CCPH - Partnership Matters Newsletter

The CCPH Annual Award recognizes exemplary partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions. We welcome nominations from any country or nation. The award will be presented at CCPH’s 10^th anniversary conference, April 11-14, 2007, in Toronto (for details on the conference, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-overview.html)

See the complete Call for Nominations at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/awards.html

CCPh principles of good community-campus partnerships revised

In October 2006, the CCPH Board of Directors approved a revised version of the CCPH principles of good 
community-campus partnerships it first adopted in October 1998. The revision is intended to reflect an increased 
understanding of partnerships from published research and the lived experiences of community and academic partners. 
To view both versions, go to http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/principles.html#principles

Gateways: International Journal of

Community Research and Engagement

A new journal is being published by the UTS Shopfront at the University of Technology, Sydney and the Centre for Urban Research and Learning at Loyola University in Chicago. Please see below for an excerpt from the journal website. The new journal will also be publishing selected peer-reviewed papers based on presentations from CCPH's 10th anniversary conference, April 11-14, 2007 in Toronto (for details on the conference, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-overview.html)

Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement is concerned with the practice and processes of community engagement: with ideas as to what constitutes engagement between universities and communities, with the theories and policies which enable community engagement and with the possibilities for sustainable collaborations and outcomes. The journal provides a forum for scholars, community partners and policymakers to discuss experiences and aspirations for collaborations between universities and communities.

Gateways provides a forum for academics, practitioners and community representatives to pursue issues and reflect on practices related to interactions between tertiary institutions and community organisations; academic interventions in community; community-based projects with links to the tertiary sector and community initiatives. The journal publishes evaluative case studies of community engagement initiatives, analyses of the policy environment and theoretical reflections that contribute to the scholarship of engagement.

Contributions will be either fully peer-reviewed articles or non peer-reviewed. Authors will be asked to nominate their category of contribution. Issues canvassed will include but not be confined to: universities and community engagement; partnerships involving university and/or community and/or non-government organisations and/or government; research and curriculum development; engaged teaching and learning; community engagement theory.

For more details, including instructions for authors, visit http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/ojs/index.php/ijcre/about.

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MESSAGE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Sarena Seifer

This year is Community-Campus Partnerships for Health’s 10^th anniversary!

A number of exciting plans are underway to celebrate this milestone, reflect on our accomplishments and engage stakeholders in determining our future directions:

Our 10^th anniversary conference, “Mobilizing Partnerships for Social Change,” aims to nurture a growing network of community-campus partnerships that are striving to achieve the systems and policy changes needed to address the root causes of health, social and economic inequalities. The conference includes the usual features that our

members expect and value: inspiring keynote presentations, skill-building workshops, innovative community site visits and valuable networking. This year’s conference also includes unprecedented opportunities for CCPH members to engage in deliberative dialogue, form ongoing collaborations and mobilize around shared goals. Holding the conference in Toronto signals the growth of our membership in Canada and our desire to link with and learn from colleagues across the globe. And we’ve got one heck of an anniversary party planned! Whether you are new to CCPH, a long-time member or a past supporter seeking to reconnect, I hope you will join us in April!

Interviews are underway with founding board members and others who played instrumental roles in the organization over the years. We’ll also soon be issuing a “call for stories of impact” that will gather stories of ways that CCPH members have transformed communities and higher education through partnerships, how their involvement in CCPH has impacted them and their work, and their hopes for the future. Excerpts will be incorporated into a 10^th anniversary publication to be released at the conference and audio files to be posted on our website.

During this 10^th anniversary year, each issue of Partnership Matters will highlight a landmark event, signature program or key individual in CCPH’s history. In this issue, we reprint the first public communication about CCPH, below. What strikes me most is that the mission and needs we were founded to address are still compelling. As we celebrate our collective accomplishments and progress made over the past decade, we also must ask: What is our vision for the next ten years? What are the leverage points for change? What strategic issues should be our focus? We look to you for your guidance as we move forward. Please send your comments and suggestions to me at sarena@u.washington.edu or 206-616-4305 (and be sure to respond to the forthcoming “call for stories of impact”).

