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Volume VII, Issue 6, March 18, 2005
Message from Our Executive Director
New
& Renewing Members
Members
In Action
Upcoming Events
INTERNATIONAL
DISCUSSION OF COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH AND OTHER WAYS TO STRENGTHEN CITIZENS’
INVOLVEMENT IN RESEARCH
At the beginning of February, more than 250 people from 30 countries all
over the world participated in a three day international conference in Seville,
Spain which focused on the theme of Advancing
Science and Society Interactions. The conference, organized by Living
Knowledge, the International
Science Shop Network, offered
a unique opportunity for scientists, researchers, policy-makers and
practitioners in community-based research to share experiences and build
networks.
CCPH was excited to attend
the conference and present CCPH resources and experiences in two workshop
sessions.
From the diverse palette of
presentations and workshops, several conclusions can be drawn:
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Shared
goals and challenges: Academic and community partners from around the world are
actively pursuing community-based research and are interested in expanding and
developing the field for similar goals and in doing so, are facing similar
challenges and issues. While the vocabulary may be different, partnerships are
all struggling to: increase trust among partners, balance power and resource
differentials, find appropriate adequate funding in a competitive research
market, and better reward community and academic partners involved.
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Interesting
models to learn from: Starting in Europe and now rapidly becoming a global
phenomenon, “Science Shops” have been used as a method for fostering scientific
democratization and knowledge diffusion. There are now more than 100 existing
and emerging Science Shops in 25 countries seeking to provide a mechanism for
partnership between universities and civil society. Science Shops are quite
varied in their organization and their operation is highly dependent on their
context. Some are integral parts of universities, others are non-governmental
organizations, and some can be characterized as quasi-small businesses. Funding
sources are varied and range across complete support by a university host,
governmental funding, foundation support, and even service fees. The shops are
also highly fluid in how they interact with the community and the definition of
their ‘science’ is broad, accommodating both the natural and social sciences.
While diversity is a key element of Science Shops and the way they operate, a
consistent feature is recognition of the need for and benefits of more intimate
relationships between universities and communities and the understanding that research must be aimed at the needs and
concerns of society. For more information, visit www.scienceshops.org.
§
Growing
need for genuine participatory activities: Conference attendees, in common with
Community-Based Participatory Research proponents here in the US, agree that
community-based research shows great promise but there is still a growing need
for genuine participatory activities with communities and researchers working
together on equal footing. There is still too large a gap between the
partnerships described by participatory research principles and the predominate
type of partnership in practice.
The
conference was clearly an important step in building the movement to advance
community-based research and to create connections for developing and sharing
ideas for coping with common challenges and contributing to best practices.
CCPH looks forward to continue collaborating with the Science Shop Network and
our international colleagues.
For more information about the
International Science Shop Network, visit the Living Knowledge website.
To view the CCPH presentations
given at the conference, click here.
MARKETING HEALTHY FOOD TO KIDS: INSTITUTE
OF MEDICINE MEETING
Children's
media and food companies recognize that they have a role to play in improving
children's nutritional health, but their participation in the drive against
childhood obesity works best when it dovetails with business interests,
according to speakers at a Jan. 27 meeting of the IOM's Committee on Food
Marketing and the Diets of Children and Youth.
Food
companies know that healthy foods for children are at least a hot trend, if not
a lasting market force, according to Ellen Taaffe, vice president of health and
wellness marketing at PepsiCo. "We think wellness will be one of the
biggest growth opportunities for our industry over the next several decades, on
par with what convenience has been in the last several decades." PepsiCo's
collection of "good-for-you and better-for-you" foods, like oatmeal,
baked chips and low-sugar juices "is growing at almost twice the rate of
the rest of our portfolio and contributing half of our total revenue,"
Taaffe said. The company believes that food choices are mostly a matter of
"individual motivation" and that PepsiCo's job is to provide
consumers with healthy choices if they want them, she added.
Marva
Smalls, an executive vice president at the children's cable channel
Nickelodeon, said the channel "has been on a reconnaissance mission"
for a year to find out how kids eat, how parents control their children's
eating habits and how advertising can improve both of those factors. As a
result, Smalls said, Nickelodeon advertisers now feature healthier products
with more realistic portion sizes. The channel works with advertisers to make
the ads more nutrition-friendly, but has no qualms about refusing ads that do
not meet Nickelodeon's healthy eating guidelines, according to Smalls.
"That said, banning all food advertising, as some suggest, would be
counterproductive," she added. "Because that could take us back to
the days when PBS was the only source of quality children's programming. Every
other broadcaster is a for-profit company whose primary source of revenue is
advertising. It is this revenue that enables us to be a positive force."
Victoria
Rideout, M.A., of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, said public service
ads promoting healthy eating could help stem childhood obesity, but they face
tough competition. "The biggest obstacle in this regard is the small
amount of time available for public service advertising. When McDonald's or
Coke or any other food company launches a marketing campaign for kids, they buy
an enormous amount of airtime and they target networks and shows that are most
watched by kids," said Rideout, vice president of the foundation's Program
for the Study of Entertainment Media and Health. Public service ads on all
issues run for an average of 17 seconds per hour on all broadcast channels and
about seven seconds on cable channels, Rideout said.
To
listen to more of the committee presentations, click here.
NADINNE CRUZ RECEIVES ALEC DICKSON
SERVANT LEADER AWARD
The
National Youth Leadership Council is proud to name internationally respected
speaker, author, and education consultant Nadinne Cruz as the 2005 Alec Dickson
Servant Leader Award recipient.
For
more than two decades, Cruz has advanced service-learning nationally and
internationally, dating back to her pioneering leadership with the Higher
Education Consortium for Urban Affairs in St. Paul, during the 1980s and early
1990s. As Associate Director and then Director of the Haas Center for Public
Service at Stanford University, 1994-2003, Cruz demonstrated courage in pushing
an elite research university not only to accept service-learning, but to
embrace it. The Haas Center, transformed during her tenure, now holds the top
position in U.S. News and World Report’s ranking of service-learning among
colleges and universities. Under her guidance, the center also developed model
service programs that are replicated on other campuses. Cruz’s greatest legacy,
though, may be the students she inspired, many of whom have pursued lives of
service, and the faculty members she trained, who continue to reach even
greater numbers of students. Cruz
served as a mentor for CCPH’s first service-learning institute,
held on the Stanford campus and modeled after a training model she helped to
develop. Currently, Cruz is consulting
on various projects, including some with California Campus Compact; writing a
book on service-learning; and mentoring former students, staff and emerging
young leaders in the field.
The
Alec Dickson Servant Leader Award is given annually to honor exemplary leaders
who have inspired the service-learning field, positively impacted the lives of
young people and motivated others to take up the banner of service. The year’s
award will be presented at the National Service-Learning Conference, March 18,
in Long Beach, California. The award is
named for British humanitarian Alec Dickson (1914-94) Nobel Peace Prize nominee
and founder of Community Service Volunteers and Voluntary Service Overseas ¾
whose vision, innovation and commitment inspired many individuals to lead lives
of service. His legacy continues to
influence young people, teachers, agencies, schools and communities. Dickson
was the honorary Board Chair of NYLC.
For
more information, contact Megan McKinnon.
MESSAGE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
Board members play a pivotal leadership role in governing CCPH, providing
strategic direction and continually tackling the tough questions before us.
Questions such as: What are the ends we are seeking to achieve?
Who are our owners and to whom are we accountable?
What do we mean by community? How
do we model the authentic partnerships we espouse?
This board meeting was marked by a number of important discussions and decisions.
