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SH News Blog, Announcements & Updates

This page acts as a school health news blog for announcements sent to the 2900 members of this wiki. It is updated daily and new pages are created each month, while storing the previous months in our archive.

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Webinars on Health, Equity and Environmental Sustainability start May 18th, 9:00 am (ET)
See the times and dates and how to register here.
Schools for All. A National Conference on Alleviating Disadvantage. April 21-23, Halifax, NS
See the Final Program Registration is $325 for SH Knowledge Network Members, $475 for non members.
Includes four webinars held jointly with an international SH Symposium in Geneva in July

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Canadian SH News and Research from July/August 2010

Announcements/News Clips	Canadian Resources/Research/Reports
News Story (Aug 19-10) Certain pesticides linked to attention problems in kidshttp://is.gd/eoKNf News Story (Aug 19-10) Judge: Tobacco-display ban violates store owner’s rightshttp://is.gd/eoKEF News Story (Aug 18-10) Alberta issues warning about viral meningitishttp://is.gd/eoKJX News Story (Aug 16-10) Ont. parents suspect Wi-Fi making kids sickhttp://is.gd/eoK5E News Story (Aug 18-10) Type 2 diabetes, low income linked in womenhttp://is.gd/eoJQx News Story (Aug 17-10) Teens carry 30 per cent more BPA than rest of populationhttp://is.gd/em1bM News Story (Aug 17-10) Wi-Fi in schools spark parental fearshttp://is.gd/em18i News Story (Aug 16-10) BPA contaminants found in most Canadianshttp://is.gd/ekd4k News Story (Aug 13-10) The real lessons of H1N1http://is.gd/ekbWz News Story (Aug 10-10) McCain Foods moves to cut sodium levelshttp://is.gd/ec65u News Story (Aug 10-10) As swine flu pandemic ends, Canada must rethink flu-fighting strategy: experthttp://is.gd/ec5Wv News Story (Aug 4-10) Canadian Fitness tax credit benefits affluent kids: studyhttp://is.gd/e2DnZ News Story (Jul 6-10) Physical Activity in Teens Linked to Mental Skills Late in Lifehttp://is.gd/dQWma News Story (Aug 4-10) 'Bedbug pandemic' possible, group warnshttp://is.gd/e2DjC News Story (Aug 4-10) Few Canadians know rules on abortion, poll findshttp://is.gd/e2De1 News Story (Jul 31-10) Surrey Community-Schools Partnership receives United Way Awardhttp://is.gd/e2x1q News Story (Jul 30-10) Salt-reduction targets shaken off by industry, health ministerhttp://is.gd/e2GQs News Story (July 23-10) Canadian PM, Aglukkaq slammed on AIDS at world meetinghttp://is.gd/dK0nk News Release (Jul 22-10) RESEARCH DATA ANALYST - UPEI COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL HEALTH RESEARCH GROUPhttp://is.gd/e2lUa Blog Post (Jul 12-10) 7 Strategies for Supporting Public Health’s Work in Schools OPHEAhttp://is.gd/e2qXW	Anne-Claire Larochette, Ashley Nicole Murphy, Wendy M. Craig (2010) Racial Bullying and Victimization in Canadian School-Aged Children: Individual and School Level Effects School Psychology International August 2010 31: 389-408 Marianne Nichol, Ian Janssen, William Pickett (2010) Associations Between Neighborhood Safety, Availability of Recreational Facilities, and Adolescent Physical Activity Among Canadian Youth Journal of Physical Activity & Health July Vol 7: Issue 4: 442 – 450 J. Aimée Coulombe, Graham J Reid, Michael H Boyle, and Yvonne Racine (2010) Concurrent Associations among Sleep Problems, Indicators of Inadequate Sleep, Psychopathology, and Shared Risk Factors in a Population-based Sample of Healthy Ontario Children Journal of Pediatric Psychology August 2010 35: 790-799 Stan Kutcher (2010) Mental Health in Schools: How teachers have the power to make a difference Perspectives August 2010 Xinyin ChenandHennis Chi-Hang Tse (2010) Social and psychological adjustment of Chinese Canadian children International Journal of Behavioral DevelopmentJuly 201034:330-338 Charissa S.L. Cheah, Krista M. Trinder, Tara N. Gokavi (2010) Urban/rural and gender differences among Canadian emerging adults International Journal of Behavioral DevelopmentJuly 201034:339-344 Kathleen M Brown (2010) Schools of Excellence AND Equity? Using Equity Audits as a Tool to Expose a Flawed System of Recognition International Journal of Educational Policy & Leadership 2010) Four Papers Posted on Child Health in Canafa Raphael, D. (2010). The health of Canada’s children. Part IV. Towards the future. Paediatrics and Child Health, 15(4), 199-204 Raphael, D. (2010). The health of Canada’s children. Part III. Public policy and the social determinants of children’s health. Paediatrics and Child Health, 15(3), 143-149. Raphael, D. (2010). The health of Canada’s children. Part II. Health mechanisms and pathways. Paediatrics and Child Health, 15(2), 71-76. Raphael, D. (2010). The health of Canada’s children. Part I. Canadian children’s health in comparative perspective. Paediatrics and Child Health, 15(1), 23-29. Shauna Mackinnon and Sara Stephens (2010) Is Participation Having an Impact?:Measuring Progress in Winnipeg’s Inner City through the Voices of Community-Based Program Participants Journal of Social Work July 2010 Sharon I Kirkpatrick and Valerie Tarasuk (2010) Assessing the relevance of neighbourhood characteristics to the household food security of low-income Toronto families Public Health Nutrition,Volume 13,Issue 07, July 2010, pp 1139-1148 Lesley Wiart, John Church, Johanna Darrah, Lynne Ray, Joyce Magill-Evans and John AndersenCross-ministerial collaboration related to paediatric rehabilitation for children with disabilities and their families in one Canadian province July 2010 Issue of Health & Social Care in the Community Keats PA, Laitsch D (2010) CONTEMPLATING REGULATION OF COUNSELLORS IN CANADIAN SCHOOLS: CURRENT ISSUES AND CONCERNS Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, Issue #108, July 14, 2010 Policy Doc Rural Schools 2007 Canadahttp://is.gd/e2q7T Web Site (Canada) Ontario Safe Schools Education Officers' Community Committeehttp://is.gd/dQW2n Planning Guide (Canada) Educator's Guide to Safe Schoolshttp://is.gd/dQVWb

