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February 17, 2006
Volume VIII ● Issue 4
Message From Our Executive Director
News From CCPH
Membership Matters
Upcoming Events
2006 Conference Update
Announcements
Employment
Opportunities
Grants Alert!
Awards,
Fellowships & Scholarships
Calls
for Papers & Presentations
Publications
New
& Renewing Members
Archives
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12 SCHOOLS AND GRADUATE PROGRAMS OF
PUBLIC HEALTH SELECTED FOR ENGAGED INSTITUTIONS INITIATIVE
FOCUSED ON ELIMINATING HEALTH DISPARITIES
Despite major advances in
health care and health status in the 21st century, disparities
persist between whites and people of color – creating one of the most
pressing social justice issues facing America today. Not only are most racial and ethnic
groups less healthy, but they also tend to have shorter life expectancies,
higher rates of infant mortality and chronic diseases, worse outcomes once
diagnosed with illnesses, and less access to health care than their white
counterparts. Racial and ethnic health disparities persist even when
socio-economic status and insurance coverage are taken into account, due to
a complex combination of factors.
Eliminating these disparities will require collaborative solutions
that bring communities and institutions together as partners and build upon
the assets, strengths, and capacities of each. Schools and graduate programs of public health – with their
roles in educating public health professionals, conducting public health
research and applying knowledge to solve public health problems – have a
unique and important role to play. Community-Campus Partnerships for
Health is pleased to announce today that 12 schools and graduate
programs of public health are taking on the challenge of becoming engaged
institutions focused on eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities as
participants in the Engaged Institutions Initiative funded by the W.K.
Kellogg Foundation.
One year ago, a seminar
sponsored by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to celebrate its 75th anniversary
called upon schools and graduate programs of public health to spearhead
efforts to transform all colleges and universities into engaged
institutions that are working to eliminate racial and ethnic health
disparities. The Foundation defines
engaged institutions as
“institutions that invest in lasting
relationships with communities…these relationships influence, shape, and
promote the success of both the institution and the community.” In supporting the Engaged Institutions Initiative, the Foundation seeks to
catalyze sustained efforts by schools and graduate programs of public
health to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities in partnership
with communities.
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health will work collaboratively and intensively with teams from 12
schools and graduate programs of public health as they develop and
implement strategic action plans to become fully engaged institutions
focused on eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities. Team members include academic
administrators, faculty, staff, students and community partners who have
made a commitment to collective action.
Selected from among 26 applicants, they provided evidence of
commitment and participation from institutional and community leaders, made
a clear and compelling case for their readiness to invest in authentic
community-campus partnerships, and demonstrated the ability to engage other
parts of their campuses in the effort.
Consultation will be provided by members of the CCPH Consultancy Network,
the organization’s training and technical assistance arm. The initiative will also sponsor
teleconferences, identify promising practices and produce resource
materials.
For more information, please contact CCPH Executive Director Sarena Seifer at sarena@u.washington.edu or 206-616-4305. Initiative announcements and updates
will be posted on the CCPH website at www.ccph.info
To receive e-mail announcements and updates on the
initiative – along with other resources
to support engaged institutions that are focused on eliminating racial and
ethnic health disparities – subscribe to the free Kellogg 75th Anniversary
listserv at https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/kellogg75
Participating Schools and Graduate Programs of Public
Health:
In alphabetical order by
state:
§ Mel and
Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
§ Fay W.
Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences, Little Rock, AR
§ Master of
Public Health Program in Community Health Education, San Jose State
University, San Jose, CA
§ University
of South Florida College of Public Health, Tampa, FL
§ Master of
Public Health Program, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of
Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI
§ Morgan
State University School of Public Health and Policy, Baltimore, MD
§ Boston
University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
§ Master of
Public Health Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center and University
of Nebraska at Omaha, NE
§ University
of North Carolina School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC
§ Oregon
Master of Public Health Program, a consortium among Portland State
University in Portland, Oregon Health and Science University in Portland
and Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR
§ Arnold
School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
§ Master of
Public Health Program and Center on Health Disparities, School of Medicine,
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Articles
and Documents Needed for a Systematic Review
of
the Effectiveness of Community-Based Primary Health Care
in
Improving Child Health
The Working Group on Community-Based Primary Health Care (CBPHC) of the
International Health Section of the American Public Health Association is
now beginning a systematic review of the evidence supporting the
effectiveness of community-based primary health care in improving the
health of children in developing countries. The Department of Child and
Adolescent Health and Development of the World Health Organization is supporting
this effort.
They are looking for published articles as well as unpublished articles and
project documents which have formally assessed the effectiveness of CBPHC
in improving child health. Their main emphasis is on documentation of
changes in mortality rates or changes in serious morbidity, but we will
also include changes in key determinants of child health, such as
nutrition, immunization coverage, and access to or correct administration
of critical medical therapies (such as antibiotic treatment of pneumonia or
malaria).
Documentation that evaluates the positive contribution that community participation
does or does not have in improving child health is also especially sought.
Evaluations containing qualitative data are sought as much as quantitative
data in relationship to all areas of child health. We are looking for
negative evidence as well -- articles and documents describing
community-based programs and interventions which did not document and
improvement in child health.
