This is a monthly publication from Jennifer O'Brien, the Adolescent Health
Coordinator at the Minnesota Department of Health (see contact information
at the end of this publication). This E-Newsletter will cover adolescent
health/ youth development related research, data, resources, learning and
funding opportunities for interested professionals. Past issues of the
newsletter are available online at: http://www.health.state.mn.us/youth/
December 2007
Research
1. School Health Policies and Program Study 2006 (SHPPS) Published in
the Journal of School Health
2. Does Online Harassment Constitute Bullying? An Exploration of Online
Harassment by Known Peers and Online-Only Contacts
3. Youth Development in the Primary Care Setting- A Review Article
4. Teen Birth Rate has Increased
Resources
5. Announcing: Open•Up, MACMH’s new literary and visual arts
magazine!
6. Minnesota Student Survey Update
7. Teens Grade Adults
8. Emerging Answers 2007
Conferences
9. My Space to Our Space: Creating Connected Communities
Grants (Please note: MDH is NOT a contact for the following opportunities)
10. General Mills Foundation 2008 Champions for Healthy Kids grant
program
11. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Assessing the
Effects of Interpersonal Violence Prevention on Suicide (U49)
12. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -- Parenting
Capacities and Health Outcomes in Youths and Adolescents Grant
Programs (R01)
13. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -- Parenting
Capacities and Health Outcomes in Youths and Adolescents Grant
Programs (R21)
14. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -- Youth Violence
Prevention through Community-Level Change Cooperative Agreement
15. The Comcast Foundation -- Literacy, Youth Leadership and
Volunteerism Grants
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Research
1. School Health Policies and Program Study 2006 (SHPPS)
Published in the Journal of School Health
The Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) is releasing findings
from the School Health Policies and Programs Study (SHPPS) 2006 in the
October issue of the Journal of School Health. SHPPS 2006 is the largest and
most comprehensive assessment of America's school health policies and
programs to date. This new report describes key school health policies and
practices across all eight school health program components: health
education, physical education and activity, health services, mental health and
social services, nutrition services, healthy and safe school environment,
faculty and staff health promotion, and family and community involvement.
In addition, SHPPS 2006 includes new topics-crisis preparedness and
response and the physical school environment-which reflect new issues and
concerns in school health and public health.
The SHPPS 2006 report will be of particular interest to those working on
school health issues in areas such as nutrition and physical activity; safety;
asthma; tobacco-use prevention; HIV, STD, and pregnancy prevention;
violence and injury prevention; alcohol and other drug use prevention; food
safety; environmental health; and crisis preparedness, response, and
recovery.
DASH's website (www.cdc.gov/SHPPS <file:///\\www.cdc.gov\SHPPS>) has
been updated and the following materials are available: a link to the Journal
of School Health articles, fact sheets, a state-level summaries document,
questionnaires, analytic data files and technical documentation, and archives
of previous SHPPS studies.
2. Does Online Harassment Constitute Bullying? An Exploration
of Online Harassment by Known Peers and Online-Only
Contacts
Wolak J, Mitchel KJ, Finkelhor D. Journal of Adolescent Health 41
(2007) S51–S58
Abstract
“Purpose: To shed light on the nature of online harassment and the extent
to which it may be bullying by examining differences in the characteristics of
harassed youth, online harassment incidents, and distressing online
harassment based on the identity of online harassers (known peer vs. onlineonly contact).
Methods: A telephone survey of a nationally representative sample of 1500
youth Internet users, ages 10 to 17, conducted between March and June
2005.
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Results: Nine percent (n = 129) of youth were harassed online in the past
year, 43% (n = 56) by known peers and 57% (n = 73) by people they met
online and did not know in person (online-only contacts). Most online
harassment incidents did not appear to meet the standard definition of
bullying used in school-based research and requiring aggression, repetition,
and power imbalance. Only 25% of incidents by known peers and 21% by
online-only contacts involved both repeated incidents and either distress to
targets or adult intervention.
Conclusions: In many cases, the concept of “bullying” or “cyber-bullying”
may be inappropriate for online interpersonal offenses. We suggest using
“online harassment,” with disclaimers that it does not constitute bullying
unless it is part of or related to offline bullying. This would include incidents
perpetrated by peers that occur entirely online, but arise from school-related
events or relationships and have school-related consequences for targets.
