Resources & Links

• YoungAndHealthy - Check out this site for everything you could want to know about youth health, including healthy living, stress, puberty, sex, alcohol, depression and more. Or get your questions answered anonymously by a health professional. 
• Won't Get Weird - Find health clinics and other health resources near you.
• YouthinBC - crisis-line, online support, and educational resources
• Puberty101 - Friendly website all about puberty.
• YouthCo - A Vancouver-based youth-driven organization. Includes information about HIV, HepC and sexual health. Also provides support and education programs.
• YouthVitalSigns A youth-driven research project that gave Vancouver a 'report card' in youth subjects. 
• RealityCheck - Get the facts on alcohol. 
• NIDA for Teens - The National Institute on Drug Abuse's teen website has scientific information, games and a blog all about street and prescription drugs.
• Upopolis - If you are staying in the hospital, use Upopolis to create a profile and connect with your friends, family and other youth and kids in the hospital.
• First Call - Is a great website for youth and their families, especially the resources for transitions from childhood to youth, and youth to adulthood.
• BC Council for Families - Programs and resources for families

• The Gutsy Generation website has teen-relevant information and ways to get involved with the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada.
• Check the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America's 2 great sites for Teens and University/College Students
• CysticFribrosis has resources and options for networking with the cystic fibrosis community through blogs, forums and more.
• DiabetesTeenTalk connects you with good information about diabetes and with other youth who have diabetes.  For more information, the Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit's website has a ton of resources for patients and families. 

• The Kelty Resource Centre
• The Family Resource Library
• Other BCCH Libraries and specialty libraries

Tools from the Hospital

• Your Plan-it: Youth Health Planner
• Designed for youth ages 10-18 years who have a chronic health condition.
• Binder that can be used to record, sort and organize your health care information you need daily or when transitioning to adult care

• Getting On Trac: A Workbook for Youth
• Designed for youth who have a chronic health condition
• Over 70 exercises to help you learn and practice the skills necessary for adulthood and the adult health care system.

• Cocktails: Facts for Youth about Mixing Medicines, Booze and Street Drugs
• Booklet designed by youth for youth and their health care providers
• Educate yourself on the proper use of medications and the effects of mixing substances on long-term health.
• Addresses the actions and risks of alcohol, smoking and street drugs on your bodies and minds. Also, 105 medications and their interactions with alcohol, tobacco, caffeine, street drugs and oral/injectable contraceptives have been researched and outlined in a youth-friendly format.

These tools and more are available from the Family Resource Library. 

Last updated 10 March 2010