An Expert Review Panel is now being assembled by Dr. Carl Taylor, Professor
Emeritus at The Johns Hopkins University. This Panel will review the
findings of the review and their implications. Dr. Henry Perry of Future
Generations and Dr. Paul Freeman, independent international public health
consultant, are the Co-Chairs of the Task Force carrying out the review.
If you know of any articles or documents that are not widely known or not
easily available which might contribute to our review, please contact Paul
Freeman at freeman.p.a@worldnet.att.net or Henry Perry at henry@future.org.
They are planning to widely disseminate the findings of the review, and hope
that this project will help to create a greater appreciation of the
importance of community-based approaches in improving the health of children
living in impoverished populations as well as the limitations of the
approach.
Corporation
for National and Community Service Releases Strategic Plan 2006-2010
This plan is the result of a year-long
collaborative effort between the Corporation and its network of grantees,
project sponsors, staff, and participants. Community-Campus
Partnerships for Health is a member of this network,
as a past grantee and in our current role as senior program advisor for
higher education for the Nation Service-Learning Clearinghouse.
Now that the plan is complete, the real work begins. This plan sets
ambitious goals for the Corporation for the next five years, including specific
performance targets. The plan also lays out a national vision for
volunteer service. The Corporation believes that a better future for all
Americans will include a more widespread culture of service, more
opportunities for all young people to succeed, more schools that encourage
citizenship, and more older Americans using their lifetime of skills to
give back to their communities.
The plan embraces bold national goals in four specific focus areas:
mobilizing more volunteers, ensuring a brighter future for all of America's
youth, engaging students in communities, and harnessing baby boomers'
experience. This vision includes specific targets for the country to
reach by 2010, such as 75 million Americans volunteering, 3 million more
at-risk youth with mentors, 3 million at-risk youth serving others in their
communities, service-learning in half of all K-12 schools, and 3 million
more baby boomers engaged in service.
The final version of the
Corporation's Strategic Plan for 2006 to 2010 is now posted at http://www.nationalservice.gov.
Project Reach
Announces Grant Awards
Eight American Association of
Community Colleges' (AACC) member colleges received grant awards for
Project Reach: Service Inclusion for Community College Students, a
three-year national initiative of AACC through a grant from the Corporation
for National and Community Service and its Engaging Persons with
Disabilities, New Special Initiatives Program. The institutions are: Brevard
Community College (Fla.), Edmonds Community College (Wash.), El Camino
Community College (Calif.), Henderson Community College (Ky.), Miami Dade
College (Fla.), Minneapolis Community & Technical College (Minn.),
National Park Community College (Ark.), and Prairie State College (Ill.).
These colleges will develop opportunities for students with disabilities to
participate in service learning and learn life skills that will have an
impact on their employment, careers and personal development. The eight
Project Reach colleges will be assisted by experienced mentors from Gadsden
State Community College (Ala.), Glendale Community College (Calif.),
Meridian Community College (Miss.) and Paradise Valley Community College
(Ariz.).
For more information, see http://www.aacc.nche.edu/projectreach or contact CCPH member
Quintin S. Doromal, Jr., Manager, Health and Wellness of Academic,
Student and Community Development at AACC, by phone (202) 728.0200 x267 or
email: qdoromal@aacc.nche.edu
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MESSAGE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR
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Sarena Seifer
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One year after the WK Kellogg
Foundation’s 75th anniversary seminar on “Racial and Ethnic
Health Disparities: Schools of Public Health Respond as Engaged
Institutions” the resulting “call to action” is very much alive and well
and being taken seriously. You may
recall that the seminar called upon schools and graduate programs of public
health to spearhead
efforts to transform all colleges and universities into engaged
institutions that are working to eliminate racial and ethnic health
disparities (details at http://www.wkkf.org/default.aspx?tabid=119&CID=297&ItemID=1&NID=173&LanguageID=0).
The Foundation awarded grants to Community-Campus
Partnerships for Health (CCPH) and the
Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) to continue work begun at
the seminar (details at
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/PM_081205.html#MessageFromExecDirector).
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Today, we are pleased to announce
the 12 schools and graduate programs of public health selected for the
Engaged Institutions Initiative that is supported by the Foundation’s grant
to CCPH (see lead article in this
issue).
The grant to ASPH is supporting a
Task Force that has been charged with developing benchmarks for schools and
graduate programs of public health to achieve in order to become fully
engaged institutions, focused on eliminating racial and ethnic health
disparities. CCPH is well represented on the Task Force, with board chair
emeritus Elmer Freeman, board chair-elect Ella Greene-Moton serving as
members and myself as an ex-officio member. Chaired by James Kyle, Dean of the Loma Linda University
School of Public Health, the Task Force had its first in-person meeting
last week in Santa Ana Pueblo, NM to develop an initial set of
recommendations. From the start of
the Task Force, the recruitment, retention and development of
under-represented minority faculty in public health was viewed as
intimately connected to an institution’s ability to be community-engaged
and focused on eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities. As a result, the Task Force sponsored an
historic inaugural “Minority Faculty Retreat” immediately prior to its
meeting. Seventy-five minority
faculty members from 36 schools of public health and 8 graduate programs of
public health gathered to develop a plan to increase the recruitment,
retention and development of minority public health faculty. Presentations followed by small group
discussions generated observations and recommendations for teaching,
research, service, career development, mentoring, time management and
institutional context. Meeting
materials are posted at http://www.asph.org/document.cfm?page=911. For more information, visit http://www.asph.org/document.cfm?page=876
or contact Gillian Silver at gsilver@asph.org.
