Teen Health & Wellness eResource tackles variety of topics

The Atlantic City Free Public Library now offers the award-winning eResource Teen Health & Wellness for middle and high school students. Articles focus on a variety of topics that impact teens, such as drugs and alcohol, diversity, nutrition, mental health, suicide, vaping, bullying, green living, LGBTQ+ issues and more.

Teen Health & Wellness is available all day, every day to card holders with internet access. Also, it’s available to those inside the Main Library or Richmond Branch Library.All of the content – reviewed by leading professionals in medicine, mental health, nutrition guidance and career counseling – is created for teens with their unique concerns and perspective in mind. Information throughout is presented using a sensitive, respectful and age-appropriate approach. Teen friendly articles makes complex topics understandable. They also give insight into the teen experience — crucial for parents, teachers, librarians, therapists and others who are a part of teens’ lives.

Article text can instantly be translated into more than 100 languages – and there is a foreign-language read-aloud feature so users can listen in the language of their choice, including Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Korean, Russian and Spanish.

Teen Health & Wellness has received critical acclaim and won numerous awards, including Top 10 Digital Resource and a “Must Have” Product by School Library Journal, Best Reference Source by Library Journal, and Best New Product, Readers’ Choice Awards by The Charleston Advisor.

Visit teenhealthandwellness.com and have your library card available to get started. Call (609) 345-2269, ext. 3050, for more information.