Weekly Insider 15.04.2009

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 Resources
 
The newly released publication,  Children in Poverty: Trends, Consequences, and Policy Options,  from Child Trends, reports that child poverty rates have risen between 2006 and 2007 and there are now 13.3 million U.S. children living in poverty

According to Intimate Partner Violence in Immigrant and Refugee Communities: Challenges, Promising Practices and Recommendations,  a report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, existing research on immigrant and refugee families regarding intimate partner violence is often flawed when groups are aggregated in a study, though it is expensive and difficult to study each individual population affected by violence.

Crisis in the Kindergarten,  a report by the Alliance for Childhood, argues that child-initiated play should become reintegrated into kindergarten programs.

The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy has released What Works 2009 – Curriculum-Based Programs that Prevent Teen Pregnancy. In this report, five effective program types are identified including curriculum-based education, community-wide programs, service-learning programs, parent programs, and youth development programs.

The second edition of Assisting Students with Disabilities – A Handbook for School Counselors has been released. This book emphasizes the role school of counselors in development of students with disabilities.


New from the Center

Caring Across Communities, a multi-site initiative addressing the mental health needs of children of immigrants and refugees, is managed by the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools. With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 15 sites across the U.S. are developing model mental health programs that engage schools, families, students, mental health agencies and other community organizations to build effective, culturally competent services for children and youth.  To check out the tools and lessons learned from each site, please click here.

The Caring Across Communities held their annual conference in Chicago, last week (April 21, 2009 – April 23, 2009). Resources from that meeting will be available on the Center’s web site over the next few weeks. 

On March 24, the Center hosted a webinar -- Language Issues when Working with Refugees and Immigrants in the Health/Mental Health Field. To access an archived version of both the powerpoint presentation and audio, click here.

Important Topics

Sleep Patterns in Adolescents
  • Noland, H., Price, J., Dake, J., and Telljohann, S., 2009, 'Adolescents’ Sleep Behaviors and Perceptions of Sleep', Journal of School Health, vol 79, no 5.
  • Expert Answers on Teen Health and Sleep
  • Common Sleep Problems 
  • Teens and Sleep

    • Youth Bullying and Violence
  • Pickett, W., Iannotti, R., Simons-Mortton, B., and Dostaler, S., 2009, ‘Social Environments and Physical Aggression Among 21,107 Students in the United States and Canada’, Journal of School Health, vol 79, no 4
  • Should You Worry About School Violence?
  • Helping Kids Deal with Bullies
  • National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center: Facts for Teens – Bullying


    • Upcoming Meetings

    • Webinar: It’s OK to Eat and Run – Integrating Nutrition & Health into Physical Education/Activity. Wednesday, May 6, 2009; 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm PST. For more information and to register for the event, please visit: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/127489689
    • Denver, CO: 83rd Annual ASHA School Health Conference. October 28 - 31, 2009. For more information and to register for the event, please visit www.ashaweb.org
    • Eugene, OR: Regional trainings on the topic of Strengthening Relationships Across Differences. May 13, 2009. For more information and to register, please visit http://www.osbhcn.org/ 
    • Washington, DC: Learning and the Brain – Using Brain Research on Creativity and the Arts to Improve Learning. May 7 – 9, 2009. For more information and to register for this event, please visit http://www.learningandthebrain.com/
    • Webinar: Effectively Educating English Language Learners at the High School Level – What Research and Practice Tells Us. Thursday, May 14, 2009; 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM EDT. For more information and to register for the event, please visit http://www.betterhighschools.org/webinar/ELLWebinar.aspx

    Previously Posted Meetings

  • Webinar: After the Injury, Helping Parents Help Their Kids Recover. Monday, April 20, 2009; 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm ET
    • Over the past decade, Drs. Winston and Kassam-Adams have conducted numerous research studies to better understand the psychological and emotional impact of pediatric injury for children and families, and to develop and evaluate practical tools to help parents and providers help children after injury. With funding from HRSA/MCHB, they have developed screening tools, assessment measures, and brief interventions that can be integrated into pediatric trauma care. The After the Injury website for parents translates the best research evidence into practical information, tips, and tools for parents.