As the Engaged Institutions Initiative gets underway and the
Task Force completes its charge, I look forward to keeping you informed through
articles appearing in this newsletter.
To receive
e-mail announcements and updates on both – along with other resources to
support engaged institutions that are focused on eliminating racial and
ethnic health disparities – subscribe to the free Kellogg 75th Anniversary
listserv at https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/kellogg75.
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NEWS FROM CCPH
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CCPH 9th
Conference
May 31-June
3, 2006
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Early-bird
Registration deadline – April 13!
Additional Information

Past CCPH
Conference Participants
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CCPH 9th
Summer
Service-Learning
Institute
July 21-24,
2006
Cascade Mountains of Washington State
Application
deadline – April 7!
CCPH
Members receive
a
$200 discount!
Application Information
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SAVE THE DATE!
CCPH 10th
Anniversary
Conference
April
11-14, 2007
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Additional Information
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Announcing Updates to the Principles and Policies
Section of
CCPH’s CBPR Resources Webpage
We've recently updated the principles and policies
section of our community-based participatory research (CBPR) resources
webpage at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/commbas.html#Principles
Newly posted items include:
·
Principles
of Research Collaboration developed by the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS
Network's Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Community-Based Research Capacity-Building
Initiative
·
A
Model Tribal Research Code with materials for tribal regulation for
research and checklist for Indian Health Boards, developed by the
American Indian Law Center.
·
Policies
and procedures to guide decisions about their involvement in research,
developed by the Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic
We welcome additional resources to post on this
page! If you have CBPR principles and policies to share, just email
them as an attachment to AnnikaLR@u.washington.edu
with any authorship/copyright clearly marked and how you would like them
to be described.
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Are You Enjoying ALL of the Benefits
CCPH Offers?
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Not Yet A Member? Join Today!
If
you are interested in becoming a member of CCPH or need to renew your
current membership,
join
today!
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CCPH keeps you informed! The Resources page on the CCPH
website includes links to Funding Opportunities; Awards, Fellowships &
Scholarships; and Calls for Papers & Presentations—updated twice a
month and easy to access! See http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/guide.html.
Membership in CCPH helps support these benefits.
Join or renew today to ensure that these resources are always available at
your fingertips! To learn more about CCPH member benefits, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/members.html.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
For details on these new listings and all
previously listed upcoming events, visit
CCPH’s
CONFERENCE PAGE
CCPH
at Upcoming Events!
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FEBRUARY
2006
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February 22-24, 2006 ● Engagement in Higher
Education: Building a Federation for Action ● Racine, Wisconsin
CCPH Senior Consultant, Rachel Vaughn will represent CCPH at a
Wingspread Conference. The conference is bringing together leaders from
national organizations, higher education institutions journals and
conferences, all of whom are focused on the teaching, scholarship and
impact of higher education’s engagement with communities. The conference
aims to identify specific action ideas that can be implemented through
collaboration among subsets of participants. By exploring cooperative
strategies, the conference aims to deepen, consolidate and advance the
field, literature, research, practice, policy and advocacy of higher
education and civic engagement. CCPH Executive Director, Sarena Seifer is a member of the conference planning committee. Rachel and Sarena will report on the conference in a future issue of
Partnership Matters at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/PM2006.html.
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MARCH
2006
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March 1-3, 2006 ● Conference on Civic
Engagement and Graduate Education ● Racine, Wisconsin
CCPH Executive Director, Sarena Seifer will represent CCPH at a
Wingspread Conference and facilitate a session on engagement in
professional programs. Sponsored
by the Upper Midwest Campus Compact Consortium and The Johnson Foundation,
the conference will discuss the benefits and challenges of integrating
civic engagement into graduate education and to explore strategies for
preparing future scholars to use engaged pedagogies, to pursue public
scholarship, and to support a culture of democratic dialogue and action in
collaboration with community stakeholders. Sarena will report on the
conference in a future issue of Partnership Matters at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/PM2006.html
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March 20-21, 2006 ● Community Based
Participatory Research: A Hands-on Workshop for Health Promotion ● Indianapolis, Indiana
CCPH board member, Lawrence Green will give a featured presentation on “Designing
Evaluations for Campus-Community Health Promotion Programs: If We Want More
Evidence-Based Practice, We Need More Evidence-Based Evidence.” Sponsored by the Indiana University School of
Library and Information Science at Indianapolis, the workshop will also
feature presentations on partnership building, engaging the community in
health information outreach, and funding for campus-community partnerships.
For more
information and to register, go to:
http://www.nursing.iupui.edu/LifelongLearning/ProgramsAndConferences/CBPR.htm
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MAY
& JUNE 2006
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May 3-4, 2006 ● Health Research
Alliance Conference ● Washington, DC
CCPH Executive Director, Sarena Seifer and CCPH member
Barbara Israel will be
presenting on community-based participatory research during the conference.