The Internet provides opportunities for the extension of conventional school
bullying to new venues. Those who study conventional school bullying should
include online forms of the behavior in research, prevention, and intervention
paradigms.”
3. Youth Development in the Primary Care Setting- A Review
Article
Review article: Duncan PM, Garcia AC, Frankowski BL, Carey PA, Kallock EA,
Dixon RD, Shaw JS. Inspiring Healthy Adolescent Choices:
A Rationale for and Guide to Strength Promotion in Primary Care. Journal of
Adolescent Health 41 (2007) 525-535.
Abstract: “The social, emotional, and biological health of adolescents requires
their development as autonomous beings who make responsible decisions
about their own health. Clinicians can assist in this development by adopting
a strength-based approach to adolescent health care, which applies concepts
from positive youth development to the medical office setting.”
4. Teen Birth Rate has Increased
December 5, 2007, the National Center for Health Statistics released
preliminary 2006 birth data, and highlighted the fact that for the first time in
14 years, the teen birth rate has increased. The rate rose from 40.5 births
per 1,000 females aged 15-19 in 2005 to 41.9 births per 1,000 in 2006--a 3
percent increase. Get more information at: www.theNationalCampaign.org
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Resources
5. Announcing: Open•Up, MACMH’s new literary and visual arts
magazine!
Open•Up is inviting submissions from artists, ages 5–21. You may be familiar
with MACMH’s Children’s Mental Health Poster Contest and know that in the
past we have invited children to create posters that portray positive mental
health messages. This year we are also inviting artists to create drawings,
paintings, stories, essays, fairy tales, cartoons, poems, and photographs that
represent their thoughts and feelings about mental health and mental health
disorders. See www.macmh.org for more information, or the attached submission
guidelines. SUBMISSIONS DUE DECEMBER 14TH.
6. Minnesota Student Survey Update
There is a new Minnesota Student Survey page on the MDH external web
site. The address is: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/chs/mss/. Results
from the 2007 Student Survey will be released in mid-January, and will be
added to this web page.
7. Teens Grade Adults
UCAN (Uhlich Children's Advantage Network)
http://www.ucanchicago.org/advocacy/report_card.html
The Teen Report card is a report of overall grades given to adults by teens
across the U.S. on how adults are doing on issues that affect youth. It
provides a forum for America’s youth to voice their ideas and opinions. It is
the hope of UCAN that the Report Card will be used by parents, teachers,
administrators, legislators, and others to listen to and talk with young people
about the issues they say they care most about and what we, as adults, can
do to make their world safer, healthier, happier and full of promise. The
Report Card is available online in addition to a teen-adult discussion guide.
8. Emerging Answers 2007
For many years, people concerned about preventing teen pregnancy have
turned to the National Campaign for help in determining what programs are
likely to work for the teens in their community. Emerging Answers 2007
offers such help.
Visit this new dedicated web portal for information on ordering copies of the
full report and summary and for access to fact sheets and one-pagers from
the report.
http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/EA2007/default.aspx
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Conferences
9. My Space to Our Space: Creating Connected Communities
January 15 and 16, 2008
Northland Inn, Brooklyn Park, MN
REGISTER NOW!
My Space to Our Space: Creating Connected Communities will provide an
opportunity for people from all areas to learn how to support and give our
youth a healthy environment in which to learn and grow. An interactive
conversation time will provide conference participants time to brainstorm,
network and strategize on how to work together to support Minnesota youth.
Keynote presentations and breakout sessions will give participants the
chance to gain knowledge from national, regional, and local experts. Join us
in creating connections that keep our youth, families and communities safe
and healthy!
Visit www.togevents.com/sah to register today!
Grants (Please note: MDH is NOT a contact for the following
opportunities)
10. General Mills Foundation 2008 Champions for Healthy Kids
grant program
The General Mills Foundation, in partnership with the American Dietetic
Association Foundation and the President's Council on Physical Fitness,
developed the Champions for Healthy Kids grant program in 2002. Each year,
the General Mills Foundation awards 50 grants of $10,000 each to
community-based groups that develop creative ways to help youth adopt a
balanced diet and physically active lifestyle.