    To register for this webcast please go to: http://www.mchcom.com/liveWebcastDetail.asp?leid=379 

    For those who cannot attend the webcast live, the webcast will be archived at http://www.mchcom.com

    • San Francisco, CA: Play On Conference.  May 18 – 20, 2009. For more information and to register for the conference, please visit www.playon2009.org
    • Philadelphia, PA: National Nursing Staff Development Organization Convention.  July 9 – 12, 2009. For more information, please visit https://www.nnsdo.org/ 

    Job opportunities

  • Alameda County Public Health – Early Childhood Program Specialist (SART) (Oakland, CA) 
  • Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations – Policy Analyst (Washington, DC)
  • Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health – Senior Development Associate (Palo Alto, CA)
  • Public Health Solutions – Clinical Case Manager (New York, NY)
  • Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids – Program Officer, International Grants Unit (Washington, DC)
  • Brookline Community Mental Health Center – Child Mental Health Clinician (Brookline, MA)
  • YMCAs (nationally) – Future Chief Executive Officers (Multiple Locations)
  • Congressional Research Service – Analyst in Health Care Delivery and Services (Washington, DC)
  • Medomak Camp – Summer Camp Nurse (Washington, ME)
  • Population Services International – Global Fund Program Manager (Washington, DC)
  • Virginia Department of Health – State Health Assistant Commissioner (Richmond, VA)
  • Arizona’s Children Association – Prevention Educator (Tucson, AZ)

    Grant Alerts

    Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment – LiveWell Weld County 2009 VERB Physical Activity Mini Grant (Colorado) (Deadline: 5/11/09)
    LiveWell Weld County, a privately funded grant through the Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment, will award mini-grants to support organizations that implement one or more physical activities for tweens ages 9-13 years in Weld County during the summer of 2009.

    Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services – Healthy Transitions Initiative (State Governments and Tribal Organizations)      (Deadline: 5/20/09)
    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental health Services, is accepting applications for the Cooperative Agreements for State/Community Partnerships to Integrate Services and Supports for Youth and Young Adults 16-25 with Serious Mental Health Conditions, and Their Families (Healthy Transitions Initiative).

    The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention – Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act (STOP Act) Grants  (Deadline: 5/29/09)
    The purpose of the STOP Act grant program is to prevent and decrease alcohol use among youth throughout the United States. This initiative aims to disseminate information regarding state-of-the-art practices and initiatives that have proven effective in preventing alcohol consumption among youth to communities.

    ING and the National Association for Sport and Physical Exercise – Run for Something Better Program      (Deadline: 6/1/09)
    Global financial institution ING and the National Association for Sport and Physical Education have launched the ING Run for Something Better School Awards Program. Funding will be given to campaigns that support community and school-based youth running programs to help fight childhood obesity and introduce youth to the benefits of running.

    American Psychological Foundation – Violence Prevention and Intervention Grants (Deadline: 6/1/09)
    Through the Violence Prevention and Intervention Grant program, the American Psychological Foundation is seeking to fund programs that apply psychological approaches to understanding and preventing violence among youth. In particular this grant seeks to support the implementation of innovative community programs aimed at violence prevention.

    Calypso School First Foundation – Be Heard School Grant  (Deadline: 6/5/09)    
    The Calypso School First Foundation recognizes the importance of hearing and being heard in school. The Be Heard School Grant provides a school-wide sound-field reinforcement system (wireless microphone systems) to three schools in the 2009-2010 school year.

    Meyer Foundation – Youth, Mental Health, and Immigrant Community Grants (Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia)   (Deadline: 6/5/09)    
    The Meyer Foundation administers a number of funding opportunities that cover a variety of topics, including for children, youth, families, mental health issues, and immigrant communities.

     U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Service Area Competition Grants  (Deadline: 6/30/09)    
    The Service Area Competition grant is a funding opportunity to provide comprehensive primary health care to populations with insufficient services. This grant aims to improve the health of the Nation’s underserved communities and vulnerable populations through the provision of comprehensive, culturally competent and quality primary health services.

    • Oregon School-Based Health Care Network – 2009 CORE Grant Project (Oregon) (Deadline: 7/15/09)    
    The EC Brown Foundation awarded the Network a two-year grant to support projects increasing resources to School-Based Health Center (SBHCs) staffs. The Network will pay particular attention to projects engaging youth and community members in sexual health curriculums and services, reducing sexual health inequities, developing community and SBHC collaborations to support healthy sexuality/relationship education, and improving quality of youth sexual services.

     CVS – CVS Caremark Community Grants  (Deadline: 10/31/09)    
    The CVS Caremark Community Grants program awards funds to nonprofit organizations targeting children with disabilities, projects focusing on health and rehabilitation services, public schools promoting greater levels of inclusion in student activities and extracurricular activities, and projects that increase access to physical activity.