The conference theme is “Building Strategic Partnerships to Advance Health
Research.” For more information,
visit http://www.healthra.org/
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May 31-June 3, 2006 ● CCPH’s
9th Conference ● Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
To learn more, please see the 2006 Conference Update
section of this newsletter!
For complete details, please visit the CCPH 9th
Conference website at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-overview.html.
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June 6-9, 2006 ● Symposium on
Response to Community Crisis: Lessons from Recent Hurricanes ● Jackson, Mississippi
CCPH is a co-sponsor of this symposium
being hosted by the Center for Civic Engagement & Social Responsibility
at Tougaloo College. The overall goal is to strengthen the ability of
academia and community-based organizations to understand and respond to the
needs of citizens during times of crisis. For details, visit http://www.hbcufdn.org/sum_inst_program_2006.pdf
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JULY
2006
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July 21-24, 2006 ● CCPH’s
9th Summer Service-Learning Institute ● Cascade Mountains, Washington
The Service-Learning Institute is designed for both
new and experienced service-learning practitioners (faculty, staff and
community partners). National experts in service-learning -- health
professional faculty who have incorporated service into their courses and
community leaders who have developed service-learning partnerships with
health professions schools – serve as Institute presenters and mentors.
The application deadline is April 7, 2006.
To learn more about our Service-Learning Institutes and
to download an application, please visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/servicelearning.html.
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OCTOBER
2006
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October 14-16, 2006 ● 6th
International Service-Learning Research Conference ● Portland, Oregon
CCPH senior consultant Sherril Gelmon is chairing the conference, which is being
co-sponsored by CCPH. The theme is
“From Passion to Objectivity: International and Cross-Disciplinary
Perspectives on Service-Learning Research.” Presentation proposals are due
March 8, 2006. For details, visit http://www.upa.pdx.edu/SLResearch06
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NOVEMBER
2006
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November 4-8, 2006 ● 134th American Public Health
Association Annual Meeting ● Boston, Massachusetts
CCPH will be
co-hosting a booth in the exhibit hall with the Kellogg Health Scholars
Program. For more information, visit http://www.apha.org/meetings/
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APRIL 2007
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April 11-14, 2007 ● CCPH’s
10th Anniversary Conference ● Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Save the Date! The call for
conference session and poster proposals will be released this summer.
Stay tuned for details at http://www.ccph.info
Registration is now
open for CCPH’s
9th conference, May 31-June 3, 2006 in Minneapolis,
MN USA. For
details,
visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-overview.html.
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New Event Listings
For details on these new
listings and all previously listed upcoming events, visit CCPH’s CONFERENCE PAGE
February 28-March 1, 2006 · Women's Health Initiative Conference: A Legacy to Future
Generations · Bethesda, Maryland · http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi/references.htm
April 24-26, 2006 · 18th Annual Indian Health Service Research Conference · Albuquerque, New Mexico · http://www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/Research/events.cfm#april2006
May 15-18, 2006 · Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach: An Introduction to Dialogue
Education · Ottawa, Ontario, Canada · https://www.onlineregistrationcenter.com/register.asp?m=96&c=2377
June 1-3, 2006 · Service Learning and Faith-Based Colleges and Universities
Conference: Faith Traditions, Spirituality and Service-Learning · Grantham, Pennsylvania · http://www.messiah.edu/external_programs/agape/national_conference/2006/
June 15-16, 2006 · Interprofessional Approaches to Teaching Clinical Prevention· Washington, DC · http://www.atpm.org/meetings/meetings.html
June 15-17, 2006 · Educators for Community Engagement 12th Annual National
Gathering · Kenosha, Wisconsin · http://www.e4ce.org/NG2006
October 29-31, 2006 · 2006 Assessment Institute in Indianapolis · Indianapolis, Indiana · http://www.planning.iupui.edu
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2006 CONFERENCE
UPDATE
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CCPH’s 9th Conference
Walking the Talk:
Achieving the Promise of Authentic Partnerships
May 31-June 3, 2006 ● Minneapolis, MN USA
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Announcements
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New
Pre-Conference Institute Offering – Description Online! A new pre-conference institute has been added
for Wednesday, May 31, titled “Walk in My Shoes (WIMS): Participatory
Learning that Strengthens Partnerships.” WIMS is an engaging and thought
provoking activity that focuses on the experience of low-income individuals
and families trying to access health care. Participants will participate in the activity and then explore
its application as a tool for health professions education and partnership
development. To read the complete description and for information on other
pre-conference institutes, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-program.html#PreConfInstitutes
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Preview of
Conference Sessions – Now Available Online! A brief description of each skill-building
workshop, story session, thematic poster session and poster that will be
presented at this year’s conference is now available online at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-program.html#Agenda
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Call for
Applications for Minneapolis-Area Community Site Visits! Community site visits provide an
opportunity for conference participants to learn in-depth from local Minneapolis-area
partnerships by spending about three hours touring and talking with the
partnership's major stakeholders. Download an application at: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-program.html#CommSiteVisits
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Featured Keynote Speaker:
Angela
Glover Blackwell
Ms. Blackwell is founder & chief
executive officer of PolicyLink, a national nonprofit organization that is
advancing a new generation of policies to achieve economic & social
equity from the wisdom, voice, and experience of local constituencies.
http://www.policylink.org/
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Register
Today!
