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
- National Eye Institute -- Healthy Vision Community Awards
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute -- Targeted Approaches to Weight Control for Young Adults
- Staples Foundation for Learning -- Educational Support Grants
- The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc. -- Disenfranchised Children's Grants
- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation -- Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change Grants
- The Heckscher Foundation for Children -- Grants to Serve Youth (New York, NY)
New Resources
The Alliance for Health Reform’s recent briefing, Dental Health: Nurturing the Health Care System’s Neglected Stepchild, is now available online as a transcript and webcast. According to the report, while dental health is a vital part of maintaining overall health, many low-income children do not receive adequate dental treatment.
National Institute for Health Care Management Research and Educational Foundation is hosting a webinar, Encouraging Adolescents' Use of Recommended Health Care Services, on Thursday, August 28th. This webinar will explore current health plan efforts to increase adolescent well-child visit rates and provide age-appropriate preventive care to adolescents.
New from the Center
The Immigrant Children Survey is available online, and more responses leads to better data to share with you. This brief survey seeks information about the country of origin of the students you serve. Results will be posted on our website after the survey's conclusion.
Please take a moment to complete the survey at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=9KAKgoQU4fljeZNA8QbH_2bw_3d_3d.
Dina Birman, PhD, and graduate student Wing Yi Chan begin our series of papers that will address what is known about best practice in providing school-based mental health services to children of immigrants and refugees with this overview on screening and assessment tools.
Check out the issue brief at http://healthinschools.org/Immigrant%20and%20Refugee%20Children.aspx.
Important Topic
August is National Eye Exam Month
• The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools: Childhood Vision: What the Research Tells Us
• The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools: Childhood Vision: Public Challenges and Opportunities
• Optometrists Network: Pediatric Eye Exams and Vision Screenings
• American Academy of Ophthalmology: Children’s Eye Care
Upcoming Meetings
• Los Angeles, CA: Youth Issues 2008:Transforming Services, Transforming Communities. September 18-19, 2008. For more information, please visit http://www.californiateenhealth.org/conference_2008_home.asp
• Atlanta, GA: 14th Annual Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Conference. December 10-12, 2008. For more information, please visit http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/MCHEpi/2008/AboutConference.htm
• San Diego, CA: American Public Health Association’s 136th Annual Meeting & Exposition. October 25-29, 2008. For more information, please visit http://www.apha.org/meetings
Previously Posted Meetings
• Minneapolis, MN: Sixth National Conference on Quality Health Care for Culturally Diverse Populations. September 21-24, 2008. For more information, please visit http://www.diversityrxconference.org/
• Reno, NV: Supporting Children Living with Grief and Trauma-A Multidisciplinary Approach. October 8-9, 2008. For more information, please visit
http://www.sei2003.com/ovcttac2008/SupportingChildren.htm
Job Opportunities
Grant Alerts
National Eye Institute -- Healthy Vision Community Awards (Deadline: 8/29/08)
The Healthy Vision Community Awards Program is intended to stimulate collaborative initiatives that support the vision objectives in Healthy People 2010. The objectives address examinations and prevention, eye diseases, injury and safety, and vision rehabilitation.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute -- Targeted Approaches to Weight Control for Young Adults (Deadline: 9/10/08)
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Targeted Approaches to Weight Control for Young Adults program provides funding for cooperative agreements to conduct two-phase clinical research studies to develop, refine, and test innovative behavioral and/or environmental approaches for weight control in young adults at high risk for weight gain.
Staples Foundation for Learning -- Educational Support Grants (Deadline: 10/10/08)
The Staples Foundation for Learning aims to help local groups with programs and services that will positively impact their communities every day. The Educational Support Grants fund programs that support or provide job skills and/or education for all people, with a special emphasis on disadvantaged youth.
The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc. -- Disenfranchised Children's Grants (Deadline: Rolling)
The Mockingbird Foundation, Inc. is accepting applications for its Disenfranchised Children's Grants program. The purpose of this program is to support organizations that benefit children, particularly disenfranchised children, including those with low skill levels, income, or education; with disabilities or terminal illnesses; and in foster homes, shelters, hospitals, prisons, or other remote or isolated situations.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation -- Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change Grants (Deadline: 9/18/08)
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Finding Answers: Disparities Research for Change Grants seek to improve the quality of health care provided to patients from racial and ethnic backgrounds likely to experience disparities.
