Resources

Alcohol
Body Image
Men's Health
Health Q&A Web Site
Sexuality, Birth Control
Stress Management
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
U.Va. Dean of Students: Alcohol and Substance Abuse Education
ADAPT (Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team)
Center for Alcohol and Substance Education

Body Image
UVA Cares - 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
Web MD - Healthy Men
MenWeb - Men's Health

Health Q&A Web Site - Go Ask Alice!

Sexuality, Birth Control
Coalition for Positive Sexuality
The American Social Health Association
STD Prevention
Fight for your Rights: Protect Yourself
Ask Alyssa

First gynecology visit:
Gyn 101 The purpose of this site is to provide accurate information about a gynecological visit. It is not intended to diagnose medical conditions or recommend treatments.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Birth control options:
Epigee Birth Control Guide
Planned Parenthood of the Blue Ridge

Stress Management
ConsciousNet - New Age information and services
Stress Inc.: The Commerce of Coping

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.

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