Weekly Insider 04.09.2008
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 fifth annual edition of F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America was recently released by The Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. According to the report, the childhood obesity rate remained level between 2003-2004 and 2005-2006 after years of increases.
Tipping the Scales, a recent study sponsored by The Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation and conducted by The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, highlights the childhood obesity crisis in Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire and the need for national, state, and community solutions.
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
Important Topic
Backpack Safety Q & A: American Academy of Pediatrics
Backpack Safety Tips : American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
Backpack Safety: KidsHealth.org
Upcoming Meetings
Los Angeles, CA: California Adolescent Health Conference 2008. September 18-19, 2008.For more information, please visit http://www.californiateenhealth.org/conference_2008_home.asp
Chicago, IL: Safe and Secure Schools: Superintendents Lead the Way. October 8-10, 2008.For more information, please visit
http://aasa.org/conferences/iMisEventDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=10374
Lawrence, KS: The Kansas Conference in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology:Translating Research into Practice. October 16-18, 2008.For more information, please visit http://www.continuinged.ku.edu/programs/ccap/
Previously Posted Meetings
San Diego, CA: Association of Family Practice Physician Assistants Fall CME Conference and Exhibition. October 29-November 1, 2008. For more information, please visit http://www.afppa.org/
Tucson, AZ: Protective Schools Revisited: Tapping into the Power of School Culture. October 20-21, 2008. For more information, please visit http://www.protectiveschools.org/.
Las Vegas, NV: International Association for Truancy and Dropout Prevention. October 12-16, 2008. For more information, please visit http://www.iatdp.org/new_site/conference2008.html.
Job Opportunities
Milwaukee Public Schools – Nutrition Technician (Milwaukee, WI)
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation - Research Officer, Regulatory Affairs Washington, DC)
Fremont Community Health Services – Executive Director (Minneapolis, MN)
Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine – Director of Nutrition Policy (Washington, DC)
YWCA of White Plains – Encore Plus Program Director (White Plains, NY)
Tenacity, Inc. – Grants Manager (Boston, MA)
Grant Alerts
Autism Speaks -- Family Service Community Grants (Deadline: 9/26/08)
Autism Speaks is accepting applications for its Family Service Community Grants program. Grant proposals must aim to build the field of services for individuals with autism and expand the capacity to effectively serve this growing community.
The Delta Dental Foundation -- Community Mini-Grant Program (MI, OH, IN)(Deadline: 9/30/08)
The Delta Dental Foundation’s Community Mini-Grant Program provides funding to assist in addressing the oral health needs of children in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. Special consideration will be given to those applicants whose programs focus on improving the oral health of low-income children.
North Carolina Campus Compact -- Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Challenge Grants
(Deadline: 9/15/08)
North Carolina Campus Compact’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service Challenge Grants promote the 2009 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. This Day of Service honors the life of Dr. King. Service projects are selected based on requests of local community agencies or schools, placing priority on projects with the greatest need for completion.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation -- Partners Investing in Nursing’s Future
(Deadline: 10/2/08)
Partners Investing in Nursing's Future, a collaboration between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Northwest Health Foundation, addresses nursing issues at the community level through funding partnerships with local and regional foundations.
The Sparkplug Foundation -- Education Seed Money Grant (Deadline 9/15/08)
The Sparkplug Foundation aims to support projects that deal with "the whole student" and with learning as a community activity. In the past, this has included literacy projects that bring parents & kids together to learn, projects that use a neighborhood as a classroom, and projects that help teachers share ideas about creative, relevant curricula.
Foundation for Child Development -- Young Scholars Program (Deadline: 11/5/08)
The Foundation for Child Development (FCD) provides fellowship support through its Young Scholars Program. The goals of the FCD Young Scholars Program are to: (1) Stimulate both basic and policy-relevant research about the early education, health and well-being of children living in immigrant families from birth to age ten, particularly those who are living in low-income families, and (2) Support young investigators - from the behavioral and social sciences or in an allied professional field - who are untenured but in tenure-track positions or who have received tenure in the last four years from a college or university in the United States.
