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Terms of Use

 

October 2007

 

The health information posted here at YoungWomensHealth.org is written by professional medical staff at the Center for Young Women's Health, with input from teens and parents, and is owned and copyrighted by Children's Hospital Boston.

 

Please read through this Terms of Use guide to learn about your specific responsibilities as a user of the site, and to learn how you are permitted to use our materials.

 

By accessing and using the site and its services you agree to and are bound by the Terms of Use stated here. If you disagree with the Terms of Use, you are not permitted to use the site.

 

Personal and Educational Use

We welcome our readers to print our materials for their own personal use, and for the following additional purposes:

When you print our materials to give them out in the contexts noted above, you must print and distribute each document completely, so that it includes the original header, footer, logos and copyright information, with no modifications or exclusions.

 

Other Public Uses

If you are interested in a more extensive public use of our materials, please click here to request permission. Please allow 14-21 days for a response to your request.

 

Safety

Please remember, nothing on this web site should be considered medical advice, which can only be given to you by your personal health care provider. Material available at YoungWomensHealth.org is intended as general health information. It is not a recommendation for treatment, nor should it be considered medical advice. The Center for Young Women's Health advises families to discuss all information and questions related to health care with a health care professional.

 

If you are experiencing a medical emergency, contact your health care provider or call your area's emergency phone number right away.

 

Citation

As with any published document, if you quote material from our web site, you are required to cite it properly. The citation must include the following information:

Ownership and Copyright

The contents of YoungWomensHealth.org, including text, graphics and images, are owned and copyrighted by Children's Hospital Boston, except where explicitly noted. The term "Children's Hospital Boston" and its logo are trademarks of Children's Hospital Boston.

 

Sale

You may not sell content from YoungWomensHealth.org, or incorporate it into materials to be sold, unless you have received specific approval from the Center for Young Women's Health staff after completing our Permission Request Form.

 

Privacy

The Center for Young Women's Health takes care to insure your privacy when you visit our site. Click here to learn more about our Privacy Policy.

 

Third Parties

On YoungWomensHealth.org you will find references to third party information, services and products, not owned, controlled or endorsed by the Center for Young Women's Health. We advise you to contact those third parties to learn about the Terms of Use for those particular services, products, and information items.

 

While we welcome links to YoungWomensHealth.org from legitimate third party sites, we are not able to control which sites link to us. If you find that an offensive or illegal web site has linked to YoungWomensHealth.org, please contact us with information about the third party site. We will attempt to contact the site's staff, to request that they remove any links to YoungWomensHealth.org, and, if necessary, report them to the appropriate authorities.

 

Advertising

YoungWomensHealth.org is a non-commercial web site, and does not display any advertising.

 

Changes to the Web Site

The Center for Young Women's Health reserves the right to temporarily or permanently modify or delete any part of YoungWomensHealth.org, without notice. The Center also reserves the right to transfer control of the site to a third party following a merger, acquisition or liquidation.

 

Warranties and Liability Limitations

The Center for Young Women's Health strives to insure that the health information and services available on YoungWomensHealth.org are as accurate and timely as possible. We do not, however, warrant or guarantee the accuracy, timeliness, or completeness of the web site contents. Nor do we guarantee that services provided on the site will be error-free. We also are not liable for any decision made by any party based on information obtained on the web site.

 

Users of YoungWomensHealth.org will not hold us, our affiliates, or Children's Hospital Boston liable for damages because of any information or services provided on the site.

 

User's Agreement

By using YoungWomensHealth.org, you agree to:

If you are not satisfied with the information and services provided by the site, it is your responsibility to stop using the site.

 

If you violate the terms of this agreement, the Center for Young Women's Health reserves the right to ban you from chats, correspondence, and other usages of the site, and to pursue other legal action against you.

 

Terms of Use Updates

The Center for Young Women's Health may modify these Terms of Use at any time, and put the changes into effect by posting them on the web site. By accessing the information and services on the site, you are bound by the Terms posted at the time of your access. You are responsible for reviewing the Terms of Use each time you visit the site, to insure that your understanding and acceptance of the Terms is current.

 

Questions or Concerns

If you have any questions or concerns about our Terms of Use, please contact us:

 

The Center for Young Women’s Health

333 Longwood Avenue, 5th Floor

Boston, MA 02115

USA

617-355-2994

cywh@childrens.harvard.edu

 

Click here to use our online contact form.

 

Created by the Center for Young Women’s Health Staff

October 2007

 

 

 

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