Healthy Santa Cruz County - Women's Health

Local Links

• Local Help & Information: Domestic Violence Hotlines
  The library's Community Information Database can help you find organizations in Santa Cruz County which offer help, support or further information about domestic violence. Use this link to search the CID.
  Browse related subjects: abuse / assault, domestic violence, hotline, local information, women's health
• Local Help & Information: Domestic Violence Shelters
  The library's Community Information Database can help you find organizations in Santa Cruz County which offer help or further information about local domestic violence shelters. Use this link to search the CID.
  Browse related subjects: abuse / assault, domestic violence, local information, women's health
• Local Help & Information: Pregnancy / Childbirth Support Groups
  The library's Community Information Database can help you find organizations in Santa Cruz County which offer programs, help, or further information about pregnancy or childbirth support groups. Use this link to search the CID.
  Browse related subjects: childbirth, local information, pregnancy, support, women's health
• Local Help & Information: Pregnancy Testing
  The library's Community Information Database can help you find organizations in Santa Cruz County which offer programs, help, or further information about pregnancy testing. Use this link to search the CID.
  Browse related subjects: childbirth, local information, pregnancy, women's health
• Local Help & Information: Sexual Assault Hotline
  The library's Community Information Database can help you find organizations in Santa Cruz County which offer a sexual assault hotline. Use this link to search the CID.
  Browse related subjects: abuse / assault, hotline, local information, sexual assault, women's health

Library Resources

• Find Books: Women's Health
  Santa Cruz Public Libraries have many informative and up-to-date books about women's health issues. Click here to search the library catalog.
  Browse related subjects: books, books / videos, breast cancer, domestic violence, exercise, fitness, healthy lifestyle, pregnancy, sexual assault, women's health

Recommended Websites

• Best of the Web - Women's Health
  The Best of the Web is a comprehensive directory that categorizes content-rich, well designed websites. The Women's Health category includes links to health issues by region, as well as providing links to support groups, blogs, a women's health hot-line, and numerous links to sites that provide information about specific issues surrounding women's health.
  Browse related subjects: breast cancer, cancer, childbirth, diet, eating disorders, menopause, pregnancy, self-help, women's health
• Breast Cancer DIY
  An up-to-date and informative website created for women with breast cancer by women with breast cancer. With an emphasis on networking and sharing realistic, helpful information, this site features medical links, news and support resources, along with a blog and various discussion forums.
  Browse related subjects: breast cancer, cancer, diagnosis, healthy lifestyle, recommended website, research, support, women's health
• Health and Sexuality
  Special features: Links to wide range of health and wellness information from feminist perspective. From: feminist.com.
  Browse related subjects: recommended website, women's health
• HealthyWomen.org
  Special features: Health topics A-Z; interactive health toolkit; e-newsletters; hundreds of reproducible fact sheets and brochures; Spanish available. From: National Women's Health Resource Center.
  Browse related subjects: breast cancer, childbirth, domestic violence, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, heart disease, lab tests, mental health, pregnancy, quit smoking, recommended website, research, sexual assault, women's health
• Menopause - MedlinePlus
  News, tutorials, and clinical trial updates from the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
  Browse related subjects: MedlinePlus, menopause, recommended website, women's health
• National Women's Health Information Center
  Special features: News; reproducible fact sheets; interactive health tools and tutorials; Quick Women's Health Data Online. From: US Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health.
  Browse related subjects: breast cancer, cancer, childbirth, diabetes, domestic violence, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, heart disease, medical tests, mental health, osteoporosis, pregnancy, quit smoking, recommended website, women's health
• Osteoporosis
  Special features: Comprehensive, reproducible coverage from US Dept. of Health and Human Services.
  Browse related subjects: osteoporosis, recommended website, women's health
• Ovarian Cancer - MedlinePlus
  Special features: News; clinical trials; research news; interactive tutorial. From NLM / NIH.
  Browse related subjects: cancer, MedlinePlus, recommended website, women's health
• Pregnancy - MedlinePlus
  Special features: Research; statistics; health tools; Spanish available; extensive links to related topics. From: NLM / NIH.
  Browse related subjects: childbirth, MedlinePlus, parenting, pregnancy, recommended website, women's health
• Women's Health Center
  Special features: Healthy woman basics - facts about tests to screen for life-threatening diseases; health tools; quizzes / slide show; ask-a-specialist service; symptom checker; e-newsletter. From: Mayo Clinic.
  Browse related subjects: breast cancer, cancer, diabetes, healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, mental health, recommended website, self-care tools, self-help, women's health

Databases

• Health and Wellness Resource Center
  Provides health-related information from more than 700 health/medical journals and hundreds of pamphlets (many with full text), 2,200 magazines, and various reference sources.