| Strategies for Finding Adolescent Health Resources For Professionals | |
| Provided for the Data Utilization module for the Leadership Institute on Adolescent Health. Created by Dawn Littleton, MA, MLS and Betsy Friesen, MLS at the University of Minnesota's Bio-Medical Library. | |
| Browse Subject Guides about Adolescents | |
| Browse and Search General Subject Guides | |
| Look at Links Recommended by Prominent Associations | |
| Become Familiar with Adolescent Health Program Sites | |
| Focus on Special Topics | |
| --- Accidents, Drug Abuse, Finance, National Objectives, Teen Pregnancy, | |
| Look at Professional Organization Sites | |
| Tap into Funding Organization Information | |
| Search Databases | |
| Keep Track of Current Events | |
| Find Statistics about Adolescents | |
| Browse Subject Guides about Adolescents | |
| These subject guides provide access to a multitude of reviewed resources. | |
| Adolescence Directory On-Line | |
| Contains guide to information on adolescent issues and secondary education. Maintained by the Center for Adolescent Studies, at Indiana University. Browsable categories include: Conflict and Violence, Mental Health, Health and Health Risk, and Counselor Resources. | |
| OMNI: Organising Medical Networked Information | |
| A British collection of resources in medicine and health care arranged by Medical Subject Heading. Collection provides access to a very small number of sites in Adolescence, Adolescent Behavior, and Adolescent Health Services, Adolescent Medicine and health. | |
| PEDINFO: An Index of the Pediatric Internet | |
| Users can browse topics broadly related to adolescence as well as Adolescent Medicine. "Dedicated to the dissemination of on-line information for pediatricians and others interested in child health" provided by Andy Spooner, MD of the University of Alabama School of Medicine. | |
| Browse and Search General Subject Guides | |
| Browse related categories on Pediatrics, Public Health, Substance Abuse or use the search form with key words "Adolescents", "Teens" or "Youths." | |
| Biosites: Virtual Catalog of Selected Internet Resources in the Biomedical Sciences | |
| Health sciences sites selected and evaluated by the Pacific Southwest Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM), based in Los Angeles, California. Lists the sites by topic. | |
| HealthWeb | |
| A directory of reviewed resources for health professionals selected by librarians and information professionals. | |
| Look at Links Recommended by Prominent Associations | |
| Links in these resources are recommended by the sponsoring association. | |
| AMA's Adolescent Health On-Line | |
| AMA site provides links to adolescent health-related topics and for the GAPS program. | |
| DHHS: YouthInfo | |
| Probably the most comprehensive subject guide for adolescents. Contains links to publications and reports on substance abuse, teen pregnancy and parenting, violence, and other health issues. | |
| Become Familiar with Adolescent Health Program Sites | |
| AHCPR: Children's Health | |
| AHCPR examines the health services research issues important to children. | |
| CDC: Division of Adolescent and School Health information | |
| Centers for Disease Control Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) home page identifies adolescent health-risk behaviors and provides solutions to the problem behaviors. | |
| DHHS: Family and Youth Services Bureau | |
| The mission of the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) is to provide national leadership on youth issues and to assist individuals and organizations in providing effective, comprehensive services for youth in at-risk situations and their families. FYSB administers the Basic Center Program, Transitional Living Program for Homeless Youth, and Education and Prevention Grants to Reduce Sexual Abuse of Runaway, Homeless, and Street Youth Program. | |
| DHHS: Healthy People 2000:Progress Review: Adolesents and Young Adults | |
| This report addresses progress on the HP2000 goals, excess mortality, critical behaviors and the development of objectives for 2010. | |
| Focus on Special Topics |
| Accidents | |
| Adolescent and Teenager Safety and Health | |
| NIOSH papers on issues involving the safety of teenagers in the workplace, including on the job deaths and injuries of teenagers. | |
| Safety Facts | |
| This site includes highway safety information on the following topics: Aftermarket parts,Daytime running lights, Pedestrians, Airbags, Elderly, Red light cameras, Alcohol/drugs, Gender, Roadside hazards,Antilock brakes, Head restraints, Safety belt use, Bicycles, Large trucks, Speed, Bumpers, Motorcycles, Teenagers, Children, Passenger vehicles, Urban crashes, General Fatality Facts, and State by State Fatality Facts, | |
| Drug Abuse | |
| National Institute on Drug Abuse | |
| The mission of NIDA is to bring the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction. This charge has two critical components: the first is strategic support and research across a broad range of disciplines. The second is to ensure rapid and effective dissemination and use of the results of that research to improve drug abuse and addiction prevention, treatment, and policy. | |
| Prevline: Prevention Online | |
| Presents information on substance abuse prevention, provided by the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information. Contains alcohol and drug facts and a site search engine. Provides access to treatment organizations and publications available from the Clearinghouse. Highlights research and statistics related to substance abuse. Links to searchable databases related to substance abuse, as well as sites of related interest. | |
| SAMSHA | |
| SAMHSA focuses on the availability of substance abuse and mental health services in the general health care system. Links to information on SAMHSA programs and services, SAMHSA's 1995 strategic plan, a disclaimer statement, and other related Internet resources. | |
| Finance | |
| Health Care Financing Administration | |
| Information from HCFA, including their State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). | |
| National Objectives | |
| DHHS:Healthy People 2000 | |
| Links include Healthy People 2010, Priority Areas, Lead Agencies, Fact Sheet on Healthy People 2000, the fulltext of the Midcourse Review, Progress Reviews, data sources which link to full texts of relevant NCHS documents and a Publications list. | |
| Teen Pregnancy | |
| Alan Guttmacher Institute | |
