[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 174 (Friday, September 8, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46841-46842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-22252]



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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service


Announcement of Cooperative Agreement With the American School 
Health Association

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, Office of Disease 
Prevention and Health Promotion.

ACTION: Final notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of Disease Prevention and Health promotion (ODPHP) 
on behalf of the Interagency Committee on School Health announces the 
availability of fiscal year (FY) 1995 funds for a sole source 
cooperative agreement with the American School Health Association 
(ASHA) to review and synthesize the health and educational effects of 
school health programs and to set forth the research agenda. 
Approximately $100,000 will be available in FY 1995 to support this 
project. This award will begin on or about September 1, 1995, for a 12 
month budget period within a project period of up to 2 years. Funding 
estimates may vary and are subject to change. Continuation awards 
within the project period will be made on the basis of satisfactory 
progress and the availability of funds.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 30, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:Kristine I. McCoy, M.P.H., School 
Health Coordinator, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, PHS U.S. Department of 
Health and Human Services, 330 C Street, SW, Room 2132, Washington, DC 
20201, Phone: 202-205-8180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ODPHP will assist in identifying 
programs and procedures relevant to the project objectives; collaborate 
in developing, analyzing, and reviewing material for dissemination; and 
take responsibility for publication of final products.
    The Public Health service (PHS) is committed to achieving the 
health promotion and disease prevention objectives of ``Healthy People 
2000,'' a PHS-led national activity to reduce morbidity and mortality 
and improve the quality of life. This announcement us related to 
objectives in nearly all priority areas, particularly those pertaining 
to school-aged children and youth. (To order a copy of ``Healthy People 
2000,'' see the section, ``Where to Obtain Additional Information.'')

Authority

    This program is authorized under the Public Health Service Act, 
section 1701(a)(11).

Smoke-Free Workplace

    The PHS strongly encourages all grant recipients to provide a 
smoke-free workplace and promote the non-use of all tobacco products 
and Public Law 103-227, the Pro-Children's Act of 1994, prohibits 
smoking in certain facilities that receive Federal funds in which 

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education, library, day care, health care, and early childhood 
development services are provided to the children.
Eligible Applicant

    Assistance will be provided only to the ASHA. No other applications 
are solicited. The program announcement and application kit have been 
sent to ASHA. Eligibility is limited to ASHA because it provides 
representation from a wide variety of professionals in health, 
education, and social services around the country who serve children 
through school health programs or related research. ASHA was created 
specifically to represent this wide variety of professionals, and is 
unique in its role as a liaison between the school health community and 
government and other national organizations. With a current membership 
of 3500 the ASHA has served as a policy development and capacity 
building organization for more than 70 years. One of its major 
objectives is the sharing of information that will support school 
health programs and protect and improve the well-being of children. 
Thus, the ASHA membership will benefit directly from a compiled body of 
knowledge that can be used to improve and create quality school health 
programs and which helps ASHA affiliated researchers to focus their 
work on key questions.
    The ASHA's commitment to improvement of the health of school-aged 
children and demonstrated ability to produce and disseminate 
information accessible to a wide variety of school health professionals 
are demonstrated by its flagship publication the Journal of School 
Health whose articles cover all areas of medical and education practice 
with special application to school health programs, and which 
circulates in the U.S. and 56 foreign countries. In addition, the ASHA 
has a long history of special publications including ``Achieving the 
1990 Health Objectives for the Nation: Agenda for the Nation's 
Schools'' and ``Recommendations for Delivery of Comprehensive Primary 
Health Care to Children and Youth in the School Setting.''
    The ASHA has established an advisory panel and a review panel of 
its members representing graduate academic programs training school 
health professionals within various disciplines to provide expertise in 
the planning and conduct of this project. Other professional 
organizations to which the advisory panel members belong and will serve 
as agents of for this project include the American Alliance for Health, 
Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, the American Public Health 
Association, the Society for the Promotion of Health Education, the 
Association for the Advancement of Health Education, the International 
Union on Health Education and Promotion, the American Dietetic 
Association, and the American School Food Service Association. These 
organizations will serve as resources for the collection of school 
health evaluations and will benefit from the dissemination of the final 
review and synthesis.

Executive Order 12372 Review

    This application is not subject to Intergovernmental Review of 
Federal Programs as governed by Executive Order 12372.

Public Health System Reporting Requirements

    This program is not subject to the Public Health System Reporting 
Requirements.

Where to Obtain More Information

    A copy of ``Healthy People 2000'' (Full Report, stock No. 017-001-
00474-0) or ``Healthy People 2000'' (Summary Report, Stock No. 017-001-
00473-1) referenced in the ``Summary'' may be obtained from the 
Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 
371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954, telephone (202) 512-2250.

    Dated: August 22, 1995.
Susanne A. Stoiber,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, (Disease Prevention and 
Health Promotion/Health Planning and Evaluation).
[FR Doc. 95-22252 Filed 9-7-95; 8:45 am]
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