Click here for details!
Early-bird deadline: April 13, 2006!
Join 500 colleagues who – like you –
are passionate about the power of partnerships as a strategy for social
justice. The program features pre-conference institutes, skill-building
workshops, story sessions, community site visits, posters, exhibits and
much more!
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-registration.html
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Exhibitor and Co-Sponsor
Opportunities
Are Available!
Exhibitors
and co-sponsors are essential to the success of the conference by directly
connecting attendees to
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Please
contact Annika Robbins, CCPH administrative director, at AnnikaLR@u.washington.edu
or (206)
616-3472 with any questions.
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valuable
programs, products and services. Meet our current co-sponsors at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-coexhibit.html.
Find
out how your organization can join this esteemed group by visiting http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-exhibiting.html.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
PolicyLink Announces New Report – The report offers policy ideas and
strategies to reestablish older urban centers as economically competitive
and socially inclusive places where all residents can participate and
prosper. “Shared Prosperity, Stronger Regions: An Agenda for Rebuilding
America's Older Core Cities” utilizes Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit,
Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh as case studies to develop an agenda for
restorative action. Each of these cities is home to unique
collaborations among public, private, philanthropic, and community
institutions that are advancing innovative policies and strategies.
The report highlights over 50 models and policies for reinvigorating older
core cities by promoting economic development; engaging anchor
institutions; promoting equitable transportation policies; reclaiming
vacant and abandoned property; making all neighborhoods stable, healthy,
and livable; and increasing affordable housing in opportunity-rich
neighborhoods. To download the full report as a pdf, visit: http://www.policylink.org/Research/OlderCoreCities/default.html
Angela Blackwell, Founder and CEO of
PolicyLink, is a keynote speaker at the 2006 CCPH Conference on May
31-June 3 in Minneapolis, MN USA. For
more information, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-program.html#KeynoteSpeakers.
Michael Moore Seeks Stories for His Next
Documentary on the Health Care Industry
Documentary filmmaker Michael
Moore wants to know what you've been through with “your insurance company,
or what it's been like to have no insurance at all, or how the hospitals
and doctors wouldn't treat you (or if they did, how they sent you into
poverty trying to pay their crazy bills) or if you happen to work for an
HMO or a pharmaceutical company or a profit-making hospital and you have
simply seen too much abuse of your fellow human beings and can't take it
any longer.” Send him a short, factual account of what has happened to you and
what is happening to you right now if you have been unable to get the
health care you need. Send it to michael@michaelmoore.com.
He states that he will read every single one of them. http://www.michaelmoore.com/
National Board of Medical
Examiners-Opportunity for Students to Participate in Pilot Study The Center for Innovation at the National Board of
Medical Examiners®
is currently
recruiting third-year medical students undertaking clerkship rotations for
participation in a pilot study. The purpose of the pilot is to evaluate an
educational tool designed to support clinical judgments and improve their
accuracy. To participate in this pilot study and receive a voucher, please
go to http://cja.nbme.org/agreement.html
to review the security policy and terms and conditions. For more
information about NBME web-based self-assessment services, go to http://www.nbme.org/sas, or email
cjahelp@nbme.org.
First Version of
AAMC's MedEdPORTAL Now Available
The
Association of American Medical Colleges is asking its constituents to
"beta test" the new MedEdPORTAL searchable database, an online
resource through which faculty can publish, share, and discover
peer-reviewed educational materials. After reviewing MedEdPORTAL (http://www.aamc.org/mededportal),
constituents should send comments and suggestions to mededportal@aamc.org. Medical
educators are encouraged to submit their high-quality teaching materials to
MedEdPORTAL in order to enhance the collection. For more information,
contact Chris Candler, AAMC Division of Medical Education, at ccandler@aamc.org or Robby
Reynolds, AAMC Division of Medical Education, at rreynolds@aamc.org.
February 2006
issue of Academic Medicine includes collections of papers on several important
topics, including six articles on research issues at academic health
centers and five articles on international medical graduates. Two of these
articles are free to non-subscribers: "Guidelines for Interactions Between
Clinical Faculty and the Pharmaceutical Industry: One Medical School's
Approach," and "Policies of Academic Medical Centers for
Disclosing Financial Conflicts of Interest to Potential Research
Participants." www.academicmedicine.org
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Senior
Research Associate –
Population
Research Core, University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center –
The Population Research Core will be part of a Shared
Resource that assists faculty on a variety of population-based cancer
control and behavioral research with a focus on reducing cancer disparities
in South Florida. The Sr. Research Associate will provide cancer and
demographic data for research planning, interact with faculty and with the
community to developing and evaluating appropriate recruitment and
retention strategies, help design and analyze focus group data (e.g., to
test research materials), and provide technical assistance to the Southeast
Florida Cancer Control Collaborative as needed. Masters’ degree and 3 years
min. experience in community or population-based research in health-related
field. Ability to use SPSS or SAS, GIS experience helpful. Apply online - https://careers.med.miami.edu/ -
Position Number 025518.