What ties us together is our commitment to social justice and our passion for the power of partnerships to transform communities and higher education. Thank you for sharing that commitment and passion, and for making CCPH the dynamic, effective organization it is today.

August 21, 1996

Dear Friend and Colleague,

I am writing to introduce you to an emerging national organization, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, and to invite your questions, reactions, ideas and involvement. Perhaps the best way to begin is to tell you the story of our brief history to date.

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health is an outgrowth of Health Professions Schools in Service to the Nation (HPSISN), a national initiative designed to strengthen partnerships between health professions schools and their communities. A program of the Pew Health Professions Commission and the National Fund for Medical Education, HPSISN receives support from The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Corporation for National Service and the Health Resources and Services Administration and is housed at the Center for the Health Professions at the University of California-San Francisco. The program’s components include making grants to support service-learning in health professions schools and sponsoring national training institutes and conferences.

In March 1996, HPSISN sponsored its first national conference on community partnerships in health professions education on the campus of Northeastern University in Boston. Nearly 500 people, including health professions faculty, students and staff of community-based organizations, attended this landmark event. Participants voiced strong support for the formation of a national organization to support and sustain partnerships between communities and health professions schools to improve health. As a result, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health was launched.

A diverse group of individuals, whose names appear on this letterhead, volunteered to begin the strategic planning necessary to develop a viable organization. During its first meeting on August 5-6, the planning committee examined the needs CCPH was organizing to address. Prominent among these needs were the following:

§ the need to prepare health care practitioners as community-responsive providers and as agents of social change

§ the need to make health care education more responsive and relevant to community needs

§ the need to recognize community contributions to teaching, research, and the development of knowledge

§ the need to “level the playing field” between communities and educational institutions

§ the need to promote educational institutions, faculty, and students as community building assets

§ the need to consider community assets as well as needs

The committee also reached consensus on a draft mission statement:

“To foster partnerships between communities and educational institutions that build on their strengths, balance their power, and develop their roles as change agents for improved community health and civic responsibility”

The committee recommended that CCPH incorporate as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, with a board reflective of our diverse constituencies – communities, educational institutions, faculty, students, community-based organizations and community members. While specific CCPH services were not a focus of their first meeting, the committee did discuss national and regional conferences, training institutes, on-site technical assistance, an information clearinghouse, a peer-reviewed journal and other possible programs and activities.

Community-Campus Partnerships for Health has a focus and characteristics that are distinct from existing and emerging organizations:

§ CCPH seeks to work collaboratively across sectors of higher education, communities and disciplinary boundaries to achieve successful community-campus partnerships nationwide

§ CCPH identifies students, university staff and faculty, and community members as equal constituencies

§ CCPH serves as a welcoming bridge between the many government and foundation-sponsored initiatives in community-oriented health professions education

We are particularly interested in your reaction to the draft mission statement, your suggestions of priority activities and future directions, and your thoughts on ways you hope to become involved in this exciting new organization. It would be helpful to hear from you prior to our next strategic planning meeting, which will take place October 4-5 and will focus on refining CCPH’s organizational vision, goals, strategies and priority activities. To do so, please contact me by phone: 206/616-4305; fax: 206/616-3175; or email: sarena@u.washington.edu.

Also, please mark your calendars now for the next national conference on community partnerships in health professions education, which will be held April 26-29, 1997 in San Francisco. The conference theme -- sustainability of community-campus partnerships -- should be relevant to both beginning and long-established partnerships. As the “kick-off” event for CCPH, the conference will be a wonderful opportunity to learn more about the organization and to contribute to our agenda for the future.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Sincerely,

Sarena D. Seifer

Director, Health Professions Schools in Service to the Nation

Staff Director, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health

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NEWS FROM CCPH

CCPH 10^th Anniversary Conference

April 11–14, 2007, Toronto

Mobilizing Partnerships

for Social Change

New Announcements:

· Online Registration Now Open! Register today at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-registration.html

· Book Your Hotel Room Today! Details at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-accom.html#Hotel

· Call for Toronto-Area Community Site Visits – Applications Due Jan. 17 More information is available at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-sitevisits.html