A roundtable dialogue with leaders from local community-based organizations
helped to deepen our understanding of the challenges and rewards of community-campus
partnerships in an urban environment that is home to many higher educational
institutions. The board appointed Ella Greene-Moton, Program Coordinator and Community
Liaison for the Flint Odyssey House, Inc. Health Awareness Center in Flint,
Michigan as our new board chair-elect.
The board also set out a process and timeline for recruiting new board
members to begin three-year terms in September 2005 (see details below).
At the close of the meeting, the board recognized the many valuable
contributions of outgoing board member Terri Kluzik, Associate Director of
the Center for the Health Profession at the University of California-San Francisco,
who served on the strategic planning committee that led to the creation of
CCPH in 1997 and has served with distinction on the board ever since. Elmer Freeman, Executive Director of the Center
for Community Health Education Research and Service in Boston was also applauded
for his exemplary leadership this past year as board chair. Renee Bayer, Community-Academic Liaison Coordinator
at the University of Michigan School of Public Health’s Office of Community-Based
Public Health, steps into the board chair role at the next meeting in September in Toronto.
To learn more about the incredible group of people who comprise the
CCPH board, click here.
To find out what’s involved in serving on the CCPH board, and how to apply
for a board position, please read on…
NEWS FROM CCPH
CCPH is Recruiting
New Board Members – Applications Due May 9, 2005
CCPH
is recruiting new board members who will begin three-year terms in September
2005. Applications are due Monday May
9, 2005. We are searching for
individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds, with a broad range of
experience and expertise, a passion for community-campus partnerships, ties to
multiple networks and organizations, and the time and ability to contribute to
a working board. We are especially
interested in receiving applications from:
§ Students
in undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate programs
§ Individuals
from community-based and faith-based settings
§ Individuals
with experience and expertise in community and economic development
§ Individuals
with experience and expertise in fundraising
§ Individuals
with experience and expertise in policy analysis, policy development and/or
advocacy
Click here for more
information and details on how to apply.
Please Join Us in
Welcoming our New Program Assistant
Originally from New Brunswick,
Canada, Anne Moreau graduated from The Evergreen State College in Olympia,
Washington, in 1995. More recently, she completed the University of
Washington’s Certificate Program in Editing before becoming a teacher’s
assistant in that program in 2005. She has worked as a freelance editor and
proofreader and as an administrative support person to nonprofits. She enjoys
working in the nonprofit world and hopes to combine that work with her
editorial skills. Anne joined CCPH in March, 2005. She
can be contacted at ccphuw@u.washington.edu
or by calling (206) 543-8178.
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Apply now for CCPH's 8th Summer
Service-Learning Institute, to be held June 17-20, 2005 in the Cascade
Mountains of Washington State.
Applications must be received by April 15, 2005. Combining the best of CCPH's past
introductory and advanced institutes, this summer's institute features two
tracks designed to meet the needs of both novice and experienced
service-learning practitioners in the health professions. Application
materials and other details are available by clicking here.
Save the Date! Developing and Sustaining Partnerships for Community-Based
Participatory Research: A Skill-Building Institute for Partnership Teams to be held August 5-8, 2005 in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State. The
institute is based on the training curriculum developed by the Community-Institutional
Partnerships for Prevention Research Group to build the capacity of
communities, public health agencies and academic institutions to engage in
CBPR. Applications will be available later this month. To receive an
application by email, please send your request to Anne Moreau.
Your
Membership Benefits — CCPH Online Membership Directory
As
you probably know, CCPH has an online membership directory that is exclusively
for use by members. In your orientation
packet you received your unique username and password so that you can log onto
the directory. The directory offers many powerful advantages, including a
searchable database to allow members to locate other members in their area, in
their discipline or by other searchable, relevant criteria. The directory is
password protected in order to ensure the privacy of information. CCPH members
and staff are the only people allowed unrestricted access. Click here to login. You will need to know your
username and password to login. If you do not know this information, have
forgotten it or are having any trouble, please contact Anne Moreau.
Your
Membership Profile
We
use your membership profile to send you customized information on the topics of
interest you choose. The more we know about you, the better we can tailor the
information we send to you. We encourage you to update your profile today! To
edit your individual profile, open the directory by entering your username and
password. Click on the “My Profile” link at the top of the screen. Review the
information in each box. To make any changes, enter the new information in the
appropriate field. To select more than one item in a given field, use
CNTRL+mouse click. After you have finished editing your profile, click on
“Save” at the bottom or top of the page. For help updating your Profile, please
contact Anne Moreau.
Not
Yet A Member? Join Today!
If you are interested in becoming a member of CCPH or need to renew your current membership, we offer different payment options.
Payment by
Check
If you want to pay by check, please print out and complete our membership application (printable with Adobe Acrobat Reader) and mail the form and payment to: CCPH, UW Box 354809, Seattle, WA 98195-4809. Membership brochures are also available by calling CCPH at (206) 543-8178 or emailing ccphuw@u.washington.edu.
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If you have any questions, or would like us to send you some CCPH membership brochures, please contact us by email or phone at (206) 543-8178.
NEW &
RENEWING MEMBERS
Please Join Us in Welcoming the
Following New CCPH Members!
*joined
between January 1, 2005 and March 15, 2005
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Abesamis, Noilyn, New
York University School of Medicine, New York, NY Alexander, Beth, George
Washington University, Washington, DC Barton, Phoebe, Rocky
Mountain Prevention Research Center, Alamosa, CO Belansky, Elaine, Rocky
Mountain Prevention Research Center, Alamosa, CO Bernas, Judy, University
of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Berry, Diane, Yale
University, Dunbury, CT Borden-Conyers, W.K.
Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, MI Bowie, Janice, Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Bray, Paul, UHS,
Greenville, NC Brown, Allison, Bridges
to Healthy Communities, Glen Ellyn, IL Clarke, Bobbi, University
of Tennessee Extension, Knoxville, TN Creekmore, Mark, Ann
Arbor, MI Cruz, Andrea, SE
Georgia Communities Project, Lyons, GA Davis, Sue, Rocky
Mountain Prevention Research Center, Alamosa, CO Dunlap, Jean, American
Association of Community Colleges, Washington, DC Dwyer, Michael D., Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, OH Evans, Timothy, World
Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland Farnsworth, Ellen, Southern Maine Community College, South Portland, ME Fields, Tina, University
of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX Fontaine, Sherry, D’Youville
College, Buffalo, NY Fox, Earl, Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Frank, Jean, Case
Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH Franke, Todd, UCLA
Center for Healthier Children, Los Angeles, CA Frey, Cathy, University
of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI Ganley, Barbara, Dominican
University of California, Sonoma, CA Garcia, Richard, University
of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX Glover, Todd, University
of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE Goldberg, Clara, Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Gustis, Steve, American
Association of Community Colleges, Washington, DC Halbert, Chanita, University
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Halfon, Neal, UCLA
Center for Healthier Children, Los Angeles, CA Hoar, Sandra, George
Washington University, Washington, DC |
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Jacobowitz,
Barbara, Treasure
Coast Health Council Riviera Beach, FL Kozak, David, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO Lawrence, Robert, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Levesque, Peter, Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, ON Logan, Barbara, Clemson University, Clemson, SC Merritt, Brenda J.,
Project Renewal, Inc.,
New York, NY Mitra, Shubanker, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India Morris, Terri, University of Illinois at Chicago
Neighborhoods Initiatives, Chicago, IL Okafor, Chinyelu, Clemson University, Clemson, SC Perez, Victor, UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Los
Angeles, CA Kozak, David, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO Perrit, Onalie, Sullivan County Community College, Lock
Sheldrake, NY Pongthai, Sompol, Mahidol University/Ramathibodi Hospital,
Bangkok, Thailand Rey, Mariano Jose,
New York University
School of Medicine, New York, NY Robbins,
Christine, University
of Texas Health Science Center,San Antonio, TX Sanders, Lawrence,
Morehouse School of
Medicine, Atlanta, GA Satcher, David, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA Sisk, Rebecca, Dunlap, IL Snider, Sherry K.,
University of Texas
Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX Spears, William, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX Swyers, Kathleen, St. Louis Community College – Forest Park,
St. Louis, IL Timmons, Shirley, Clemson University, Clemson, SC Tsang, Thomas, Charles B. Wang Community Health Center, New
York, NY Tuton, Lucy W., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Ursua, Rhodora, New York University School of Medicine, New
York, NY Uyeki, Terry, Rocky Mountain Prevention Research Center,
Alamosa, CO Walker, Rae, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria,
Australia Weiss, Kay, Sun Healthcare, Puyallup, WA Wolfe, Shelli, George Washington University, Washington, DC Woodhouse, Lynn, East Stroudsburg University, Ponte Vedra
Breach, FL |
Thank You to these Renewing Members
for their Continued Support!
