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This page contains links to recent news stories, reports, resources and research relevant to schools serving disadvantaged communities in high or middle income countries. Our tracking of materials began in September 2009. (Note: This page is not collecting items relating to school programs in low income or developing countries, nor are we collecting items necessarily on schools serving aboriginal communities because the needs of these two other contexts are different.)

News Stories
Reports, Planning, Education Resources and Other Tools
Research

News Story (Mar 15-10) Obama Blueprint for Targeted Reform includes Community Schools http://is.gd/aPl7q

Presentation (Video) Healthier Students Are Better Learners: A Missing Link in Efforts to Close the Achievement Gap USA http://is.gd/aPjYw

News Release (Mar 17-10) Study Offers Compelling Evidence for a National School Health Effort http://is.gd/aPjTL

News Story (Mar 8-10) Unsafe Mold Levels Found In Arizona School http://is.gd/adDDu

News Story (Mar 3-10) San Francisco Joins Community Schools Movement http://is.gd/9ZZww

News Story (Feb 22-01) Dental Disease and Poverty http://is.gd/91ZJC

News Story (Feb 23-10) Long-Term Studies Show Lasting Gains from Pre-K http://is.gd/91WkB

News Story (Feb 8-10) US Education calls for Input on Full Service Community Schools http://is.gd/8Lafv

News Story (Feb 23-10) Canada federal Senate report Recommends Child care Plan http://is.gd/91VAx

News Story (Feb 19-10) Attention turns to plight of rural schools in Alaska http://is.gd/8L8M1

News Story (Feb 4-10) Three communities begin to shape a vision for Promise Neighborhoods http://is.gd/8gsLC

News release. (Feb 4-10) Report. Most School Health Care Plans Are Too Expensive For Michigan http://is.gd/8gn1x

News Story (Jan 24-10) American Teachers Forum Highlights Community Schools as Reform Model http://is.gd/7j98S

News Story (Jan 15-10) Toronto Schools to foster mentoring http://is.gd/6Ol5J

News Story (Dec 31-09) NovaScotia (Canada) drinking water standard battles parasite http://is.gd/5HNud

News Story (Dec 23-09) Average high school dropout loses 5.1 years of health (Study) http://is.gd/5ECdN

News Story (Dec 9-09) US Buys Poor Quality Meat for School Lunches http://is.gd/5qAmo

News Story (Dec 15-09) Getting a head start on health care careers in high school http://is.gd/5qzbf

News Story (Dec 14-09) Tests for classmates after Queensland child contracts TB http://is.gd/5oIpD

News Release (Dec 8-09) Canadian Senate Report: In From the Margins: A Call to Action on Poverty, Housing and Homelessness http://is.gd/5nkzL

News Release (Nov 24-09) Canadian Campaign 2000 Releases New Annual Report Cards on Child and Family Poverty http://is.gd/531wv

News Story (Nov 18-09) Half of U.S. children will use food stamps, study finds http://is.gd/531ox

News Story (Nov 20-09) 20 years after UN pact, many children still suffer http://is.gd/531jd

News Story (Nov 3-09) UK Children slipping back into poverty http://is.gd/531lr

News Release (Nov -09) Food Insecurity Increased in US from 11% to 15% in One Year http://is.gd/51V76

News Story (Nov 3-09) President Obama increases funding school nutrition to $17 billion – $1.9 billion increase. http://is.gd/4P8iV

News Story (Oct 28-09) US and England Promote Community Schools (By 2010, all schools in England will be CS http://is.gd/4OmO6

News Release (Oct 21-09) Lights Stay On at 8000 Schools and Community Centers to Highlight After School Programs http://is.gd/4MrsT

News Story (Oct 21-09) U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan to Address Implementation of Community Schools Vision http://is.gd/4Mrq0

News Story (Oct 13-09) Canadian Students lack healthy food options http://481id.tk



Policy Docs Canadian, International Anti-Poverty Strategies (Canadian Social research Links, 2010) http://is.gd/aNphY