· Preliminary Program Now Online! Abstracts of all sessions and posters included! To download the pdf, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-agenda.html

· Plenary Speakers: Sylvia Maracle and Jeff Reading! Read about these social justice leaders at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-program.html#KeynoteSpeakers

· Scholarships for Community-Based Participants from the US & Canada and for Students from Canada Varying Deadlines in January and March 2007 - More information is available at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-support.html

· Sign on Now as an Exhibitor or Cosponsor! – Many options are available – for details, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-exhibiting.html

For more information, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-overview.html

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR

ANNUAL CCPH AWARD

Deadline: February 16

The CCPH Annual Award recognizes exemplary partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions. We welcome nominations from any country or nation. The award will be presented at CCPH’s 10^th anniversary conference, April 11-14, 2007, in Toronto. For details on the conference, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-overview.html

See the complete Call for Nominations at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/awards.html

CCPH Principles of Partnership Revised

In October 2006, the CCPH Board of Directors approved a revised version 
of the CCPH principles of good community-campus partnerships it first 
adopted in October 1998. The revision is intended to reflect an increased 
understanding of partnerships from published research and the lived 
experiences of community and academic partners.

To view both versions, go to

http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/

principles.html#principles

Winter 2007 Issue of Partnership Perspectives Now Available!

CCPH Consultancy Network

CCPH's peer-reviewed publication is a compilation of articles based on presentations at the CCPH 2006 Conference. The issue includes a summary of outcomes of "Issue Thrash" sessions that provided structured opportunities for participants to explore shared issues and challenges, identify promising strategies and solutions, and recommend ways

To arrange a customized workshop or consultation through the CCPH Consultancy Network, contact CCPH executive director Sarena Seifer at sarena@u.washington.edu or visit

that CCPH and other key stakeholders could be supportive. Also included are list of recommended resources.

Beginning with this issue, Partnership Perspectives is being published in an open access online format to promote greater understanding of critical issues

http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/mentor.html

To view presentations and handouts from past CCPH Consultancy Network events, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/

pastpresentations.html

affecting health-promoting community-campus partnerships and to raise the visibility of the wonderful work that CCPH members are doing.

Click here to access the entire issue.

Click here to order hard copies of past issues.

Apply Today for

10^th CCPH Summer Service-Learning Institute

July 20-23, 2007 · Cascade Mountains of WA State

~ Applications due March 15, 2007 ~

Visit http://depts.washington.edu ccph/servicelearning.html to download an application. We encourage you to apply early, as space is limited to 22 participants to facilitate meaningful learning.

Read a peer-reviewed paper on the Institute's proven success in fostering partnerships and curricular change: Seifer SD, Connors K. (2000). Improved Student Learning and Community Health: The CCPH Faculty Service-Learning Institute. Academic Medicine. 75(5):533-534. www.academicmedicine.org

For more information, contact Rachel Vaughn, CCPH Senior Consultant, at sliccph@u.washington.edu or (206) 543-8178.

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MEMBERSHIP MATTERS

Are You Enjoying ALL of the

Benefits CCPH Membership Offers?

CCPH Member Discount for Exhibitors/Cosponsors for Community Health Service Forum

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!

CCPH member Jason Patnosh of the National Association of Community Health Centers extends a 10% discount to 
CCPH members who wish to exhibit at, or sponsor, the Community Health Service Forum February 10-13 in San Diego, 
California. The Forum draws over 400 AmeriCorps members, many of whom are interested in pursuing further education 
to become health professionals after their year of service at community health centers. To reserve your spot, contact 
Jason at jpatnosh@nachc.com or 301-347-0400 ext. 2068 by January 26. To learn more about Community HealthCorps, visit

http://www.nachc.com/healthcorps/

Having Trouble Accessing

CCPH Members-Only Website?

If you did not receive or misplaced your password for accessing member-only pages on the CCPH website, contact CCPH membership coordinator Anne Moreau at (206) 543-8010 or amoreau@u.washington.edu

Would you like to be a CCPH Featured Member?

Let the world know about your partnership work! Email Anne Moreau at AMoreau@u.washington.edu for details.