*renewed
between January 1, 2005 and March 15, 2005
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Aisenstein, Hillary, Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood
Development, Philadelphia, PA Anderson, Heather, University of California, San Francisco, Fresno, CA Banchoff, Ann W., Stanford
University, Stanford, CA Barnes-Boyd, Cynthia A., University of Illinois at Chicago Neighborhoods Initiatives, Chicago,
IL Barsi, Eileen, Catholic
Healthcare West, San Franciso, CA Belliard, Juan Carlos, Loma
Linda University, Loma Linda, CA Bernadett, Martha, Molina Health Care, Long Beach, CA Beversdorf, Sarah J., Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI Bilton, Michael, Association
for Community Health Improvement, San Francisco, CA Blossom, H. John, University
of California, San Francisco, CA Blumenthal, Daniel S., Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA Bollom, Deborah D., University of Texas, Houston, TX Bone, Lee R., Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Booker, Duncan, Glasgow
Healthy City Partnership, Scotland, United Kingdom Bosold, Susan, Grand
Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI Bruns, Karen, Ohio
State University, Columbus, OH Buchi, Karen F., South
Lake Valley Health Department, Salt Lake City, UT Canales, Mary, University
of Vermont, Burlington, VT Carzo, Janine M., St.
Elizabeth Family Medicine, Utica, NY Castro, Juan F., Coastal
Bend Health Education Center, Corpus Christi, TX Cleghorn, Dean, Greater
Lawrence Family Health Center, Lawrence, MA Cottrell, Kristy, South
Lake Valley Health Department, Salt Lake City, UT Coudret, Nadine, University
of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN Daneman, Barry, University
of Missouri, Kansas City, MO DeFor, Valerie, Minnesota
State University, Mankato, MN Doromal, Quintin S., American Association of Community Colleges, Washington, DC Downing, Diane, Georgetown
University, Stafford, VA Downs, Anne Mejia, Indiana University, Zionsville, IN Dyjack, David T., Loma Linda
University, Loma Linda, CA Elias, Thistle, University
of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Engeswick, Lynette, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN Erickson, Mark, Carroll
College, Waukesha, WI Felton, Bette. B., California State University at Hayward, Concord, CA Ferretti, Charlotte, San Francisco State University, CA Fitzgerald, Kathryn, Stanford University, Stanford, CA Flood, Lawrence, Buffalo
State College, Buffalo, NY Foss, Mike, Springfield
Technical Community College, Springfield, MA Frankford, David, Rutgers
University, Camden, NJ Freeborne, Nancy,
George Washington University, Washington, DC Freeman, Elmer R., Center for Community Health Education Research and Service Inc,
Boston, MA Gaede, Donn, Loma Linda
University, Loma Linda, CA Garcia, Carol, Coastal
Bend Health Education Center, Corpus Christi, TX Gaskie, Sean, Sutter
Medical Center of Santa Rosa, CA Glassman, Paul, University
of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA Gordon, Bethany A., Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI Greenan-Naumann, Ann, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT Harper, Doreen C., University of Massachusetts Worcester, MA Harris, E. Nigel, Morehouse
School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA Herring, Patricia, Loma
Linda University, Loma Linda, CA Herth, Kaye, Minnesota
State University, Mankato, MN Hill, Pamela B., San
Antonio College, San Antonio, TX Hodge, Cynthia, University
of Connecticut Health Center, New Britain, CT Jenkins, Carolyn, Medical
University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC Jones, Shantell Smith, Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Baton
Rouge, LA Joyce, Marianne, Springfield
Technical Community College, Springfield, MA Judge-Ellis, Tess, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Juliar, Kristin, Minnesota
State University, Mankato, MN |
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Jurkowski, Janine, University of Albany, Rensselaer, NY Kaufmann, Juli, Medical
College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI Khavarpour, Freidoon, University of Sydney, Lidcombe, New South Wales, Australia Kirchhoff, Stephen E., Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN Koester, Lois, Coastal
Bend Health Education Center, Corpus Christi, TX Kosinski, Ross J., Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ Laidlaw, Scott, Center
for Community Health Education, Research and Service, Boston, MA Lang, Janell, Owens
Community College, Toledo, OH Leto, Theresa, University
of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, IN Levitt, Jane, Lehman
College, City University of New York, Bronx, NY Maltby, Hendrika, University
of Vermont, Burlington, VT Martin, Diane, University
of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, IN Maurana, Cheryl, Medical
College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI McDowell, Bobbie, Medical
College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI McGee, Anastasia, University
of Illinois, Chicago, IL Minkler, Meredith Ann, University of California, Berkeley, CA Moore, BJ, California
State University, Bakersfield, CA Nelson, Lee, University
of Vermont, Burlington, VT Nieb, Sharon, Emory
University, Atlanta, GA Nightingale Gillespie, Nancy, University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, IN Nocella, Kiki C., University
of Southern California, Alhambra, CA Oakley, Christine K., Pullman, WA Pappas, Phillip, Community
Human Services, Pittsburgh, PA Prelow, Cheryl, Texas
Health Resources, Arlington, TX Primm, Denise, Tennessee
Primary Care Association, Brentwood, TN Proulx, Donald E., Arizona Area Health Education Center Program, Tucson, AZ Raimer, Ben G., The
University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX Rembolt, Penny, University
of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Roberts, Richard, Utah
State University, Logan, UT Rose, Barbara, Child
Policy Research Center, Cincinnati, OH Russell, Beverly, Center
for Community Health Education, Research and Service, Boston, MA Rust, George, Morehouse
School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA Scaringe, John, Southern
California University of Health Sciences, Whittier, CA Schafer, Patricia, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI Scharf, Mary Ann, Seton
Hall University, South Orange, NJ Schrop, Susan Labuda, Northeastern Ohio Universities, Rootstown, OH Schultz, Gary, Southern
California University of Health Sciences, Whittier, CA Selig, Suzanne, University
of Michigan, Flint, MI Siu, Lily, Danville
Area Community College, Danville, IL Smith, Francoise, Colorado
State University, Fort Collins, CO Solon, Mary Kay, University
of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne, IN Sowan, Nancy, University
of Vermont, Burlington, VT Stanton, Timothy K., Stanford University, Stanford, CA Stelzner, Sarah, Indiana
University, Indianapolis, IN Stevenson, Audrey, South Lake Valley Health Department, Salt Lake City, UT Stockert, Nancy, University
of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI Tartt, Nancy, University
of Illinois at Chicago, IL Taylor, Heidi, West
Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX Thomas, Huw, University
of Alabama at Birmingham, AL Tobias, Gene, Southern
California University of Health Sciences, Whittier, CA Tomey, Ann M., Indiana
State University, Terre Haute, IN Treadwell, Henrie, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA VanderWerf, Marilyn, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI Verlaan, Vincent, University
of British Colombia, Vancouver, Canada Village, David, Andrews
University, Berrien Springs, MI Willaert, Anne, Minnesota
State University, Mankato, MN Woodruff, Judith, Northwest
Health Foundation, Portland, OR Younkin, Sharon, University
of Wisconsin, Madison, WI Zimny, Nancy, University
of Vermont, Burlington, VT |
CCPH MEMBERS AUTHOR ARTICLE ON
SERVICE-LEARNING IN NURSING EDUCATION
CCPH
member Kathleen Nokes is the lead author of an article titled,
Does Service-Learning Increase Cultural
Competency, Critical Thinking, and Civic Engagement? To prepare for community engagement
and partnerships with diverse communities, nursing students must understand the
principles of service-learning, as well as the essential skills needed to work
within a democracy. The purposes of these two pilot tests were to develop a
15-hour service-learning intervention; refine the 15-hour service-learning
intervention; and explore whether participation in the intervention made a
difference in the critical thinking, cultural competence, and civic engagement
of nursing student participants.
