Health Links and Information
Alcohol
Nutrition
Body Image
Men's Health
Sexuality, Birth Control
Women's Health
University and Charlottesville Area Resources
National Health Resource Links
Note: Listing the following web sites, books, and other resources does not constitute endorsement of them or of the information they contain.
Gordie Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
ADAPT (Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team)
Safer Drinking Guidelines (brochure)
American Heart Association
American Institute for Cancer Research
CDC Chronic Disease Prevention
Food and Nutrition Service
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Sportscience
Go Ask Alice!
Body Image
U.Va. Coalition on Eating Disorders and Exercise Concerns - Has an active interest in the education and prevention of eating disorders; great local resource.
About-Face! - A grassroots organization that challenges the media's influence on body image and negative impact.
Something Fishy Website on Eating Disorders
National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance - Find out when National No Diet Day is!
www.bodypositive.com - BodyPositive looks at ways we can feel good in the bodies we have. Remember, your body hears everything you think.
Book resources on body image:
When You Eat at the Refrigerator, Pull Up a Chair, Geneen Roth, Hyperion Press, 1998. 50 ways to feel thin, gorgeous, and happy.
Feeding the Body, Nourishing the Soul: Essentials for Eating for Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Well-Being, Deborah Kesten, Herbert Benson, 1997.
Succulent Wild Women: Dancing with Your Wonder Full Self, Sark, 1997.
Love Your Looks, Carolyn Hillman, Simon & Schuster, 1996. How to stop criticizing and start appreciating your appearance.
Eating in the Light of the Moon, Anita Johnston, Birch Lane Press, 1996. How women can let go of compulsive eating through metaphor and storytelling.
Transforming Body Image, Marcia Germaine Hutchinson, Crossing Press, 1985. Learn to love the body you have.
Men's Health
Health Q&A Web Site - Go Ask Alice!
Sexuality, Birth Control
Coalition for Positive Sexuality
The American Social Health Association
Bedsider - an online birth control support network for women 18-29 operated by The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, a private non-profit organization. Their goal is to help women find the method of birth control that’s right for them and learn how to use it consistently and effectively.
Student Sex Life - An educational resource for college students about sex and healthy relationships.
First gynecology visit:
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Birth control options:
Planned Parenthood of the Blue Ridge
Women's Health
University of Virginia Women's Center
University of Virginia and Charlottesville Area Resources for Health and Wellness
Office of African American Affairs
Gordie Center for Substance Abuse Prevention
Office of the Dean of Students
The International Center
Peer Health Educators Program
Residence Life
Services for Students with Disabilities
EDEC - about eating disorders, body image and disordered eating
The Women's Center
We Are Virginia Veterans -
established in 2008 in response to the growing need to improve and expand services to our nation’s veterans and their family members whose lives have been touched by stress-related injuries or traumatic brain injury.
All area codes are 434 unless noted.
| U.Va. Elson Student Health Center | |
| General Medicine | 982-3915 |
| Counseling and Psychological Services | 243-5150 |
| Gynecology Clinic | 924-2773 |
| Health Promotion | 924-1509 |
| Birth Control | |
| Elson Student Health Gynecology Clinic | 924-2773 |
| Elson Student Health Peer Health Educators | 924-1509 |
| Planned Parenthood | 296-2330 |
| Eating Disorders | |
| U.Va. Coalition on Eating Disorders and Exercise Concerns | 924-1509 |
| U.Va. Women's Center | 982-2361 |
| Ainsworth Clinic | 924-0645 |
| Center for Clinical Psychology Services | 924-7034 |
| Anorexia/Bulimia Therapy Groups | 971-7975 |
| Eating Disorder Awareness and Prevention (EDAP) | 961-2622 |
| National Eating Disorders Association | (206) 382-3587 |
| Nutrition Clinic | 295-9891 |
| Overeaters Anonymous | 972-1703 |
| General Health and Wellness | |
| Intramural/Recreational Sports | 924-3791 |
| Office of Health Promotion | 924-1509 |
| HIV/AIDS | |
| Student Health - Confidential Testing | 924-2773 |
| AIDS/HIV Services Group | 979-7714 |
| Charlottesville Health Department Anonymous Testing | 972-6269 |
| Virginia Department of Health AIDS Hotline | 1-800-533-4148 |
| National AIDS Hotline | 1-800-342-AIDS |
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1-800-344-7432 |
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1-800-243-7889 |
| Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resources | |
| LGBT Resource Center | 434-982-2843 |
| Mental Health | |
| Elson Student Health Counseling and Psychological Services | 243-5150 |
| Elson Student Health - Health Promotion | 924-1509 |
| Open House Hotline | 295-8255 |
| Community Crisis Intervention (Region 10) | 972-1800 |
| Nutrition | |
| Nutrition Counseling | 924-1509 |
| U.Va. Dining Services | 982-5110 |
| Awakening Your Relationship with Food | 923-7548 |
| Pregnancy | |
| Elson Student Health Gynecology Clinic | 924-2773 |
| Planned Parenthood | 296-2330 |
National Health Resource Links
American College Health Association
Mid-Atlantic College Health Association
Southern College Health Association