Collaboration, Innovation, Prevention & Education: Our 2014-15 CORE Grantees!
Suzanne Flory
Oct 14, 2014
The Oregon School-Based Health Alliance is excited to announce the 2014-2015 CORE grant projects! This year’s cohort recently convened during the annual SBHC Conference to share project updates, work collaboratively to develop effective outreach strategies, and gain new knowledge and insight that will improve their efforts to initiate and strengthen healthy youth relationship (HYR)...
Eye to Eye: Discussing Sensitive Topics with Youth
Tobias Rubel
Sep 29, 2014
There is a flurry of activity at the Oregon School Based Health Alliance lately as our Youth Action Council prepares for our 2014 School Health Conference pre-conference workshop: Eye to Eye on Thursday, October 9th from 1-4 PM. We attended the July national School-Based Health Alliance Convention in Seattle and we also went down to Eugene to partner with Planned Parenthood Southwestern...
Conference registration closes in two weeks!
Rafael Otto
Sep 16, 2014
With just two weeks before our annual school health conference in partnership with the American School Health Association (ASHA), we are busy finalizing session and event details designed to highlight the amazing work happening in Oregon's school-based health field. Be sure to register by October 1 - we hope to see you there!
Register for the Statewide Youth Action...
Celebrating Success: Reflections on the CORE Grant Program
Suzanne Flory
Aug 26, 2014
One of the greatest benefits of the CORE grant program is that it carries forward best practices and lessons learned among SBHCs who have worked to establish and enhance adolescent social and sexual health services across Oregon. As we prepare to launch the next round of CORE grants, OSBHA reflects upon and celebrates the successes of the 2013-2014 CORE grantees. ...
When Facing Some of the Greatest Health Challenges, SBHCs Demonstrate They Can Rise to the Occasion
Rafael Otto
Aug 21, 2014
Contributed by Iliana White, Program Manager, School-Based Health Alliance.
This post originally appeared on the School-Based Health Alliance's blog.
It has been demonstrated time and time again that school-based health centers (SBHCs) provide high quality, comprehensive care to students where they spend most of their time—in school. The model, however, can be...
"It Will Never Happen to Me" (but what if it does?)
Ketchura Antoine
Jul 16, 2014
Recently, I had the opportunity to attend the Adolescent Sexuality Conference in Seaside, Oregon. Of the many workshops I participated in, the most memorable was It Will Never Happen to Me led by four young mothers as a senior final project, each young woman told us about the broad range of changes and struggles they face as teen mothers. They led us through their individual experiences from...
Relationships and Social Networking: Why You Should Block Your Significant Other on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Vine
James Biggers
Jul 7, 2014
Nearing the end of my Sophomore year of high school I began dating Jane. Her name isn’t Jane but that’s not important to this story. Jane and I met through following each other on Twitter and we began our relationship sometime around mid May of 2012 and things were great. We’d hang out and watch Gossip Girl or Teen Wolf or Vampire Diaries because I’m not one to argue and I...
How Schools Work and How To Work With Schools
Suzanne Flory
Jun 10, 2014
Spring has proven to be a busy time for SBHCs as they bring this school-year to a close and begin looking ahead to next year’s priorities, programs, and projects. Here at the Oregon School-Based Health Alliance, we’ve been finalizing project plans with next year’s new round of CORE grantees (keep your eyes open for a 2014-2015 CORE recipient announcement soon!). Over the years, OSBHA has...
Conference registration is open!
Rafael Otto
Jun 6, 2014
The American School Health Association (ASHA), a national multidisciplinary association dedicated to improving the health of PreK-12 students, is pleased to announce a partnership with the Oregon School-Based Health Alliance (OSBHA) to support ASHA’s 88th annual school health conference being held in Portland, OR on October 9-11, 2014. The partnership is designed to link ASHA’s...
What's That You(th) Say?
Suzanne Flory
May 23, 2014
In a recent Op-Ed piece, Fyona Rose with Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon’s Youth Action Council confirmed the importance of “treating youth as valued members in our community” by integrating their voices into decisions made about health care and education. The Oregon School-Based Health Alliance recognizes that young people make thoughtful choices about...
