Weekly Insider May 01-May 07 2007

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.

Important topics

May 9 is National School Nurse Day

• National School Nurse Day -- "Healthy Children Learn Better"
  http://www.nasn.org/Portals/0/about/07_National_SN_Day_Release.pdf
• Resources from the National Association of School Nurses
  http://www.nasn.org/Default.aspx?tabid=70

May is National Physical Education and Sports Month

• From the American Heart Association: How to Limit Tube Time and Get Your Kids Moving
  http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3033902
• A Position Statement from the National Association for Sport and Physical Education: Appropriate Practices for High School Physical Education
  http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/peappropriatepractice/AppropriatePracticesforHS.pdf
• From the CDC’s School Health Policies and Programs Study: Fact Sheet for Physical Education and Activity
  http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/shpps/factsheets/pdf/pe.pdf
• From the American Academy of Pediatrics: Sports Injury Prevention Tips
  http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/aprsportsinjurytips.htm

• Ellicott City, MD: The School Health Interdisciplinary Program Conference. July 23-26, 2007. For more information please visit
  http://csmha.umaryland.edu/conf_meet/ship/index.html
  
  
• Chicago, IL: Society for Nutrition Education Conference. July 28-August 1, 2007. For more information please visit http://www.sne.org/conference/index.html
  
  
• Amelia Island, FL: 3rd Symposium on Addictive and Health Behaviors Research. September 24-25, 2007. For more information please visit http://www.apha.org/programs/pubhealthcalendar/3rd+
  Symposium+on+Addictive+and+Health+Behaviors+Research.htm

• Minneapolis, MN: 2007 American Association of School Administrators Summer Leadership Institute. July 19-22, 2007. For more information please visit
  http://aasa.org/
  
  
• Rosemont, IL: 2007 National Forum for Initial and Advanced Implementers of School-Wide Positive Behavior Supports. October 11-12, 2007. For more information please visit http://www.pbis.org/files/Forum_Web/forum07_main.htm
  
  
• Washington, DC: National Prevention and Health Promotion Summit: Creating a Culture of Wellness. November 27-29, 2007. For more information please visit http://www.cdc.gov/cochp/conference/registration.htm

Grant alerts

GE Healthcare -- Healthy Lives Program  (Deadline: 8/01/07)
GE Healthcare is accepting applications for its Healthy Lives Program. The purpose of this program is to support programs that focus on childhood obesity.

Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust -- Health Care Division Grants (North Carolina)  (Deadline: 9/17/07)
The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust is accepting applications for its Health Care Division Grants program. The purpose of this program is to serve the health and medical needs of underserved groups.

The Abell Foundation -- Health and Human Service Grants (Maryland)  (Deadline: 8/01/07)
The Abell Foundation is accepting applications for its Health and Human Service Grants program. The purpose of this program is to support initiatives that focus on societal issues such as children’s health, child support, child abuse and neglect, teenage parenting, and domestic violence.

The American Legion Child Welfare Foundation -- General Children’s Welfare Grants  (Deadline: 7/15/07)
The American Legion Child Welfare Foundation is accepting applications for its general children’s grants program. The purpose of this program is to support initiatives that improve knowledge about physical, mental, emotional and spiritual welfare of children in communities.

The Baxter International Foundation -- Children’s Health Grants  (Deadline: 6/27/07)
The Baxter International Foundation is accepting applications for its Children’s Health Grants program. The Foundation supports programs that focus on children’s health issues such as nutrition, mental health, and access to healthcare.

Institute of Mental Hygiene -- Early Childhood Mental Health Grant Program (New Orleans, LA)  (Deadline: 5/30/07)
The Institute of Mental Hygiene is accepting applications for its Early Childhood Mental Health Grant Program. The purpose of this program is to strengthen and sustain policies, programs, and providers that focus on early childhood and increase the number of children ready for kindergarten by building their social and behavioral skills.