25 U.S.C. § 1621n
Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)
The Secretary, acting through the Service and in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, may award grants to Indian tribes to develop comprehensive school health education programs for children from preschool through grade 12 in schools located on Indian reservations.
Grants awarded under this section may be used to-
The Secretary shall provide technical assistance to Indian tribes in the development of health education plans, and the dissemination of health education materials and information on existing health programs and resources.
The Secretary shall establish criteria for the review and approval of applications for grants made pursuant to this section.
Recipients of grants under this section shall submit to the Secretary an annual report on activities undertaken with funds provided under this section. Such reports shall include a statement of-
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1993 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000.
25 U.S.C. § 1621n
- Service
- The term "Service" means the Indian Health Service.
- Substance abuse
- The term "Substance abuse" includes inhalant abuse.
- health promotion
- The term "health promotion" means any activity for-(A) fostering social, economic, environmental, and personal factors conducive to health, including raising public awareness regarding health matters and enabling individuals to cope with health problems by increasing knowledge and providing valid information;(B) encouraging adequate and appropriate diet, exercise, and sleep;(C) promoting education and work in accordance with physical and mental capacity;(D) making available safe water and sanitary facilities;(E) improving the physical, economic, cultural, psychological, and social environment;(F) promoting culturally competent care; and(G) providing adequate and appropriate programs, including programs for-(i) abuse prevention (mental and physical);(ii) community health;(iii) community safety;(iv) consumer health education;(v) diet and nutrition;(vi) immunization and other methods of prevention of communicable diseases, including HIV/AIDS;(vii) environmental health;(viii) exercise and physical fitness;(ix) avoidance of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders;(x) first aid and CPR education;(xi) human growth and development;(xii) injury prevention and personal safety;(xiii) behavioral health;(xiv) monitoring of disease indicators between health care provider visits through appropriate means, including Internet-based health care management systems;(xv) personal health and wellness practices;(xvi) personal capacity building;(xvii) prenatal, pregnancy, and infant care;(xviii) psychological well-being;(xix) reproductive health and family planning;(xx) safe and adequate water;(xxi) healthy work environments;(xxii) elimination, reduction, and prevention of contaminants that create unhealthy household conditions (including mold and other allergens);(xxiii) stress control;(xxiv) substance abuse;(xxv) sanitary facilities;(xxvi) sudden infant death syndrome prevention;(xxvii) tobacco use cessation and reduction;(xxviii) violence prevention; and(xxix) such other activities identified by the Service, a tribal health program, or an urban Indian organization to promote achievement of any of the objectives referred to in section 1602(2) of this title.