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The Center for Young Women’s Health (CYWH) is a collaboration between the Division of Adolescent & Young Adult Medicine and the Division of Gynecology at Children’s Hospital Boston. The Center is an educational entity that exists to provide teen girls and young women with:
The Center was founded in 1998 by Dr. S. Jean Emans, Chief of Adolescent Medicine, Dr. Marc R. Laufer, Chief of Gynecology, and Phaedra Thomas, RN, BSN. This core trio saw an urgent need for education, clinical care, research, and health care advocacy for teen girls and young women. When the CYWH was founded, it was the first of its kind in the world, bringing together the highest quality health services and health information for our teen patients.
Drs. Emans and Laufer, the CYWH’s Co-Directors, have both earned national and international recognition for their expertise, commitment, and accomplishments in the area of young women's health. Phaedra Thomas, the CYWH’s Coordinator, is a nurse with extensive experience in young women's health and program development. She has developed many of our online health guides and curricula. Our resident designer, Amanda Kohn, is devoted to imparting essential health information to our readers, through clear, accurate, and beautiful design. Our web developer Dana King builds new features for CYWH's website. She is experienced in building informational websites, and believes that educational materials should be easy to find on the web so that we can spend our time reading, interacting, and learning together. Our youth advisors, Tynaya, Erica, and Emily are dedicated to bringing accessible health information to teens in our community.
The Center for Young Women's Health was initially funded by a grant from the Children's Hospital League, an organization of more than five hundred volunteers who serve as ambassadors and fundraisers for the world-reknowned Children's Hospital Boston. Currently the CYWH is able to continue its day-to-day operations, including maintaining youngwomenshealth.org, through the generosity of the League and our ongoing supporters.
The mission of our website, youngwomenshealth.org, is to help teen girls, their parents, teachers, and health care providers improve their understanding of normal health and development, as well as of specific diseases and conditions. We want to empower teen girls and young women around the world to take an active role in their own health care. We invite you to explore our website to find health resources for teens, parents, and healthcare professionals, and to learn more about our special youth programs, medical services, and research projects.
Updated: 11/5/2009
Our Programs, Services and Resources
Online Resources here at youngwomenshealth.org
Resources & Curricula for Healthcare Professionals and Educators
Programs for Teens & Young Women
Youth Advisory Program & Community Outreach
YAP Blog - Youth Advisory Program Blog
Online Health Chats - Support for teens with Medical Conditions
Annual MRKH Conference for Patients, Family Members, & Friends
Living with Endometriosis, An Annual Conference for Teens & Families
Club 333 - Weekly Wellness Group for Teens Looking to Make Healthy Lifestyle Changes
Booking It - Free Books for Teens - A Program to Improve Literacy Among Adolescents
The Physical Home of the Center for Young Women's Health
The Children's Hospital League's Resource Center
Divisions
Division of Adolescent & Young Adult Medicine
Center for Congenital Anomalies of the Reproductive Tract
Research
Research at the Center for Young Women's Health
Our Staff
Our Funding
Supporters of the Center for Young Women's Health
Contact and Site Info
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