HandsNet Human Services Digest - January 11 , 2010

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MOST RECENT GOVERNMENT GRANT NOTICES

State Mental Health Data Infrastructure Grants for Quality Improvement
Agency - Department of Health and Human Services
Post Date - 2010-01-08
USAID Food for Peace Local and Regional Procurement
Agency - Agency for International Development
Post Date - 2010-01-08
Novel Tools for Investigating Brain-derived GPCRs in Mental Health Research (SBIR [R43/R44])
Agency - Department of Health and Human Services
Post Date - 2010-01-07
Image-Guided Cancer Interventions (STTR [R41/R42])
Agency - Department of Health and Human Services
Post Date - 2010-01-07
Limited Competition for the Continuation of the Adult Acute Liver Failure Study Group (U01)
Agency - Department of Health and Human Services
Post Date - 2010-01-07
Supporting the National Blood Safety Program (NBSP) in the Implementation and Expansion of Blood Safety Activities in the Republic of Haiti Under the President?s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
Agency - Department of Health and Human Services
Post Date - 2010-01-07
SBIR Phase II Bridge Awards to Accelerate the Development of Cancer Therapeutics, Imaging Technologies, Interventional Devices, Diagnostics, and Prognostics toward Commercialization (R44)
Agency - Department of Health and Human Services
Post Date - 2010-01-05

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***CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES***

Future of Newborn Screening Envisioned: Proceedings Now Viewable Online

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/future-of-newbo.php

Childhood vaccine schedule updated

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/childhood-vacci.php

Early lessons from the H1N1 pandemic: Critical illness in children unpredictable but survivable

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/early-lessons-f-2.php

Study shows serious emotional disturbances among children after Katrina

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/study-shows-ser.php

Abuse in childhood linked to migraine and other pain disorders

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/abuse-in-childh.php

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No evidence to support psychological debriefing in schools

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/no-evidence-to.php

Indiana University Study: Screening and Treating Girls Doesn't Reduce Prevalence of Chlamydia in Teens

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/indiana-univers-1.php

Nurse home visitation program reduces girls' potential criminality later in life

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/nurse-home-visi.php

***EDUCATION***

President Obama to Honor Teachers and Mentors, Announce Key Partnerships in "Educate to Innovate" Campaign

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/president-obama-6.php

U.S. Department of Education to Host Kansas City Community Meeting on Turnaround Schools

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/us-department-o-33.php

U.S. Education Secretary Duncan, Dr. Jill Biden, and D.C.'s Banneker High School Students to Demonstrate Simpler Application for Federal Student Aid

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/us-education-se-21.php

How the jobs crisis creates an education crisis

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/how-the-jobs-cr.php

***ECONOMIC SECURITY***

Unemployment unchanged at 10% as labor force shrinks

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/unemployment-un.php

Employer Health Costs Do Not Drive Wage Trends

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/employer-health.php

Policy Basics: The Earned Income Tax Credit

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/policy-basics-t.php

Testimony: LaDonna Pavetti, Director of Welfare Reform and Income Support, on the Impact of the Recession and the Recovery Act on Social Safety Net Programs

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/testimony-ladon.php

***HEALTH***

Race-based misdiagnosis still remains a health care problem

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/racebased-misdi.php

Half of depressed Americans go untreated, finds UCLA/Wayne State study

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/half-of-depress.php

Benefit of antidepressant medications appears to vary with severity of depression symptoms

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/benefit-of-anti.php

Incidence of type 1 diabetes doubles in 20 years, continues rising at 3 percent per year -- but why?

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/incidence-of-ty.php

Childhood metabolic measurements may predict diabetes development years later

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/childhood-metab.php

High antiretroviral therapy adherence associated with lower health care costs

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/high-antiretrov.php

Liver donations from living donors increase 42 percent after educational intervention

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/liver-donations.php

ACP To Congress 'Health reform bill must help ensure supply of primary-care physicians'

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/acp-to-congress.php

Ten key details about health care reform

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/ten-key-details.php

Health Insurance Exchanges in Health Care Reform: Legal and Policy Issues

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/health-insuranc-5.php

Exposing some health care urban legends

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/exposing-some-h.php

***NUTRITION AND HEALTHY LIVING***

A negative phys ed teacher can cause a lifetime of inactivity

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/a-negative-phys.php

Obesity now poses as great a threat to quality of life as smoking

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/obesity-now-pos.php

Fewer headaches on the horizon thanks to latest guidelines

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/fewer-headaches.php

A sonata a day keeps the doctor away

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/a-sonata-a-day.php

New Stanford Graduate School of Business Study Shows Posting Calories on Restaurant Menu Boards Lowers Customers' Calorie Counts per Visit

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/new-stanford-gr.php

***SENIORS***

New approach to fighting Alzheimer's shows potential in clinical trial

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/new-approach-to-1.php

A silly pat on the head helps seniors remember daily med, study suggests

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/a-silly-pat-on.php

Hispanic elderly more likely than whites to live in inferior nursing homes

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/hispanic-elderl.php

***SUBSTANCE ABUSE***

New mechanism underlying cocaine addiction discovered

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/new-mechanism-u.php

Technology new gateway into treatment for problem alcohol users: Study

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/technology-new.php

Pain management failing as fears of prescription drug abuse rise

http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2010/01/pain-management.php

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The Human Services Digest is compiled by:

Michael Saunders
HandsNet Editor
msaunders@handsnet.org

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