Community Health Education Center

Sickle Cell Disease

Do You Know About Sickle Cell Anemia? (For Kids): Information for children from KidsHealth.org from the Nemours Foundation.

Facts About Sickle Cell Anemia: A basic overview from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.

Pain Assessment and Pain Management in Sickle Cell Disease: A guidebook for patients and their families from the Georgia Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center.

Sickle Cell Anemia: A basic overview for parents from KidsHealth.org by the Nemours Foundation.

Sickle Cell Anemia: Information from the Genetics Home Reference, a service of the National Library of Medicine.

Sickle Cell Disease: Practical Tips for Preventing a Sickle Cell Crisis: Helpful information from the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Information about the screening test that is used to diagnose sickle cell anemia. From Lab

Tests Online.

Camp Bright Moments for kids and teens with sickle cell anemia. Scroll to the bottom

of the page.

Virginia Sickle Cell Awareness Program sponsored by the Virginia Department of

Health.

An expansive list of reviewed topical Web sites from the National Library of Medicine that

include interactive health tutorials, medical dictionaries, low-literacy resources, news and

directories.

Last updated 03/19/09