Associate
Dean for Public Health Practice – Boston
University School of Public Health –This position is responsible
for the leadership, planning, implementation and evaluation of the
activities of the School's Office for Public Health Practice. These
activities include directing the School's required practicum program for
its MPH students, developing and leading grant funded activities for the
training of the public health workforce in the New England area and
creating and maintaining relationships with national, state, and local
city, town and community public health professionals and organizations. For
more information, contact Leonard Glantz, Associate Dean for Academic
Affairs, Boston University School of Public Health.
Tenure
Track Assistant Professor –
Center for
Environmental Studies at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island –
Closing Date: Feb 28, 2006 - Brown University is seeking
candidates who can integrate basic and applied environmental sciences and
work at different scales from local to regional and global. Requirements
include a PhD in an environmentally-related discipline, a strong record of
research and outreach, commitment to excellence in graduate and
undergraduate teaching, and potential for interdisciplinary collaboration.
For more information, contact Osvaldo Sala at Osvaldo_Sala@Brown.edu. http://envstudies.brown.edu/env/index.php.
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GRANTS ALERT!
Listed below are announcements
only. To view all previously listed grant alerts, please visit
CCPH's FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
PAGE
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Eating Research
Program –
Deadline: March 7, 2006 – The RWJ Foundation is pleased to announce the
launch of Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood
Obesity, an $11-million national program that will support research to
identify, analyze and evaluate environmental and policy strategies that can
promote healthy eating and prevent obesity among children. http://www.rwjf.org/cfp/her
Environmental Justice Small Grants Program – Deadline: March 31,
2006 – The EJSG Program is a multimedia program designed to
help communities understand and address their exposure to multiple
environmental harms and risks. http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/publications/ej/grants/rfa-small-grant-2006.pdf
Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving
Cooperative Agreement Program – Deadline: March 31, 2006 – The purpose of this notice is
to solicit applications from eligible affected local community-based
organizations for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to provide
financial assistance to those organizations. http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEWREVISIONS&revNum=0
Proposals Sought for Chronic Illness Curriculum Grant – Deadline: April 3, 2006
– The Association
of American Medical Colleges' Institute for Improving Medical Education
(IIME) has issued a
call for grant proposals to enhance chronic illness care education. The
program is part of a Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation-funded initiative aimed at
stimulating the development and implementation of innovative approaches to
educating medical students and resident physicians about the challenges and
rewards of caring for patients with chronic illnesses. Ten medical schools
will receive curriculum grants to enhance their chronic illness care
education. Proposals may focus solely on the undergraduate medical
education program, however, the grant includes the opportunity to involve
family medicine and/or internal medical residency training programs where
appropriate. http://www.aamc.org/meded/iime/chronicillnessproposals.pdf
Social and Economic Development Strategies for Native
Americans –
Deadline: April 4, 2006 – Administration for Native Americans (ANA) 2006 goals
and program areas of interest are focused on strengthening children,
families, and communities through community-based organizations, Tribes,
and Village governments. The purpose of ANA is to promote the goal of
economic and social self-sufficiency for American Indians, Native
Hawaiians, Alaskan Natives, and other Native American Pacific Islanders,
including American Samoa Natives. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2006-ACF-ANA-NA-0003.html
NIH Pathway to Independence Award Program – Deadline: varies April
7, 2006 – The
program is a new opportunity for postdoctoral scientists to receive both
mentored and independent research support from the same award. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/pathway_independence.htm
Poverty and Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) Small
Grants Program –
Deadline: ongoing – Thanks to the Annie E. Casey Foundation,
PRRAC is once again able to make small grants available for research on the
intersection of race and poverty that in turn is designed to support a
planned advocacy strategy (community organizing, litigation, legislation,
public education, etc.). http://www.prrac.org/grants.php
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AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS & SCHOLARSHIPS
Listed below are announcements
only. To view all previously listed announcements, please visit
CCPH's AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS,
& SCHOLARSHIPS PAGE
Adams Scholarship for Outreach and Health Communications to
Reduce Tobacco Use Among Priority Populations – Deadline: March 31,
2006 – Full-time students pursuing a course of study in
public health, communications, social work, education, liberal arts or a
related field will be considered eligible. Applicants must provide evidence
of service to a community in an economically or socially disadvantaged
setting. Involvement in volunteer activities such as outreach, peer
counseling to prevent the use of tobacco, drugs or alcohol, or other
efforts of benefit to a local community should be described in a personal
statement. http://www.americanlegacy.org
4th Annual Leadership Training Program for
Complementary and Alternative Medicine – Deadline: April 7, 2006 – The American Medical Student
Association is seeking medical students with a strong interest in
complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) combined with the desire for
leadership training in CAM to participate in the fourth annual LTP. Omega Institute for Holistic
Studies in Rhinebeck, New York will host the LTP from June 18-23, 2006. http://www.amsa.org/addm
Summer Internships from the American Medical Student Association
– Deadline: varies
March 1-April 17, 2006 – The AMSA offers internships at their national
office for interested premedical and medical students. You can work on
relevant health policy and medical education issues, develop policy papers,
lobby on Capitol Hill, and work with the full-time Student Office Staff and
National President. For more information, see “Summer Opportunities” at: http://www.amsa.org/news/opps.cfm
Call for Participation: Congress in the ClassroomR 2006 – Deadline: March 30,
2006 – Congress in the ClassroomR is designed for high school
or middle school teachers who teach U.S. history, government, civics,
political science, or social studies. The workshop is dedicated to the
exchange of ideas and information on teaching about Congress. http://www.dirksencenter.org/programs_CiCapplication.htm
Jay Browne Fellowship in Community-Based Research – Deadline: April 14,
2006 – This call is part of a broader Ontario HIV Treatment
Network strategy to facilitate the development of HIV/AIDS community-based
research expertise, thereby ensuring a reliable supply of highly qualified
personnel to meet Ontario’s future needs in the fight against this disease.
