Related Links: Health

School Health

• Healthy Schools, Healthy Communities
• National Alliance for Safe Schools
• National Association of School Nurses
• National Assembly on School-Based Health Care
• National Association of School Psychologists
• National Association of Social Workers
• National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health 
• National School Boards Association--School Health Programs
• National School Boards Association's School Health Resource Database
• National School Safety Center
• NEA: Providing Safe Health Care
• American Academy of Pediatrics - Section on School Health
• CDC Division of Adolescent and School Health
• Center for Health and Health Care in Schools - formerly Making the Grade. State and local partnerships to establish school-based health centers, George Washington University

Diseases and Chronic Conditions

• School Asthma Allergy- Run by Schering/Key Pharmaceuticals
• Asthma and Schools- Sponsored by the National Education Association's Health Information Network.
• Amercian Cancer Society - Organization working to conquer cancer
• CancerNet - National Cancer Institute
• Tuberculosis - The Luxembourg Health Server, SANTEL
• The Child with a Long-Term Illness - "Facts for Families" brochure #19
• AAAAI - American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
• Asthma Medications FAQ - From the newsgroup alt.support.asthma
• American Diabetes Association - To prevent and cure diabetes

Special Needs
General Information

• Office of Disability- At the Social Security Administration
• Disability Resources on the Internet - List of links
• IDEA - Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
• National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities- Academy for Educational Development Newsletter, current projects and available publications
• Parents Helping Parents
• Eatright- Nutrition services for children with special health needs

Information on Specific Disorders

• The American Diabetes Association- The ABC's of managing diabetes at school
• The ARC- A national organization on mental retardation
• The Autistic Child - "Facts for Families" brochure #11
• Down Syndrome - Compiled from the contributers of the Down Syndrome Listserv
• Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System - Technical information from Collaborative Hypertext of Radiology
• Muscular Dystrophy - Web site in Ireland
• National Organization for Rare Disorders Inc. - A unique federation of non-profit organizations serving people with rare disorders
• Spina Bifida/Syrinx/Hydrocephalus - From Massachusetts General Hospital

HIV/AIDS

• AIDS links - From Yahoo
• Children, Adolescents and HIV/AIDS - "Facts for Families" brochure #30
• HIVNET - Information server in Amsterdam

General Resources

• About Health - Website about health by Media Works Inc.
• AMA Adolescent Health On-Line - Guidelines for Adolescent Prevention Services (GAPS)
• American Academy of Pediatrics - Dedicated to health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults
• American Academy of Pediatrics Resource Guide - Developed by the Ad Hoc Working Group on Integrated Services
• British Medical Journal - BMJ Publishing Group
• Combined Health Information Database
• Healthy People 2010 - National health promotion and disease prevention objectives
• Medical Matrix - Guide to Internet Medical Resources
• MedWeb - Index of electronic newsletters and journals covering health and education, by Healthtel Corporation
• Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report- Prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• National Council on Patient Information and Education

For Nurses and Allied Health Professionals

• Healthworks Online- UK free health & medical information service
• The Merck Manual - On-line version of the medical text by Merck & Co., Inc.
• National Council of State Boards of Nursing- Nursing regulations, NCLEX-RN, CAT information, complete list of all State Boards of Nursing
• Nurse Practitioner Central - Resources for nurse practitioners
• Nursing and Child Related Resources - By Dr. Diane Wink
• Springnet- Online nursing information and services
• South Carolina Future Nurses Kids Club

Public Health

• Community Toolbox for Children's Environmental Health
• Research Guides on Public Health Topics - UC Berkeley Library Web
• That Nursing Site - Blackwell Science, UK
  

Schools of Nursing

• Columbia University  
• Duquesne University  
• Emory University
• Georgetown University
• Indiana University 
• Ohio State University  
• Texas A &M University 
• University of Akron  
• University of Arizona
• University of California San Francisco  
• University of Colorado Denver 
• University of Delaware 
• University of Iowa
• University of Maryland at Baltimore  
• University of Mississippi  
• University of Missouri, Sinclair School of Nursing 
• University of North Carolina at Greensboro  
• University of Pennsylvania 
• University of Texas-Houston 
• University of Washington - Includes lists of newsgroups and listservs for nurses and students 
• West Virginia University
  

Chat Rooms

• Nursing Listserv and Newsgroup Resources
• School Nurse Chat

Office of School Health
University of Colorado Denver
Campus Box F-541 P.O. Box 6508,
Aurora, CO 80045

303-724-0644 • http://www.uchsc.edu/schoolhealth