Weekly Insider Aug 14-Aug 20 2007

The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools Weekly Insider is a web-enhanced newsletter that offers news alerts, grant announcements and general web site updates delivered directly to your email box on a weekly basis. The Center is located at the School of Public Health and Health Services at The George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, D.C.



New this month at the Center
  • August 2007 E-Journal
    -- Keeping Score—How the States Measure Up on Health
    -- What We Know and Do Not Know about Child Protection
    -- The Impact of Media Violence on Children
    -- Consumers and Health Care—Are We Ready for Retail?

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New resource

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Important topic

Food allergies

With the school year approaching, it is important to remember that many children have serious food allergies, so plan lunches and snacks brought to school carefully.


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Upcoming  meetings 


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Previously posted meetings


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Job opportunities

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Grant alerts

Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro -- Community Grants Program (Greater Greensboro, NC) (Deadline: 10/05/07)
The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro grants awards to meet community needs and opportunities in the areas of arts & humanities, education, housing, building capacity of nonprofits, and building social capital.

National Gardening Association -- Healthy Sprouts Awards (Deadline: 10/15/07)
The National Gardening Association (NGA) is accepting applications for its Healthy Sprouts Awards program to support awareness of nutrition and hunger through development of health-focused youth gardens.

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance -- Jump Rope for Heart/Hoops for Heart Grant Program (Deadline: 10/15/07)
The American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) is accepting applications for its Jump Rope for Heart/Hoops for Heart grant program. The purpose of the program is to enable organizations that have held a Jump Rope for Heart or Hoops for Heart event in the previous year to purchase equipment to improve their physical education opportunities for children, receive the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) quality Physical Education (PE) package, continue membership with AAHPERD, and attend the AAHPERD National Convention and Exposition.

The Barbara Bush Foundation -- Family Literacy Grant Program (Deadline: 9/07/07)
The Barbara Bush Foundation’s national grant program supports efforts to develop and expand family literacy efforts nationwide and the development of literacy programs that build families of readers.

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation -- Advancing Measurement of Equity and Patient-Centered Care to Improve Health Care Quality (Deadlines: 9/25/07)
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is seeking proposals for projects that will improve the understanding of how to measure equity and patient-centered care and the role of both in promoting quality.

The Clorox Company Foundation -- Education and Youth Development Grants (Oakland, CA) (Deadline: 10/01/07)
The Clorox Company Foundation supports programs that prepare young people to participate successfully in society and to contribute back to the communities in which they live.

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News alert

Survey Reports U.S. Schools 'Infested with Drugs'
"This fall, more than 16 million teens will return to middle and high schools where drug dealing, possession, use, and students high on alcohol or drugs are part of the fabric of their school," according to the twelfth back-to-school survey conducted by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University.

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New resource

The Food & Allergy Anaphylaxis Network has made available a limited number of free subscriptions to its School Food Allergy Program. This resource includes articles relevant to school health practitioners, sample program plans, a video about food allergies and instructional materials relating to anaphylaxis prevention. For more information and to request a copy, please visit www.foodallergy.org/ and click on the yellow school bus icon.

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Job opportunities

NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene -- Director of School-based Initiatives (New York, NY)
The Director of School-based Initiatives will work with the School Health Bureau to develop health programming targeting students living in North and Central Brooklyn. He or she will perform needs assessments in participating schools, conduct data collection and research activities, train and supervise school outreach workers and coordinate collaborative activities between local Department of Education (DOE) networks and the Bureau of School Health. For more information and to apply for this position, visit http://cfusion.sph.emory.edu/PHEC/phec.cfm and search "Director of School-based Initiatives."

Peer Health Exchange -- National Finance and Operations Associate (New York, NY)
The National Finance and Operations Associate will oversee the accounting and financial aspects of the Peer Health Exchange program. The Peer Health Exchange program is an organization dedicated to supplying teens in schools without health education with the tools necessary to lead healthy lives. For more information and to apply for this position, please visit http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/SiteIndex/AssetViewer/default?asset=
Job&asset-id=233791-187&sid=108976725-117-xQO

California Department of Public Health -- Immunization Branch -- Research Analyst II (Richmond, CA)
The Research Analyst will perform annual statistical surveys of the immunization coverage of children attending school and day care in the state of California. This person will communicate with local health departments and CDC to share information on this topic. For more information and to apply for this position, please visit http://cfusion.sph.emory.edu/PHEC/phec.cfm and search “Research Analyst II.”