Nokes
KM, Nickitas DM, Keida R, Neville S. J Nurs Educ. 2005 Feb;44(2):65-70. Does
service-learning increase cultural competency, critical thinking, and civic
engagement?
JOIN CCPH AT THESE UPCOMING EVENTS
For more event listings, visit CCPH’s website
conference page.
June 17-20, 2005:
CCPH’s 8th Summer Service-Learning Institute
in Leavenworth,
Washington. Combining the best of CCPH's past introductory and advanced
institutes, this summer's institute features two tracks designed to meet the
needs of both novice and experienced service-learning practitioners. Applications must be
received by April 15, 2005. For details, click here.
August 5-8, 2005: Developing and Sustaining Partnerships for Community-Based
Participatory Research: A Skill-Building Institute for Partnership Teams in Leavenworth, Washington. The
institute is based on the training curriculum developed by the Community-Institutional
Partnerships for Prevention Research Group to build the capacity of
communities, public health agencies and academic institutions to engage in
CBPR. Applications will be available later this month. To receive an
application by email, please send your request to Anne Moreau.
NEW
EVENT LISTINGS
For details on all upcoming event listings, CCPH’s website
conference page
April
13-16, 2005: Behavioral
Medicine and Public Health: Promoting the Health of Individuals, Families,
Communities, and Populations 2005 Joint Annual Meeting & Scientific
Sessions in Boston, MA.
May
5-6, 2005: Association
of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Physician Workforce Research Conference in
Washington, DC.
June
2-4, 2005: 15th
Annual International Conference on Servant-Leadership in
Indianapolis, IN.
June
6-7, 2005: 12th
Congress of Health Professions Educators in Washington, DC.
June
20-24, 2005: Summer
Workshop on Poverty in America: Empirical Trends and Theoretical Explanations in
Ann Arbor, MI.
July
12-15, 2005: The
National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)-Association
of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) 2005 Joint Conference in
Boston, MA.
September
15-18, 2005: CUexpo2005:
Community-University Research Partnerships, Leaders in Urban Change in
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
October
26-28, 2005: 4th
International Conference on Urban Health in Toronto, Ontario,
Canada.
President Bush Cuts $1 Billion in Public
Health Funding
In a
letter delivered to President Bush and the entire Congress, over 400 health
organizations expressed concern that the Presidents Fiscal Year (FY) 2006
budget request proposes to cut funding for public health agencies and programs
by over $1 billion below FY 2005 levels.
At a time when our nation is experiencing serious shortages in our
public health and healthcare workforce and faces sharp declines in the coming
decade across all health professions, the Bush Administration proposes to
eliminate most federal programs that ensure these professionals are trained and
available in medically underserved areas.
On a positive note, the President proposed a significant, 17% increase
for Community Health Centers, and in his recent State of the Union Address
expressed his inspired vision of a health center in every community that needs
one. However, it is unclear who will
staff those centers without a matching vision for our nation’s healthcare
workforce. The letter urges that at minimum federal public health agencies and
programs need an increase of $3.5 billion to begin to address these critical
challenges facing our nation. Comparing
the public health community’s recommendation with the Presidents budget for
public health, Coalition for Health Funding
President, David B. Moore stated, of the Bush Administrations FY 2006 budget
falls far short of this goal and in doing so misses the opportunity to protect
and improve the health of millions of Americans. Download the letter that was delivered to
the President and Congress.
Reviewers Sought for Book Proposal on
Health Literacy
Jossey-Bass
is giving serious consideration to a proposal for a new textbook on Health
Literacy. If you teach a course that relates to this topic, or have a strong
professional interest in it, and would be willing to share your opinion, please
reply back to Andy Pasternak, senior
editor, for more details.
Steps to Counter Rising Medical School
Tuition and Student Debt
The
Association of American Medical Colleges issued a report last week calling for
greater accountability, transparency, and predictability in the tuition and
fee-setting processes of U.S. medical schools. "Medical Educational Costs and Student Debt," is
the product of a working group convened by the AAMC that included a medical
school dean, financial aid and student affairs officers, medical students,
resident physicians, and a medical economist. While noting that a career in
medicine remains an excellent investment, the report cautions that unless
significant changes are made, the future affordability of a U.S. medical
education may be in jeopardy, particularly for applicants from low
socio-economic groups, as well as racial or ethnic groups underrepresented in
medicine. This recent report is a follow-up to a previous AAMC tuition and
indebtedness study that was featured in a recent issue of the journal Health
Affairs. For more information, click here.
Summer Global Health Rotations from Child
Family Health International (CFHI)
Community Medicine: Ecuador
Spanish
speakers will find this Amazon-based site one of the most exotic places to
study medicine in the world. See how indigenous cultures interact with the
modern Ecuadorian cultures that sit on the edge of the Amazon jungle. Clinical
sites include locations deep in the jungle only accessible via canoe and
plane. Read more about this program &
eligibility here.
Introduction to Traditional Medicine:
India
Visit
the rural Himalayas to learn about how traditional healthcare practices still
inform the daily practices of medical professionals and communities in Northeastern
India. Explore Ayurveda, Acupressure, Reiki, yoga, massage and herbal
traditions of the area. Read more about this program &
eligibility here.
Urban & Rural Comparative Health:
Ecuador
Experience
the differences between urban and rural healthcare in Ecuador through this
unique immersion in both types of clinical environments. Half of your time will
be spent in the metropolis of Quito, nested in the Andean mountains; the other
half in Chone, a smaller town an hour from the famous Ecuadorian coast, where
clinical sites offer a deeper look into rural communities’ health needs.
Spanish lessons are woven into program curriculum. Read more about this program &
eligibility here.
National Public Health Week (NPHW) 2005:
Toolkit Now Available
NPHW
2005 is dedicated to empowering Americans to live stronger, longer. During the week of April 4 - 10, the
American Public Health Association (APHA) and its partners will promote the
three "Ps" for adding more healthy years to life: (1) Preventing
health problems by practicing healthy living; (2) Protecting your health
through early detection and screening; and, (3) (Developing a) Plan to manage
your health that will promote a high quality of life in later years. As a
grassroots campaign, partner participation is essential to its success. More than 130 partners and six sponsors are supporting
APHA's efforts to raise public health awareness, including CCPH. The materials for NPHW 2005 are now
available.
