Useful Health Information Links

This page is a work in progress, and contains links to trusted web resources on women’s health.

Using the Web
Guide to Healthy Web Surfing
Top Ten Most Useful Websites – Medical Library Association

Emergencies & Abuse
Safety Planning List (PDF for those planning to leave an abuser)
Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network
State Domestic Violence Resources
Safe and Well List – Red Cross website that lets you register yourself as “safe and well” following a major disaster, and allows others (such as your family members) to search for you.

General Information
MedlinePlus: Women’s Health Topics
National Women’s Health Information Center
Our Bodies, Ourselves
GirlsHealth.gov
FamilyDoctor.org – American Academy of Family Physicians
MayoClinic.com
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Adolescent Health
Go Ask Alice!
Scarleteen
Sex, Etc.
TeensHealth
TeenWire

Birth
American College of Nurse-Midwives
Childbirth Connection
Emergency Childbirth
Postpartum Support International

Breastfeeding
La Leche League

Cancer
Women’s Cancers – National Cancer Institute
Women’s Cancer Network

Heart Health
American Heart Association
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Mental Health
Mental Health Services Locator
Postpartum Support International

Pregnancy
Childbirth Connection
March of Dimes

Sexual Health, Sex Ed, and Sexually Transmitted Infections
American Social Health Association
Planned Parenthood
Scarleteen
Sex, Etc.
SexInfo

Last update: June 21, 2007