Website links

Action on Smoking and Health
Everything For People Concerned About Smoking and Nonsmokers' Rights.

Alberta Alcohol and Drug Abuse Commission
This agency provides current information, resources and support on a variety of drugs including alcohol, tobacco and hard drugs.  

Alberta Child Health Benefit Program
The Alberta Child Health Benefit Program provides eyeglasses, prescriptions, dental visits for children in Alberta from families of limited income. It ensures access to health servies for children of limited income families. 

Asthma
This website offers a good variety of information and resources for adulta and families managing Asthma at home and in the community. Printable fact sheets for managing Asthma at school are available. The latest in treatment and community resources are also available.

Building Leadership for Action in Schools Today
 Action for This program website provides information on the BLAST program which helps teens develop skills to implement tobacco reduction activities in their school. 

Canadian Cancer Society Alberta/Northwest Territories Branch.
The ASPEN Report (Action in School on Physical Education and Nutrition) can be found at this website. The APEN Project was formed to make recommendations and influence policy in Alberta to faciliate Active Living and Healthy Eating in Alberta Junior High Schools.  Key partners include Alberta Learning, Alberta Milks, Canadian Cancer Society, Capital Health, Dietitians of Canada.    

Canadian Association of Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists  Provides resources and printable fact sheets on a number of speech, hearing and communication issues. 

Canadian Diabetes Association
Promoting the health of Canadians through diabetes research, education, service and advocacy.

Do Bugs Need Drugs?
This website provides excellant resources and information on handwashing, antibiotics and reducing the spread of germs.
Excellent teacher resources, parent resources and student resources.

Health Canada Online/Santé Canada En Direct
Information from and about Health Canada including news briefs, reports, research, program information, and links to other health related web sites.

Healthy Alberta
This site can connect you with useful tips, facts and excellent resources on how to get started on a road to healthier living.

Invest in Kids
This Canadian website provides resources and information for parents and teachers of children throughout early childhood. Coveres ages birth to six years of age.

KidsHealth
Trainloads of information on infections, behavior & emotions, food & fitness, and growing up healthy, as well as cool games and animations!

Kidsafe Connection
An injury prevention program located at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. This program addresses the leading cause of death and disability for children - preventable injuries.

Quit4life
This website from Health Canada provides cessation information, resources and on line support for young smokers interested in quitting. 

S-Team
A website created by the Alberta Government to focus on Bullying. Good creative ideas for teachers and students.

Teaching Sexual Health
An innovative website developed by Alberta educators and health professionals to help achieve excellence in teaching sexual health.

Safe Kids Canada 
This site focuses on injury prevention for children. It highlights the common causes of injury in children and provides resources for adults and children. 

Teaming Up for Tobacco Free Kids
A tobacco use prevention program that includes a free Alberta Learning appovesd teacher resource kit for use in grades 4 to 6. Role Model presentations are also provided.

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