Health Promotion

Health Literacy
The U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provides written, graphical, and interactive definitions and information concerning health conditions, medicines, and medical terminology through MedlinePlus.

MedlinePlus
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

MedlinePlus Interactive Health Tutorials:
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorial.html

Taking Action
The HealthierUS site created by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Executive Office of the President compiles resources mostly from the CDC, NIH, and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under headings that facilitate action-oriented searching. The website also contains age-appropriate interactive SmallStep sites that promote active learning of the information and engagement in the health behaviors.

HealthierUS
www.healthierus.gov/

SmallStep Adult & Teen
www.smallstep.gov/index.html

SmallStep Kids:
www.smallstep.gov/kids/html/index.html

Specific Topic Resources:

Sleep
This NIH overview is directed to the general public and addresses both health- and disorder-related aspects of one of the otherwise historically and to a large extent still underemphasized necessities for health: sleep.
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/sleep/healthy_sleep.pdf

Nutrition

Fruits and Vegetables
http://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/everyone/fruitsvegetables

Healthy Weight
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/healthy_eating

Physical Activity

For Children and Teens
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/resources/index.htm#Children

Connection

These two pages address the impact of physical and social environments on well-being.

Healthy Places
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces/about.htm

Social Environment
www.thecommunityguide.org/social/soc-background.html