Teen Health Hub WA

Find links to quality, accurate information on health topics that are important to you. Each link is vetted by DOH’s Adolescent and Young Adult Health Team and reviewed by the Youth Advisory Council.

Looking for services more locally? Try searching Care Connect Washington.

Thank you to the Youth Advisory Council members who helped design this resource!

Find credible health information on topics you care about

Teen Health Hub WA features a list of carefully selected online health information and resources on important health topics teens and young adults have asked us about. Find information on physical health and regular checkups, sexual and reproductive health, mental and behavioral health, dating and relationships, and understanding the health care system.

Every “resource card” contains a link to information, services, or another health resource. Use the tags and filters to find resource cards for different topics. Click on a card to check it out and learn more.

Do you know of a great resource that should be included in the Hub? Send us an email at AdolescentHealthUnit@doh.wa.gov to share your ideas!

We make sure resources and information are trustworthy

Our team reviewed every site to make sure the source is reputable, authors are trustworthy, claims are backed up with facts, and the information is up-to-date. Most of these resources were developed specifically for—and often with—teens and young adults. In addition, each resource was reviewed by a member of the DOH Youth Advisory Council – we tagged their favorites so they’re easy to find. It is always important to use good judgment when looking through these resources.

Learning about which resources you can trust can help build your digital literacy. Digital literacy means the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that promote safety and success in the digital world. We vet these resources because we know that it’s easy to look up health information online, and it can also be hard to know what to trust. You will likely find questionable or even false information when looking for answers to your health questions. Learning to identify misinformation or false information is critical to digital literacy. When in doubt, do more research.

We check on each resource every year to make sure it stays up-to-date and meets DOH standards. If you see something that doesn’t seem right, please get in touch. DOH is not affiliated with the organizations listed unless explicitly stated on their website or in the text under a resource card.

Know which resources are peer-approved

 

Each resource is reviewed by at least one member of the DOH Youth Advisory Council. Every resource in the Hub is there because a YAC member felt the information was important for other teens and young adults to know about.

YAC Approved means that most or all of the YAC reviewers felt that the resource is youth-friendly and relevant. The reviewers would be likely to use the resource or recommend it to a friend.

YAC Favorite means one or more YAC reviewers felt this resource was among the best they reviewed.

This web page is supported in part by Grant Number TP2AH000062 from the HHS Office of Population Affairs and the Title V Maternal Child Health Block Grant from the HHS Health Resource Service Administration. Contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Department of Health and Human Services or the Office of Population Affairs.