Health

Some useful sources of information regarding health issues.

Pre-School Immunisations - 3 to 5 year olds

Immunisations for babies up to 15 months

Sexual health sites for young people www.likeitis.org or www.ruthinking.co.uk or www.lovelife.uk.com

Website to support children affected by parental drug misuse www.parentsusingdrugs.org.uk

Information about bottle feeding www.allkids.co.uk

BUPA health issues for children www.bupa.co.uk

Health issues for children www.kidsource.com

A magazine site with information and articles for young people on drugs, relationships, sex and health www.thesite.org.uk

Brook provide free confidential sex advice and contraception for young people www.brook.org.uk

London Lesbian & Gay Switchboard, calm words 24 hours a day about love, life, safer sex and 'practically everything else' www.llgs.org.uk

Education for Choice is dedicated to enabling young people to make informed choices about pregnancy and abortion www.efc.org.uk

Advice about health eating including '5 a day' www.eatwell.gov.uk

'Contact a family' support for parents and carers of disabled children plus access to the Directory of Specific Conditions and Rare Disorders www.cafamily.org.uk

Support for children affected by parental drug misuse and research updates for professionals www.parentsusingdrugs.org.uk

Information about Learning Disabilities www.learningdisabilities.org.uk

Public Autistic Resource and Information Service (PARIS) www.info.autistic.org.uk

Sexual advice for young people living in Enfield and Haringey www.4YP.co.uk

Food for the Brain. This short leaflet looks at ways of getting children to eat more healthily at breakfast and lunchtime and suggests alternatives to unhealthy foods. A tool for use by parents and carers. www.foodforthebrain.org

Department of Health, Teen Life Check Project. The Teen Life Check project attempts to empower young people aged 11-14 as to their life choices. It consists of a confidential quiz and a link to an online health advice service. need2know.co.uk

Cannabis and young people's mental health: a guide for people working with young people. Young Minds. This leaflet covers the current research into the effect of cannabis on the mental health of young people including cognitive development and psychosis. It is aimed at those who are working directly with young people. www.youngminds.org.uk

Cannabis what does it really do to you? Young Minds. This is a leaflet aimed at young people about the realities of cannabis including its legal status, effect on mental and physical health and how to quit or scale down cannabis use. Available at www.youngminds.org.uk

HIV and aids: information for foster carers. The Fostering Network. The 2007 edition of this booklet in the Signposts series gives foster carers information on HIV and Aids. Its further information section has been revised and updated, including a brief abstract, web and phone contact details. Available at www.fostering.net