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Job opportunities 

• Somerville Mental Health -- School-based Social Worker, Somerville, MA
• Tenacity, Inc. -- Project Manager - East Boston Health Initiative, Boston, MA
• Unity Health Care, Eastern Senior High School -- Nurse Practitioner, Washington, DC
• Oregon Department of Human Services -- Epidemiologist 2/School-based Health Economist, Portland, OR
• Oregon Department of Human Services -- Public Health Nurse 2/School-based Health Center Nurse, Portland, OR

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Grant alerts

North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation -- Ribbon of Hope Grant Program (North Carolina) (Deadline: 10/01/07)
The North Carolina GlaxoSmithKline Foundation is accepting applications for its Ribbon of Hope grant program. The purpose of the program is to support nonprofits develop or expand programs that further science, health, and education in communities.

Grammy Foundation -- Impact of Music on the Human Condition Grants Program(Deadline: 10/01/07)
The Grammy Foundation is accepting applications for its grant program to support scientific research that focuses on how music impacts the human condition, such as early childhood development.

Youth Service America/U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention -- YouthPower Grants (Deadline: 10/01/07)
Youth Service America, in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, is accepting applications for its YouthPower grants program. The purpose of the program is to support youth who are in or have recently transitioned from foster care with planning and implementing community service projects that address the environment, disaster relief, public health and awareness, community education, hunger, literacy or other issues identified as a community need. 

William T. Grant Foundation -- Intervention Research to Improve Youth-Serving Organizations(Deadline: 10/04/07; Letter of Inquiry)
The William T. Grant Foundation is seeking proposals to support intervention research to improve youth-serving organizations. The purpose of the program is to build greater capacity for the field of intervention research focused on youth-serving organizations such as schools and community-based organizations. Projects should focus on intervention research with the goal of promoting youth development for young people ages 8-25.

Federal Research Grants for School-Based Interventions to Prevent Obesity (R01, R03, and R21) (Deadlines: Vary)
The National Institutes of Health is accepting applications for its School-Based Interventions to Prevent Obesity Grant Program. The purpose of this program is to encourage the formation of partnerships between academic institutions and school systems in order to develop and implement controlled, school-based intervention strategies designed to reduce the prevalence of obesity in childhood.

Atherton Family Foundation -- Grant Program (Hawaii) (Deadline: 10/01/07)
The Atherton Family Foundation supports programs and projects within a broad spectrum of activities which benefit the people of the state of Hawaii.

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News alerts

School Breakfast Seen Reducing Nurse Visits
Eating breakfast at school before classes begin has been found to improve children’s learning and behavior, but it may also offer health benefits, including reduced numbers of visits to the school nurse, according to the Food Research and Action Center.

ACIP Reminds about Meningococcal Vaccination
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices called attention today to the advisability of vaccinating all persons aged 11-18 years against meningococcal disease. That would include routinely vaccinating children at their 11-12 years health visits, the ACIP said, and vaccinating young people at the time of entry into high school (approximately age 15) if they missed the earlier immunization. 

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New resources

The findings of National Health Interview Survey collected by the CDC are now available in a document called Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Children. This report summarizes the data collected by the NHIS related to asthma, attention deficit disorder, dental health, health care utilization and more. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_234.pdf

The Effectiveness of Universal School-Based Programs for the Prevention of Violent and Aggressive Behavior, in this week’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, summarizes the recommendations of the Task Force on Community Preventive Services, convened to study the role of these programs in preventing violence in low socioeconomic and high crime school settings. The Task Force determined that all grade and age groups benefited from these programs and that they should be employed universally. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5607a1.htm?s_cid=rr5607a1_e

Back-to-School Transitions: Tips for Parents, a fact sheet from the National Association of School Psychologists, provides tips for parents to reduce anxiety and improve student functioning at the beginning of the school year. http://www.nasponline.org/resources/home_school/b2shandout.aspx

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Job opportunities

Somerville Mental Health -- School-based Social Worker (Somerville, MA)
The School-Based Social Worker will work with the Somerville Mental Health Clinic in collaboration with Somerville Public Schools to provide mental health services to students and staff at an elementary school serving grades 1-8. The person in this position must be either a licensed social worker or mental health professional with experience in school-based mental health activities. http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/SiteIndex/AssetViewer/view?asset=Jo
b&asset-id=234566-40&keywords=school&keywords=health&sid=107113948-102-Tws

Tenacity, Inc. -- Project Manager - East Boston Health Initiative (Boston, MA)
The Project Manager of the East Boston Health Initiative will supervise the implementation of an obesity prevention and reduction project targeting 10-14 year olds and their families. He or she will develop a public education campaign, catalog existing neighborhood obesity programs, organize community engagement activities and collect data for program evaluation. For more information and to apply for this position, please visit http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/SiteIndex/AssetViewer/view?asset=J
ob&asset-id=234720-197&keywords=school&keywords=health&sid=107113948-102-Tws

Unity Health Care Eastern Senior High School -- Nurse Practitioner (Washington, DC)
The Nurse Practitioner will serve an urban adolescent student population and will provide physical exams, sports physicals, respiratory infection/asthma treatment and family planning/sexually transmitted disease services. This position will include approximately 50% time for administrative duties. To apply for this position, please send Dr. Mark Minier a copy of your CV/resume at mminier@unityhealthcare.org by August 17.

Oregon Department of Human Services -- Epidemiologist 2/School-based Health Economist (Portland, OR)
The School-Based Health Economist will manage a multi-site economic cost analysis research project for Oregon's School Based Health Centers. The position will require the incumbent to perform epidemiological and health financing research analyses of several funding models available to school-based health centers and provide reliable economic estimates. For more information and to apply for this position, please visit http://cfusion.sph.emory.edu/PHEC/phec.cfm and search "School-Based Health Economist."

Oregon Department of Human Services -- Public Health Nurse 2/School-based Health Center Nurse (Portland, OR)
The Public Health Nurse 2/School-based Health Center Nurse will be responsible for supervising the biennial certification process for centers and their partners, providing direct clinical technical assistance, coordinating clinical training programs and promoting SBHC’s within the state. For more information and to apply for this position, please visit http://www.oregon.gov/DHS/jobs/LEHS7474.shtml