DUE: January 15, 2008
[http://www.generalmills.com/corporate/commitment/champions.aspx]
11. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -Assessing the Effects of Interpersonal Violence Prevention on
Suicide (U49)
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for
Injury Prevention and Control is accepting applications for its Assessing the
Effects of Interpersonal Violence Prevention on Suicide (U49) Cooperative
Agreement to determine whether interventions designed to prevent
interpersonal violence impact self-directed violence.
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Award amounts are $75,000. Eligible applicants include, but are not limited
to the following: nonprofit and for profit organizations, universities, hospitals,
community-based organizations, and research institutions.
Deadline: January 7, 2008 (Letter of Intent)
Contact the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant program
directly for complete program information and program guidelines:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CE-08-007.html
12. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -- Parenting
Capacities and Health Outcomes in Youths and Adolescents
Grant Programs (R01)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is accepting applications
for its Parenting Capacities and Health Outcomes in Youths and Adolescents
grant program. The purpose of the program is to increase parent capacities
and reduce, eliminate, or prevent one or more high-risk health behaviors or
poor health habits in youth and adolescent children by supporting projects
that target two or more ineffective parenting practices or behaviors and two
or more youth/adolescent high-risk behaviors.
Award amounts will vary by project; applicants must follow the NIH Research
Project Grant (R01) award mechanism. Eligible applicants include, but are
not limited to the following: public/state controlled or private institution of
higher education, nonprofit organizations, small business, for-profit
organizations (other than small business), state government, historically
black colleges and universities, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian serving
institutions, and faith-based or community-based organizations.
Deadline: February 5, 2008 (Cycle I)
Contact the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grant program
directly for complete program information and program guidelines:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-061.html
13. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -- Parenting
Capacities and Health Outcomes in Youths and Adolescents
Grant Programs (R21)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is accepting applications
for its Parenting Capacities and Health Outcomes in Youths and Adolescents
grant program. The purpose of the program is to increase parent capacities
and reduce, eliminate, or prevent one or more high-risk health behaviors or
poor health habits in youth and adolescent children by supporting projects
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that target two or more ineffective parenting practices or behaviors and two
or more youth/adolescent high-risk behaviors.
Award amounts will vary by project; applicants must follow the NIH
Exploratory/Development Research Grant (R21) award mechanism for a
maximum of one 2-year project period. Eligible applicants include, but are
not limited to the following: for-profit and nonprofit organizations, public and
private institutions, faith-based and community-based organizations, and
Indian/Native American tribally designated organizations.
Deadline: February 16, 2008 (Cycle I)
Contact the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grant program
directly for complete program information and program guidelines:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-530.html
14. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -- Youth
Violence Prevention through Community-Level Change
Cooperative Agreement
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Center for
Injury Prevention is accepting applications for the Youth Violence Prevention
through Community-Level Change Cooperative Agreement to support the
assessment of the efficacy or effectiveness of interventions designed to
change community characteristics and social processes to reduce rates of
youth violence perpetration and victimization.
Priority will be given to the evaluation of primary prevention interventions,
programs, strategies and policies that focus on the social and economic
environment and/or the physical environment, including, strategies to
improve the physical and social characteristics of neighborhoods and to
reduce community density and availability of alcohol and drugs.
Approximately $1,000,000 is available to fund up to two awards. Eligible
applicants include, but are not limited to the following: nonprofit and for
profit organizations, universities, hospitals, community-based organizations,
and research institutions.
Deadline: January 7, 2008 (Letter of Intent)
Contact the Department of Health and Human Services grant program
directly for complete program information and program guidelines:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CE-08-001.html
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15. The Comcast Foundation -- Literacy, Youth Leadership and
Volunteerism Grants
The Comcast Foundation supports organizations that make communities
stronger through literacy, youth leadership development and community
service programs. Award amounts range from $1,000 to $570,000. Eligible
applicants include nonprofit organizations with 501(c)(3) status that operate
within a Comcast service area (please visit web site below for service areas)
and use the local address for all related correspondence.
Deadline: Rolling
Contact The Comcast Foundation grant program directly for complete
program information and guidelines:
http://www.comcast.com/corporate/about/inthecommunity/foundation/comc
astfoundation.html
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For more information on Adolescent Health at MDH, please contact
Jennifer O’Brien
Minnesota Department of Health
P.O. Box 64882
St. Paul, MN 55164-0882
Jennifer.obrien@health.state.mn.us
651-201-3627
Past issues of the newsletter are available online at:
http://www.health.state.mn.us/youth/
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