This virtual town square has several store fronts pictured on the home page leading to information about a variety of community and family issues. Click on the Health Center to find student writings and projects about health. This is easy to use and the pictures make it student-friendly. Make sure students understand the disclaimer about health information written by students. There is an extensive index, a dictionary of medical words and names of diseases, separate index of herbal and alternative remedies, and information in Spanish.
All material is written and reviewed by physicians and patient education professionals.
Topics include arthritis, cancer, nutrition, food safety, osteoporosis, and women's health. Some articles are available in Spanish. Includes resources for domestic violence as well as a rape quiz. By students in Lee Hewitt's Intermediate ESOL class at the Adult Learning Program, Jamaica Plain Community Centers, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Funded by the Massachusetts Department of Education.