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Get a heads up on May's Health Observances: Mental Health Month, National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month & National Sports & Fitness Month.

For a printable list of DVDs and nonfiction books that support Mental Health Month, click here.

The Health Information Project provides materials that focus on teen health and social issues and substance abuse prevention through public libraries in the five counties served by the Mid-Hudson Library System: Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Putnam, and Ulster.

The Project's DVDs/videos, books and website links address areas of concern to teens, their families, educators and agencies serving youth. Selected materials are available in Spanish. The research-based RISK AND PROTECTION-FOCUSED PREVENTION FRAMEWORK applies for all materials.

Videos/DVDs from the Project have public performance rights and are suitable for use by teachers in classrooms and workshops, by youth services providers and program leaders, by parents, and by young adults. They are effective group discussion stimulators and valuable additions to student research assignments or presentations. High interest topics include:

. Alcohol Use and Teenagers
. Anger Management
. Body Image & Eating Disorders
. Bullying
. Careers, Education & Finances
. Club Drugs
. Coping Skills
. Dating Issues
. Death & Grief
. Decision Making & Peer Pressure
. Depression in Youth
. Disabilities
. Family Issues
. Gender Issues
. Hallucinogens
. Health & Medical Guides
. Health & Safety
. Heroin
. HIV & AIDS
. Inhalants
. Interpersonal Relations
. Legal Rights
. Marijuana
. Media Literacy
. Mental Health
. Methamphetamines
. Nutrition & Fitness
. Parenting (Teen Parents)
. Pregnancy
. Prejudices/Racism
. Prescription Drugs
. Self-Esteem
. Self-Injury
. Sexual Behavior
. Sexual Identity
. Smoking and Tobacco Use
. Steroids
. STI's (Sexually Transmitted Infections)
. Substance Abuse
. Suicide
. Terrorism
. Violence Prevention

The Health Information Project is funded by the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) and in part by Dutchess County Government. 

Site last updated 5/1/08.