Announcements/News Clips

Canadian Resources/Research/Reports

News Story (Aug 19-10) Certain pesticides linked to attention problems in kidshttp://is.gd/eoKNf

News Story (Aug 19-10) Judge: Tobacco-display ban violates store owner’s rightshttp://is.gd/eoKEF

News Story (Aug 18-10) Alberta issues warning about viral meningitishttp://is.gd/eoKJX

News Story (Aug 16-10) Ont. parents suspect Wi-Fi making kids sickhttp://is.gd/eoK5E

News Story (Aug 18-10) Type 2 diabetes, low income linked in womenhttp://is.gd/eoJQx

News Story (Aug 17-10) Teens carry 30 per cent more BPA than rest of populationhttp://is.gd/em1bM

News Story (Aug 17-10) Wi-Fi in schools spark parental fearshttp://is.gd/em18i

News Story (Aug 16-10) BPA contaminants found in most Canadianshttp://is.gd/ekd4k

News Story (Aug 13-10) The real lessons of H1N1http://is.gd/ekbWz

News Story (Aug 10-10) McCain Foods moves to cut sodium levelshttp://is.gd/ec65u

News Story (Aug 10-10) As swine flu pandemic ends, Canada must rethink flu-fighting strategy: experthttp://is.gd/ec5Wv

News Story (Aug 4-10) Canadian Fitness tax credit benefits affluent kids: studyhttp://is.gd/e2DnZ

News Story (Jul 6-10) Physical Activity in Teens Linked to Mental Skills Late in Lifehttp://is.gd/dQWma

News Story (Aug 4-10) 'Bedbug pandemic' possible, group warnshttp://is.gd/e2DjC

News Story (Aug 4-10) Few Canadians know rules on abortion, poll findshttp://is.gd/e2De1

