School

School-Based Health Center Curriculum
Program of New York Medical College

Resources Page

Assessment Tools (see also Nutritional Assessment and Counseling)

AMA Adolescent Health Resources
Includes Guidelines for Adolescent Preventive Services (GAPS) Questionnaires.
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/1981.html

Child and Adolescent Health Risk Profile
From the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Put Prevention Into Practice program.
http://www.ahcpr.gov/ppip/manual/profchil.pdf (PDF) or http://www.ahcpr.gov/ppip/manual/profchil.htm (HTML)

Gay/Adolescent HEADS Assessment and Clinical Guidelines
For use with adolescents who may be gay, bisexual or questioning their sexuality.
http://www.gayhealth.com/binary-data/GH_TEXT_BLOCK/attachment/1314.pdf

Asthma/Allergies

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
Of particular use are the pollen counts and The Allergy Report, which provides treatment guidelines.
http://www.aaaai.org

Asthma in Children--MEDLINE Plus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/asthmainchildren.html

Asthma Information Outreach Project
Created by the New York Academy of Medicine, this site contains useful statistics and publications.
http://www.asthma-nyc.org/index.html

National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases--Allergies Page
Provides fact sheets and brochures, as well as current news stories.
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/allergies.htm

Child and Adolescent Health - General

AMA Adolescent Health Links
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/1979.html

AMA Adolescent Health Resources
Includes Guidelines for Adolescent Preventive Services (GAPS) Questionnaires.
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/1981.html

American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statements
http://www.aap.org/policy/pprgtoc.cfm

American Academy of Pediatrics Treatment Guidelines
http://www.aap.org/policy/paramtoc.html

Bright Futures
A site containing numerous guidelines created by experts in infant, child and adolescent healthcare. The target audience is health professionals, parents, and communities.
http://www.brightfutures.org/
SEE ALSO: http://www.brightfutures.org/mentalhealth/

ChildStats.gov
Site containing officlal U.S. government statistics on children's data as well as links to federal reports and related databases.
http://www.childstats.gov/

Guidelines for Adolescent Preventive Services (GAPS) Monograph
Risk assessment and risk reduction counseling in pre-adolescents and adolescents, produced by the AMA.
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/upload/mm/39/gapsmono.pdf

Healthy People 2010
A series of health-related goals to be achieved by 2010.
http://www.health.gov/healthypeople/Document/html/uih/uih_1.htm

Healthy Youth 2010: Supporting the 21 critical adolescent objectives
http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/upload/mm/39/healthy2010.pdf

Kids into Health Careers
U.S. government website which maintains a collection of information for those interested in pursuing a career in child health care.
http://www.bhpr.hrsa.gov/kidscareers/

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Clearinghouse
A collection of online publications aimed at both the consumer and health professional.
http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubslist.cfm?thegroup=alpha

UCLA School Mental Health Project – Center for Mental Health in Schools
Created by the University of California at Los Angeles, this site contains a multitude of links relating to mental health in schools.
http://www.smhp.psych.ucla.edu/

Culture

AMSA Cultural Competency in Medicine Page
A good starting point for information regarding culture and medicine. This page is maintained by the American Medical Students Association.
http://www.amsa.org/programs/gpit/cultural.cfm

Transcultural and Multicultural Health Links
A listing of Web resources created by Indiana University.
http://web.nmsu.edu/~ebosman/trannurs/index.shtml

Demographic Information

U. S. Census Bureau's "American Fact Finder"
Sorts health status data of communities by county.
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet

Bronx:

Annual District Report, District 11. New York City Schools.
http://www.nycenet.edu/daa/01asr/911999.pdf

Community District Data - New York City
(John Philips Sousa Middle School is in Bronx Community District #12)
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/census/popcd.html

District Performance Profiles - District 11
http://www.nycenet.edu/daa/dpip/second.asp?distretto=11&Submit=Submit

Yonkers:

Census 2000 Data Profiles - Westchester County
http://www.westchestergov.com/planning/research/default.htm

ER Sys.Com
A school system website which provides demographic data by school. This link will take you directly to the Yonkers Elementary and Middle Schools section.
http://www.ersys.com/usa/36/3684000/sch_elem.htm

Reports for Yonkers City School District
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/repcrd2003/links/d_662300.html

Mental Health

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Resources --National Institute for Mental Health
Directory of various associations and agencies.
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/healthinformation/childmenu.cfm

Children and Adolescent Mental Health
A webpage that is maintained by the Center for Mental Health Services.
http://www.mentalhealth.org/publications/allpubs/CA-0004/default.asp

Crisis Counseling Guide to Children and Families in Disasters
Created by New York State Office of Mental Health, this page provides guidelines for treating children who have been affected by disasters.
http://www.omh.state.ny.us/omhweb/crisis/crisiscounseling.html

New York State Mental Health Resources
Created by the Center for Mental Health services, this website lists services and programs for those in need, as well as statistics relating to mental health in New York state.
http://www.omh.state.ny.us/omhweb/resources/

New York State Office of Mental Health
http://www.omh.state.ny.us/

Nutritional Assessment and Counseling

Food and Nutrition Information Center Pyramid
Created by the Food and Nutrition Center, which is part of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/etext/000023.html#xtocid2381818)

Interactive Healthy Eating Index
A nutrition assessment tool, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion.
http://209.48.219.53/

Nutrient Data Laboratory page
Produced by the Agricultural Research Service, it allows the user to search up to 117 nutrients for more than 6,000 food items. This database can also be downloaded for use with a PDA. NOTE: This database requires 70 megabytes of disk space.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/

Nutrition Analysis Tools & System
Created by the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne, offers user a nutritional intake calculator and other valuable tools.
http://nat.crgq.com/

Nutrition.Gov --TEMPORARILY OUT OF SERVICE
A portal for nutritional information throughout U.S. Government agencies.
http://www.nutrition.gov/home/index.php3

School Nutrition Policy
Policy statement issued by the U.S. Food Nutrition Consumer Services.
http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/Grants/TN_PolicyStatement.pdf

Tufts Nutrition Navigator
Provides links to nutrition websites that are rated and reviewed by Tufts University.
http://navigator.tufts.edu/

USDA interactive dietary analysis
A large repository of dietary guidelines, reports, studies and proceedings.
http://www.usda.gov/cnpp/

School-Based Health Centers

School Health Resources (American Academy of Pediatrics)
http://www.schoolhealth.org/

Center for Health and Healthcare in Schools
http://www.healthinschools.org/home.asp

National Assembly on School-Based Health Care
http://www.nasbhc.org/index.html

MEDLINEplus--School Health Page
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/schoolhealth.html

School Based Health Centers, Principles and Guidelines
New York State Department of Health
http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/school/sklcont.htm

Smoking

Kids Health for Kids--Smoking Stinks webpage
Anti-Smoking education site maintained by the Nemours Foundation.
http://kidshealth.org/kid/watch/house/smoking.html

The Surgeon General's Report for Kids About Smoking
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr4kids/sgrmenu.htm

Tobacco-free Kids
Contains statistics and health-related initiatives as they pertain to tobacco.
http://www.tobaccofreekids.org/

The Truth
Anti-smoking website aimed at teens. Sponsored by the American Legacy Foundation.
http://www.thetruth.com

Updated 10/20/04 (SM/MTA)