTER'S HEALTH:
Healthy Body
& Mind
GirlsHealth.gov
KidsHealth.org/teen
SleepFoundation.org
Getting
Enough Sleep Matters
WomensHealth.gov
Teen
Survival Guide
(PDF) Get
Adobe
Reader to
read PDF files
Eating
Disorders
NationalEatingDisordersAssociation.org:
Helpline: 1-800-931-2237
Safety
from Violence, Abuse, & Suicide
1800RunAway.org
National Runaway Switchboard: 1-800-RUN-AWAY
ChooseRespect.org
Dating Abuse
JustYellFire.com
Free Video Download on the Power of Shouting "Fire!" to Escape and
Attacker. Also on YouTube.com
NetSmartz.org
Online
Safety
LoveIsRespect.org
National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline: 1-866-331-9474 | 1-866-331-8453 TTY
Rainn.org
Rape, Abuse, & Incest Network. Hotline: 1-800-656-HOPE
SafeYouth.org
SuicidePreventionLifeLine.org
Hotline: 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255)
Safe
Driving
DrDriving.org
Abstinence & Preventing Pregnancy
& Sexually Transmitted Infections
StayTeen.org
WorthTheWait.org
Information on Sex, Birth Control, Emergency Contraception,
& Sexually Transmitted Infections
CDC.gov
FAQ About the HPV Vaccine For Girls & Young Women Ages 9 to 26--
Prevent Cervical Cancer Before a Girl Becomes Sexually Active and After
CDC.gov
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Fact Sheets
Not-2-Late.org
Emergency Contraception
PlannedParenthood.org:
Low Cost Emergency Contraception, Birth Control,
Abortion: 1-800-230-PLAN
SexEtc.org
TeenWire.com
Healthy Pregnancy
WomensHealth.gov
Healthy Pregnancy
Healthy Baby--"Babies Were Born to Be
Breastfed"
Easy
Guide to Breastfeeding for African American Women (PDF) Get
Adobe
Reader to
read PDF files
WomensHealth.gov
National Breastfeeding Awareness Campaign—
Helpline: 1-800-994-9662 | 1-888-220-5446
TTY
For Teens, Parents, & Youth Professionals
4Parents.gov
AdvocatesForYouth.org
CDC.gov/HealthyYouth
Center for the
Prevention of School Violence
DadsAndDaughters.org
TeenPregnancy.org
National Campaign to Prevent Teen and
Unplanned Pregnancy
YouthFacts.org:
Debunking Negative Myths about Young People
Free
College Tuition for Qualifying Students
Berea
College
Harvard
University
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| "When I was 14-years-old going on 30…I wish I'd had a book like TEEN SISTERS' HEALTH…And I wish my mother had…too." –Charlise Lyles, author of From the Projects to Prep School and Editor of Catalyst-Ohio, an independent urban school newsmagazine |
TEEN
SISTERS' HEALTH
A Body, Mind, & Spirit Wellness Guide
for Girls of Color
by
Linda Bradley, MD, and M. LaVora Perry
2008
