What's New
NASBHC Web Conference: Managing Asthma: April 25
& May 9, 2006
NASBHC Web
Conference: Motivational Interviewing: April 26,
2006
Rocky Mountain Chapter SAM Annual Meeting: April 26, 2006
Conference Call: SBHC Providers,
Legal Requirements in CO: May 2, 2006
Teen Motor Vehicle Safety Symposium for SBHC Staff,
May 4,2006
NASBHC Annual Convention in Portland OR, June 15-17, 2006
CASBHC Annual Conference Dates Set for September 20-21, 2006
Inhalants Cited as Major Child Drug Problem
Why Children Are Obese and What to Do About
Health Care Spending Reaches New High
CDC Cites Changes in Recommended Immunizations
ADHD Gets Attention from Parents, Government
Funding Information
Medica
Foundation Behavioral Health and Racial
Disparities Grant
Do Something
GameStop Youth Grants
Department of Agriculture
National Research Initiative, Human Nutrition
and Obesity
The Annenberg Foundation
Health, Education & Youth Grants
Legislative Update
House Bill 1396, SBHC Funding
Web Resources
Links to valuable web resources
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Rocky Mountain Chapter SAM Annual Meeting: April 26,
2006
The Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Society for Adolescent
Medicine will celebrate its 25th anniversary at the
annual dinner meeting on Wednesday, April 26, 2006, at
The Wellshire Inn. The festivities will include dinner
and presentation of the 2006 Kathleen Ann Mullen Award
to David W. Wells, MD. Dr. Wells is Medical Director,
Division of Youth Corrections, CDHS. For questions
regarding the event, contact Carole Duncan at
303-868-0019 or
dunroit@comcast.net. |
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"Scope of Practice for Mental Health Providers in
SBHCs: Understanding Legal Requirements in Colorado" is
the topic of the NASBHC and CASBHC- sponsored conference
call, 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. Abigail English, Director for
Center Adolescent Health and the Law, reports her
findings on the scope of practice acts and Colorado laws
governing physicians, NPs, PAs, nurses, social workers,
psychologists, and licensed professional counselors.
Contact Barbara Ford, CASBHC Executive Director, for
registration information, 303-399-6380 or
ford@casbhc.org. |
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Teen Motor Vehicle Safety Symposium for SBHC Staff:
May 4, 2006
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
will host Symposium: SBHCs Supporting
Teen Motor Vehicle Safety. The event will be at the
Tennyson Center, 2950 Tennyson Street, Room G, in
Denver, from 2 - 4 p.m. SBHC administrators and
clinicians are urged to attend. RSVP to Robin
Rocke at 303-692-2371 or
robin.rocke@state.co.us |
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The dates for the Colorado Association for School-Based Health Care's 4th annual conference have been set for September 20 and 21, 2006. This year's
topic will be Motivational Interviewing. The event
will be held at the REI Flagship store, at 14th & Platte Streets in Denver. Stay tuned for details. |
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Inhalants Cited as Major Child Drug Problem
For the 14th year, the National Inhalant Prevention Coalition is calling attention to use of inhalants by young children as a major and often fatal drug problem. For complete story,
see
www.healthinschools.org/2006/march16b_alert.asp. |
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Why Children Are Obese and What to Do About
The Spring 2006 issue of the ongoing Future of Children series is devoted to childhood obesity, with chapters on the potential causes and consequences of childhood overweight and the roles of various players in children's lives in either causing the problems or intervening to prevent them.
For complete story, see
www.healthinschools.org/2006/march15_alert.asp. |
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Health Care Spending Reaches New High
National health care spending grew 7.9 percent in 2004, compared to 8.2 percent in 2003, with a slight easing of recent growth in spending for prescription drugs, the federal government reported today. For complete story, see
www.healthinschools.org/2006/jan9a_alert.asp. |
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CDC Cites Changes in Recommended Immunizations
The director of the National Immunization Program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today pointed to the changes in this year's Childhood and Adolescent Immunization Schedule, which was released last week. For complete story, see
www.healthinschools.org/2006/jan9b_alert.asp |
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ADHD Gets Attention from Parents, Government
The National Consumers League and the manufacturer of a drug used in treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder today announced a new website aimed at helping parents understand their treatment options once ADHD has been diagnosed. For complete story, see
www.healthinschools.org/2006/march20_alert.asp. |
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Medica Foundation Behavioral Health and Racial
Disparities Grant Program
The Medica Foundation funds community-based programs and
initiatives that can provide sustainable, measurable
improvements in the availability, access, and quality of
healthcare. There are two funding priorities for 2006:
1) Behavioral Health: Filling the Gaps, a program that
develops capabilities or changes processes related to
behavioral health care service interventions,
accessibility, and sustainability; and 2) Reducing
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care and/or
Enhancing Cultural Competency, a program that identifies
gaps in health care for diverse populations and develops
programming related to the identified racial and ethnic
disparities. Deadline: April 28, 2006. For complete program information and application guidelines, go to
www.healthinschools.org/grants/ops589.asp |
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Do Something GameStop Youth Grants
Do Something's GameStop Youth grants will be given to
creative proposals for solving local problems in three
areas: health, community building, and the environment.
Deadline: May 15, 2006. For more information, go to
www.healthinschools.org/grants/ops590.asp. |
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Department of Agriculture National Research
Initiative: Human Nutrition and Obesity:
The Department of Agriculture's Cooperative State
Research, Education, and Extension Service supports the
National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program
to fund research on key problems of national and
regional importance in biological, environmental,
physical and social sciences relevant to agriculture,
food, the environment, and communities. The Human
Nutrition and Obesity program addresses the complex
problem of obesity prevention. Deadline: June 16, 2006. For more information, go to www.healthinschools.org/grants/ops591.asp. |
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The Annenberg Foundation Health, Education & Youth Grants
The Annenberg Foundation provides support for projects
within its grant-making interest areas of health,
education and youth, arts and culture, and civic and
community life. For more information, go to
www.healthinschools.org/grants/ops554.asp |
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House Bill 1396, SBHC Funding
On April 9, Representative Andy Kerr, Colorados newest
legislator, introduced HB 1396 which authorizes the
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment to
make grants to sustain existing school-based health
centers and to assist them in expanding services to
include mental and dental health services as well as to
plan and fund new SBHCs. The Department would be
allocated $1.2 million dollars for this purpose. Please
contact your legislators and the governor and ask them
to support HB 1396 |
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