#112
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 10:37:34 -0600
From: "Romas, John A" <john.romas@MNSU.EDU>
Subject: List Serve
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Greetings,
At this time I would like to recommend that Emily Woodley be included within the
HEDIR. Her email address is <emilywoodley@hotmail.com>.
Kindly add Emily to our HEDIR List Serve. Emily is a soon to be mastered
graduate student with lots of potential in the field. She will benefit from her
involvement in the HEDIR List Serve.
Thanks you,
JR
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John A. Romas, MPH, PhD
Professor and Director
Community Health Internship
Health Science Department
213 Highland Center North
MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
Mankato, MN 56001
Telephone (507) 389-5934
Fax (507) 389-2985
Email: john.romas@mnsu.edu
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#113
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 15:20:14 -0500
From: nfb <nfb@GWU.EDU>
Subject: Alcohol Abuse and HIV/AIDS Research in Resource-Poor
Societies/HIV/AIDS Prevention through Abstinence and Behavior Change
for Youth
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Grant Alerts 2/05/04
Alcohol Abuse and HIV/AIDS Research in Resource-Poor Societies:
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) seeks
applications for cross-national and international multidisciplinary research on
the intersection of alcohol consumption and the HIV epidemic.
http://www.healthinschools.org/grants/ops108.asp
HIV/AIDS Prevention through Abstinence and Behavior Change for Youth:
The Agency for International Development and the Annual Program Statement (APS)
solicit applications from prospective partners to expand activities supporting
abstinence and safer behavior among youth in support of President Bush's
Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
http://www.healthinschools.org/grants/ops109.asp
Web Manager
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools (CHHCS) http://www.healthinschools.org
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#114
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 13:25:19 -0700
From: "Mart, Sarah" <SMart@MSO.UMT.EDU>
Subject: Health Education Advocacy Summit
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REGISTER AND RESERVE HOTEL NOW!
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7th ANNUAL HEALTH EDUCATION ADVOCACY SUMMIT February 28- March 1, 2004
WASHINGTON COURT HOTEL=20 Washington, DC
Hotel Deadline - Fri, Feb 6. Rate $150 sgl/dbl. Call 202/628-2100 =
and identify yourself w/ the Health Ed Advocacy Summit. =20
Come to your Nation's capitol and join other health education and health =
promotion colleauges in a fun-filled, educational and life-changing =
experience: =20
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Hear from advocacy & legislative experts
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Enhance your professional development skills=20
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Earn up to 11.5 Cat I CHES credits while having fun!
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Priority topics include: CDC FY 05 appropriations for school health =
infrastructure, eliminating health disparities-Reach 2010, heart disease = and
stroke, and physical activity and nutrition
Sponsored by the Coalition of National Health Education Organizations. =
Recognized by the American Society of Association Executives in 2003 as = an
award-winning program
For registration and general information, visit the Health Education = Advocate
website:=20
<http://www.healtheducationadvocate.org/> = www.healtheducationadvocate.org=20
Or call SOPHE at (202) 408-9804=20
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#115
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 17:54:45 -0500
From: "Susan F. Wooley" <swooley@ASHAWEB.ORG>
Subject: Re: Health Education Teachers - an outstanding opportunity
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Perhaps I can shed some light on National Board certification and CHES.
The profession of health education identified competencies of a health educator
and used those to develop the CHES. It is a certification program that people
with a degree in health education and who work in any venue can apply for.
The National Board of Professional Teaching Standards offers certification for
experienced teachers in a variety of content areas. It is limited to people who
are teaching at the k-12 level (i.e. not university faculty or those in
community or public health settings). So far, the Board offers certification in
areas such as language arts, math, science, elementary education... National
Board certification is limited to experienced teachers -- a minimum number of
years of teaching is required to apply. It involves submission of portfolios,
videos, samples of students' work, etc.
CHES, on the other hand, defines entry-level competencies. A health educator may
take it without any work experience. It involves a written exam.
In schools, states also certify people as qualified to teach health (or any
other subject).
Within schools, most administrators have never heard of CHES, but the National
Board certification is gaining considerable weight. School health educators are
certainly welcome to apply for CHES, but few find it useful because it is not
recognized. To be seen as valuable assets in the school setting, some are
interested in gaining the education-recognized National Board certification.
The National Board convened a group of health educators to develop criteria for
certification through them as a health teacher. That work is completed and has
been piloted. In the pilot phase, the National Board had a concern that there
was not enough demand for this certification to make it worth their while to
offer it. The current call is to gather enough names of people interested in
applying for the certification through the National Board to petition them to
reconsider offering it for health educators.
I am not making any judgment about whether schools should recognize CHES -- I
would love for them to do so. However, we do, I believe, need to do whatever we
can to increase respect for and visibility of health education in all venues.
This is one mechanism for doing so in the k-12 setting. It does not replace CHES,
but can complement it.
SO -- if you know of anyone experienced in teaching health at the k-12 level who
might be interested in going through a rather involved process of applying for
National Board certification, please ask them to send me their contact
information so I can add them to the list.
Susan F. Wooley, Executive Director
American School Health Association
P. O. Box 708
Kent, OH 44240-0708, USA
PH 330-678-1601; FAX 330-678-4526
swooley@ashaweb.org
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