The Center for Health and Health Care In Schools, 2013 This is the second in a series of studies that report on strategies to sustain children's mental health services and prevent the onset of problems behavior. The first paper "Developing a Business Plan for...
Substance Use Prevention/Mental Health Promotion
Children’s Mental Health – New Report
Center for Disease Control and Prevention, May 2013 The term childhood mental disorder means all mental disorders that can be diagnosed and begin in childhood (for example, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), Tourette syndrome, behavior disorders, mood...
Racial Equity Resources
National Collaborative for Health Equity The mission of the National Collaborative is to promote health equity by catalyzing collaboration among racial equity advocates, grassroots and community-based organizations, researchers, public health professionals, and other...
CASAT Workforce Development for Substance Abuse Professionals
Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies The Center for the Application of Substance Abuse Technologies (CASAT) in the Division of Health Sciences (DHS) at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) initiated a project with the goal of creating a resource...
Public Health Implications of Raising the Minimum Age of Legal Access to Tobacco Products
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, 2015 Smoking rates in the United States have declined substantially since the release of Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service in 1964, when the...
A School Nurse’s Guide to Kids’ Health and Safety
RNtoBSN According to statistics published by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), 15.6 million children and adolescents, aged 5 to 17, missed one or two days of school in 2012 because of illness or injury; another 12.7 million students of the same age...
The Impact of Marijuana Policies on Youth: Clinical, Research, and Legal Update
American Academy of Pediatrics, 2015 This policy statement is an update of the American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement “Legalization of Marijuana: Potential Impact on Youth,” published in 2004. Pediatricians have special expertise in the care of children and...
Some Schools Categorize E-Cigarettes as Drug Devices
Join Together -- Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
E-Cigarette Education Products
Tobacco Education Clearinghouse of California (TECC)
Anchor Learning Academy
Anchor Learning Academy Recovery high schools provide students in recovery from substance use issues with a supportive environment where they can achieve success in academics and focus on their recovery journeys. The curriculum combines educational and clinical...