Policy Doc National Strategy for Early Literacy (Canadian Language and Literacy Network, 2009) http://is.gd/aNp2C

Gardner, M., Roth, Jodie L., Brooks-Gunn, J. (2009). Can after-school programs help level the playing field for disadvantaged youth? Equity Matters: Research Review No. 4. New York: The Campaign for Educational Equity. Audio Podcast (requires iTunes - free download) | Video


Weiss, H.B, Bouffard, S.M., Bridgall, B.L., Gordon, E.W. (2009). Reframing Family Involvement in Education: Supporting Families to Support Educational Equity. Equity Matters: Research Review No. 5. New York: The Campaign for Educational Equity. Audio Podcast Video (requires iTunes - free download)

Review of How Health Disparities Affect Educational Achievement
Charles E. Basch (2010) Healthier Students Are Better Learners: A Missing Link in School Reforms to Close the Achievement Gap. A Research Initiative of the Campaign for Educational Equity Teachers College, Columbia University (See slide presentation on review)

Web Site. Planning Tools for School health Centers http://is.gd/5FHMW

Policy Doc Cross-sectoral Co-ordination in Early Childhood (UNESCO) http://is.gd/91Y1Z

Policy Doc. Enhancing Access to Post-Secondary Education. Explorationof Early Intervention Initiatives (Canada, 2010) http://is.gd/8EXDu

Policy Doc Wraparound Services. Alberta Education Ministry http://is.gd/5HcH4

Planning Guide. School Mental Health Services for Immigrant Students (CHHS, 2009) http://is.gd/5EDTT

Planning Guide School-Family-Community Partnerships A Toolkit (New Mexico, 2009) http://is.gd/5EDNS

Best Practices Guide Violence Prevention in Schools (Dept of Education, Victoria, Australia, 2009) http://is.gd/5ECzi

Online Book Benefit-Cost Analysis for Early Childhood Interventions (National Academies Press, 2009) http://is.gd/5EC4C

Report. "Promise Neighborhoods" and Community Schools Coalition for Community Schools http://is.gd/5qz8u

News Release (Dec 16-09) School-age Population Living in Low-income Circumstances Statistics Canada http://is.gd/5qib3

Web Site (NASN) School and Community Resources to Avoid and Take Control of Head Lice http://is.gd/5n7jB

Saskatchewan Policy Doc. Schools as Hubs Checklist

Effective Interventions to Reduce Indoor Radon Levels
(Includes schools) (Research Summary). 2008 National Collaborating Centre on Environmental Health, Canada)