Executive Director, Organization: Global Health
through Education, Training and Service, Inc. Attleboro, Massachusetts.
Application - Deadline: March 27
Global Health
through Education, Training and Service (GHETS) is a non-governmental,
non-profit organization dedicated to improving health in developing
countries through innovations in education and service. GHETS facilitates
partnerships between communities, healthcare providers and training
institutions, leveraging local assets to meet the needs of underserved
populations. GHETS works in
close partnership with the Network: Towards Unity for Health. For more
information, please visit.
For a complete listing of all
current Grants Alert, click here.
Grant Opportunity: Training Health Care
Providers on Pesticide Issues – Deadline: March 28
The
Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) is
soliciting proposals for cooperative agreements to support its national
initiative to improve the training of health care providers in recognition,
diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of pesticide poisonings. EPA will establish two cooperative
agreements to create institutional change through education, professional
training, and the development of new resources and tools on pesticide-related
health conditions. One cooperative agreement will focus on creating
institutional change in educational settings; the other cooperative agreement
will focus on promoting such change in practice settings. Click here for full details about these
funding opportunities, including instructions on how to apply.
Community Food Projects Competitive
Grants Program – Deadline: March 30
The
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service announces the
availability of grant funds and requests applications for the Community Food
Projects Competitive Grants Program (CFPCGP) for fiscal year (FY) 2005 1) to
support the development of Community Food Projects (termed Community Food
Projects) with a one-time infusion of Federal dollars to make such projects
self-sustaining and 2) for projects that provide Training and Technical
Assistance on a nationwide or regional basis to entities interested in
developing new Community Food Projects or assisting current grantees. View the full announcement.
School and Community Organizations
Invited to Apply for Garden Teaching Grants - Deadline: March 31
Through
the Healthy Sprouts Award program, the National Gardening Association
and Gardener's Supply Company have partnered to support
schools and community organizations that use gardens to teach about nutrition
and explore the issue of hunger in the United States. Each of twenty-five
selected programs will receive an award package of seeds, tools, garden
products, and educational resources for growing a vegetable garden. Five of
these programs will also receive $500 in cash and a $200 gift certificate to
the Gardener's Supply Company catalog. The selection of winners is based on the
demonstrated relationship between the garden and nutrition education and hunger
awareness. At least 10 percent of the food produced from the program should be
donated. For more information, click here.
Grants Available to Increase Involvement
of People with Disabilities in National and Community Service – Deadline: April
12
Grant
funds are available from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)
to support partnerships that engage people with disabilities in national and
community service. The special competition will focus particularly in two
areas: engaging disabled veterans in service to their communities, and
assisting young people with disabilities in the transition from school to adult
life.
Application
materials for this Disability Outreach competition are available on the CNCS website under "Funding and Initiatives".
The TDD number is 202-565-2799. For further information or for a printed copy
of this NOFA and the supplementary information and application guidelines
please call (202) 606-5000 x 280, or send an e-mail to disabilityoutreach@cns.gov
Cancer Education (R25E) Grants Program –
Deadline: Multiple
Funding Opportunity Number: PAR-05-065. Educational and research
dissemination activities are essential components of the National Cancer
Institute's efforts to reduce morbidity and mortality due to cancer. This
funding opportunity provides support: for innovative educational programs to
motivate biomedical and other health science students to pursue cancer related
careers; for short courses to update cancer research scientists in new scientific
methods, technologies and findings; and for training of cancer care clinicians
and community health care providers in evidence-based cancer prevention and
control approaches. The PHS 398 application
instructions are available in an interactive format. For further
assistance contact GrantsInfo,
Telephone (301) 435-0714. Link to Full Announcement
The National Institutes of Health (NIH):
Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research –
Deadline: Open
Principal
investigators holding specific types of NIH research grants (listed in the full
announcement) are eligible for available funds for administrative supplements
to improve the diversity of the research workforce by supporting and recruiting
students, postdoctorates, and eligible investigators from groups that have been
shown to be underrepresented. The NIH recognizes a unique and compelling need
to promote diversity in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical and social
sciences research workforce. The NIH expects efforts to diversify the workforce
to lead to the recruitment of the most talented researchers from all groups; to
improve the quality of the educational and training environment; to balance and
broaden the perspective in setting research priorities; to improve the ability
to recruit subjects from diverse backgrounds into clinical research protocols;
and to improve the nation's capacity to address and eliminate health
disparities. For details, click here.
CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS
For a complete listing of all
current Calls For Submissions, click here.
Call for Proposals for Health Equity and Diversity Conference –
Deadline: March 31
The conference will take place on
June 10-12, 2005 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The conference is a
“community summit” that focuses on health needs and issues in relation to
diversity. For more
information, click here.
AHRQ Summer Intern Program – Deadline:
April 1
The
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has extended the deadline for
submission of applications for volunteer summer internships. The announcement is posted on the AHRQ web
site under Job Vacancies and on the Research Training page. For more
information, click here.
Call for Proposals for the Participatory
Development (PD) Forum International Conference – Deadline: April 5
The
conference will take place August 14 - 17, 2005 in Ottawa, Canada. The
Participatory Development (PD) Forum is an international network of development
practitioners, NGOs, action-researchers, private sector representatives and
policy makers committed to promoting a philosophy of participation that
advocates for people's capacity and right to define and control their own
development, in order to achieve social justice and equality. For more
information, please visit PD Forum Website.
Training, Internships, Exchanges, and
Scholarships – Deadline: April 15
A 2005
Special Request for Applications has been issued for the United States - Mexico
Training, Internships, Exchanges, and Scholarships (TIES) Initiative. It is anticipated that approximately ten
awards will be made, for completion by September 2008, in the areas of 1) Rural
and Micro-finance; 2) Democracy; 3) Environment; 4) Rural Prosperity for
Small-Scale Producers; and, 5) Health. For details, click here. For
further information see the USAID web site.
Lienhard Award – Deadline: April 30
The
Institute of Medicine is accepting nominations for the Gustav O. Lienhard Award. The award, a medal and $25,000, recognizes
individuals for outstanding achievement in improving health care services in
the United States. More information on this award is
available.
Call for Abstracts for the 15th Annual
Midwest Stream Farmworker Health Forum – Deadline: May 20
The
forum will take place November 10-12, 2005 in South Padre Island, Texas. The Stream Forums
represent a combined national effort to enhance the cultural competence of
migrant health providers and others who work with the population, create
networking and collaboration opportunities, and to identify additional
resources, program models and effective training for the more efficient
provision of health care services to farmworkers. The Midwest Farmworker Stream
Forum offers farmworker-specific continuing education accreditation in the
following disciplines: Medical, Dental, Nursing, Health Education, and Social
Work. For more information, contact the National Center for Farmworker
Health, Inc.
Entries Invited for Rap-It-Up/Black AIDS
Short Subject Film Competition - Deadline: May 27
Black
Entertainment Television (BET), the Black AIDS Institute, the Henry J. Kaiser
Family Foundation, and the YWCA USA have launched the 2nd Annual Rap-It-Up/
Black AIDS Short Subject (RIU/BASS) Film Competition. Following a successful
first year that included more than six hundred screenplay submissions, the
competition is designed to give potential filmmakers another opportunity at
cinematic showmanship while highlighting the issues of HIV prevention, testing,
and treatment, and the devastating impact of HIV/AIDS on individuals and
families in African-American, Afro-Caribbean, and Afro-Latin communities in the
United States. This year, submitted entries are expected to evoke fresh and
culturally unique storylines that encompass HIV/AIDS issues within the black
community. The winner will receive up to $25,000 to produce his/her winning
short film. The winning film will air on BET sometime around World AIDS Day on
December 1, 2005, and be submitted to independent film festivals around the
world. The RIU/BASS competition is open to all races and ethnicities; however,
submissions must address the issue of HIV/AIDS and the black community. Early
submission deadline is May 2 ($50 entry fee); the final submission deadline is
May 27 ($75 entry fee). The application package will be available for download
at the Black AIDS Institute Website.