Read about the Current CCPH Featured Member Allen Miller at http://www.ccph.info

To view past CCPH Featured Members, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pastfeaturedmembers.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!

FEBRUARY 2007

4 February 4-7, 2007 ● American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy Interim Meeting, Engaging Communities: Pathways to Learning, Scholarship and Service ● Arlington, VA

CCPH executive director Sarena Seifer will give a plenary presentation on Community-Engaged Scholarship on February 6 from 1:30-2:30 pm. For more information about the meeting, http://www.aacp.org/interimmeeting07/. For more information about community-engaged scholarship (CES), visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/scholarship.html. Subscribe to CCPH’s free CES listserv, visit https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/comm-engagedscholarship

4 February 21-22, 2007 ● Community-Engaged Scholarship in Higher Education: Have We Reached a Tipping Point: Invitational Symposium ● Washington, DC

This invitational symposium is being convened by the Community-Engaged Scholarship for Health Collaborative coordinated by CCPH. For more information about the Collaborative, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/healthcollab.html For more information about the symposium, please contact CCPH executive director Sarena Seifer at sarena@u.washington.edu

APRIL 2007

4 April 11-14, 2007 ● CCPH’s 10^thAnniversary Conference - Mobilizing Partnerships for Social Change ● Toronto, Ontario, Canada

CCPH invites you to share your knowledge, experience and lessons learned with hundreds of colleagues who - like you - are passionate about the power of partnerships to transform communities and academe. The conference is expected to draw a diverse group of participants from across Canada, the U.S. and other countries. Register Today!

Register online at: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-registration.html

Scholarships for Community-Based and Student Participants Now Available! Varying Deadlines in January and March 2007. For details, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-exhibiting.html

Exhibitor and Cosponsor Opportunities Available! For details, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-exhibiting.html

Never been to a CCPH conference? Check out presentations from CCPH’s 9^th conference, held

May 31-June 3, 2006 in Minneapolis, MN USA at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pastpresentations.html

JUNE 2007

4 June 7-9, 2007 ● Crossroads II: Community-Based Collaborative Research for Social Justice ● Hartford, Connecticut

CCPH is cosponsoring this 2^ndinternational community-based research conference sponsored by the Institute for Community Research. Crossroads II will explore the transformative potential of community-based collaborative research to promote social justice. For more information, visit http://www.incommunityresearch.org/crossroadsII.htm

4 June 26-29, 2007 ● Summer Institute on Community-Based Participatory Research ● Jackson, Mississippi

CCPH joins with the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Faculty Development Network and the Center for Civic Engagement & Social Responsibility at Tougaloo College in cosponsoring this intensive team-based institute. For more information, visit http://www.hbcufdn.org

To stay on top of the latest CBPR news, funding opportunities, conferences and other resources, subscribe to the free CBPR listserv co-sponsored by CCPH and the Wellesley Institute at http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/cbpr

JULY 2007

4 July 20-23, 2007 ● CCPH’s 10^th Summer Service-Learning Institute ● Cascade Mountains, WA

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 March 15, 2007. Apply early as space is limited to 22 participants!

To learn more and to download an application, please visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/servicelearning.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

Feb. 10, 2007 · NYU School of Medicine Second Annual Conference on the Health of the African Diaspora: The Health of Men · New York, NY · http://www.med.nyu.edu/diversity_affairs

April 15-19, 2007 · Fifth National Institute for Public Health and Faith Collaborations · Memphis, TN · http://www.ihpnet.org/national5application.htm

April 15-20, 2007 · Spring Research Institute on Community-Partnered Suicide Prevention Research · Rochester, NY · http://www.rochesterpreventsuicide.org

June 7-10, 2007 · Best Practices in Building University/City Relations Conference: Living and Learning Together to Unite Our Communities · Gainesville, FL · http://www.doce-conference.ufl.edu/bucr/

June 27-29, 2007 · 6^th International Association for the Study of Sexuality and Culture in Society (IASSCS) International Conference · Lima, Peru · http://www.iasscs.org/2007conference/

July 18-20, 2007 · 4^th Annual University-Community Partnership Conference: The Community Calls Forth the University · Blacksburg, VA · http://www.vtserves.vt.edu

