Weekly Insider 03.12.2008
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
Because children are more likely than adults to get the flu and spread the virus to others, the National Association of School Nurses has launched a new campaign, Don't Get Sidelined By The Flu, to help school nurses educate parents and students about seasonal influenza.
The Society for Research in Child Development’s social policy report brief, The Family Dinner Table: Implications for Children’s Health and Wellbeing, summarizes recent research and corresponding policy implications surrounding family eating habits.
To accurately represent the financial needs of families, the Economic Policy Institute has created the Family Budget Calculator to determine the basic income needed to sustain various types of families based on state and community of residence.
New from the Center
For educators and health professionals seeking to support immigrant and refugee children and their families, the 2008 Issue Brief: Screening and Assessing Immigrant and Refugee Youth in School-Based Mental Health Programs provides background on both the issues and tools that can be helpful.
Important Topic
Medication Management in Schools
Medication Management at School: The Center for Health and Health Care in SchoolsStudy Finds Dramatic Increase in Use of Medication for Chronic Illnesses among Children: The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
Medication Management Resources: The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools
ADHD Medication Management Information: National Initiative for Children’s Healthcare Quality Medication Management in Children and Adolescents: Information for Teachers: Maryland School Mental Health AllianceUpcoming Meetings
Previously Posted Meetings
- National Harbor, MD: 20th National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control: Cultivating Healthy Communities. February 23-25, 2009. For more information, please visit http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/conference/
Job opportunities
Kent County Health Department – Public Health Nutritionist (Grand Rapids, MI)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Obesity Center and PolicyLink Center for Health and Place – Associate Director (Oakland, CA)
The Village for Families and Children, Inc. – Child Psychiatrist (Hartford, CT)
Society for Public Health Education – Project Coordinator (Washington, DC)
The Second Step, Inc. – Child and Family Service Coordinator (Newtonville, MA)
Grant Alerts
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) - Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities (Deadline: 2/3/09)
The Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities program focuses on implementing healthy eating and active living projects in communities across the United States with special emphasis on reaching children who are at highest risk for obesity on the basis of race/ethnicity, income and/or geographic location. RWJF will award grants to increase opportunities for physical activity and to improve access to affordable healthy foods for children and families.
Share Our Strength - Great American Dine Out Grants (Deadline: 1/16/09)
Restaurants across the United States donated a percentage of their sales to fund grants working to end childhood hunger. Grants are available to organizations working to: increase access to food for children and their families, educate families about nutrition, improve knowledge about food and nutrition programs available and strengthen community resources connecting children to food and nutrition programs.
Fiskars - Project Orange Thumb (Deadline: 2/17/09)
Project Orange Thumb encourages creative expression in gardening by providing grants to efforts geared toward sustainable agriculture, neighborhood beautification and community involvement.
United States Tennis Association (USTA) - USTA Serves Foundation (Deadline: 3/15/09)
The mission of the United States Tennis Association is to support, monitor and promote programs that enhance the lives of underserved children through the integration of tennis and education. The USTA Serves Foundation awards grants to organizations that support efforts in tennis and education to help disadvantaged, at-risk youth and people.
Captain Planet Foundation - Healthy Environment Grants (Deadline: 3/31/09)
The Captain Planet Foundation’s Healthy Environment Grants focus on hands-on involvement to build a healthy environment and promote an understanding of environmental issues.
New York Road Runners Foundation - Mighty Milers Live, Learn, and Play Grants (Deadline: 2/2/09)
The New York Road Runners Foundation’s Mighty Milers program gives kids the opportunity and encouragement to get moving, release energy, improve their fitness and health, set and strive for individual goals, and bond with their schoolmates. The Mighty Milers Live, Learn and Play Grant Program seeks to assist schools that share the vision of making running a part of every child’s school day.
News AlertsReview of Studies on Media Exposure Finds Links to Negative Health Outcomes for Children
A comprehensive, yet non-peer reviewed, study released this week from CommonSenseMedia and the National Institutes of Health and finds that 80% of studies examining the relationship between children and adolescent’s exposure to media and health outcomes report a negative association between the two. The researchers reviewed over 1800 studies but focused on 173 studies of high-quality released in the past 28 years investigated links between media exposure and childhood obesity, tobacco, drug and alcohol use, low academic achievement, sexual behavior and attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity.
New Resources
The National Association of School Nurse’s Don’t Get Sidelined By The Flu campaign is designed to help school nurses prevent seasonal influenza outbreaks in schools. All materials are available in Spanish and English, and include a how-to guide, flyer, fact sheet, advisory letters, newsletter that can be personalized for your school and more.
The Family Dinner Table: Implications for Children’s Health and Wellbeing is a report brief published by the Society for Research in Child Development. According to the brief, children who participate in regular family mealtimes display higher levels of academic achievement than those who don’t, and are more likely to eat fruits, vegetables, and low-calorie and low-fat meals. This two-page brief is easy to read and can provide families and policy makers with information to develop and support healthy eating habits.
Most researchers agree the federal poverty line income is generally not sufficient to support the majority of families. In addition, because the cost of living differs greatly across the U.S., the income needed by families also varies. The Economic Policy Institute’s Family Budget Calculator takes into account family type, state, and specific geographic area to calculate the budget needed to sustain a family. It is important to note that the calculated budget is very basic, and includes only food, shelter, clothing, and transportation to work and school.
Job opportunities
Kent County Health Department – Public Health Nutritionist (Grand Rapids, MI)
The Kent County Health Department has an opening for a Public Health Nutritionst. This position provides broad based, community-focused nutrition programs, presentations and dietary consultation to Kent County residents, schools, worksites and community organizations. The Public Health Nutritionist will be responsible for developing, planning and implementing programs and strategies to improve children's nutrition and physical activity status in local schools.
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.publichealthjobs.net/search/detail.cfm?jobID=7273
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Obesity Center and PolicyLink Center for Health and Place – Associate Director (Oakland, CA)
PolicyLink, in partnership with The Arkansas Center for Health Improvement, has established the new Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity. The Associate Director will work closely with and report to the Director of the PolicyLink Center for Health and Place and will assist in the design and coordination of RWJF’s Center to Prevent Childhood Obesity’s strategic partnership functions located at PolicyLink.
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit
http://www.policylink.org/JobOpportunities.html#AssociateDirRWJF
The Village for Families and Children, Inc. – Child Psychiatrist (Hartford, CT)
The Village for Families and Children, Inc. is seeking a Child Psychiatrist who will be responsible for the provision, coordination and oversight of psychiatric care for children in specific programs. Clinical responsibilities consist of providing psychiatric assessment, evaluation, psychopharmacological follow up and monitoring of children’s treatment.
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit
http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/319964-195
Society for Public Health Education – Project Coordinator (Washington, DC)
The Society for Public Health Education is seeking a Project Coordinator. Responsibilities include helping plan and provide technical assistance to national partners to support the initiatives of the CDC’s Healthy Communities program and working with staff and grantees from Y-USA, the National Recreation and Parks Association, the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, and the National Association of City and County Health Officials to help accomplish policy and environmental changes that support healthy lifestyles.
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit
http://www.publichealthjobs.net/search/detail.cfm?jobID=7289
The Second Step, Inc. – Child and Family Service Coordinator (Newtonville, MA)
The Second Step, Inc. is seeking a Child and Family Service Coordinator who will be responsible for establishing and creating a supportive educational and emotional environment for residents of The Second Step. Duties include acting as a liason with community service providers to secure resources and services for children/families including: day care, camp, school, after-school programs, parent education, counseling, medical, legal and dental care.
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/315612-44
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