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Click here to read CCPH's Monthly
E-News. To subscribe, click here! Sizabantwana
Project from KwaZulu Natal, South Africa Receives 8th Annual CCPH Award! The
award honors partnerships that are striving to achieve the systems and policy
changes needed to overcome the root causes of health, social and economic inequalities.
This grass-roots project, developed through a partnership between the University
of KwaZulu Natal School of Psychology and twenty primary schools in the Edendale
and Imbali township area, builds educator capacity to address psycho-social issues
in their school communities. Click here to
learn more. CCPH Co-Authors Article on CBPR in Prestigious
Cardiovascular Journal. The article, "Community-Based
Participatory Research From the Margin tothe Mainstream: Are Researchers Prepared?"
appears in the May 26, 2009 issue of the peer-reviewed journal Circulation. Seeking
Submissions for CES4Health.info! One challenge for community-engaged scholars
is the lack of mechanisms for peer review and dissemination of innovative products
like documentaries, training manuals, policy briefs and curricula. CES4Health.info
is designed to meet that challenge and is in its pilot phase now. For more information,
click here. The
latest issue of Partnership Matters newsletter
is chock full of timely grant, conference and publication announcements. Click
here to check it out. To
read past news, please click here. | | | |
Go Global
changing worlds, changing
lives Trevor Goddard is Director
of the Go Global program at Curtin University in Western Australia. Go Global
is a service initiative supporting community based health care providers in India,
China, Ukraine and South Africa. Curtin staff and students work in partnership
with host sites building capacity for local staff and enhancing the global citizenry
of allied health students. Trevor received a 2006 Australian National Carrick
Institute citation for outstanding contributions to student learning...'For enabling
an international multi disciplinary health and development learning experience
that enhances personal, professional and clinical skills and cultural awareness
of health science students'. He believes through programs such as Go Global, universities
can connect with international communities and stimulate the citizenship capacity
of graduates. To read more about Trevor's
work and the Go Global program, click here.
To read about previous Featured Members, click here.
If you would like to be a Featured Member, or would like to refer a colleague,
please email CCPH at ccphuw@u.washington.edu.
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Join CCPH at these upcoming conferences! Apply now for CCPH's 12th
Summer Service-Learning Institute! A few slots remain for this intensive
training institute taking place July 24-27, 2009 in Leavenworth, Washington.
Register now for July 15 Community Partner Conference Call! Join
us from 3:30-5 pm eastern time to learn about setting up and running a community-based
participatory research department in a community agency setting. The call is free
of charge for those dialing in from Canada and the US. Registration is limited
and priority will be given to community-based organizations. To register, click
here.
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