Weekly Insider Jul 30-Aug 05 2008

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 Every Child Matters Education Fund recently released the 2nd edition of Homeland Insecurity…Why Children Must Be a Priority in the 2008 Presidential Campaign. According to the report, the United States is at or near the bottom of most key child well-being indicators when compared to other leading industrialized nations.

Highlighting the regional and state differences in health care coverage, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics released the report, State, Regional, and National Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage for People Under 65 Years of Age.

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New from the Center

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

Thank you to those who have already completed our Immigrant Children Survey! The survey is still available online, and more responses will lead 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


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Important Topic

Separation Anxiety in Children
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Upcoming 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/.
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Previously Posted Meetings

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Grant Alerts

Tony Cox Community Fund -- HIV Community Fund (Deadline: 9/12/08) Cable Positive’s Tony Cox HIV Community Fund is a national grant program that exists to encourage community-based AIDS service organizations and cable outlets to partner in joint community outreach efforts, or to produce and distribute new, locally focused HIV/AIDS-related programs and public service announcements.

The David and Lucille Packard Foundation -- Preschool for California's Children (Deadline: Rolling) The goal of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s Preschool for California's Children program is to secure high-quality preschool opportunities for all three- and four-year-olds in the state by expanding and strengthening statewide advocacy efforts and engaging a diverse cross-section of groups in support of preschool (including the business sector, organized labor, communities of color, and K–12 and early educators.

U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration -- Mental Health Services Block Grant (Deadline: 9/4/08) The U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s Community Mental Health Services (CMHS) Block Grant is dedicated to improving mental health service systems across the country.

The CIGNA Foundation -- Targeted Grant (Deadline: Rolling) The CIGNA Foundation makes Targeted Grants to organizations working in five core concern areas. These areas are, (1) the health of women, children and families, (2)obesity awareness and prevention, (3) patient/doctor communications and health literacy, (4) elimination of gender and ethnic disparities in health care, and (5) the connection between a healthy mind and a healthy body.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) -- Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Awards Program (Deadline: 9/12/08) The U.S. EPA Indoor Air Quality Tools for Schools Awards Program was initiated to recognize schools and school districts that have demonstrated a strong commitment to improving children's health by promoting good indoor air quality (IAQ) practices.

Ford Motor Company -- Ford Fund (Deadline: Rolling) Ford Motor Company’s Ford Fund supports initiatives and institutions that enhance and improve opportunities for those who live in the communities where Ford Motor Company operates. Funding is provided in three major areas: Education, Auto-Related Safety Education and Community Development.
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News Alert

CDC Reports Trend Towards Reduced Sexual Risk Behaviors Among High School Has Leveled Off
A recent CDC analysis published in the August 1, 2008 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports found that while significant improvements were reported in reducing sexual risk related behavior among US high school students from 1991-2007, a further analysis found that no significant changes were made during the 2005-2007 time period.

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 New Resources
As reported by the Every Child Matters Education Fund in Homeland Insecurity...Why Children Must Be A Priority in the 2008 Presidential Campaign, there are wide variations in child well-being across the industrialized world and among the 50 U.S. states. Many U.S. children are challenged by problems that should not exist in the world’s wealthiest nation— poor health care, child abuse, imprisonment, inadequate school readiness, lack of after school care, and poverty.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistic’s report on Regional and State Differences in Health Insurance Coverage, the percentage of children under 18 years of age who were uninsured from 2004-2006 ranged from 3.7 percent in Massachusetts to 18.7 percent in Texas.  Nationally, 67.8 percent of the population under age 65 in the United States had private health insurance, whereas 13.2 percent had insurance through Medicaid or the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and 3.4 percent had other types of public coverage, leaving 16.6 percent uninsured during the 2004-2006 period.


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Job Opportunities

Louisiana Office of Public Health - Adolescent School Health Program Monitor (LA)
The Adolescent School Health Program Monitor is assigned to the Center for Preventive Health Services in the Louisiana Office of Public Health (OPH) and serves communities and/or sponsoring agencies that operate School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs).  The Program Monitor is responsible for training school health center sponsors on OPH policies and procedures, planning and implementing SBHCs, and being an integral participating member of the Adolescent School Health Center Network.
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://mchtulane.wordpress.com/2008/07/28/adolescent-school-health-program/.

St. Luke’s Health System – Mother Baby Care Unit Registered Nurse (Boise, ID)
St. Luke’s Health System has an opening for a Mother Baby Care Unit Registered Nurse. The RN is responsible for identifying patient needs and priorities for care through assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation. The RN is also responsible for coordinating care between other professional disciplines as needed. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://careers.apha.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=2943307.

Scripps Health – Maternal and Child Health Registered Nurse (La Jolla, CA)
Scripps Health is seeking a Maternal and Child Health Nurse to provide patient care, including assessment, planning and implementing a plan of care and evaluating patient’s progress towards expected outcomes. The RN takes primary responsibility for the patient’s care as delivered by the care team under his/her supervision and works collaboratively with the other members of the patient care team to ensure optimal patient care. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://careers.apha.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=2948220.

University of California, San Diego – Assistant Vice Chancellor of School Wellness (San Diego, CA)
The University of California, San Diego is seeking an Assistant Vice Chancellor of School Wellness to shape the future direction of the current Student Affairs Wellness Initiative and complete the reorganization and integration of the Student Wellness Cluster. The Assistant Vice Chancellor of Student Wellness will play two vital roles on the UC San Diego campus: overseeing, organizing and bridging the staffing, programs and resources among several departments that constitute the Wellness Cluster; and leading the university in creating a strong and active wellness culture at UC San Diego that enables all enrolled students to flourish while developing lifelong wellness self-management skills. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/300974-228.

Liquori and Associates/School Food FOCUS - School Food Learning Lab Manager (New York, NY)
School Food FOCUS aims to enable school food programs in large, urban school districts to redirect their food purchasing towards foods that are healthier, grown more locally and under more sustainable practices. FOCUS is seeking a manager to be a part of a project that is looking to have a positive and healthy impact on the way kids eat at school. Responsibilities include incorporating project mission, goals, and operating principles into daily work, and leading development of the demand-side analysis and its integration with the supply-side data to inform district-level procurement change. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.publichealthjobs.net/search/detail.cfm?jobID=6578.

Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania - Family Empowerment Satisfaction Team Advocate (Norristown, PA)
The Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania’s Family Empowerment Satisfaction Team Advocate is responsible for developing and maintaining tools to measure satisfaction of families whose children have emotional or behavioral concerns and who are navigating the public child-serving systems: i.e. behavioral health, drug and alcohol, juvenile justice, education and child welfare. The Family Advocate is also responsible for reporting satisfaction to funders, providers, families and youth.
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/301757-328.

Unity Health Care/Eastern High School Health Center - Health Educator/Project Assistant (Washington, DC)
The Eastern High School Health Center, run by Unity Health Care, is seeking a part-time Health Educator/Project Assistant.  Responsibilities include assisting with weekly reproductive health workshops, administration/analysis of pre-post test surveys, and teaching segments of the workshops (optional), as well as other pregnancy prevention related activities.  The Health Educator/Project Assistant will also enhance and maintain educational resources in clinic, including brochures in exam rooms and the health education bulletin board in waiting room.
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.gwumc.edu/sphhs/studentres/careers/jobs/jobs.cfm?job=HealthEducatorProjectAssistant_0E5D.