News Story (Jul 31-10) Surrey Community-Schools Partnership receives United Way Awardhttp://is.gd/e2x1q

News Story (Jul 30-10) Salt-reduction targets shaken off by industry, health ministerhttp://is.gd/e2GQs

News Story (July 23-10) Canadian PM, Aglukkaq slammed on AIDS at world meetinghttp://is.gd/dK0nk

News Release (Jul 22-10) RESEARCH DATA ANALYST - UPEI COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL HEALTH RESEARCH GROUPhttp://is.gd/e2lUa

Blog Post (Jul 12-10) 7 Strategies for Supporting Public Health’s Work in Schools OPHEAhttp://is.gd/e2qXW

Anne-Claire Larochette, Ashley Nicole Murphy, Wendy M. Craig (2010) Racial Bullying and Victimization in Canadian School-Aged Children: Individual and School Level Effects School Psychology International August 2010 31: 389-408

Marianne Nichol, Ian Janssen, William Pickett (2010) Associations Between Neighborhood Safety, Availability of Recreational Facilities, and Adolescent Physical Activity Among Canadian Youth Journal of Physical Activity & Health July Vol 7: Issue 4: 442 – 450

J. Aimée Coulombe, Graham J Reid, Michael H Boyle, and Yvonne Racine (2010) Concurrent Associations among Sleep Problems, Indicators of Inadequate Sleep, Psychopathology, and Shared Risk Factors in a Population-based Sample of Healthy Ontario Children
Journal of Pediatric Psychology August 2010 35: 790-799

Stan Kutcher (2010) Mental Health in Schools: How teachers have the power to make a difference Perspectives August 2010

Xinyin ChenandHennis Chi-Hang Tse (2010) Social and psychological adjustment of Chinese Canadian children International Journal of Behavioral DevelopmentJuly 201034:330-338

Charissa S.L. Cheah, Krista M. Trinder, Tara N. Gokavi (2010) Urban/rural and gender differences among Canadian emerging adults International Journal of Behavioral DevelopmentJuly 201034:339-344

Kathleen M Brown (2010) Schools of Excellence AND Equity? Using Equity Audits as a Tool to Expose a Flawed System of Recognition International Journal of Educational Policy & Leadership 2010)

Four Papers Posted on Child Health in Canafa

Raphael, D. (2010). The health of Canada’s children. Part IV. Towards the future. Paediatrics and Child Health, 15(4), 199-204
Raphael, D. (2010). The health of Canada’s children. Part III. Public policy and the social determinants of children’s health. Paediatrics and Child Health, 15(3), 143-149.
Raphael, D. (2010). The health of Canada’s children. Part II. Health mechanisms and pathways. Paediatrics and Child Health, 15(2), 71-76.
Raphael, D. (2010). The health of Canada’s children. Part I. Canadian children’s health in comparative perspective. Paediatrics and Child Health, 15(1), 23-29.

Shauna Mackinnon and Sara Stephens (2010) Is Participation Having an Impact?:Measuring Progress in Winnipeg’s Inner City through the Voices of Community-Based Program Participants Journal of Social Work July 2010

Sharon I Kirkpatrick and Valerie Tarasuk (2010) Assessing the relevance of neighbourhood characteristics to the household food security of low-income Toronto families Public Health Nutrition,Volume 13,Issue 07, July 2010, pp 1139-1148

Lesley Wiart, John Church, Johanna Darrah, Lynne Ray, Joyce Magill-Evans and John AndersenCross-ministerial collaboration related to paediatric rehabilitation for children with disabilities and their families in one Canadian province July 2010 Issue of Health & Social Care in the Community

Keats PA, Laitsch D (2010) CONTEMPLATING REGULATION OF COUNSELLORS IN CANADIAN SCHOOLS: CURRENT ISSUES AND CONCERNS Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, Issue #108, July 14, 2010

Policy Doc Rural Schools 2007 Canadahttp://is.gd/e2q7T

Web Site (Canada) Ontario Safe Schools Education Officers' Community Committeehttp://is.gd/dQW2n

Planning Guide (Canada) Educator's Guide to Safe Schoolshttp://is.gd/dQVWb

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