The award will provide support and recognition to an individual who is
pursuing a PhD, or engaged in post-doctoral research in the field of
HIV/AIDS CBR. This program is headed by CCPH member Robb Travers. http://www.ohtn.on.ca/newcallJayBrowne.html
2006 Primary Care Leadership Training Program – Deadline: May 8, 2006
– The purpose of
this weeklong, innovative institute is to educate forty medical and dental
students about important issues in primary care, develop leadership skills
for future primary care physicians and dentists, and engage students in
curricular reform and health policy issues. SUNY-Upstate Medical University
in Syracuse, NY will host the LTP from August 7-11, 2006. http://www.amsa.org/addm
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CALLS FOR PAPERS &
PRESENTATIONS
Listed below are announcements
only. To view all previously listed announcements, please visit
CCPH's
CALLS FOR PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS PAGE
Call for Proposals -2006 Assessment Institute in
Indianapolis –
Deadline: March 1, 2006 – Sponsored by Indiana
University-Purdue University Indianapolis. The conference will take place October
29-31, 2006 in Indianapolis, Indiana. http://www.planning.iupui.edu
Call for Abstracts-18th Annual Indian
Health Service Research Conference – Deadline: March 3, 2006 – This year’s conference
theme is “Discovering
Pathways to Better Health for American Indians and Alaska Natives.”
The conference will take place April 24-26, 2006 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
http://www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/Research/events.cfm#april2006
Call for Proposals- Faith Traditions, Spirituality and
Service-Learning Conference – Deadline: April 1, 2006
– Sponsored by Service
Learning and Faith-Based Colleges and Universities. The conference will take place June 1-3, 2006
in Grantham, Pennsylvania. http://www.messiah.edu/external_programs/agape/national_conference/2006/
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PUBLICATIONS
CCPH Members receive
discounts on publications by Jossey-Bass as well as
all CCPH
publications
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Reinventing
Public Health: Policies and Practices for a Healthy Nation
Reinventing
Public Health offers
guidance for translating the growing body of research on the fundamental
social, economic and ecological determinants of health into innovative
programs and policies to improve the health of Americans. The book
offers guidance to public health students and professionals on how to
translate the emerging public health system perspective into practice, but
it also stimulates public health researchers to look at the broader policy
implications of their work. The book also encourages looking at the impacts
professionals in other fields such as business, education, urban planning
and economic and community development have on the health of a population.
CCPH Members receive a 15% discount when ordered
through the CCPH website!
Ordering information: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/josseybass.html
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2006 Grant Funding Directory
A resource for finding
Corporations and Foundations that will fund projects involving: Education,
Literacy, Arts & Humanities, Child Care & Development, Computer
Technology, Recreation, Community Development, Children & Youth,
Environment, Religion, Animal Welfare and more.
http://www.cspublishing.i8.com/custom.html
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Determining Health Expectancies
Determining Health
Expectancies
is built on ten years of work of REVES (Reseau Esperance de Vie en Sante/
Network on Health Expectancy). Researchers, clinicians, demographers and
health planners will find it a well referenced coherent text for developing
and evaluating methods of calculation and furthering the use of health
expectancy as a tool of health planning.
CCPH Members receive a 15% discount when ordered
through the CCPH website!
Ordering information:
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/suggestedtitles.html#AcademicPubHealth
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Building a
Healthier Future: Partnering to Improve Public Health
A
Grantmakers in Health Issue Brief, Building a Healthier Future: Partnering
to Improve Public Health, combines the conversation of a one-day Issue
Dialogue with a background paper to identify significant opportunities for
grantmakers to partner with public health agencies at the local, state, and
national levels, as well as with organizations outside of the traditional
public health system, such as faith-based communities, employers, and
community organizations. Specifically, this document will help further
grantmaker efforts to build and sustain public health partnerships.