| The goals of The Alan Guttmacher Institute's domestic and international activities are to promote the prevention of unintended pregnancies; guarantee the freedom to terminate unwanted pregnancies; protect reproductive capacity and promote the achievement of wanted pregnancies; foster women's health and well-being before, throughout and after pregnancy and childbirth; and promote the birth of healthy infants. | |
| Teen Childbearing in America's Largest Cities | |
| This Working Paper is intended to supplement When Teens Have Sex by addressing recent changes in teen childbearing (for females ages 15-19) in the nation's 50 largest cities. | |
| Look at Professional Organization Sites | |
| Consistent with their missions these organization provide support to professionals. Most are not for profit. | |
| Society for Adolescent Medicine | |
| An organization of professionals "committed to improving the physical and psychosocial health and well being of all adolescents". | |
| Academy for Adolescent Health | |
| For profit, the mission of this organization includes serving professionals and communities. | |
| Tap into Funding Organization Information | |
| Philantrophic organizations often publish findings from research they have funded. | |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | |
| Features the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The Foundation is devoted exclusively to health and health care. Includes guidelines for grant applications, FAQs about proposals, and information on programs and projects of the Foundation. Provides grants to organizations and institutions across the country working onfinding solutions to our nation's. | |
| Search Databases | |
| The first four databases listed here provide access to bibliographic information (i.e. published journal articles). The others provide identification of numerical data. | |
| Internet Grateful Med | |
| The program offers assisted searching in MEDLINE and other MEDLARS databases: AIDSDRUGS, AIDSLINE, AIDSTRIALS, DIRLINE, HealthSTAR, HISTLINE, HSRPROJ, MEDLINE, OLDMEDLINE, PREMEDLINE, SDILINE. | |
| PsycINFO | |
| Presents PsycINFO, a department of the American Psychological Association (APA) dedicated to creating products that make it easier to locate psychological literature, based in Washington, D.C. Posts contact information via street address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail. Contains information about PsycINFO resources, PsycALERT, literature coverage, and user aids and documentation. Offers access to the "PsycINFO News" online newsletter. Provides a FAQ section. Includes a APA site search engine. Links | |
| PubMed | |
| Features PubMed, a project developed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the National Library of Medicine (NLM) in Bethesda, Maryland in conjunction with publishers of biomedical literature as a search tool for accessing literature citations and linking to full-text journals at Web sites of participating publishers. Notes that information for this database is drawn primarily from MEDLINE and PreMEDLINE. Describes database coverage and access information. Provides ability to do advanced searching and clinical queries. Links to the NLM, NCBI, and National Institute of Health (NIH) home pages. | |
| CHID online: The Combined Health Information Database | |
| The CHID database provides titles, abstracts, and availability for resources on health promotion and health education. Compiled by health-related agencies of the federal government. | |
| Keep Track of Current Events | |
| USA Today: Children | |
| Current and archived articles about adolescents and children from USA Today. Number of entries change for teenagers as news is updated. | |
| DHHS:Speeches on Youth Topics | |
| Accesses transcripts of federal officials speaking about youth. | |
| Find Statistics about Adolescents | |
| CDC: Health Topics for Adolescents and Teens | |
| Provides a brief statistical synopsis of a broad range teen health issues. | |
| CDC: Youth Risk Surveillance | |
| Provides background information and data to the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System | |
| ChildStats.gov | |
| This web site offers easy access to federal and state statistics and reports (including the full report of America's Children 1997, 1998, and 1999) on children and their families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment,and education. | |
| DHHS:Profile of America's Youth | |
| Part of the YouthInfo resource, this link provides a statistical synopsis of U.S. teenager's health and non-health related behavior and demographic characteristics. | |
| National Center for Health Statistics | |
| Introduces the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), part of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) whose mission is to provide statistical information that will guide actions and policies to improve the health of the American people. Provides access to further information, including the following topics: background, major collection systems, other center activities, new publications, current electronic products, conferences, training opportunities, news releases and fact sheets, contact information for vital records, catalog of publication | |
| Office of Population Affairs | |
| U.S. Census Bureau | |
| Features the U.S. Census Bureau, part of the Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C. The Bureau collects data about the people and the economy of the United States. Includes the Bureau's mission statement, organizational structure, descriptions of planning and procurement activities, and information on fellowship and employment opportunities. Highlights the current U.S. population count and the current economic indicators. | |
| Youth Indicators | |
| Presents the annual "Youth Indicators" report from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a statistical compilation of data on family structure, jobs, education, and other elements that comprise the world of young people. Notes that long-term trend information is provided whenever possible. Highlights the transition of high school students into the labor force. Includes information on the home environment including demographics, family composition, and family income; the school environment including school descriptions, outcomes, and out-of-school experiences; health; citizenship and values; and students' futures. Contains a site search engine and ordering information for the print version of the publication. Links to other NCES public sites are also included. | |