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 ** HEALTH PROMOTING SCHOOLS NEWSLETTER **  ** October 2013 **    ** MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS **  ** MENTAL HEALTH : Teaching and Learning **  ** mind check **is an engaging and interactive website designed to help youth and young adults in British Columbia check out how they’re feeling and quickly connect to mental health resources and support. Support includes education, self-care tools, website links, and assistance in connecting to local professional resources. Take a look at this link and share with others! __ [|**http://www.mindcheck.ca/**] __  ** MENTAL HEALTH: Teaching and learning **  __ [|**SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH IN CANADA: A FINAL REPORT**] __ **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Mental Health Commission of Canada: September 2013 ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">** MENTAL HEALTH: Teaching and learning ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Kelty Mental Health Pinwheel Education Series: Social Support ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Date: **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> Thursday, October 17, 2013 **Time**: 12-1pm PST <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Telephone: **<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Dial 1-877-291-3022 and enter the access code 4611577# <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Check out this link for more information: <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">__ [|**http://keltymentalhealth.ca/pinwheel**] __ <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"> ** MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">** MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE : Teaching and Learning ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify;">** New Online Tool for Youth Encourages Discussion about Substance Use ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A collaborative drug awareness effort between IH Mental Health and Substance Use, the Penticton South Okanagan Similkameen Regional RCMP Detachment, and Mind Festival Learning has launched to help stimulate conversation about choices youth have when facing drug and alcohol use. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Funded by the Ministry of Justice Civil Forfeiture Fund, “The __ [|**Mike and Vicki Project**] __<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">” features a web-based, “choose-your-own-adventure” story that follows two high school students, Mike and Vicki, as they plan their weekend. Viewers decide which choices Mike will make and discover what the consequences may be for Mike and those around him. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">“Through conversation there is the opportunity for increased understanding and education. Each story line in the resource ends with the question ‘What Just Happened’ followed by ‘Fast Facts’ related to the specific story line. Including these conversation starters is a deliberate attempt to encourage dialogue that may help the viewer process what they have just experienced,” says **Ginger Challenger**, IH Youth Outreach Counsellor. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">For other Mental and Substance Information and Resources check out: ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"> ** TOBACCO REDUCTION ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">** TOBACCO REDUCTION : **** Partnerships and Services ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">** IH Tobacco Contacts: ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Do you need tobacco reduction information? Please visit the Interior Health Partners tab: __ [|**http://www.interiorhealth.ca/sites/Partners/TobaccoResources/Pages/Schools.aspx**] __ <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Do you need to reach the Interior Health Tobacco Team? **Email:** __ **tobacco@interiorhealth.ca** __ <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">** Aboriginal Communities and School Tobacco Minigrant ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">As of April 1, 2013 the Interior Health Tobacco Reduction Mini Grant Program will support Aboriginal communities. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Grants **<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">of up to $200 are available. The overall goal is to prevent the use of commercial tobacco and help people to quit, while respecting traditional and ceremonial tobacco use. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Aboriginal communities, **schools** and programs are invited to submit an application to the Mini Grant Program by contacting Kym Howay, Tobacco Reduction Coordinator for Aboriginal Communities at 250-549-6349. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">** TOB **** ACCO REDUCTION : **** Teaching and Learning ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">They may be plugged into social media, but digital tools **//alone//** don't appear to be the most effective way to help young adult smokers butt out, according to new Canadian research. To see more, please visit: __ [|**http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/social-media-no-answer-to-quitting-smoking-young-adults-say-1.1313440**] __ <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">** Tobacco Activity Book ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Interior Health has compiled a booklet of activities to accompany our Tobacco Lending Library materials. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Activity Booklet includes activities that help students learn about tobacco prevention activities. The activities are classroom friendly and easily adapted. To learn more about our lending library please visit: <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">__ [|**http://www.interiorhealth.ca/sites/Partners/TobaccoResources/Pages/Schools.aspx**] __ <span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">or to ask for an electronic copy, please request the activity booklet from ** : **__ **tobacco@interiorhealth.ca** __ <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"> ** NUTRITION ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">** NUTRITION : Partnerships and Services ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">** BC School Fruit and Vegetable Program to add Milk! ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Starting this month elementary schools registered with the __ **BC School Fruit and Vegetable Nutritional Program** __ <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">will be offered milk free of charge for children in K-2 classes. The addition to the program is a __ **BC Dairy Association** __<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">initiative which will be implemented with the partnership of __ [|**BC Agriculture in the Classroom**] __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Free milk will be distributed approximately 13 times a year through the same distribution chain as the AITC School Fruit and Vegetable program. Check out the new instructional video for __ [|**SFVNPP plus Milk**] __**. ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">** NUTRITION : Teaching and Learning ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Action Schools! BC Student Leadership Training ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">//**<span style="color: #cb0c14; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Workshops and resources available for teachers **// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The start of the school year is a great time to develop student leadership skills. All registered Action Schools are eligible to receive a complimentary **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">Healthy Eating **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">student Leadership workshop this school year. Learn more at __ [|**workshops.**] __ <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">** For previous newsletters: **__ [|**Health Promoting Schools Newsletters**] __ <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Or contact: <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">** Valerie Pitman ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">** RN BN BSPsyc ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">phone: 250-364-6221 <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">email: __ **valerie.pitman@interiorhealth.ca** __ <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**<span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style',serif; font-size: 10pt;">IH School Engagement Educator ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**<span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Promotion and Prevention ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**<span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style',serif; font-size: 10pt;">Trail, B.C. ** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**//<span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style',serif; font-size: 10pt;">“Connecting health promotion staff with school staff to improve student’s health” //**

