Peer Health Educators
Resources
Alcohol
Body Image
Men's Health
Sexuality, Birth Control
Women's Health
University and Charlottesville Area Resources
Note: Listing the following web sites, books, and other resources does not constitute endorsement of them or of the information they contain.
Alcohol
ADAPT (Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team)
Center for Alcohol and Substance Education
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
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
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 |