KidsHealth is a website structured to meet the needs of inquiring minds that would like to know more about children's health. It offers information to kids, teens, parents and teachers, and more than 500,000 people a day visit the site. Due to its high rating, KidsHealth has won many awards.
Significance
Not all children know enough about health to lead a healthy lifestyle, and many do not know where to go for information on the subject. Parents often need advice on health, especially when their children are involved. KidsHealth is a website where parents and children can get answers to questions about health. Parents do not need to worry about receiving misinformation or facts that are outdated; doctors view and approve all content posted on KidsHealth.
Function
KidsHealth is designed to help children and their parents gain a better understanding of health, nutrition and how the human body works. It functions as a medical encyclopedia and a medical dictionary, and it offers guidance for healthy living. KidsHealth makes learning fun for kids and helpful for parents. It is a website that helps parents and children understand each other's health concerns, problems and needs.
Features
On KidsHealth, children can watch health movies, play games, do experiments, make recipes and take quizzes. Children can also find answers to health questions. Topics of interest for teens include drugs, alcohol, sex and health, and answers to important teen questions. Information about school, work and driving is also available. Features targeted to parents include information on health, fitness, nutrition, recipes, pregnancy, first aid, drugs, health articles and information on visits to the doctor and hospitals. Teachers can download lesson plans to use in the classroom.
Benefits
KidsHealth opens up a whole new world of information about health to teach children how to take an active role in their own health. Parents can obtain expert information on health topics of main concern to them, and children can learn and be entertained at the same time.
Effects
Making children and parents aware of the KidsHealth website gives them the chance to improve or change their lives. For the mother who is having trouble understanding why her little boy stutters, KidsHealth is a place she can go to to find out more about stuttering and what she should do about it. The child who would like to see his father stop smoking may be able to make it happen by going to the KidsHealth website and reading information on what he can do to help.
