News, Events and Professional Development

Pulmonary Disease Associated with Using E-Cigarette Products

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is providing:

1) background information on the forms of e-cigarette products,

2) information on the multistate outbreak of severe pulmonary disease associated with using e-cigarette products (devices, liquids, refill pods, and cartridges), and

3) clinical features of patients with severe pulmonary disease. This health advisory also provides recommendations for clinicians, public health officials, and the public based on currently available information.

Outbreak of Lung Injury Associated with E-Cigarette Use, or Vaping Key facts about E-Cigarette Use, or Vaping

Measles Guidance for Parents from Gov. Lujan-Grisham and Department of Health in English

Measles Guidance for Parents from Gov. Lujan-Grisham and DOH in Spanish

2021 School Health Matters virtual conference (aka SHEI)

CONFERENCE STRUCTURE

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8: Intensives (8:30 – 4:00 PM)
This first day will offer half and full-day sessions for attendees to engage deeply within a specific subject matter as well as invitation-only sessions for various cohorts. Workshops include a QPR Gatekeeper Instructor Certification Course, Transgender Cultural Fluency Training, a New School Nurse Training, and an introduction to School Behavioral Threat Assessments.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9:  School Health Matters  (8:30 – 3:00 PM)
We welcome our opening keynote, Dr. Ken Ginsburg,  Expert Advisor for the Center for Children and Youth, Professor of Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), and Founding Director of the Center for Parent and Teen Communication who will provide. Attendees will then select from a variety of workshops including updates on the most current guidelines and efforts at DOH and PED, and breakout sessions focusing specifically on pandemic-related topics such as immunization, testing, school environment, and wellness. We will close with our keynote speaker Chandra McPherson-Gibbs, Chief of Staff at the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office, who reminds us that it is OK to “Take the Cape Off.”

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10:  School Health Matters (8:30 – 3:30 PM)
This day offers a variety of workshops that will address some of the top challenges facing student health and safety including cyberbullying, safe school plans, youth engagement, Covid Testing, afterschool programs, and behavioral health services.  We will also offer a keynote presentation that brings together an expert panel to address health equity and inclusion.

2020 Virtual School Health Education Institute SHEI

The keynote addresses and presentations from this year’s 2020 School Health Education Institute are now available on the SHEI 2020 Library. If you attended the conference, the videos will be immediately available. If you did not attend the conference simply register here then follow the directions in the email that will be sent to access the content.

2019 School Health Education Institute (SHEI)

Thank you for all who attended the 2019 SHEI. The  commitment to your students was evident as you attended the various sessions regarding the Healthy Schools Grant partners, Expecting and Parenting Teens GRADS, Migrant, Foster Care and Homeless Student and  Social and Emotional Learning. Resources from the institute follow:

Anna Age Eight New Mexico Children and ACES Presentation

Being Image- Claim Your Authenticity as an Educator Presentation

Care Coordination in Schools Presentation

Cooking With Kids Recipe Box

Educational Stability and Transitional Services for Highly Mobile Youth

Implementing Restorative Justice Practices in Schools

Transgender 101_A Cultural Humility Training

Office of School and Adolescent Health, DOH

Office of School and Adolescent Health Brief Vol. 1 Issue 1

Office of School and Adolescent Health Brief Vol. 1 Issue 2

Office of School and Adolescent Health Brief Vol. 1 Issue 3

2018-19-Immunization-Requirements