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<span style="color: #0070c0; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;">**HEALTH PROMOTING SCHOOLS NEWSLETTER** <span style="color: #0070c0; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 18pt; text-align: center;">**September 2013** <span style="color: #0070c0; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;">**YOUTH AND HEALTHY SCHOOLS**

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> **HEALTHY SCHOOLS** **: Partnerships and Services**

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">2013-2014 Healthy Living Youth Council Call for Applications Open September 9! <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #235379; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**What is the HLYC?** Click here to watch the promotional video!

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> The Healthy Living Youth Council (HLYC) is a committee of 10 – 12 high school students from all over BC. The members of the council are the driving force behind the realization of a “for youth, by youth” model of engaging students in how they can impact healthy living in their school communities. The HLYC is a component of Healthy Schools BC<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">, coordinated by DASH BC<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">, and in collaboration with the Provincial Ministries of Health and Education. <span style="color: #235379; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">For More information: Click Here

<span style="color: #235379; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**How do I apply?** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Applications will become active on here on September 9th, 2013. The deadline to apply is **September 30, 2013**. For information on the application process, or to access the online application visit Healthy Living Youth Council application<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">.

<span style="color: #235379; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**Have more questions about the HLYC?** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Please contact hlyc@dashbc.ca

<span style="color: #0070c0; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;"> **MENTAL HEALTH** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> **MENTAL HEALTH** **: Partnerships and Services**

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> **Anxiety BC** has launched a writing & video contest for youth and young adults age 17-29. For more information about the contest go to: www.anxietybc.com/contest <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Prizes: 1 st - $1000, 2 nd - $750, 3 rd - $500. <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> **Deadline for submissions: October 29, 2013**. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">For a hard copy to post please email Vanessa: vanessa.waechtler@gmail.com

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> **MENTAL HEALTH** **: Teaching and Learning** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 10pt;">**Summer Institute 2013: Presentation Videos<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> (Educators) ** <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Videotaped recordings of sessions presented at our Summer Institute 2013 symposium on mental health in schools. Includes keynote presentations from Dr. Gordon Neufeld on 'Connectedness and Resiliency' and Dr. Stan Kutcher on 'Understanding Mental Health Treatments'.

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Pinwheel Education Series: School Anxiety<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">**(Parents and Educators)** <span style="color: #696969; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">**26 September 2013 -** **12:00pm** **-** **1:00pm**

<span style="color: #0070c0; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;">**TOBACCO REDUCTION** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> **TOBACCO REDUCTION** **:** **Partnerships and Services** <span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**IH Tobacco Contacts:** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Do you need tobacco reduction information? <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Do you need to reach the Interior Health Tobacco Team? **Email:** tobacco@interiorhealth.ca

<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**Aboriginal Communities and School Tobacco Minigrant** <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">As of April 1, 2013 the Interior Health Tobacco Reduction Mini Grant Program will support Aboriginal communities. <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Grants of up to $200 are available. The overall goal is to prevent the use of commercial tobacco and help people to quit, while respecting traditional and ceremonial tobacco use. <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Aboriginal communities, **schools** and programs are invited to submit an application to the Mini Grant Program by contacting Kym Howay, Tobacco Reduction Coordinator for Aboriginal Communities at 250-549-6349.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> **TOBACCO REDUCTION** **:** **Teaching and Learning**

<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**Tobacco Reduction in Schools** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The **Tobacco Reduction Program**<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> works with teachers, counsellors, youth addiction workers, youth centrestaff, Aboriginal communities and others to: <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> · <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Prevent young people from starting to smoke  <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> · <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Protect children and youth from secondhand smoke   <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> · <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Support young tobacco users to quit <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Please visit: to learn more <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">http://www.interiorhealth.ca/sites/Partners/TobaccoResources/Pages/Schools.aspx