Health Effects from Mould Exposure in Indoor Environments (2009) Research Summary. (National Collaborating Centre on Environmental Health Canada
Articles in the February-March 2010 Issue of Journal of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics
Articles in the April 2010 Issue of Health Education Research
  • Understanding children's sedentary behaviour: a qualitative study of the family home environment
  • A qualitative study of parental modeling and social support for physical activity in underserved adolescents
  • The characteristics of the outdoor school environment associated with physical activity
  • Personal, social and environmental correlates of resilience to physical inactivity among women from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds
  • Transition in participation in sport and unstructured physical activity for rural living adolescent girls
  • A qualitative examination of perceived barriers and facilitators of physical activity for urban and rural youth
Articles in the April 2010 issue of American Journal of Public Health
  • A Framework for Public Health Action: The Health Impact Pyramid
  • Effectiveness of an HIV/STD Risk-Reduction Intervention for Adolescents When Implemented by Community-Based Organizations: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial
  • A Preliminary Analysis of the Receipt of Mental Health Services Consistent With National Standards Among Children in the Child Welfare System
  • Effects of Work Permits on Illegal Employment Among Youth Workers: Findings of a School-Based Survey on Child Labor Violations
Articles in the March 2010 Issue of Accident Analysis and Prevention
Articles in the March 2010 Issue of Pediatrics
  • Childhood Language Skills and Adult Literacy: A 29-Year Follow-up Study
  • Poverty and Chronic Illness in Early Childhood: A Comparison Between the United Kingdom and Quebec
  • Association Between Parents' and Children's Use of Oral Health Services
  • Effective Educational Instruction in Preventive Oral Health: Hands-on Training Versus Web-Based Training
Articles in the March 2010 Issue of Health Sociology Review
Articles in March 2010 Issue of Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Family Planning Service Delivery Research: A Call to Focus on the Dynamics of Contraceptive Use
  • Repeat Unintended, Unwanted and Seriously Mistimed Childbearing in the United States
  • Sexual Values and Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Latino Youths
  • The Contexts of Sexual Involvement And Concurrent Sexual Partnerships
Articles in the March 2010 Issue of Social Science & Medicine
Articles in the March Issue of Social Science & Medicine (Issue 5)
Articles in the March Issue of Journal of Emotional and Behavioural Disorders.
  • Wraparound Retrospective: Factors Predicting Positive Outcomes
  • Family Education and Support Services in Systems of Care
  • A Comparison of Three Types of Opportunities to Respond on Student Academic and Social Behaviors
Articles in February 2010 Issue of Health Education Research
  • Balancing rigor against the inherent limitations of investigating hard-to-reach populations
  • Participation rates and representativeness of African Americans recruited to a health promotion program
  • Correlates of availability and accessibility of fruits and vegetables in homes of low-income Hispanic families
  • Does socio-economic status moderate the associations between psychosocial predictors and fruit intake in schoolchildren? The Pro Children study
Articles in the January 2010 Issue of Preventing Chronic Disease
Articles in the February 2010 Issue of Educational Leadership
Articles in the February 2010 Issue of Psychology in the Schools
  • Evaluation of a truancy court intervention in four middle schools
Articles in the February Issue of Child & Family Social Work
  • 'School was just a nightmare': childhood abuse and neglect and school experiences
  • Understanding Youth Offending: Risk Factor Research, Policy and Practice
Articles in the December 2009 Issue of Preventive Medicine
 Articles in the December 2009 Issue Journal of Rural Health).
  • Double Whammy? Rural Youth With Serious Emotional Disturbance and the Transition to Adulthood
Articles in first November Issue of American Journal of Public Health
  • Collaborating to End Health Disparities in Our Lifetime
  • Eliminating Health Disparities Through Transdisciplinary Research, Cross-Agency Collaboration, and Public Participation
Articles in November Issue of Public Health Nutrition
  • Food insecurity – not just about rural communities in Africa and Asia
  • Disparities in fruit and vegetable supply: a potential health concern in the greater Québec City area
Articles in November Issue of Journal of School Health
  • Social and Ecological Structures Supporting Adolescent Connectedness to School: A Theoretical Model
  • The Impact of School Socioeconomic Status on Student Lunch Consumption after Implementation of the Texas Public School Nutrition Policy
Articles from September/October Issue of Canadian Journal of Public Health (Regular Issue)
  • Economic Access to Fruits and Vegetables in the Greater Quebec City: Do Disparities Exist?
  • Level of Street Involvement and Health and Health Services Use of Calgary Street Youth
SH Articles from Journal of Child Welfare, Issue 1, 2009 - Special Issue: Mental Health Practice Guidelines for Child Welfare: Context for Reform
  • Mental Health Services for Children Placed in Foster Care: An Overview of Current Challenges
  • Identification of Mental Health Service Need Among Youth in Child Welfare
  • Psychosocial Interventions for Children and Adolescents in Foster Care: Review of Research Literature
Articles from October Issue of Chronic Diseases in Canada
  • A deprivation index for health planning in Canada
Articles from October Issue Journal of School Health
  • A Comparison of Weight-Related Behaviors Among High School Students Who Are Homeless and Non-Homeless
  • Participation in the National School Lunch Program: Importance of School-Level and Neighborhood Contextual Factors




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