Topics: Mental Health, Stress Management May is Mental Health month and NEA HIN knows that many educators are experiencing high levels of stress. In 2012, NEA members asked NEA HIN produce new resou...
“She’s blue!” I was three-years-old, and my mother had minutes before given me a walnut to snack on as I rode in the backseat during a family road trip. I was suddenly quiet – ...
How can foods that are as common as a mosquito at a picnic in July and that taste so good make so many people sick—some to the point of death? Each year, almost 200 people with food allergies die f...
Topics: Asthma, Indoor Air Quality, Indoor Environmental Quality, Online Course April 5th is the anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As we honor Dr. King’s astonishing legacy and...
Topics: Breakfast in the Classroom, Organizing, Substance Abuse/Prescription Drugs As summer comes to an end, I look forward to another great back to school season. This time of year is always full ...
The School Health Systems Change Project at the State University of New York Cortland works to build the capacity of school health educators, school nurses, administrators, and others to create a sc...
Happy New Year! This week on BagtheJunk.org, NEA HIN’s sister website dedicated to all things healthy school food… The Keeping It a Healthy New Year blog provides a sneak peek into Bag t...
What to say about holiday stress…everyone writes about it and everyone seems to suffer from it. As with other sources of stress, holidays can be both positive (family, friends, vacation) or negative...
Red Alert! Most people are probably not aware that 25.8 million children and adults in the U.S. have diabetes. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), diabetes is one of ...
To me the winter holidays are about family, friends, and food. And while I don’t think I can get too much of the first two this year, the third one has me concerned. Everywhere I turn there ...