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Featuring articles and self-help tools on topics including:
  • Body Basics
  • Developmental Disabilities and Disorders
  • Diseases, Infections, and Conditions
  • Diversity
  • Drugs and Alcohol
  • Eating Disorders
  • Family Life
  • Food and Nutrition
  • Friendship and Dating
  • Green Living
  • Grief and Loss
  • Mind, Mood, and Emotions
  • Nutrition, Fitness, and Appearance
  • Safety
  • Sexuality and Sexual Health
  • Skills for School, Work, and Life
 

Welcome to Teen Health & Wellness -- new for fall 2010!

The NEW Teen Health & Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers—the award-winning, critically acclaimed online resource—provides middle school and high school students with nonjudgmental, straightforward, standards-aligned, curricular and self-help support. Topics include diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, mental health, suicide, bullying, green living, financial literacy, and more.

New for Fall 2010, Teen Health & Wellness is even more robust, more interactive, and simply more "amazing." The database now speaks your language—over 50 of them—with instant article translation. Social bookmarking allows users to connect friends and family to balanced, sensitive, and caring information. Video and personalized health calculators add a new level of interactivity. Plus, over 50 new articles on subjects ranging from the teen brain to foster care to being a GLBT teen guarantee that, when teens have questions, Teen Health & Wellness has the answer.

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librarians & educators are saying ...

Top 10 Digital Resource, School Library Journal

Best Reference Source, Library Journal

Best New Product, Readers’ Choice Awards, The Charleston Advisor

"A ground-breaking database. ... A+. ... The front-runner in health information for teenagers and a definite must-have for all high school and public libraries." —School Library Journal

“We were impressed with the quality and variety of the information, the look of the Web site, and the ease of navigation. Our health education experts enthusiastically approved the content.” —Paul Whitsitt, Director of Reading & Language Arts, Chicago Public Schools

"We use it for our health classes, sociology and psychology classes—and the students use it for themselves. The school nurse, counselors, psychologist, and other staff appreciate it, too, and often recommend it to parents as well as students." —Sara Kelly Johns, Library Media Specialist, Lake Placid Middle/Senior High School Library Media Center, NY

"Wow, this is what I call a reference experience! ... The attention to detail in citing, writing, reviewing, and updating make the information very authoritative." —Sue Polanka, Head of Reference, Wright State University; Chair, Editorial Board, Reference Books Bulletin

"Rosen Publishing has definitely set the standard for interactive databases that provide up-to-date information for kids on topics that demand answers. In summary: It's the best thing out there since sliced bread!"—Shonda Brisco, Assistant Professor/Curriculum Materials Librarian, Oklahoma State University

what's new for fall 2010

  • INSTANT TRANSLATION into 50 languages, including Spanish, French, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Haitian Creole
  • SITE OPTIMIZED FOR SMARTPHONES to connect anytime, anywhere
  • SOCIAL BOOKMARKING allows users to share article links with friends and family
  • VIDEOS throughout, including student-created PSAs, add a new level of interactivity
  • CUSTOMIZABLE HOTLINES for local community resources
  • EXPANDED PHOTOS, illustrations, and charts
  • HEALTH CALCULATORS⎯Body Mass Index (BMI), budget, blood alcohol content, and more⎯for personalized tips
  • REDESIGNED HOMEPAGE featuring video and teen-created content, highlighting the Personal Story Project
  • NEW ARTICLES (50) including the teen brain, concussions, first aid, being part of a military family, hate crimes, foster care, being GLBT
  • ALL ENTRIES UPDATED IN 2010, with the majority updated between June and August 2010

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All information on Teen Health & Wellness is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice, diagnoses, and treatment, consult your doctor.

® The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. 2010.