Sarnat Award in Mental Health – Deadline:
May 30
The
Institute of Medicine is accepting nominations for the Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat
Award in Mental Health. This international award recognizes individuals,
groups, or organizations for outstanding achievement in improving mental health
and is accompanied by a medal and $20,000. More information on this award is
available.
PUBLICATIONS
Second Annual State of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Report
Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of
the CDC, released this report which highlights agency achievements, progress on
the Futures Initiative and the strategic goals and challenges of the CDC. The
full State of the CDC report can be
downloaded.
Health Affairs Examines Progress
Toward Ending Health Disparities
Articles in the March/April issue
of Health Affairs address the role of government
and policy in helping to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health
care. The authors assess progress made in the three years since the Institute
of Medicine report on health care disparities, “Unequal Treatment,” and suggest
ways to eliminate disparities in health and health care that still exist.
Youth InfoNet
YouthNet,
a program of Family Health International, is pleased to announce Youth InfoNet
No. 12 and No.13, which include summaries of 38 recently published research
studies on youth reproductive health and HIV prevention. You can read these two issues online.
New International Journal of
Servant-Leadership
The
purpose of The International Journal of Servant-Leadership is to publish
cutting-edge essays, theory, and research that will further the influence of
servant-leadership globally, in the scientific community, in the world of business,
political inquiry, and social justice, as well as across the academic
disciplines. The journal reflects the ideals of educating the whole person,
living a life of personal courage and moral discernment, and striving to be a
person for others in order to help heal the heart of humanity. The journal is
founded on Greenleafs notion that the true test of a servant-leader is that
those around the servant-leader become more healthy, more wise, more free, more
autonomous, and better able themselves to become servants; and the least
privileged of society are benefited or at least not further deprived. For more
information, click here.
New Resource Guide for Prenatal Care
The
National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health at Georgetown
University provides a new resource guide about prenatal care, which includes a
selection of current resources that analyze prenatal health statistics,
describe effective prenatal care programs and report on research aimed at
improving prenatal care access, quality and outcomes (MCH Library release,
2/22). For more information, click here.
CONTACT EDITOR
Email the PM editor: ccphpm@u.washington.edu
PARTNERSHIP
MATTERS
Edited by Annika Robbins
Copyright
©2005 by Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
All rights
reserved.
COMPLETE LISTING OF
ALL CURRENT GRANTS ALERT
New Grants Alert announced in this
newsletter are noted with an asterisk (*).
Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program (MSEIP) –
Deadline: March 21
Funding
Opportunity Number: ED-GRANTS-020305-002. The
MSEIP is designed to effect long-range improvement in science and engineering
education at predominantly minority institutions and to increase the flow of
underrepresented ethnic minorities, particularly minority women, into
scientific and technological careers.
Cancer Prevention and Treatment Demonstration for Ethnic and Racial
Minorities – Deadline: March 22
Funding
Opportunity Number: CMS-5036-N. The Department of Health and Human Services,
Centers for Medicare and Medcaid Services, is soliciting proposals from
interested parties to implement and operate cooperative agreement demonstration
projects. These demonstration projects will focus on new and innovative
intervention models that improve the quality of items and services provided to
target individuals in order to facilitate reduced disparities in early
detection and treatment of cancer; improve clinical outcomes, satisfaction,
quality of life, and appropriate use of Medicare-covered services and referral
patterns among those target individuals with cancer; eliminate disparities in
the rate of preventive cancer screening measures, such as pap smears and
prostate cancer screenings, among target individuals; and promote collaboration
with community-based organizations to ensure cultural competency of health care
professionals and linguistic access for persons with limited English
proficiency. Each project will stress
the use of evidence-based, culturally competent models that will target efforts
to decrease risk factors and increase screening rates and access to treatment
and survival for cancers of the breast, cervix, colon, or prostate. For
details, click
here.
Cancer Prevention and Treatment Demonstration for Ethnic and Racial
Minorities – Deadline: March 23
This
grant program is primarily to reduce disparities and improve early detection
and treatment for cancer for American Indian (including Alaskan Native, Eskimo
and Aleutian), Asian American and Pacific Islander, Black, and Hispanic
Medicare beneficiaries. Demonstration sites will provide services to facilitate
cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment, helping minority beneficiaries
"navigate" the healthcare system in a more timely and informative
manner. Screening and diagnosis facilitation services will target four
cancers--breast, cervix, colon/rectum and prostate. Treatment facilitation
services will target these four cancers and lung cancer. To view the program
announcement, click
here. For
more information, click
here.
Please address any questions about this matter to CPTDEMO@cms.hhs.gov.
Department of Education's 2005 Grant Competition – Deadline: March 25
The
U.S. Department of Education is accepting applications for the 2005 Grant
Competition to Prevent High-Risk Drinking or Violent Behavior Among College Students.
The goal of this grant program is to provide funds to develop or enhance,
implement, and evaluate campus- and/or community-based prevention and early
intervention strategies to prevent high-risk drinking or violent behavior on
campus. The Department anticipates awarding an estimated 20 new awards, at an
average level of approximately $100,000 to $150,000 per year depending on the
scope of work. Projects will be funded for one year with an option for an
additional year, contingent upon substantial progress by the grantee and the
availability of funds. Please see the Federal Register, the Department's Web
site, or the
Grant Opportunities page of the Higher Education Center's Web site for
more information.
* Grant Opportunity: Training Health Care
Providers on Pesticide Issues – Deadline: March 28 Details
* Community Food Projects Competitive Grants Program – Deadline: March
30 Details
Youth Violence Prevention through Community-Level Change – Deadline:
March 30
Funding
Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-CE05-020 The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention’s (CDC) Procurement and Grants Office has published a program
announcement entitled, Youth Violence Prevention through Community-Level
Change. The purpose of the program is to assess the efficacy or effectiveness
of interventions designed to change community characteristics and social
processes to reduce rates of youth violence perpetration and victimization. For
complete program details, please see the full announcement on the CDC
website.
* School and Community Organizations Invited to Apply for Garden
Teaching Grants - Deadline: March 31 Details
Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement
(CIRCLE) Offers Grants for Youth-Led Community Research – Deadline: March 31
CIRCLE
has announced a new grant competition for community research conducted by young
people. Teams of youth researchers
working in affiliation with a community organization or institution are invited
to apply. Research teams can investigate a community issue of their choice.
Topics should be chosen by youth researchers and should be responsive to
something they think is important and has implications for the community at
large. Teams must have a plan for disseminating their findings and an audience
(or audiences) they want to target. Visit the CIRCLE
Web site for complete program information and application
procedures.
Fannie Mae Foundation Affordable Housing Fellowship Program –
Deadline: April 1
The
Fannie Mae Foundation, in partnership with the John F. Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard University, is offering the Fannie Mae Foundation
Affordable Housing Fellowship Program to support the professional development
of senior public and nonprofit officials committed to affordable housing in the
United States. The foundation sponsors up to 35 fellowships for elected and
appointed officials, as well as senior mangers in the Program for Senior
Executives in state and local governments. The three-week summer program is
intended to enhance management and decision-making skills of leaders
experienced in managing housing and community development programs. For more
information, go to the Fannie
Mae Foundation website.
