Weekly Insider
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.
Grant Alerts
- Youth Venture -- Go Overboard Challenge Grants
- Hitachi Foundation -- Yoshiyama Awards
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -- Minority Substance Abuse/HIV Prevention Initiative
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -- Interagency School Readiness Consortium (U01)
- Tony Hawk Foundation -- Grants for Public Skateparks
- Pay It Forward Foundation -- Youth Service Mini-Grants
- Students Serve -- Service-Learning Grants
New this month from the Center
The Center will be expanding the Job Opportunities section in the Weekly Insider. If you know of a job in school nursing, public health, school mental health or related fields, please let us know by sending a brief announcement to chhcs@gwu.edu.
February 2008 E-Journal
-- Prescription for Danger -- Trends in Teen Drug Abuse
-- Preventing Influenza -- The Case for Immunizing Children at School
-- CDC Reviews School Laws, Policies on Child/Adolescent Health
Center Co-Director Olga Acosta Price has authored a chapter on school mental health in a new two-volume publication, Battleground Schools, edited by Sandra Mathison and E. Wayne Ross, Greenwood-Heineman publishing company.
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New Resources
The Parent-Adolescent Communication about Sex in Latino Families: A Guide for Practitioners has been released by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.
With the goal of creating school environments that promote mental health and reduces problems, Mental Health in School & School Improvement: Current Status, Concerns, and New Directions has been released by the Center for Mental Health in Schools.
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Important topic
American Heart Month
- CHHCS: Sports, Physical Exercise & Fitness
- American Heart Association: What Moves U
- The President’s Challenge
Upcoming Meetings
- Washington, DC: Environmental Protection Agency: Communities in Action for Asthma-Friendly Environments. May 1-2, 2008. For more information, please visit http://www.epaasthmaforum.com.
Previously Posted Meetings
- San Francisco, CA: National Social Norms Institute and the BACCHUS Network’s 2008 National Conference on Social Norms. July 20-22, 2008. For more information, please visit http://www.socialnorm.org/.
- Ft. Lauderdale, FL: National AfterSchool Association’s 20th Anniversary Conference. March 12-14, 2008. For more information, please visit http://www.naaconference.org/ and click on “Conference.”
Job opportunities
- American Psychological Association Office on Socioeconomic Status – Research Assistant/Intern (Washington, DC)
- University of Texas – Health Education Coordinator (Austin, TX)
- The Guidance Center – School-Based Therapist (Long Beach, CA)
- Grand Prairie Services Behavioral Healthcare – Therapists (Tinley Park, IL)
- Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice/Bill Ireland Youth Development Campus – Public Health Nurse (Milledgeville, GA)
- Health Care in Southeastern MA, Inc./Southeast Center for Health Communities – Community Health Specialist (Brockton, MA)
Grant alerts
Youth Venture -- Go Overboard Challenge Grants (Deadline: 5/1/08)
Youth Venture is accepting applications for its Go Overboard Challenge Grants to support projects that are youth-created, youth-led, and youth-managed, a sustainable benefit to the community, and a product of a team of at least two youth and one adult mentor.
Hitachi Foundation -- Yoshiyama Awards (Deadline: 4/1/08)
The Hitachi Foundation is accepting applications for its Yoshiyama Awards grant program to recognize past and support future exemplary service and community involvement by current high school seniors.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is accepting applications for its Prevention of Substance Abuse (SA) and HIV for At-Risk Racial/Ethnic Minority Subpopulations Cooperative Agreements (Minority SA/HIV Prevention Initiative). The purpose of the program is to support projects that target one racial/ethnic minority subpopulation, such as adolescents (age 12-17) or young adults (age 18-24), in building sustainable substance abuse and HIV prevention programs.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -- Interagency School Readiness Consortium (U01) (Deadline: 3/27/08)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is accepting applications for its Interagency School Readiness Consortium (U01) grant program to support collaborations that study integrative early childhood development and school readiness programs.
The Tony Hawk Foundation is accepting applications for its grants to support building high-quality, free, public skateparks in low-income areas or areas with a high population of ‘at-risk’ youth in the United States.
