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KySS in the News ASU Nursing Awarded a Federal Grant for the KySS Fellowship Program Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recently awarded a three-year grant to ASU nursing college to support the KySS Fellowship for NPs in Underserved U.S.: Improving Child & Teen Mental Health. Click here for the press release.
The KySS Program is being featured in a Nursing Spectrum article entitled: KySS and Tell. To read the full article click here. Copyright 2006. Nursing Spectrum Nurse Wire. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
RELEASE: IMMEDIATE - Issued April 12, 2005
CONTACT: Dolores C. Jones, EdD, RN, CPNP, CAE, Director, Practice, Education and Research djones@napnap.org NAPNAP's KySSSM Program Named to 2005 Associations Advance America Honor Roll Cherry Hill, NJ - The National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners', (NAPNAP), Keep Your Children/Yourself Safe and Secure (KySS) Program has been named to the 2005 Associations Advance America Honor Roll, a national awards competition sponsored by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), Washington, DC. KySS received the award for its continued national effort to reduce psychosocial morbidities in children and adolescents. The program emphasizes educational-behavioral interventions to teach children, youth, and their parents all aspects of physical and emotional safety (e.g., prevention of violence, motor vehicle accidents, cigarette, drug, and alcohol use, physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, and sexually transmitted diseases) and to build self-esteem, as well as other developmental assets (e.g., coping and problem-solving skills). NAPNAP's KySS Program embodies the spirit of the ASAE campaign, an awards program that recognizes associations that propel America forward, with innovative projects. For more information on NAPNAP's KySS Program, contact: Dolores C. Jones, EdD, RN, CPNP, CAE, Director, Practice, Education and Research 856/857-9700 NAPNAP is the professional association that advocates for children and Pediatric Nurse Practitioners. NAPNAP has over 6,600 members and 51 chapters in 30 states. For more information about NAPNAP, please contact the national office at 856/857-9700.
The KySS program was recently featured in a Medscape Medical News article entitled: More Frequent Screening Recommended to Reduce Pediatric Mental Health Problems.
A manuscript on the KySS program was recently published: Melnyk, B.M., Moldenhauer, Z., Tuttle, J., Veenema, T.G., Jones, D., & Novak, J. (2003). Improving child and adolescent mental health. An evidence-based approach. Advance for Nurse Practitioners, 11 (2), 47-52.
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