<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**Tobacco Resources for our Partners** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">What can you do in your office, <span style="color: #1b08a8; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**school** or <span style="color: #1b08a8; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">**community** <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">to make a difference? We can help! <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Check the resources for health care providers<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">, school staff<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> and local governments<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> or contact the Interior Health Tobacco Reduction Program<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">. Please visit: <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">https://www.interiorhealth.ca/sites/Partners/TobaccoResources/Pages/default.aspx

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> **Quitnow** <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Visit the new Quitnow website to access tools and resources for quitting tobacco. <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Please visit: http://www.quitnow.ca/tools-and-resources/index.php

<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">**E-Cigarettes** <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> E-cigarettes are NOT approved by Health Canada for sale or use in Canada. The safety, efficacy and quality of e-cigarettes are still unknown**.** <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">To read more about this electronic device please visit : http://www.quitnow.ca/tools-and-resources/e-cigarettes.php

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> **On the Road to Quitting** : <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Guide to Becoming a non-smoker for young adults <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> An updated Health Canada booklet for Youth: **On the Road to Quitting** provides you with the facts, some food for thought, skills and motivation to help you make a quit plan. This guide may be ordered for free by visiting: Health Canada Ordering System/ Tobacco Publications **.** <span style="color: #0070c0; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;">**NUTRITION**

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> **NUTRITION** **: Partnerships and Services**

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<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">**//New Nutrition Resources and Supports from Action Schools! BC//** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> **Super Snacks poster** **:**  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The Super Snacks poster<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">provides a colourful visual tool that showcases healthy snacks and supports several of the lessons and activities in the Healthy Eating Action Resource<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Grades K to 7. The Healthy Eating Action Resource includes curriculum-based lessons and activities focusing on increasing vegetable and fruit consumption, reducing intake of sugary drinks and sodium, and increasing media awareness. <span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">**//2013/2014 -Top Ten Complimentary Resources and Supports List://**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Check out the Top 10 Complimentary Resources and Support<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">list for information on workshops that support Healthy Eating, the School Food Grant, and Healthy Eating Action Packs, that are available from Action Schools! BC for the 2013/2014 school year. To book a workshop or for more information contact the Action Schools! BC Support Team at 1-800-565-7727 or info@actionschoolsbc.ca<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">or visit www.actionschoolsbc.ca

<span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> **For previous newsletters:** **Health Promoting Schools Newsletters**

<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Or contact:

**Valerie Pitman** **RN BN BSPsyc** <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">phone: 250-364-6221 <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt;">email: **valerie.pitman@interiorhealth.ca**

<span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style',serif; font-size: 10pt;">**IH School Engagement Educator** <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style',serif; font-size: 10pt;">**Promotion and Prevention** <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style',serif; font-size: 10pt;">**Trail, B.C.** <span style="color: #7030a0; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style',serif; font-size: 10pt;">**//“Connecting health promotion staff with school staff to improve student’s health”//**

=**The BUZZ Winter 2013**=



=**Spring 2011**=

DASH Healthy Schools Newsletter
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== <span style="color: #00ff00; display: block; font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;"> ** HEALTH PROMOTING SCHOOLS NEWSLETTER **
 * April 2013 **

** MENTAL HEALTH **


 * MENTAL HEALTH: **** Social and Physical Environment **

This May 7th, National Child & Youth Mental Health Day, we want to support the mental health of kids by connecting them to parents and caring adults. For more information about our new campaign…I care about you…. Visit our website at [|**www.instituteoffamilies.ca**]

The Pinwheel Education series are a group of free, all inclusive monthly education events. The aim is to provide learning opportunities for the public on key mental health and healthy living topics, and host a forum where teachers, parents, and students can engage in dialogue with experts and persons with lived experience. All Pinwheel events take place on Thursdays from 12-1pm (PST). Information about upcoming sessions and past recorded sessions can be viewed at: [|**http://keltymentalhealth.ca/pinwheel**]
 * MENTAL HEALTH: **** Teaching and Learning **


 * MENTAL HEALTH: **** Teaching and Learning **

AnxietyBC Clinician Workshop Series - In collaboration with CBT for Kids Presents Workshops in Vancouver ideal for anyone working clinically with anxious children and adolescents. This includes practising psychologists, psychiatrists and other mental health workers, psychiatric nurses, social workers, and school counsellors. Zero-ing in on Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Recent Advances in CBT Treatments. For more information go to [|**http://anxietybcclinicianworkshop.eventbrite.ca**]

Friday May 10, 2013 (Day 1) 9:00 am – 4: 30 pm Transdiagnostic Treatment of Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders: A focus on Adolescent Social Anxiety Disorder

Saturday May 11, 2013 (Day 2) 9:00 am – 4: 30 pm The Intersection of Generalized Anxiety, Social Anxiety and Separation Disorder in Young Children: Comorbidities in the Context of the Family (Child focus)

