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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: u.s. Department of Health: Helping Hands [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A comprehensive approach to aid students in their awareness of what occurs during a natural disaster. Focuses on the health issues that threaten a community as well as the agencies that respond to the crisis.
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Other

Fhi:case Studies of 2 Women's Health Projects in Bolivia

For Students 9th - 10th
This site introduces two case studies of women's health in poor communities in Bolivia. These studies were conducted by Family Health International.
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A&E Television

History.com: How Aids Activists Used "Die Ins" to Demand Attention to the Growing Epidemic

For Students 9th - 10th
As the AIDS crisis took hold in the 1980s, killing thousands of Americans and ravaging gay communities, the deadly epidemic went unaddressed by U.S. public health agencies -- and unacknowledged by President Ronald Reagan -- for years. In...
Article
Remedy Health Media

The Body: Hiv/aids Frequently Asked Questions

For Students 9th - 10th
A good Q & A that covers a lot of the common questions that usually occur during discussions of HIV or AIDS. Good science behind the discussion. Original resource from 1999 U. S. Public Health Service's Office of Women's Health.
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Other

Hispanic Americans Progress Review

For Students 9th - 10th
A Progress Review of Hispanic Americans from the Department of Health and Human Services from 1997. Target statistics graphs and other visual aids are included.
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Other

Unicef: Voices of Youth

For Students 9th - 10th
UNICEF's youth section provides information on how to help this famous non-profit with its mission, a forum, real-life stories from people in less-developed countries, educational games and "what do you think" questions, and materials to...
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World Food Programme

Wfp: World Food Programme

For Students 9th - 10th
WFP is a United Nations organization whose mission is to eradicate global hunger and poverty. Their primary beneficiaries are victims of natural disasters, displaced people, the world's hungry poor, and women.
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Other

Criti Care: Paramedic and Fire Academy

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers information about first aid and CPR training for the general public. Also provides information separately for Paramedic training and Fire training. Informational and updated.
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Other

Welfare Reform, Marriage, & Sexual Behavior

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a summary of the goals of the Welfare Reform Act of 1996, and how it relates to such issues as marriage and sexual behavior. From the Alan Guttmacher Institute, a non-profit organization focused on sexual and...