Pay It Forward Foundation -- Youth Service Mini-Grants (Deadline: 3/10/08)
The Pay It Forward Foundation is accepting applications for its mini-grants to support one-time service projects in schools, neighborhoods, or larger communities that are designed to enable exponential growth in people helping others by each person helped by the initial project leaving the project and doing something else good for the community.
Students Serve is accepting applications for its service-learning grants program to support the application of classroom knowledge by undergraduate students toward service projects that solve problems for a community within the United States.
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News Alerts
CDC Reports on Flu So Far This Season
In a summary of U.S. seasonal influenza from the beginning of the 2007-08 season last September to February of this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the country as a whole experienced a relatively low incidence of flu this time around, though one of the strains infecting people is not included in the current vaccine.
In a report to be published in tomorrow’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is cautioning parents, educators, and health care professionals about a practice known as the ‘choking game,’ which has resulted in death or disability for many youngsters.
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New Resources
Over half of Latinas become pregnant before the age of 20. The birth rate for teenage Latinas has increased in 16 out of 37 states surveyed by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy. The Parent-Adolescent Communication about Sex in Latino Families: A Guide for Practitioners includes tips for parents on how to talk to their children about sex and tips for how practitioners can talk to families and foster effective communication.
In an effort to engage a wide range of stakeholders in the conversation around mental health in schools, the Center for Mental Health in Schools has made its publication Mental Health in School & School Improvement: Current Status, Concerns, and New Directions available to download for free on its website. Topics include evidence-based practice, mental health promotion and policy changes.
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Job opportunities
American Psychological Association Office on Socioeconomic Status – Research Assistant/Intern (Washington, DC)
The Office on Socioeconomic Status is seeking a part-time Research Assistant/Intern who will be responsible for updating the website, assisting in research and writing, develop and disseminate newsletters and provide administrative support as needed. For more information and to apply to this position, please contact Helena Dagadu at hdagadu@apa.org.
University of Texas – Health Education Coordinator (Austin, TX)
The University of Texas is seeking a Health Education Coordinator to provide leadership, planning, implementation and evaluation of a comprehensive alcohol and drug abuse prevention program for the study body. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.utexas.edu/hr/jobs/index.html, click on "Job Search", and enter
the posting number 080211011533.
The Guidance Center – School-Based Therapist (Long Beach, CA)
The Guidance Center is seeking a School-Based Therapist to provide therapeutic services through assessment, individual, collateral, group, family and/or other modes of psychotherapy. Eligible applicants include associate social workers or marriage and family therapist interns. Fluency in Spanish is preferred. For more information and to apply to this position, please go to http://www.socialservice.com/jobdetails.cfm?jid=26036&RequestTimeout=500.
Grand Prairie Services Behavioral Healthcare – Therapists (Tinley Park, IL)
Grand Prairie Services Behavioral Healthcare has two openings available for individuals with a Master’s degree in psychology, sociology or social work. The Home Based/Bridges Therapist will be responsible treating individuals, families and groups regarding psychological and/or emotional problems. The SASS Therapist will be responsible for providing crisis assessments for children and adolescents at local emergency rooms, police stations and at the individual’s home. For more information and to apply for these positions, please visit http://www.socialservice.com/jobdetails.cfm?jid=28108&RequestTimeout=500.
Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice/Bill Ireland Youth Development Campus – Public Health Nurse (Milledgeville, GA)
The Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice is seeking a Public Health Nurse to provide professional nursing services, assess patients’ condition, develop care plans, provide treatment and education. For more information and to apply for this position, please visit http://cfusion.sph.emory.edu/PHEC/phec.cfm and search for “Public Health Nursing.”
Health Care in Southeastern MA, Inc./Southeast Center for Health Communities – Community Health Specialist (Brockton, MA)
The Community Health Specialist will be responsible for working with communities and local coalitions to plan, implement and evaluate health and prevention initiatives in areas including substance abuse prevention and youth development. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://cfusion.sph.emory.edu/PHEC/phec.cfm and search for “Community Health Specialist.”