** TOBACCO REDUCTION **


 * TOBACCO REDUCTION: **** Partnerships and Services **


 * New direction for Tobacco minigrants 2013-2014 **

As of April 1, 2013 theInterior Health Tobacco Reduction Mini Grant Program is being targeted to support prevention, promotion and protection strategies in Aboriginal communities within the Interior Health catchments area. Aboriginal peoples have been identified as a “vulnerable population”. Tobacco use remains the number one preventable cause of illness and death in our society. Smoking rates among Canada’s Aboriginal population are, on average, twice as high as those of non-Aboriginal Canadians. Although gains have been made over the last decade, the Aboriginal population is disproportionately at risk for tobacco related diseases. The Aboriginal population consists of First Nations (both on and off reserve), Métis and Inuit people. Diabetes is three to five times more common in First Nations communities and smoking exacerbates this condition. Aboriginal people with diabetes are eleven times more likely to die from heart attacks and strokes. First Nations youth between the ages of 15 and 17 smoke at a rate estimated at four times the national average. For all these reasons, the Aboriginal population merits greater attention. The Interior Health Tobacco Reduction Mini Grant Program places $6,000 annually into communities to support the delivery of evidence based and culturally appropriate cessation and prevention activities. Aboriginal communities and schools will be invited to submit application to the Mini Grant Program. This community grant program is intended to “resource the resources” and utilize local expertise to ultimately increase capacity within Aboriginal communities. The overall goal is to prevent the use of commercial tobacco, while respecting traditional and ceremonial tobacco use. Please contact:**to****bacco@interiorhealth.ca** for the current application form or for more information about the Minigrant program.


 * TOBACCO REDUCTION: **** Teaching and Learning **

** Traditional Tobacco Use ** Tobacco and other sacred plants have long been used as an offering of thanks, in prayer, as a medicine or gift. They are an important way of communicating with the Creator and the spirit world. To read more visit: [|**Traditional Tobacco Use**]

In its original form, tobacco had both honor and purpose. The chemical additives found in commercial tobacco take away from tobacco's original purpose in Aboriginal ceremonies. Smoking cigarettes and chewing tobacco have no connection to Aboriginal spirituality. To learn more visit: [|**Tobacco Wise.com**]
 * Keep it Sacred **

The First Nations Health Authority is pleased to introduce the British Columbia results of the 2008-10 Regional Health Survey: ‘Healthy Children, Healthy Families, Healthy Communities’. To see ** tobacco information ** related to Smoking and Smoke Free Homes please view the full [|**Report**].
 * BC Provincial Report First nations Regional Health Authority Report **

** NUTRITION **

BC School Fruit and Vegetable Program to add Milk! BC Agriculture in the classroom is excited to announce that the BC Ministry of Health will be providing funding of $1 million to the BC School Fruit and Vegetable Program to include Milk in K-2 classes around the province. The addition to the program is a BC Dairy Association initiative, which will be implemented with the partnership of BC Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation. This addition will begin September 2013 with free milk being distributed approximately 13 times a year through the same distribution chain as the AITC School Fruit and Vegetable program. For more information see [|**BC Ag in the Classroom.**] BC Dairy Association Nutrition Education Workshops
 * NUTRITION : **** Partnerships and Services **
 * NUTRITION : **** Teaching and Learning **

Have you been wondering about nutrition education workshops? In just two minutes, this engaging new video shows teachers how the BC Dairy Association nutrition education workshops can help them teach nutrition in the classroom right away.

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Hands-on Cook-off Contest to Include Youth Category!
 * NUTRITION : **** Partnerships and Services **

For the first time ever, the popular Better Together Hands-on Cook-off contest is coming to schools across BC with a special category for Youth. Students can star in their own cooking video!

Here’s how it works: Youth in BC can enter anytime through the month of May. Students team up with a friend or family member and create a short, punchy video that shows the world in 3 minutes or less how to make one of their favourite recipes (breakfast, BBQ, pizza, salad, dinner, snack, dessert). See the contest site for sample videos.

Neat prizes! Grand Prize is a $750 gift card from the Apple store plus $500 cash to donate to a favourite school program. See full list of prizes on the contest site.

Better Together BC is a partnership between the BC Ministry of Health and the BC Dairy Association. Starting May 1, 2013 enter the Hands-on Cook-off Contest at:

[|**http://bettertogetherbc.ca/contest**]

For previous Health Promoting Schools Newsletters see: []

Or contact:

phone: 250-364-6221 email: valerie.pitman@interiorhealth.ca
 * Valerie Pitman **
 * RN BN BSPsyc **


 * IH School Engagement Educator **
 * Promotion and Prevention **
 * Trail, B.C. **
 * // “Connecting health promotion staff with school staff to improve student’s health” //**