Keep Informed…Know Yourself!

Check out these websites for additional useful information…

**To get help from local organizations, please visit “Help in Your Area” for their contact information:

Life & Relationships: Local Help

Alcohol & Other Drugs: Local Help

Physical & Emotional Health: Local Help

*Physical & Emotional Health*

Emotions:

• www.mentalhealth-hi.org - Mental Health America of Hawaii
• www.myspace.com/800273talk - National Suicide Prevention Lifeline MySpace Page

Pregnancy, Parenting & Adoption:

• www.healthyyouthhawaii.org - Healthy Youth Hawaii - Statewide coalition of leaders focusing on teen pregnancy prevention
  
   

   

   

• www.stayteen.org - Stay Teen - The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy
  

Sex:

• www.amplifyyourvoice.org - Amplify - Advocates for Youth - Youth activism and sexual health information
• - Sex, Etc. - Sex Education by Teens, for Teens
• www.teensource.org
  

  - Teen Source - A resource for teens and young adults seeking information on healthy and responsible sexual lifestyles

• www.teenwire.com - Teenwire - Sexual health site by Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Body Image:

• www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/sustainag/BFBL.asp - Buy Fresh * Buy Local - the advantages of purchasing locally grown products
• teenhealth.about.com - Teen Health - Depression, Body Image, Puberty, and Other Popular Teen Health Issues
  
• www.youngwomenshealth.org/eating_disorders - Center for Young Women’s Health - Eating Disorders
  

*Life & Relationships*

Activism & Your World: - Girls Who Surf - O`ahu surf contests and beach clean-ups

Foster Care:  

• www.myspace.com/kapiolanimentoring - Kapi’olani Mentoring Program - Peer mentoring for Hawaii’s foster youth
• www.myspace.com/hfyc - Hawaii Foster Youth Coalition - Assistance for current or former foster youth in Hawaii

GBLTQ:

• www.hrc.org/8852.htm - Pride / Prejudice: Voices of GBLT Youth - Human Rights Campaign
• www.youthresource.com - Youth Resource: A Project of Advocates for Youth - by and for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning young people

Relationships (see also Violence section below):

Violence:

• www.thatsnotcool.com - That’s Not Cool - Raising awareness about digital dating abuse
• teen.domesticviolenceactioncenter.org - Education on healthy relationships and dating violence - Hawaii’s Teen Alert Program at Domestic Violence Action Center
• www.loveisrespect.org - Love is Respect - National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline
• heathersvoice.net - Heather’s Voice - a site about dating violence and domestic abuse
• www.loveisnotabuse.com - Love is Not Abuse - Liz Claiborne domestic violence program
• www.hscadv.org - Hawai’i State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
  
• www.naloio.org - Na Loio
• www.bwjp.org - Battered Women’s Justice Project
• www.ncdbw.org - National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women

*Alcohol & Other Drugs*

Depressants & Stimulants:

• www.drugfree.org/notinmyhouse - Not in My House: Facts on prescription drug use and abuse - Partnership for a Drug-Free America

Prevention, Addiction & Treatment:

• www.freevibe.org - Freevibe. National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign
• teens.drugabuse.gov - NIDA for Teens: The Science Behind Drug Abuse
• www.useandlose.info - Hawaii’s Use and Lose Underage Drinking Law Information
  

  www.wedrawtheline.com - We Draw the Line: Preventing Tobacco & Underage Drinking - Wyoming Social Marketing Campaign

Tobacco:

• www.therealmessage.net - REAL: Hawaii’s Youth Movement Exposing the Tobacco Industry
• mylastdip.com - MyLastDip - Free online resource to help young smokeless tobacco users quit
• www.thetruth.com - *truth - Real facts and information about tobacco industry manipulation