News Alerts
Annual Increases in Diagnosed Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Cases from 1997-2006
A new report based on data from the National Health Information Survey (NHIS) details the prevalence of ADHD and Learning Disability (LD) in US children ages 6-17 based on various demographic and socioeconomic factors. In 2006, approximately 4.7% of all US children 6-17 years of age had ADHD without LD, 4.9% had LD without ADHD and 3.7% had both conditions.There has been a 3% average annual increase in ADHD cases (ADHD alone and with LD) each year from 1997 to 2006.
Children's Needs for Mental Health Care Reported by National Survey; Significant Differences Between US Boys and Girls in Use of Services Identified
Data from the CDC 2005-2006 National Health Information Survey (NHIS) highlights high levels of parental concerns about their children's mental health issues and documents differences between boys and girls ages 4-17 in the use of prescription medication and other mental health services. Parents of boys were more likely to have spoken with a health care provider or school staff about their child’s emotional, behavioral or attention difficulties over the past year (17.6% of boys compared with 11.2% of girls).
New Resources
The Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s recent report, F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America, tracks trends in obesity related rates and policies. According to the report, much progress has been made during the past five years to bring attention to the obesity problem, and many communities and states have taken action to provide programs which make physical activity and good nutrition more accessible. At the same time, the report concludes that until wide adoption of these programs occurs and steady funding is available, only limited progress will be made.
Tipping the Scales, a report sponsored the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundations’s Growing Up Healthy initiative, describes the childhood obesity epidemic in Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. According to the report, while surveys show that New Englanders in general have slightly healthier eating and exercise habits than average Americans, the difference is not enough to have a significant impact on the childhood obesity rate. The report lays out steps that must be taken to reverse increasing childhood obesity levels and provides specific information on each state.
Job Opportunities
Milwaukee Public Schools – Nutrition Technician (Milwaukee, WI)
Milwaukee Public Schools is seeking a Nutrition Technician to plan the Head Start nutrition program in accordance with Head Start performance standards and work in coordination with the Division of School Nutrition Services. Essential duties including planning the nutrition program and maintaining production records, meal counts and menus.
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.publichealthjobs.net/search/detail.cfm?jobID=6688.
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation – Research Officer, Regulatory Affairs (Washington, DC)
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation fights to prevent pediatric HIV infection and eradicate pediatric AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment programs, and currently supports programs for children and families in 18 countries around the world. Regulatory Affairs Research Officer duties including serving as a central resource for regulatory and human subject issues for Foundation personnel conducting clinical, basic, and operations research in the US and internationally.
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit http://www.publichealthjobs.net/search/detail.cfm?jobID=6774.
Fremont Community Health Services – Executive Director (Minneapolis, MN)
Fremont Community Health Services (FCHS) is a federally-qualified community health center providing comprehensive primary health care to low-income, uninsured and insured people of all ages. FCHS is seeking an Executive Director to lead and direct FCHS in achieving its mission, strategic direction, and goals, among other duties. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit
http://www.publichealthjobs.net/search/detail.cfm?jobID=6761.
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine – Director of Nutrition Policy (Washington, DC)
The Physicans Committee for Responsible Medicine is seeking a Director of Nutrition Policy to oversee the activities of the nutrition department and focus in particular on implementing campaigns to promote vegetarian diets and to effect change in federal nutrition policy. Duties will include reviewing existing outreach tools and practices and looking for ways to improve them.
For more information and to apply to this position, please visit
http://careers.apha.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=2970296.
YWCA of White Plains – Encore Plus Program Director (White Plains, NY)
The YWCA of White Plains & Central Westchester’s mission is to eliminate racism and empower woman. The YWCA is seeking a Program Director for the Encore Plus Program. Responsibilities will include conducting community outreach educational seminars for Women of Color with a concentration on Breast/Cervical Cancer, overseeing the planning, development and implementation & evaluation of community based women’s health education activities, program development, grant writing, and performing all necessary record keeping for the ENCORE plus program. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit
http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/308450-326.
Tenacity, Inc. – Grants Manager (Boston, MA)
Tenacity, Inc. is a year round youth development organization that offers free literacy and tennis instruction to over 5,000 Boston youth in the summer and intensive after-school programs throughout the school year. The Grants Manager will be responsible for all grant-related activities that create and nourish support for Tenacity, Inc. and its programs. For more information and to apply to this position, please visit
http://www.tenacity.org/ABOUTUS/JOINOURTEAM/EmploymentGrantsManager/tabid/2524/Default.aspx.