6/23/09 | NEW RWJF POLL ON PREVENTION: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
and Trust for America’s Health have released a new poll showing
overwhelming support by Americans for investment in prevention. DETAILS: http://www.rwjf.org/publichealth/product.jsp?id=43811
6/23/09 | GIVING FOR WOMEN, GIRLS INCREASING - A report from the
Foundation Center and the Women's Funding Network found that between
1990 and 2006 the nation's private and community
foundations increased their giving for activities targeting women
and girls by 223
percent. Click
here to access the report (PDF).
6/15/09 | THE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP PROJECT is a partnership
between the David and Lucile Packard, James Irvine, and William
and Flora Hewlett foundations — has announced grants totaling $5.7
million to organizations working to strengthen nonprofits that
are led by or serve people of color
and low-income communities in California and beyond. http://www.communityleadershipproject.org/CLP_PRJune2009.html
6/14/09 | FUNDS FOR RESEARCHERS
WORKING ON ISSUES AFFECTING "VULNERABLE" U.S. YOUTH: Every
year, four to six William T. Grant Scholars are selected and each
receives $350,000 distributed over a five-year period. The deadline
is July
8, 2009. Click here to
learn more.
Job Listings - Updated 6/23/09
Eight (8) announcements have been added since 6/15/2009.
We currently have listings for positions in Alameda, Contra
Costa, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Francisco, Santa Clara,
and Yuba counties. We also have listings for Out-of-state jobs
and paid
internship
positions. Please click
here to learn more.
Funding Opportunities - Updated 6/23/09
Four announcements have been added since 6/15/2009.
Current listings include funding in the following areas: Adolescent/Children's
Health, Advocacy / Policy, Community
Health, Domestic Violence, Fitness, Geriatric Health,
Health Disparities, Health
Education/Health Games Research, Injury Prevention, Oral Health, Substance
Use Prevention, Vision Health, and Scholarships
/ Fellowships / Dissertation Funding. Click
here to learn more.
Conferences / Meetings - Updated 6/23/09
Click
here for our listing of meetings of interest to health
educators. Please click
here for
our "call
for papers and presentations"
page, last updated on 5/16/09.
NEW RESOURCE PAGE! THE
BUILT ENVIRONMENT: Working in the area of the built
environment gives health educators the opportunity to engage
partners that we in public health may not normally work with
such as city planners, developers, transportation leaders,
etc. Click here to
access this new section, which contains the most current resources
for this exciting area of work.
HOT OFF THE PRESS! CCLDHE
2008 STANDARDS OF PRACTICE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION IN CALIFORNIA
LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS! CCLDHE hopes that these
standards will be helpful to your health department's understanding
and use of the skills and competencies available in health
education units. Click
here to download (PDF).
