Weekly Insider Aug 21-Aug 27 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

  • Safety Tips for Back-to-School, a series of fact sheets for teachers, parents and students, has been developed by DC Action for Children, a non-profit and non-partisan advocacy organization located in Washington, DC.

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Important topic

Bus Safety
As students head back to school, here are some tips to help keep them safe on the school bus.


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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

Verizon Foundation -- Health Care Awards (South Carolina) (Deadline: 9/15/07)
The Verizon Foundation is currently accepting applications for its Health Care Awards program. The purpose of the program is to support programs that increase medical care quality for consumers and/or health care professionals, particularly those that increase their effectiveness through use of technology, public education initiatives, and programs that address ethnic health disparities.

National Institutes of Health -- Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grants (R18) (Deadline: 9/25/07)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is accepting applications for its Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grants (R18) program. The purpose of the program is to support programs that test the effectiveness of interventions in children, adolescents, and/or adults to: 1) promote healthful behaviors; 2) reduce risk factors for heart, lung, and blood diseases, and sleep disorders; 3) improve the prevention or management of heart, lung, and blood diseases, and sleep disorders, including the delivery of health care services; and 4) enhance understanding of the processes of intervention implementation and diffusion, or sustainability in a defined population, or defined clinical or community setting.

Federal Research Grants for Translational Research for the Prevention and Control of Diabetes and Obesity (R18 and R34) (Deadlines: vary)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is accepting applications for its Translational Research for the Prevention and Control of Diabetes and Obesity (R18) grant program. The purpose of the program is to support development of effective and sustainable interventions to prevent and control diabetes and obesity, including those focused on children and adolescents.

Verizon Foundation -- Literacy Awards (South Carolina) (Deadline: 9/15/07)
The Verizon Foundation is currently accepting applications for its Literacy Awards program. The purpose of the program is to support family, early childhood, K-12, ESOL, and computer literacy programs.

Pay It Forward Foundation -- Youth Service Mini-Grants (Deadline: 10/15/07)
The Pay It Forward Foundation is accepting applications for its mini-grants that support one-time only service-oriented projects identified by youth as activities they would like to perform to benefit their school, neighborhood, or greater community. Projects must be based on the concept of one person doing a favor for others, who in turn do favors for others - with the results growing exponentially.

Prudential Financial, Inc. -- Spirit of Community Awards (Deadline: 10/31/07)
The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards recognizes middle and high school students for outstanding volunteer service to their communities.

Nike, Inc. -- Physical Activity Grants for Youth (Deadline: Rolling)
Nike, Inc. supports programs that increase and promote physical activity and seeks to: 1) get youth more physically active; 2) get youth involved in the teamwork of sports; and 3) have real, positive and measurable impact.


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News alerts

Hypertension Often Missed in Children 
Hypertension––elevated blood pressure––is a common chronic disease of children and adolescents that is often underdiagnosed and untreated, according to a research report in today's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers who studied a group of children 3 to 18 years of age in outpatient clinics at a large academic urban medical system found that a number of factors, including patient age, height, obesity, and the difficulty of getting consistent readings of blood pressure over time, make it hard to diagnose hypertension, even though taking blood pressure is often part of a well-child visit.

FDA Approves Drug for Psychiatric Conditions in Children, Adolescents 
A statement issued August 22 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notes that the FDA has approved Risperdal (risperidone) for the treatment of schizophrenia in adolescents ages 13 to 17, and for the short-term treatment of manic or mixed episodes of bipolar 1 disorder in children and adolescents ages 10 to 17. This is the first FDA approval of an atypical antipsychotic drug to treat either disorder in these age groups.

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New resource

Safety Tips for Back-to-School, a series of fact sheets for teachers, parents and students, has been developed by DC Action for Children, a non-profit and non-partisan advocacy organization located in Washington, DC. To view the fact sheet targeting teachers and school personnel, visit http://www.dckids.org/documents/downloads/BackToSchoolSafetyTipsTEACHERS-0807.pdf

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Job opportunities

TEAM Schools -- School Nurse (Newark, NJ)
The School Nurse will work with TEAM school leaders and the Director of Social Services to coordinate activities in three schools serving 6th-9th grade students. He or she will supervise new student immunization compliance, perform vision and hearing tests, provide daily health services as necessary and communicate as necessary with parents and students about health issues. For more information and to apply for this position please visit http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/SiteIndex/AssetViewer/view?asset
=Job&asset-id=238025-155&keywords=school&keywords=health&sid=110969954-254-jIA

Action for Boston Community Development, Inc. -- Social Service/ Mental Health Supervisor (Boston, MA)
The Social Service/Mental Health Supervisor will provide guidance for case managers and clinical interns at a Head Start site. He or she will be responsible for insuring that the site meets the requirements of ACF, EEC/OCCS and ABCD Head Start and coordinate with local human services agencies to improve patient referral options. For more information and to apply for this position please visit http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/SiteIndex/AssetViewer/view?asset
=Job&asset-id=237220-292&keywords=school&keywords=health&sid=110969954-254-fuq

Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention -- Training Director (Atlanta, GA)
The Training Director will develop, implement and evaluate training activities and statewide capacity building for the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (G-CAPP). He or she will identify training needs, write grant applications for external funding opportunities, manage funding reporting obligations and recruit and hire departmental personnel. For more information and to apply for this position, please visit http://cfusion.sph.emory.edu/PHEC/phec.cfm and search “Training Director.”

The Wright Group -- HIV Prevention & Youth Program Manager (Los Angeles, CA)
The HIV Prevention & Youth Program Manager will supervise the development and implementation of a HIV and violence prevention program targeting females aged 9-16. He or she will develop relationships with local organizations for services referrals and co-facilitate weekly education and activity sessions. For more information and to apply for this position, please visit http://cfusion.sph.emory.edu/PHEC/phec.cfm and search “HIV Prevention & Youth Program Manager.”

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