HEC/Announcements

The Higher Education Center is pleased to make the following
announcements:

1) NEW CDC STUDY: INJURY MORTALITY RATES

Injury death rates nationally rose more than five percent after a
two-decade period of decline, according to a study released by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the "Morbidity and
Mortality Weekly Report." The report indicates the largest increases
were seen in the 20-29 and 45-54 year age groups.

The total injury mortality rate includes deaths from unintentional
injury, suicides, homicides, and injuries of undetermined intent. If a
death could not be definitively attributed to unintentional injury or
suicide, it is considered to be of undetermined intent. Homicide rates
remained stable throughout the 1999-2004 period, with unintentional
poisonings accounting for more than half of the total increase in injury
deaths.

To read the key findings please visit
http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/2007/r071213a.htm. To read full
report, please visit
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5649a1.htm.

2) UDETC AUDIO CONFERENCE: PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN PREVENTING UNDERAGE
DRINKING

The Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center is hosting an audio
conference, "Parental Involvement in Preventing Underage Drinking,"
Tuesday, December 18, 2007, 3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m., Eastern.

Alcohol is a drug. Alcohol is also the number one drug of choice for
teens. Parents can be effective in reducing the use of alcohol by youth
under 21 by using a number of environmental strategies, such as
preventing access of alcohol to youth, creating clear, consistent no-use
messages, as well as partnering with local and state key stakeholders to
address the issues related to underage drinking. The presenters on the
call will share resources and effective strategies that can be
duplicated in the community.

For more information and to register online, please visit
http://www.udetc.org/audioconfregistration.asp.

3) BACCHUS AREA 10 SPRING CONFERENCE

The BACCHUS Network is sponsoring the Area 10 Spring Conference April 5
(Conference) - April 6 (Optional Certified Peer Educator Training),
2008, at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.

The Conference will focus on addressing college health and safety issues
through peer education. Area 10 includes Connecticut, Massachusetts,
Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont.

For more information, including a tentative schedule, please visit
http://www.wesleyan.edu/weswell/bacchus/area10.htm. To have a conference
mailing with registration materials and award nominations forms mailed
or e-mailed to you, please contact Lisa Currie at lcurrie_at_wesleyan.edu.

4) JOB OPPORTUNITIES

The following job opportunities were recently posted to the Higher
Education Center Web site. For more information on these and other
recent job postings, please visit http://www.higheredcenter.org/jobs/.

Associate Director of Health Promotion
Western Michigan University

*********************************************************
HEC/News is a service provided by the U.S. Department of Education
Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse and Violence
Prevention. Through its Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, the
Department funds the Center under Contract Number ED-04-CO-0137.
No official support or endorsement by the Department related to items
highlighted in HEC/News is intended nor should it be inferred.
*********************************************************

HEC/News is a conduit for press coverage of alcohol, other drugs, and
violence issues in higher education, and is not a discussion list. Negative
coverage may reinforce misperceptions of norms related to drug abuse or
violence, while other opinions and angles taken may run counter to the views
of many prevention practitioners. In such cases, subscribers may consider
writing letters to the editor to state their respective positions.
-----------------------------------------------------------------

To discuss this article, send a message to DRUGHIED, an electronic
discussion list for substance abuse prevention in higher education.
Subscribe to DRUGHIED:
http://www.edc.org/hec/news/hecnews/instructions.html.
Archive of DRUGHIED: http://www.edc.org/hec/drughied/
-----------------------------------------------------------------

To unsubscribe to HEC/News, write to majordomo_at_milhouse.edc.org with text
"unsubscribe hecnews" in the body of the message.
For more information visit http://www.edc.org/hec/
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Received on Fri Dec 14 2007 - 17:12:50 EST