School Health Services Update: December 4th, 2018
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) Bureau of Community Health and Prevention’s School Health Services (SHS) Unit is seeking applications from local public school districts, regional school districts, local boards of health that provide school health services, charter schools, vocational-technical schools, educational collaboratives and non-public (non-profit) schools, including approved special education schools for the […]
SURVEY
All, We are attempting to update our records related to the implementation of naloxone access in schools. Please distribute the survey below to be completed by ALL Public School Nurse Leaders/ Contacts. Thank you very much! Instructions Only ONE person from each school district (public school, charter school district, vocational school district, or collaborative) should complete […]
2018 Childhood Immunization Schedule
This message is from Dr. Susan M. Lett, Medical Director, MDPH Immunization Program. Please share this advisory with all pertinent colleagues and staff within your practice or institution. Dear Colleagues, The 2018 Immunization Schedule for those 0-18 years has been published. The changes in the schedule are discussed in the MMWR from February 9, 2018 […]
January 30, 2018
Dear Colleagues, We continue to get calls requesting information for schools, parents and students pertaining to the current influenza epidemic. To supplement to what was shared in last week’s email , links to additional information from the CDC are included here: MDPH Information for Schools: https://www.mass.gov/service-details/information-for-school-and-childcare-professionals CDC Information for Schools: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/school/qa.htm CDC Information on How to […]
January 23, 2018
Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that the MA DPH Bureau of Community Health and Prevention has posted two career opportunities for school nurse applicants who may be interested: Public Health Nursing Advisor I, Nursing Advisor for the Medication Administration Program: External career site: https://massanf.taleo.net/careersection/ex/jobdetail.ftl?job=180000AR Public Health Nursing Advisor I , Nursing Advisor for the […]