Massage Therapy Foundation Grants – Deadline: April 1
Applications
are being accepted for community-service grants from the Massage
Therapy Foundation.
One-year grants will support organizations that provide massage-therapy
treatment alternatives to communities that have little or no access to such
services.
Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research – 2005 – Deadline: April
1
The
Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research program of The Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation (RWJF) funds highly qualified individuals to undertake broad
studies of America's most challenging policy issues in health and health care.
Grants of up to $275,000 are awarded to investigators from a variety of
disciplines. Successful proposals combine creative and conceptual thinking with
innovative approaches to critical health problems and policy issues. Applicants must be affiliated either with
educational institutions or with 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations located in
the United States. For more information, click
here.
Peer Educator Training Sites (PETS) and the Resource and Evaluation
Center - Deadline: April 1
This
cooperative agreement will be awarded to eligible entities to provide
nationwide peer education and training and other technical assistance to
increase the number of HIV/AIDS peer treatment educators within Ryan White
Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act funded programs. Funds will
also support a Resource and Evaluation Center (REC) which will coordinate and
maintain a central repository of training materials, assist in dissemination of
successful training strategies, and evaluate outcomes of the PETS
program.
Training and Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreements Targeting
Ryan White Care Act Title IV Grantees - Deadline: April 2
This Cooperative
Agreement is
intended to assist in providing training and technical assistance to Ryan White
CARE Act Title IV grantees and other programs with an interest in improving
access to primary medical care, research and support services for HIV-infected
infants, children, youth, and women and their affected families. Applicants
will assist the grantees in understanding and putting into action the
requirements of the CARE Act and research based best practices for high
quality, comprehensive HIV primary care and support service delivery to people
living with HIV/AIDS.
* Grants Available to Increase Involvement of People with Disabilities
in National and Community Service – Deadline: April 12 Details
Mini-Grant from the National Association of Secondary School
Principals – Deadline: April 16
The
National Association of Secondary School Principals is inviting proposals from
public middle level and high schools serving large numbers of low-income
students and underrepresented minorities (greater than 40% of student body) to
apply for a $5,000 mini-grant to implement a special initiative aimed at
strengthening ties between their schools and their students' neighborhoods and communities.
They invite principals to submit a proposal that will build bridges between
their school faculty and the surrounding community. For more information, click
here.
The American Nurses Foundation (ANF) Research Grants Program –
Deadline: May 2
Each
year, through the Nursing Research Grants program, ANF provides funds to
beginner and experienced nurse researchers to conduct studies that contribute
toward the advancement of nursing science and the enhancement of patient care.
Awards are given in all areas of nursing, including healthy patient outcomes,
health care policy development, critical care, gerontology, women’s health,
community and family intervention. The application materials are available here or in
PDF
form.
Office of Child Support Enforcement; Special Improvement Project (SIP)
Grants – Deadline: May 3
This
grant program is primarily to fund a number of special improvement projects,
which further the national child support mission to ensure that all children
receive financial and medical support from their parents and which strengthen
the ability of the nation's child support programs to collect support on behalf
of children and families. View
the program announcement.
Community Participation in Research – Deadlines: May 17, 2005, 2006,
2007
A
number of federal agencies, including NIH, CDC and AHRQ have collaborated in
the release of program announcement PAR-05-026 on
Community
Participation in Research. The goal of this PAR is to support research on
health promotion, disease prevention, and health disparities
that
is jointly conducted by communities and researchers. This PAR invites NIH
research project grant (R01) and exploratory/developmental grant (R21) award
mechanisms. Click
here for
details. To view the edited notes and
audiofile from a technical assistance conference call for prospective
applicants held on January 28, 2005, click
here.
National Library of Medicine (NLM) Grants for Scholarly Works in
Biomedicine and Health - Deadlines: June 1, Nov 1
The
NLM Grants are awarded for the preparation of book-length manuscripts and other
scholarly works of value to US health professionals, public health officials,
biomedical researchers, and historians of the health sciences. For more
information, please click
here.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Funding
Announcement – Deadline: June 22
AHRQ has
announced ongoing extramural grants for research, demonstration, dissemination,
and evaluation projects. For more
information, please click
here. AHRQ has a
database at through which you may access abstracts for active AHRQ grants in
your state.
The Charles Frueauff Foundation 2005 Grants -
Deadline: Sept 15
The Charles
Frueauff Foundation
focuses on at-risk youths in all its funding categories: education, health, and
social services. Tutoring, sexual-health and job-training initiatives receive
preference. Other funding priorities include welfare-to-work programs,
inadequate day-care systems, and economic-development initiatives.
* Cancer Education (R25E) Grants Program – Deadline: Multiple Details
Social and Cultural Dimensions of Health – Deadline: Multiple
Funding
Opportunity Number: PA-05-029 The ultimate goal of this National Institutes of
Health program announcement is to encourage the development of health research
that integrates knowledge from the biomedical and social sciences. This
announcement invites applications to (a) elucidate basic social and cultural
constructs and processes used in health research, (b) clarify social and
cultural factors in the etiology and consequences of health and illness, (c)
link basic research to practice for improving prevention, treatment, health
services, and dissemination, and (d) explore ethical issues in social and
cultural research related to health. - This program announcement is a
re-issuance and revision of PA-02-043. The PHS
398 application instructions are available online in an
interactive format. For further assistance contact GrantsInfo, Telephone (301)
435-0714, E-mail: GrantsInfo@nih.gov. Link
to Full Announcement.
* The National Institutes of Health (NIH): Research Supplements to
Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research – Deadline: Open Details
COMPLETE LISTING OF ALL CURRENT CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS
New Calls for Submissions announced
in this newsletter are noted with an asterisk (*).
* Call for Proposals
for Health Equity and Diversity Conference – Deadline: March 31 Details
International Health-Promoting
Universities Conference Call for Abstracts – Deadline: March 31
The conference will take
place October 3-6, 2005 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It will promote a
comprehensive approach to the creation and maintenance of health-promoting
universities and colleges from the perspective of people in all areas of campus
life. The conference will profile research, programs, and projects that
contribute to healthy work, study, and living environments at universities and
colleges. For more information, click here.
The Environmental Protection Agency's
(EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) Announces Two New Opportunities
for PostDocs - Deadline: March 31
EPA's
ORD is seeking candidates to fill approximately nine federal, four-year
post-doctoral research positions. Recent initiatives at ORD facilities have
promoted the conduct of cross-cutting research across the different ORD Labs
and Centers in the areas of human environmental exposure-effects and
ecosystems. In the human health area, the overall mission for the cross-ORD
post-docs will be to move forward more quickly the development and application
of exposure, dose and health effects assessment methods or models. In the
ecosystems research area, the cross-ORD post-docs will focus on advancing the
spatial analyses methods and on their application to water quality, ecological
forecasting problems, and linkages between economic drivers and landscape
conditions. For more information, click here.
Minority Medical Student Fellowship
in HIV Psychiatry Application - Deadline: March 31
This
new program is intended to identify minority medical students who have primary
interests in services related to HIV/AIDS and substance abuse and its
relationship to the mental health or psychological well being of ethnic
minorities. For more information,
contact Carol Svoboda or Diane
Pennessi. For details, click here.
