Health Center Resources

 

                     

Ventura County Crisis Team

(866)998-2243 

211 (Call 2-1-1)

(Provides referrals for various services such as employment, child care, meals, mortgage assistance, substance abuse) 

Center for Disease Control (CDC)

English/ Spanish: (800)232-4636

 

National Eating Disorders Association

Helpline: (800)931-2237

 

Websites Featuring Reliable Information

General Health Issues:

American Cancer Society                      www.cancer.org 

American Heart Association                 www.americanheart.org

American Herpes Foundation               www.herpes-foundation.org

Become An Ex

(Smoking Cessation Program)             http://becomeanex.org/

Center for Disease Control (CDC)        www.cdc.gov

Go Ask Alice                                           www.goaskalice.columbia.edu 

Healthfinder (en espanol)                    www.healthfinder.gov/espanol/

Immunization Saves Lives

Vaccine Information                             www.vaccineinformation.org

MedlinePlus

Trusted Health Information                  www.medlineplus.gov 

Revolutionhealth.com                            www.revolutionhealth.com 

UpToDate                                                 www.uptodate.com/patients

U.S. Health and Human Services           www.healthfinder.gov

 

Women’s Health:

Breast Cancer Fund                                 www.breastcancerfund.org

(environmental causes of breast cancer) 

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics         www.safecosmetics.org 

Women’s Health                                      www.womenshealth.org

 

Men’s Health:

 

Men’s Health Network                         www.menshealthnetwork.org

Prostate Cancer Foundation                www.prostatecancerfoundation.org

WebMD Men’s Health Center              www.men.webmd.com

 

Nutrition:

WIN:                                                       www.win.niddk.nih.gov

Weight-control Information Network

 

Substance Abuse:

College Binge Drinking                            www.collegebingedrinking.net

“How to Cut Down on Your Drinking”    www.pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/handout.htm

National Institute on Drug Abuse          www.drugabuse.gov

(NIDA) 

Prevention Online (Prevline)                   www.ncadi.samhsa.gov

National Clearinghouse for

Alcohol and Drug Information

 

SMART Recovery                                    www.smartrecovery.org

Self Management & Recovery Training

Treatment 4 Addiction                          www.treatment4addiction.com

 

Mental Health:

Campus Blues.com                                www.campusblues.com

Ulifeline                                                  http://www.ulifeline.com

The Jed Foundation                              http://www.jedfoundation.org

 

College Health:

College Drinking Prevention               www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov

SmartSex.org                                        www.smartersex.org