The Heckscher Foundation for Children -- Grants to Serve Youth (New York, NY) (Deadline: Rolling)
The Heckscher Foundation for Children’s Grants to Serve Youth promote the welfare of children, primarily in New York City. Funding is available for organizations serving youth in the fields of education, family services, job training, health, arts and recreation. The Foundation’s giving takes the form of program support, capacity-building, capital projects and general operating support.
News Alert
Commonwealth Fund Report Finds Wide Variations Among States in Child Health System Performance
A recent Commonwealth Fund report, U.S. Variations in Child Health System Performance: A State Scorecard found wide variations in state performance when measuring 13 indicators across the 5 categories of access, quality, costs, equity and health outcomes for children’s health systems.
New Resources
According to a briefing by the Alliance for Health Reform titled Dental Health: Nurturing the Health Care System’s Neglected Stepchild, more than 100 million Americans have no insurance to help cover dental needs. With SCHIP reauthorization on the horizon and the chance that provisions for dental care from last year’s vetoed SCHIP proposal may be revived, oral health issues are front and center.
The National Institute for Health Care Management Research and Educational Foundation’s webinar, Encouraging Adolescents' Use of Recommended Health Care Services, will be held on August 28th. Topics to be covered include ways for health care providers to utilize social marketing, the use of commercial marketing principles to change behavior to benefit society and individuals, and how mobile technology applications, which are commonly used by adolescents, can be used to send health care reminders to adolescents and improve provider-patient communications outside of the medical setting.
Job Opportunities
Grantmakers for Children, Youth, and Families – Program Associate (Silver Spring, MD)
Grantmakers for Children, Youth, and Families is seeking a Program Associate with a background in children’s issues, excellent organizational and writing skills, and meticulous attention to detail who will support the organization’s programming.
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.gcyf.org/whatsnew/whatsnew_show.htm?doc_id=654393.
Youth Villages – Specialized Crisis Counselor (Johnson City, TN)
Youth Village’s Specialized Crisis Services are designed to respond to psychiatric emergencies for children and youth up to age 18 and provide in-the-moment crisis counseling to children and families with a wide variety of psychiatric needs. The Specialized Crisis Counselor will train staff intensively in conducting assessment, crisis management, in-home treatment, and respite care. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit
http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/303728-84.
Brighton Allston Mental Health Association – School Based Clinician (Brighton, MA)
The Brighton Allston Mental Health Association is seeking an independently licensed mental health clinician to further develop school-based, fee-for-service practices for a dynamic, growth oriented community mental health center. The position offers the opportunity to coordinate with established school-agency partnerships with ready made, partial caseloads. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/301748-58.
Harlem Children’s Zone – Physical Activities Coordinator for Obesity Initiative (New York, NY)
The Harlem Children’s Zone is currently seeking a Physical Activities Coordinator for their Obesity Initiative. The Obesity Initiative is an effort to identify, develop and implement what will become best practices. Essential duties and responsibilities include planning physical activities for children and adolescents, as well as their families, and instructing participants in activities and techniques designed to meet their specific physical needs.
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/303324-276.
City of Berkeley Public Health Division – Public Health Nurse Supervisors (Berkeley, CA)
The City of Berkeley’s public health department is seeking Public Health Nursing Supervisors. Each Public Health Nurse Supervisor will assume an active leadership role in program planning, development, implementation and evaluation of public health priority areas, and provide supervision for clinical, case management, communicable disease, and other Public Health nursing activities.
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://careers.apha.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=2943900&keywords=%22nursing%22.
Georgetown University Hospital – Pediatric Nurse Manager (Washington, DC)
Georgetown University Hospital's Department of Pediatrics is seeking a Pediatric Nurse Manager to join its outpatient service. The nurse manager will be responsible for the operational nursing management and supervision of staff in our busy multi-specialty setting. As an integral member of the Pediatric management team, the nurse manager will plan and direct nursing activities consistent with departmental objectives and regulatory compliance. As a practicing clinician and supervisor, the nurse manager will regularly interact with patients and families to ensure optimum patient experience and high employee satisfaction. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.washingtonpost.com/wl/jobs/JS_JobSearchDetail?jobid=26678286&jobSummaryIndex=0&agentID=&xfeed=1&wpsrc=AG0000769&GCID=C17812x014-AG0000769&KEYWORD=sponsored_jobs.