* AHRQ Summer Intern Program – Deadline:
April 1 Details
Physician Training Award in Preventive
Medicine: American Cancer Society – Deadline: April 1
The
American Cancer Society, the largest not-for-profit funding source for cancer
research in the United States, invites applications from qualified institutions
for the Physician Training Award in Preventive Medicine. This award is designed
to support the training of physicians in preventive medicine with an emphasis
on cancer prevention and control. The objective of the award is to increase the
number of preventive medicine residency programs offering high quality training
in cancer prevention and control, and, ultimately, the number of preventive
medicine specialists engaged full or part-time in cancer prevention and
control.
To
apply online and for complete program details, please click here.
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
(CBCF ) Urban Health Policy Fellowship – Deadline: April 1
The CBCF is currently
accepting applications for the 2005-06 Louis Stokes Urban Health Policy Program
(CBCF-LSUHPFP). CBCF-LSUHPFP is a leadership development program designed for
health policy professionals who, through original research, advanced
legislative training and health policy analysis, will significantly aid efforts
to eliminate health disparities in the United States and abroad. The primary
aims of CBCF-LSUHPFP are to: Increase the pool of qualified ethnic health
policy professionals by targeting the next generation of leaders. Facilitate
the collaboration of health organizations and governmental agencies to develop
health policy and legislation designed to eliminate health disparities. Inform
the Congressional Black Caucus and United States House of Representatives
Health Agenda about issues related to and ways to address health disparities.
To request an application, visit the CBCF website or contact Judy
Lubin.
2005
Mutual of America Community Partnership Award – Deadline: April 1
The aim of the Community
Partnership Award is to spotlight the important contributions that
nonprofit organizations, in partnership with public, private and other social
sector organizations, make to society. Each of the award recipients must
demonstrate the difference the partnership has made, show the ability of the
partnership to be replicated and to stimulate new ideas in addressing social
issues, as well as illustrate the partnership’s commitment to advancing the
mission and principles of the organization.
* Call for Proposals for the
Participatory Development (PD) Forum International Conference – Deadline: April
5 Details
Call
for Abstracts for the 2005 Linkages Award - Deadline: April 8
Through the annual Linkages Award, the
Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice recognizes
exemplary community-based collaborative activities between public health
practice agencies and institutions of higher learning. This year's award is
focused on efforts to better recruit and retain public health workers. Eligible
awardees are involved in a partnership between an academic institution and a
public health agency or organization and have worked collaboratively to encourage
individuals to pursue public health careers. Call for Abstracts
American Geriatrics Society Announces
Education for Specialty Residents - Deadline: April 8
The American Geriatrics Society, in
keeping with its efforts to help develop leaders in the geriatrics aspects of
their disciplines, is seeking proposals for the Geriatrics Education for
Specialty Residents (GESR) component of its Increasing Expertise in Geriatrics
for Surgical and Related Medical Specialties project. The program, which is
funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation, addresses the urgent need
to create a structure for developing leaders in geriatrics in academic surgery
and related medical specialties. For additional information and to download an
application form, visit the AGS Web site.
* Training, Internships, Exchanges, and
Scholarships – Deadline: April 15 Details
Call for
Proposals for Presentations at the Humanitarianism Throughout the World: The
Life, Ideas and Enduring Legacy of Dr. Albert Schweitzer Conference - Deadline:
April 15
The Conference is scheduled for October 28-29, 2005 in Hamden,
Connecticut at Quinnipiac
University. Jane Goodall, the world’s foremost authority on chimpanzees and a
United Nations ambassador for peace, will deliver the keynote address.
Submissions on the topics of theology, environment, health, peace and
humanitarian values are welcome, as are papers concerning the concept of
“reverence for life,” the idea Dr. Schweitzer felt was his main contribution to
the world. Send proposals or inquires to David Ives.
Articles on Social Exclusion, Gender and
Conflict Needed for International Development Journal – Deadline: April 15
Women
for Women International, a non-profit, humanitarian organization,
seeks submissions for the autumn 2005 edition of its bi-annual academic
journal, Critical Half, about economic, social, and political issues as they
relate to women in international development and post-conflict societies. This
issue of the journal will focus on the manifestation of social exclusion during
and after conflict with special attention to gender issues. It is important to
understand the role that gender plays in social exclusion and the effect that
it has on women, as they understand women's experiences to be a barometer for
the rest of society. They will look at various manifestations of exclusion in
conflict and post-conflict settings: economic, social, cultural, and political,
as well as strategies designed to extend opportunities for participation that
are shared equitably between men and women. For more information, contact Corey Oser.
Abraham Horwitz Award for Leadership in
Inter-American Health – Deadline: April 15
The Foundation is accepting
nominations for the Horwitz Award. Nominees must be individuals whose
professional achievement in any field of inter-American health stimulates
excellence, and has impacted the health of populations across the borders of
the Americas. They may be active in their careers, active though in formal
retirement or retired having demonstrated an outstanding lifetime career. Complete call for nominations. To make a
nomination, please submit and address a letter of introduction on official
letterhead and a completed nomination form.
For more information, email: info@pahef.org.
CUexpo2005 Call for Session Proposals –
Deadline: April 29
The
conference theme is Community-University Research Partnerships, Leaders in
Urban Change and will take place in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on September 15
- 18, 2005. The conference is hosted by the Winnipeg Inner City Research
Alliance and Quest. CUexpo2005 will seek to strengthen the understanding of,
and support for, the unique and diverse nature of action-oriented research
involving innovative collaboration between University and community partners.
They are currently accepting applications for breakout session proposals, from
a wide range of participants, on a wide variety of issues, taking diverse
approaches to sharing ideas and information. The Call for Session Proposals and
Application may be found on the website. Winnipeg Inner city Research Alliance
* Lienhard Award – Deadline: April
30 Details
Health
Professional Education Call for Abstracts – Deadline: April 30
Patient/client centered care has become an espoused rule for 21st
century health care. Health Professional Education needs to reflect this
partnership. Join your interprofessional colleagues at this important
conference to establish a vision for health professional education in which
patients play an active role that models trends in practice. Participants are
invited to present examples of collaborative projects between educators and
patient/community groups at the “Where’s the Patient’s Voice in Health
Professional Education?” Conference to be held November 3-5, 2005 in Vancouver,
BC, Canada. For more information, click here.
* Call for Abstracts for the 15th Annual
Midwest Stream Farmworker Health Forum – Deadline: May 20 Details
* Entries Invited for Rap-It-Up/Black
AIDS Short Subject Film Competition - Deadline: May 27 Details
* Sarnat Award in Mental Health –
Deadline: May 30 Details
Call
for Papers for Encyclopedia on Racial and Ethnic Social Justice – Deadline:
June 30
Proposed entries requested for a two-volume
encyclopedia on racial and ethnic social justice in the United States. Contact A. Aguirre Jr.
Calls for Submissions for Joint Conference – Deadline: Multiple, see
below
The National
Association of County and City Health Officials and the Association
of State and Territorial Health Officials have announced their
2005 Joint Conference July 12-15 in Boston, Massachusetts. Particular attention will be focused on the
prevention of obesity and related chronic diseases. Call for Panels in Public
Health Systems Research – Deadline: February 18. Abstract submissions –
Deadline: March 4.
Call for Papers for COMM-ORG – Deadline:
Ongoing
COMM-ORG
is the On-Line Conference on Community Organizing and Development. Are you
writing a paper, thesis, or dissertation on: community organizing, community
development, community planning, community-based research, and/or a related
area? COMM-ORG is looking for papers to post on the COMM-ORG Papers page. All papers are posted on the COMM-ORG
website and announced on its accompanying list-serve, which reaches over 1000
people across more than a dozen nations. They welcome discussion of all papers
on the list-serve and encourage our members to also send comments directly to
authors. To submit a paper, contact the editor, Randy Stoecker. You can also find out more by clicking here.