    Bristol-Myers Squibb – Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Community Grants Program (MA, NJ, NY, CT) (Deadline: Rolling)    
    Bristol-Myers Squibb helps support programs and organizations that improve public health, help children succeed in school, and assist people in communities where employees live and work. In particular, Bristol-Myers Squibb seeks to address unmet medical needs, reduce health disparities, improve education in schools and provide essential services to people in need through community programs. 

    KaBOOM! – KaBoom Community Partnership Grants  (Deadline: Rolling)    
    KaBOOM! is a national nonprofit that envisions a place for children to play within walking distance to local residences in North America. In order to achieve this, KaBOOM! has created ongoing opportunities for community organizations to build a new playground or skatepark.

    The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc. – Maryland Small Grant Program   (Deadline: Rolling)    
    In response to current economic challenges, the Foundation is seeking applicants from organizations that are focusing on addressing basic community needs such as health, family safety and food security. To ensure these needs are met, the Foundation will quickly review and respond to applications; most cases will only take 50 days.


    New Resources

    The newly released Child Trends report entitled  Children in Poverty: Trends, Consequences, and Policy Options identified that child poverty rates have risen between 2006 and 2007 such that there are now 13.3 million U.S. children living in poverty. This report assesses a variety of factors, which contribute to poverty, including immigrant and marital status of parents. Also, educational, social, emotional, economic and health outcomes of child poverty are identified. Finally, this report identifies implications for policy in order to ameliorate the effect of poverty on children.

    According to Intimate Partner Violence in Immigrant and Refugee Communities: Challenges, Promising Practices and Recommendations, a report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, existing research on immigrant and refugee families regarding intimate partner violence is flawed when groups are aggregated in a study, though it is expensive and difficult to study each individual population affected by violence. This report identified that intimate partner violence in immigrant and refugee communities is probably less compared to other communities. However, it is identified that certain immigrant and refugee characteristics can contribute to intimate partner violence such as immigrant status and language.  Given the research findings, this publication offers recommendations for funders so that their efforts can apply directly to immigrant and refugee communities.

    Crisis in the Kindergarten,  a report by the Alliance for Childhood, posits that child-initiated play should become reintegrated into kindergarten programs. The report identifies that during child-initiated play, motivation comes from within and the children learn to pursue their ideas while applying problem-solving mechanisms. However, these development paths are not being taken as most kindergartens now use prescriptive curricula to teach standardized test preparation. After assessing the research, the report offers recommendations for educators, health professionals, policy-makers and researchers to improve the quality of education and development available to children in kindergarten.

    The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy has released What Works 2009 – Curriculum-Based Programs that Prevent Teen Pregnancy. In this report, five effective program types are identified including curriculum-based education, community-wide programs, service-learning programs, parent programs, and youth development programs. In addition, specific characteristics that make these programs effective are identified. Finally, the report presents organizations that implement these effective methods with contact information for teens, parents, school officials and community members interested in preventing teen pregnancies.

    The second edition of Assisting Students with Disabilities – A Handbook for School Counselors has been released. This book emphasizes the role school of counselors in development of students with disabilities. This new edition offers resources on designing services for collaboration of service provision with other school staff and parents, for integrating the needs of each student with school counseling, and for gathering data on students.



    Job opportunities

    Alameda County Public Health – Early Childhood Program Specialist (SART) (Oakland, CA)
    The Alameda County Public Health Department is seeking a full-time Early Childhood Program Specialist within the Children’s Screening, Assessment, Referral and Treatment (SART) program. Responsibilities include providing specialized consultation and guidance for services addressing developmental and social-emotional concerns in children. Additionally, this position entails working with families to provide referral and linkage to other agencies and orienting and training providers. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://opportunityknocks.org/JobseekerX/ViewJob.asp?JobID=RHi4pePoEU%2FjegXvper98FrWmATs&Keywords=public+AND+health

    Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations – Policy Analyst (Washington, DC)
    The Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations is seeking Senior Policy Analyst to take leadership in implementing administrative, legislative and political strategies to further the Organization’s mission and goals. Responsibilities include maintaining relationships and communication with federal administrative policy makers and members of Congress, develop legislative and administrative strategies, monitor and assess the impact of federal and state legislative proposals, develop and implement strategies in health policy, and conduct/monitor media advocacy related to Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://opportunityknocks.org/JobSeekerX/ViewJob.asp?JobID=3jJsECvbXoc1FuOYywpwTGcNR0FJ&Keywords=health+AND+care

    Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health – Senior Development Associate (Palo Alto, CA)
    The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health is seeking a Senior Development Associate for the Lucile Packard Children’s Fund, the annual giving program benefiting Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. Responsibilities include managing and executing key activities of the Children’s Fund Direct Appeals program, including mail solicitations and telemarketing. Also, the position includes strategizing and thinking creatively to enhance Direct Appeals program. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://opportunityknocks.org/JobSeekerX/ViewJob.asp?JobID=wS8zgwgkPMpkV5NDVRO7Qt2iScPE&Keywords=health+AND+care

    Public Health Solutions – Clinical Case Manager (New York, NY)
    Public Health Solutions provides Ryan White funding to the New York City Human Resources Administration’s Office of Health and Mental Services to operate the Assessment and Referral Team where the clinical case manager will work. Responsibilities include conducting comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessments, facilitating linkage to appropriate services, monitoring client’s psychiatric and medical status, maintaining documentation of service delivery, and coordinating efforts with interns or undergraduate and graduate workers. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/333952-231

    Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids – Program Officer, International Grants Unit (Washington, DC)
    The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is seeking a program officer to manage a large portfolio of grants to NGOs, civil society groups, and governmental agencies around the world. This position requires communication with grantees, coordination of grantee activities, and identifying the technical assistance needs of grantees. For more information and to apply for this position, please visit http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/331486-313 

    Brookline Community Mental Health Center – Child Mental Health Clinician (Brookline, MA)
    Brookline Community Mental Health Center is seeking a mental health clinician that is skilled in working with children and adolescents. Some school-based work may be part of the clinician’s responsibilities as well. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/334645-61

    YMCAs (nationally) – Future Chief Executive Officers (Multiple locations)
    YMCA-USA is seeking Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) from business and other nonprofits. Over the next several years, the YMCA will be recruiting many new CEOs nationally, each with a responsibility of leading volunteers and teams to serve diverse and unique communities. Specifically, CEOs must establish and implement the mission and goals of YMCA, develop funding and programs, build service-oriented teams, engage a diverse volunteer base and oversee strategic needs. For more information or to apply to these positions, please visit http://philanthropy.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000598561-01

    Congressional Research Service – Analyst in Health Care Delivery and Services (Washington, DC)
    The Congressional Research Service, Domestic Social Policy Division, is seeking an Analyst to serve the United States Congress. The analyst will cover issues in the field of health care delivery systems and services, such as ambulatory and inpatient care. Candidates with a background in health policy, health care management, social sciences or health economics and candidates with clinical training or in health related fields are encouraged to apply. For more information and to apply, please visit http://www.nashp.org/_catdisp_page.cfm?LID=126

    Medomak Camp – Summer Camp Nurse (Washington, ME)
    Medomak, a summer camp for families and adults, is looking for a RN. Responsibilities include conducting basic health interviews with campers and staff, being on-call for and addressing medical needs and concerns, and ensuring compliance with medical protocols. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.nasn.org/Default.aspx?tabid=145

    Population Services International – Global Fund Program Manager (Washington, DC)
    The Global Fund Program Manager will be responsible for providing technical and program management assistant to Population Services International Global Fund projects. Responsibilities include providing technical assistance to field and headquarter staff, working with disease specific Principle Investigators and research staff, organize and facilitate Global Fund trainings, and establish and implement systems or policies to improve Global Fund operations. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://cfusion.sph.emory.edu/PHEC/phec.cfm

    Virginia Department of Health – State Health Assistant Commissioner (Richmond, VA)
    The Virginia Department of Health is seeking a State Health Assistant Commissioner to serve as the Director of the Office of Epidemiology. Responsibilities include managing federal and state expenditures and employees, organizing programmatic and administrative duties, managing staff, and providing technical assistance to local health departments. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://cfusion.sph.emory.edu/PHEC/phec.cfm

    Arizona’s Children Association – Prevention Educator (Tucson, AZ)
    The Arizona’s Children Association is looking for a Prevention Educator to provide sexual violence prevention education to youth in Southern Arizona and to adults who work with them. Responsibilities include planning, organizing and implementing educational tools for these target populations. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://cfusion.sph.emory.edu/PHEC/phec.cfm