Education: Health Care Perspectives for Teachers
University of San Diego Department of Continuing Education
good source for health issues related to many, but specifically for women,
such as weight gain during menopause, adult acne, etc. There are also
interesting options for natural remedies to common illnesses.
University Women's Health
online resource for medical students in promoting and teaching about womens
health issues. Also includes many topics for use in with our students
and even in our classrooms such as topics for discussion and games.
Center for Young Women's Health
is a fun site with information on health care issues relating to girls
and young women 12-22. The design and organization is much more user friendly
and less "clinical" than many sites out there relating to health.
They even represent themselves to the hispanic population, and this could
be a fun way to tie it into my Spanish class!
National Women's Health Information Center
This is a fun, upbeat website including articles on pertinent women's
health issues. I was happy to see that they included topics on eating
disorders, which women are much less likely to talk about than some of
the other common women's issues.
Five A Day
designed much more for kids than specifically related to women's health
issues, I could not resist the fun and friendly environment. We could
all stand to eat a little more fruit. There are some awesome activities
for our classrooms for promoting healthy eating.
website has fabulous health and nutrition information for the whole family,
not just women's issues. There is also a fun health trivia section.
Womens Health Interactive
This site is supported by a dietician and promotes the generating of a
health action plan as well as assessing your health and nutrition (not
just weight!) I would recommend this for women of all ages.
site has information on health issues relating to women, men, for the
classroom, etc. Another great feature of this site, however, are the related
links to numerous other helpful related websites.
website has fun and education information regarding healthy living including
interactive activities such as "what shape is your pyramid?"
Informally linked to Harvard Medical School.
for kicks…this site includes some healthy(er) alternatives to the
cycles of unsuccessful weightloss attempted by countless women and girls.
While websites relating to weightloss without promotion of some miracle
cure do exist, they are few and far between. This one seemed to have the
down to earth, real life solution – healty eating!