Sept. 26-29, 2007 · Reproductive Health 2007 Annual Meeting · Minneapolis, MN · http://www.arhp.org/rh2007

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Invitation to Participate in Assessment and Benchmarking of Faculty Satisfaction at U.S. Medical Schools - February 15 deadline - The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) is developing a faculty satisfaction survey instrument and diagnostic benchmarking tool for medical schools in partnership with the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. U.S. medical schools are invited to apply to participate in the pilot study of the faculty satisfaction survey. Up to six medical schools will have the satisfaction survey administered to their full-time faculty and will receive customized data reports on various dimensions of faculty satisfaction, benchmarked against data from peer institutions. http://www.aamc.org/facultysatisfaction

Announcing the Heller School’s New Master of Public Policy in Social Policy Degree
The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University announced an expansion of its professional training in social policy analysis to include a Master of Public Policy (MPP) in Social Policy. The two-year degree will provide graduates with conceptual frameworks and the practical tools and techniques necessary to engage in the development, implementation, evaluation, and advocacy of social policy initiatives. Building from the core of Heller’s Ph.D. program, the MPP will offer concentrations in health; behavioral health; children, youth, and families; poverty alleviation and international development; aging; and human services. Students can also design their own concentration with faculty approval. Applications are now being accepting on a rolling basis for admission in Fall 2007. For more information, please visit http://heller.brandeis.edu/academic/mpp.html. Contact the Heller School Admissions at HellerAdmissions@Brandeis.edu.

A Sketch of Community Health Centers: Chartbook 2006

The National Association of Community Health Centers is pleased to announce the release of A Sketch of Community Health Centers: Chartbook 2006, an pictorial overview of the federal Health Centers Program and the communities they serve. This chartbook provides figures documenting who health centers serve, what services they provide, and their accomplishments in improving access and delivering high quality care. You can find this new resource online at http://www.nachc.com/research.

Yahoo Group Created for Those Interested in Developing On-Line Service-Learning Courses
A Yahoo group has been created for those interested in developing On-Line Service-Learning Courses. Just to be clear, this does not necessarily mean that the service activity itself takes place on-line. It means that the course is delivered on-line. If you are interested, you are welcome to join at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/service-learning-on-line/ If you have questions, please contact John Hoang Sarvey, Education Consultant, Newton, Massachusetts, jhsarvey@yahoo.com

Updated NIH Conference Website

The NIH Conference on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities website has been updated with speaker references and presentations along with audio recordings of the proceedings. To access the presentation materials, click the "UPDATE:" box at the top of the page. Please note that only the presentations they received permission to post are available online. http://obssr.od.nih.gov/HealthDisparities/index.html

Journal of The Creative Arts in Research, Action and Practice Across Disciplines
CCAHTE, the Canadian Creative Arts in Health, Training and Education eNews/journal is a Canadian interdisciplinary journal created to widely disseminate knowledge about the creative arts and arts informed research in action and practice while connecting the fields of the creative arts, health, training and education across disciplines (in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K.) Subscribe free, access full copies of recent and archived issues. Article submissions will be considered. Published and bound hard copy 2006 inaugural collection are now available. For details, visit http://www.cmclean.com Subscribe for free at ccahte@cmclean.com

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Chief Executive Officer – Greenleaf Center, Westfield, IN – Deadline: January 31 - The 
Greenleaf Center, a non-profit organization that is dedicated to promoting the awareness, understanding, 
commitment and practice of servant leadership, is seeking candidates for the position of Chief Executive 
Officer. This position, which reports to the Board of Directors as a whole, is responsible for providing 
vision, direction, leadership and overall management for the Center while achieving the "Ends" 
(or long-term results) established by the Board of Trustees. http://www.greenleaf.org/

2 positions: (1) Associate/Full Professor & Chair, Dept. of Health Sciences; (2) 
Tenure Track Faculty Position, Assistant/Associates Professor, Epidemiology/Biostatistics – 
Bouvé College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University, Boston – The Dept. of Health 
Sciences is seeking a senior faculty member, and a senior faculty member at the Assistant/Associate Professor 
rank, both committed to urban, community, and public health, to provide leadership for the department and to 
Bouve College's initiatives in urban health and interdisciplinary education. For more information, email Mary 
Watson at m.watson@neu.edu.

