The Health Connection
The SHSU Health Connection provides students with accurate,
current, and useful health information to improve the
quality of their lives. Links are provided to reputable health
web sites and databases for learning on your own time.
Please feel free to contact
us if you have any questions regarding material
content or other resources.
Take a FREE anonymous health quiz!
Answer a few questions on several health topics and receive a personalized report to see how you're doing and how your health compares to other people your age. You may even win a free iPod from Ping My Health and the BACCHUS Network!
Nutrition & Physical Activity
MyPyramid.gov
Source for information and a customized
guide to your weight management goals.
SHSU Recreational Sports Department
Physical activity is essential to your health now
and for chronic disease prevention. Begin incorporating
activity into your life now with the numerous opportunities
provided by the SHSU Recreational
Sports Department, including a fabulous fitness
center, personal training, group fitness classes,
outdoor sports and intramural sports.
Portion Distortion
Do you know how food portions have changed over 20
years? Learn about portion distortion from the National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
American
Dietetic Association
Provides a range
of food and nutrition information.
Walk
Across Texas
Fun and fitness program designed
to help people of all ages establish a habit of regular
physical activity.
Center
for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Nutrition
and Physical Activity: Home
Sexual Health
Women's Health
The National Women's Health Information Center
The
Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Women's
Health
MedlinePlus
Women's Health Topics
Men's Health
MedlinePlus
Men's Health Topics
Abstinence
SmarterSex.org:
Abstinence
Sexually Transmitted Infections (a.k.a. STDs)
American Social
Health Association
Center
for Disease Control and Prevention: HIV/AIDS Prevention
Smartersex.org
Go
Ask Alice!
Contraception (Birth Control)
MedlinePlus
Birth Control
SmarterSex.org:
Contraception
Sexual Assault
Texas Association
Against Sexual Assault (TAASA)
Alcohol
SHSU
Alcohol Abuse Initiative
Tobacco
Center for
Disease Control and Prevention: Tobacco Information
and Prevention Source (TIPS)
The
American Cancer Society: Tobacco and Caner
The
American Cancer Society: Quitting Spit (Smokeless)
Tobacco
Skin Health
Skin Cancer
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Skin
Cancer
American Cancer Society
General Resources
American
College Health Association: Web Links and Online Resources
Go
Ask Alice!
MedlinePlus
Center for Disease Control
and Prevention
HealthFinder
DISCLAIMER: The Information provided on this page is intended to guide you down a path of healthy living choices. The SHC will provide a holistic range of resources to help you make the decisions that are best for you. The sites listed here have been selected because of their content value. The Student Health Center offers no endorsement of and assumes no liability for the currency, accuracy, or availability of the information on these sites. Some of these sites contain sensitive health information; some material may be explicit. Do not use information on this or any site to diagnose your health condition. It is always best to visit your healthcare provider when you have concerns about injury or illness.
Once you access another site through a link that
we provide, you are subject to the copyright and licensing
restrictions of the new site. It is the sole responsibility
of you, the user of this site, to carefully examine
the content of the site and all linked pages for copyright
and licensing restrictions and to secure all necessary
permissions.
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