Ellie Parker, with help from friends
Last updated: 2022-02-09T11:04-07:00
If you'd like, here is a {heavier} version of this site.
Project Luke, named after St. Luke, is a simple project which aims to bring health resources to the public in an accessible and simple way. It is a "memex" or aggregation of sorts. XXIIVV put it well when they wrote "a kind of archive and mirror of everything that one has done, that one has learnt. It's a living document that outlines where one has been, and a tool that advises where one could go."
I'm fully aware of the humanitarian nature of this project. I don't want it to be strangled by the hands of "corporations" or "private individuals" seeking to profit off the pain of others, which is the exact reason it is licensed under BSD-3-Clause. Read # Licensing at the bottom of the page for more info.
Thanks to Mekaela Rapp for lending me the inspiration to compile together these sources, Mickey Atkins for her aggregation of mental health resources, and the numerous authors behind any other site linked here. You're helping people out you don't even know, and that's what the world needs so much more of.
Here are some places to visit:
I found these thanks to Mickey Atkins and her work.
Thanks to [the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline's site], I found a section it had on LGBTQ+ resources.
I had to find archive.org's last working archive of transstudent.org because as of some time between 2022-01-25 and now (2022-02-09) the site has been down. I am writing this under the assumption that it has been taken down by reactionaries or bigots of some sort. I'll update the link to its actual site once it is up again.
These summaries are taken from [YTH's page], which is also an excellent resource, and is the reason for me finding these resources in the first place.
The National Library of Medicine’s AIDSinfo provides in-depth clinical resources related to HIV and AIDS, including interactive tutorials, clinical resources, and HIV/AIDS clinical trials. For providers seeing patients with HIV and AIDS, AIDSinfo has a nutrition and food safety page that shares resources on how to stay healthy with HIV. This site also provides HIV facts, statistics, and health care resources specifically for the general public, teenagers, health professionals, and researchers.
TeensHealth website is designed for teenagers and also offers resources for parents. It offers quizzes, a questions and answers section for teens’ most commonly asked health questions, and interactive health activities. Providers, health professionals, educators, and parents can refer youth to the website for accurate health information, especially regarding physical health and healthy eating.
The YRBSS reports national surveillance data for youth behaviors in six areas, including unhealthy dietary behaviors and inadequate physical activity. Fact sheets and interactive data tables that can be customized by year and subpopulation make this resource particularly useful for grant proposal writing, presentations, and acquiring general information about a variety of trends in youth health behaviors.
Today is for Tomorrow is a website designed by YTH that provides information, tips, videos, and humorous links regarding a variety of health topics, including physical health and wellness. Teens have the option of signing up for weekly health tips delivered to their mobile phone and engaging in a Tumblr site that is also part of the Today is for Tomorrow initiative.
The CDC’s website offers guidelines, strategies, statistics, fact sheets, and more regarding adolescent nutrition and physical activity behaviors. The site also features program success stories where programs that have been implemented and were successful are summarized and highlighted. These success stories are available for download.
Bright Futures for Women’s Health and Wellness provides toolkits specific to the physical health and nutrition needs of adolescent women. Resources include handouts and tools for young women, including wallet cards designed to provide quick reminders of health eating and exercise habits.
These summaries are taken mainly from the about sections for each site.
"Psychology Today's Therapy Directory lists clinical professionals, psychiatrists and treatment centers who provide mental health services in the US and internationally. [...] Psychology Today's Therapy Directory is run here by the team at Sussex Directories. We also have successful professional directories in the health field, with thousands of members, as well as publishing the national magazine, Psychology Today."
"The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, across the United States. The Lifeline is comprised of a national network of over 200 local crisis centers, combining custom local care and resources with national standards and best practices."
NAMI is "an alliance of more than 600 local affiliates who work in your community to raise awareness and provide support and education that was not previously available to those in need. [...] NAMI works to educate, advocate, listen and lead to improve the lives of people with mental illness and their loved ones."
Again, these summaries are taken mainly from each site's About sections.
Planned Parenthood states "[their] mission is to ensure all people have access to the care and resources they need to make informed decisions about their bodies, their lives, and their futures. Founded in 1916, Planned Parenthood is a trusted health care provider, educator, and passionate advocate here in the U.S. as well as a strong partner to health and rights organizations around the world. Each year, Planned Parenthood delivers vital sexual and reproductive health care, sex education, and information to millions of people."
From [Britannica], GLAAD is an "organization created in 1985 that is devoted to countering discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) individuals in the media and promoting understanding, acceptance, and equality. Since its creation GLAAD has been integral to the increased portrayal of LGBTQ persons in the media in a fair, respectful manner that highlights the diversity of the LGBTQ community."
For info on You Matter, see the [National Suicide Prevention Lifeline's website], as they are the group behind this same project.
"The It Gets Better Project is a nonprofit organization with a mission to uplift, empower, and connect lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer youth around the globe. Learn more about our work."
"The Trevor Project is the world’s largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) young people."
"Trans Lifeline is a grassroots hotline and microgrants 501(c)(3) non-profit organization offering direct emotional and financial support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community."
The "Human Rights Campaign strives to end discrimination against LGBTQ+ people and realize a world that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all. HRC envisions a world where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people plus community members who use different language to describe identity are ensured equality and embraced as full members of society at home, at work and in every community."
"Trans Student Educational Resources is a youth-led organization dedicated to transforming the educational environment for trans and gender nonconforming students through advocacy and empowerment. In addition to our focus on creating a more trans-friendly education system, our mission is to educate the public and teach trans activists how to be effective organizers."
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