Faculty Positions – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore – 
Applications are invited for up to 3 faculty positions in 2007/2008. Applicants for these tenure-track 
positions would be expected to teach masters and doctoral courses (both introductory and advanced 
level), advise students, serve on departmental and school- wide committees, and develop an independent, 
extramurally funded line of research that complements and extends the Department's mission. Applicants 
should demonstrate a commitment to multi-disciplinary, collaborative work. More senior applicants should 
demonstrate experience with mentoring junior colleagues, as well as an international reputation of scholarly 
leadership. http://www..jhsph.edu/dept/hbs

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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

Youth Service America Invites US and International Applicants for Disney Minnie Grants – Deadline: Jan. 24, 2007 – These grants of $500 each support youth (ages 5-14) in planning and implementing service projects in their community. Teachers, older youth (15-25), youth-leaders, and youth-serving organizations are also eligible to apply, provided that they engage younger youth (5-14) in planning and implementing the service event. http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10005618/ysa

Headwaters Foundation for Justice – Deadline: Feb. 1, 2007 – The foundation is accepting applications for it’s social justice fund. Through grantmaking and organizational assistance, the Minneapolis-based Headwaters Foundation for Justice supports grassroots groups working to address the root causes of injustice. The fund will award two types of grants: Empowerment Grants of up to $5,000 each for groups or projects in the formative stage of development; and Strategic Grants of up to $10,000 for more developed organizations. http://www.headwatersfoundation.org/html/grantmaking/index.html

Mini Grants Available to Address Childhood Cancer – Deadline: Feb. 1, 2007 – Youth Service America is proud to offer A Lion in the House Community Service Grants. Complementing the highly-acclaimed film by Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, these grants of $300 are designed for youth (ages 12-25) and youth-serving organizations (schools, youth groups, clubs, etc...) to design service projects addressing pediatric cancer. http://www.ysa.org/awards

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Accepting Proposals for Childhood Obesity Prevention Research – Deadline: Feb. 13, 2007 – Approximately $3 million in total funding will be awarded for two types of research grants: 1) Studies to identify and evaluate promising food environments and policy changes with potential to prevent obesity among children (12- to 18-month awards of up to $100,000 each, and 18- to 36-month awards of up to $400,000 each); and 2) Analyses of macro-level policy or system determinants of food environments and policies that relate to the targeted community settings (12- to 18-month awards of up to $75,000 each). http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10005617/rwjf

Funding Opportunity Announcements for AHRQ’s Ambulatory Safety and Quality Grant Initiative – Multiple Deadlines: Feb. 13-16, 2007 – The purpose of Ambulatory Safety and Quality program is to improve the safety and quality of ambulatory health care in the United States.

(1) Ambulatory Safety and Quality Program: Enabling Quality Measurement through Health IT (R18). Deadline: February 13, 2007. http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-07-002.html

(2) Ambulatory Care Patient Safety Proactive Risk Assessment (P20). Deadline: February 16, 2007.
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-07-003.html

(3) Ambulatory Safety and Quality Program: Improving Quality through Clinician Use of Health IT (R18). Deadline: February 14, 2007.
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-07-006.html

(4) Ambulatory Safety and Quality: Enabling Patient-Centered Care through Health IT (R18) Deadline: February 15, 2007 http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-07-007.html

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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

Fannie E. Rippel Foundation’s Scholars Award for New Investigators – Deadline: Jan. 19, 2007 – The major goal of this program is to encourage and support sex-difference biomedical research and gender-specific medicine related to cardiovascular disease and function. The foundation will award one grant of $100,000 through the program in 2007. http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10005624/rippel