http://www.gih.org/info-url2678/info-url_show.htm?doc_id=302953
GIH's November 21, 2005 Bulletin contains a special insert on the
Partnering to Improve Public Health:
http://www.gih.org/info-url2678/info-url_list.htm?category=2005%20Bulletins&attrib_id=3319
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NEW & RENEWING MEMBERS
January 2006
Please Join
Us in Welcoming the Following New CCPH Members
~ joined between January 1-31, 2006
E-Members
Benker,
Karen, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Brennan,
Marie, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes,
Australia
Kelley,
Michele, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Kohrman,
Claire, Chicago, IL
Thompson,
Beti, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center,
Seattle, WA
Warman,
Karen, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY
Individual Premium
Members
Afsharin,
Maria, Shiraz Cancer Project, Rockville, MD
Briley,
Chiquita, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater,
OK
Calhoun,
Jennifer, Cross Cultural Health Care Program,
Seattle, WA
Furumoto
Dawson, Alice, University of Chicago, Institute for
Mind & Biology, Chicago, IL
Goertz,
Heather, Omaha, NE
Gould,
Kelly A., Hope Medical Outreach, Omaha, NE
Heaberg,
Gail, Warner Robins, GA
Konkin,
Jill, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB,
Canada
Ostroff,
Barbara, Family Alliance Ontario, Toronto, ON,
Canada
Perkins,
James, Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
Reese,
David, University of Kentucky, Hazard, KY
Sample,
Joe, Iowa Health-Des Moines, Des Moines, IA
Schaller,
Marty, Northeastern Wisconsin Area Health
Education Center, Manitowoc, WI
Shelton,
Deborah, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Terzuola,
Gail, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe,
NM
Visvanathan,
Nalini, Brookline, MA
Student Members
Crowther,
Jayne, Barboursville, VA
Lemus,
Frank, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston,
TX
Pirkey,
Jean, New Berlin, WI
Postma,
Julie, University of Washington School of Nursing,
Seattle, WA
Shepherd,
Mary, Santa Fe, NM
Organizational Members
Apple
Tree Dental, Coon Rapids/Bloomington/ Ann Arbor, MI
Brickle, Colleen
Cernohous, Jayne
Jacobi, Deborah
Smith, Barbara
Carroll
College, Waukesha, WI,
Deprey, Sara
Maher, Edward
Shields, Kathy
Grand
Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI
Coviak, Cindy
Michigan
State University, East Lansing, MI,
Brown, Robert E.
McNall, Miles
Montana
State University, Bozeman, MT
Christopher, Suzanne
Hyman, Linda
Juliar, Kristin
Kott, Sharon
The
Network:Towards Unity for Health, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Ja'afar, Rogayah, Malaysia
New
York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Ho-Asjoe, Henrietta
Regis
University, Denver, CO
Lee, Jeremy
Stanford
University, Stanford, CA
Kiernan, Michaela
University
of Medicine & Dentistry New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ
Soto-Greene, Maria L.
United
Way of Greater Eau Claire and University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI
Becker, Kris
Hilton, Thomas S. E.
Quinlan, Christopher
University
of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Horning, Dixie
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Thank
You to these Renewing
Members for their
Continued Support!
~ joined between January 1-31, 2006
E-Members
Aisenstein,
Hillary, Philadelphia Higher Education Network for
Neighborhood Development, Philadelphia, PA
Barsi,
Eileen, Catholic Healthcare West, San Francisco, CA
Bray,
Paul, UHS, Greenville, NC
Carzo,
Janine M., St. Elizabeth Family Medicine, Utica, NY
Coudret,
Nadine, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN
Jacobowitz,
Barbara, Treasure Coast Health Council, Riviera Beach,
FL
Jenkins,
Carolyn, Medical University Of South Carolina,
Charleston, SC
Nickitas,
Donna, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY
Oakley,
Christine K., Pullman, WA
Raimer,
Ben G., The University of Texas Medical Branch,
Galveston, TX
Roberts,
Richard, Utah State University, Logan, UT
Stelzner,
Sarah, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Thomas,
Huw F., University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham,
AL
Wilder,
Georgia, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Individual Premium Members
Bilton,
Michael, Association for Community Health Improvement,
San Francisco, CA
Downing,
Diane, George Mason University, Stafford, VA
Goldberg-Freeman,
Clara, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health, Baltimore, MD
Herlitzke,
Mary Ann, Western Wisconsin Technical College, La Crosse,
WI
Minkler,
Meredith Ann, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
Pappas,
Phillip, Community Human Services, Pittsburgh, PA
Proulx,
Donald E., University of Arizona, FIPSE program, Tucson,
AZ
Rembolt,
Penny, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Richards,
Freddie L., Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View,
TX
Rose,
Barbara, Child Policy Research Center, Cincinnati, OH
Woodruff,
Judith, Northwest Health Foundation, Portland, OR
Student Members
Schrop,
Susan, Northeastern Ohio Universities, Rootstown, OH
Organizational Members
Center
for Community Health Education Research and Service Inc, Boston, MA
Freeman, Elmer R.
Laidlaw, Scott
Russell, Beverly
Northeastern
Ohio Universities, College of Medicine, Rootstown, OH
Boex, James, R.
Coastal
Bend Health Education Center, Corpus Christi, TX
Castro, Juan F.
Garcia, Carol
Koester, Lois
Grand
Valley State University, Grand Rapids, MI
Schafer, Patricia
VanderWerf, Marilyn
New
York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Abesamis, Noilyn
Rey, Mariano Jose
Ursua, Rhodora
Rocky
Mountain Prevention Research Center, Alamosa, CO
Barton, Phoebe
Belansky, Elaine
Uyeki, Terry
Davis, Sue
Southern
California University of Health Sciences, Whittier, CA
Phillips, Reed B.
Scaringe, John
Schultz, Gary
Tobias, Gene
United
Way of Greater Eau Claire and University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI
Mowry, Donald, D
University
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Tuton, Lucy W.
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