HIV Medicine Association Minority Fellowships to Address Shortage of Physicians from Hardest-Hit Communities – Deadline: Feb. 15, 2007 – Applicants must be of African-American or Latino descent and have a demonstrated interest in HIV medicine; be legal residents of the U.S. and able to demonstrate intent to establish their practice in areas of the U.S. with large minority populations; and have completed their residencies prior to the start of the fellowship or be within the first five years of clinical practice and board eligible. Two fellowships of up to $60,000, plus fringe benefits for one year, will be awarded to the chosen candidates through the sponsoring institutions. Mentors from sponsoring institutions will receive $10,000. http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10005625/idsociety

2007 C. Peter Magrath/W.K. Kellogg Foundation Engagement Award – Deadline: March 1, 2007 – This award will recognize five outreach and engagement partnerships that exemplify the description of engaged institutions found in the Kellogg Commission on the Future of State and Land-Grant Universities' report Returning to our Roots: The Engaged Institution. http://www.nasulgc.org/

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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 Abstracts: 135^th Annual American Public Health Association Conference – Deadlines: Feb. 3 – March 2, 2007 – The conference, Politics, Policy and Public Health, takes place November 3-7, 2007 in Washington DC. http://apha.confex.com/apha/135am/oasys.epl

Call for Abstracts: 6th International Association for the Study of Sexuality and Culture in Society (IASSCS) International Conference – Deadline: Feb. 28, 2007 – The IASSCS invites academics, activists and all persons interested in sexuality and human rights to submit abstracts for it’s international conference is taking place June 27-29, 2007 in Lima, Peru. http://www.iasscs.org/2007conference/

Call for Programs & Presentations: Best Practices in Building University/City Relations – Deadline: March 2, 2007 – The mission of this conference is to provide all constituents the opportunity to come together and learn from one another about city and university practices that build positive relationships and address Town Gown concerns. The conference is taking place June 7-10, 2007 in Gainesville, FL. http://www.doce-conference.ufl.edu/bucr/

Call for Presenters: University-Community Partnership Conference – Deadline: March 9, 2007 – The Fourth Annual conference, the Community Calls Forth the University, takes place July 18-20, 007 in Blacksburg, Virginia. http://www.vtserves.vt.edu

Call for Abstracts: Reproductive Health 2007 Annual Meeting – Deadline: March 21, 2007 – All abstracts will be peer reviewed. Those of highest quality and relevance will be accepted for oral or poster presentation and will be published in the August 2007 issue of the journal Contraception: An International Reproductive Health Journal. Awards will be presented to the authors of the best oral abstracts. The annual meeting is taking place September 26-29, 2007 in Minneapolis, MN. http://www.arhp.org/rh2007/2007callforabstracts.cfm

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PUBLICATIONS

CCPH Members receive discounts on publications by Wiley/Jossey-Bass Publishers, Johns Hopkins University Press, West Virginia University Press and Community-Campus Partnerships for Health

Community-Based Research and Higher Education: Principles and Practices

Community-Based Research and Higher Education is a guide to how to incorporate a powerful and promising new form of scholarship into academic settings. The book presents a model of community-based research (CBR) that engages community members with students and faculty in the course of their academic work. Unlike traditional academic research, CBR is collaborative and change-oriented and finds its research questions in the needs of communities. This dynamic research model combines classroom learning with social action in ways that can ultimately empower community groups to address their own agendas and shape their own futures. At the same time it emphasizes the development of knowledge and skills that truly prepare students for active civic engagement.

CCPH Members receive a 15% discount when ordered through the CCPH website!

Ordering information: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/books.html

Dimensions of Inequality in Canada

Is Canada becoming a more polarized society? Or is it a kind-hearted nation that takes care of its disadvantaged? This volume closely examines these differing views through a careful analysis of the causes, trends, and dimensions of inequality to provide an overall assessment of the state of inequality in Canada. Contributors include economists, sociologists, philosophers, and political scientists, and the discussion ranges from frameworks for thinking about inequality, to original analyses using Canadian data, to assessments of significant policy issues, methodologies, and research directions. What emerges is the most detailed picture of inequality in Canada to date and, disturbingly, one that shows signs of us becoming a less just society.

Ordering information: http://www.ubcpress.ca/search/title_book.asp?BookID=4518

CCPH’s 10^th anniversary conference is taking place April 11-14, 2007 in Toronto, Canada. For details, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-overview.html

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