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January 23, 2009 Volume XI ● Issue 2 News From CCPH Membership Matters Featured Member Upcoming Events Announcements Employment Opportunities Grants Alert! Awards, Fellowships & Scholarships Calls for Papers & Presentations Publications Archives Community-Campus Partnerships for Health c/o Medical College of Wisconsin
Public and
Community Health
Attn: Alicia Witten
UW Box 354809
Seattle, WA 98195-4809 Tel. (206) 666-3406 Fax. (414)
456-6431 ccphuw@u.washington.edu www.ccph.info Partnership Matters newsletter is a member benefit
of Community- Campus Partnerships for Health Find out more about membership
benefits and how you can join CCPH today! Newsletter Co-Editors Jessie Tobin Alicia Witten Contact us: jtobin@mcw.edu ©2009 Community-Campus Partnerships
for Health Partnership Matters Newsletter Submission Guidelines We welcome
announcements, comments and questions from you! Please forward them to the PM
Editor at ccphpm@mcw.edu.
Submission Guidelines: • Please limit announcements and
questions to not more than 100 words. As for articles and editorials, not more
than 200 words; • Provide the names of all authors,
their current institutional affiliations and/or photos; • Explain all abbreviations and
unusual terms when first used. | CARNEGIE
SELECTS COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES FOR 2008 COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT CLASSIFICATION: First Time National Advisory Panel Includes a Community Partner, CCPH Member
Daniella Levine The
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has selected 119 U.S. colleges
and universities for its 2008 Community Engagement Classification. These institutions
join the 76 institutions identified in the 2006 selection process. Additional
information is available at: http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/news/sub.asp?key=51&subkey=2821,
We're also pleased to report that for the first time, the National Advisory
Panel for the 2008 community engagement classification included a community partner,
CCPH member
Daniella Levine, President and CEO of the Human Services Coalition
in Miami, FL. Daniella participate in the Community Partner Summit that
has been advancing, among other recommendations, the inclusion of community partners
in deliberations and decisions that concern community-campus partnerships and
community-engaged institutions. The Summit's report, "Achieving
the Promise of Authentic Community Higher Education Partnerships: Community Partners
Speak Out!" is available at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/cps-summit.html#Products
Colleges and universities with an institutional focus on community engagement
were invited to apply for the classification, previously developed and offered
in 2006 as part of an extensive restructuring of the Carnegie Classification of
Institutions of Higher Education. Unlike the Foundation's other classifications
that rely on national data, this is an "elective" classification institutions
elected to participate by submitting required documentation describing the nature
and extent of their engagement with the community, be it local or beyond. This
approach enabled the Foundation to address elements of institutional mission and
distinctiveness that are not represented in the national data on colleges and
universities.
"We hope that by acknowledging the commitment and
accomplishment of these engaged institutions, the Foundation will encourage other
colleges and universities to move in this direction. Doing so brings benefits
to the community and to the institution," said Carnegie President Anthony
S. Bryk.
To
create this elective classification, the Foundation, working with a team of advisors
and a pilot study conducted by 14 colleges and universities, developed a documentation
framework to assess the nature of an institution's community engagement commitments.
Institutions were classified in one of three categories:
Curricular Engagement
describes teaching, learning and scholarship which engage faculty, students and
community in mutually beneficial and respectful collaboration. Their interactions
address community-identified needs, deepen students' civic and academic learning,
enhance community well-being and enrich the scholarship of the institution. (Two
institutions)
Outreach and Partnerships describes two different but related
approaches to community engagement. The first focuses on the application and provision
of institutional resources for community use with benefits to both campus and
community. The latter focuses on collaborative interactions with community and
related scholarship for the mutually beneficial exchange, exploration and application
of knowledge, information and resources (research, capacity building, economic
development, etc.). (Six institutions)
Curricular Engagement and Outreach
& Partnerships includes institutions with substantial commitments in both
areas described above. (111 institutions)
"The Carnegie staff and
our panel of advisors were heartened by the exemplary institutionalized practices
of community engagement of the selected institutions," said Carnegie Consulting
Scholar Amy Driscoll, who directs the Community Engagement Classification process
for the Foundation. "We noted strong alignment between institutional mission
and budgetary support, infrastructure, leadership, marketing, and faculty hiring,
orientation, and development. There is also an increase in students' curricular
engagement with community, yet, there continue to be areas that need more informed
development."
Driscoll cited the need for better assessment and
tracking, and for more attention to the intentional practices of developing reciprocal
relationships between higher education and the community. For example, some institutions
continue to operate in a "charity model" with the provision of resources,
expertise, student and faculty support to community without acknowledging
community assets, expertise and resources. Building reciprocity into a partnership
with community requires intensive development of mechanisms for mutual understanding,
ongoing feedback, and time and attention to a relationship of respect.
"With regard to faculty rewards for roles in community engagement and community-based
achievements, there seems to have been little change from last year's applications,"
Driscoll said. "We continued to see that few institutions described promotion
and tenure policies that recognize and reward the scholarship associated with
community engagement. It's often considered in a broad category of either campus-based
or discipline-based service. So, despite excellent and extensive examples of faculty
scholarship related to both curricular engagement and outreach and partnerships,
there is still work to be
done."
The
Foundation, through the work of the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education, developed
the first typology of American colleges and universities in 1970 as a research
tool to describe and represent the diversity of U.S. higher education. The Carnegie
Classification of Institutions of Higher Education continues to be used for a
wide range of purposes by academic researchers, institutional personnel, policymakers
and others.
For related CCPH resources, visit these pages on our website:
Community-Engaged
Scholarship: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/scholarship.html
Community-Based Participatory Research: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/commbas.html
Community-Campus Partnerships: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/partnerships.html
Service-Learning: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/servicelearningres.html
To stay on top of the latest community-engaged scholarship news, subscribe
to CCPH's community-engaged scholarship listserv at: http://mailman.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/comm-engagedscholarship PILOT STUDY EVALUATES
QUALITY OF CBPR DATA: Study Finds No Major Quality Differences
Between Data Collected by Community Members and Graduate
Students Long-time CCPH Member Douglas Brugge is an Associated Professor at
Tufts University School of Medicine, and Director of the Tufts Community Research
Center. Community-based participatory research
(CBPR) is a research approach that involves members of an affected community in
most aspects of the research study. There are, however, few studies that have
assessed the quality of data collection in CBPR. To help address that gap, a pilot
study compared the results of data collection done by teams of graduate students
to teams of community members from a public housing development in Boston. The
study found no major differences in the quality of data collection between the
two groups. “We compared the data collection
done by teams of graduate students to teams of community members and found very
little difference in the quality of the results,” said Douglas Brugge, PhD, associate
professor in the department of public health and family medicine at Tufts University
School of Medicine in Boston. “The hope is that engaging communities directly
in the research process will yield benefits for both the research and the community.
Validating that, however, means that we must address concerns that CBPR is not
as rigorous as traditional research.” In collaboration with the West
Broadway Task Force of South Boston, a local community-based organization, the
surveys were conducted face-to-face in a multiracial and multiethnic public housing
development. The two groups in the study were made up of three teams of two Tufts
graduate students each and two teams of two community members each. The community
members were from the neighborhood and had previous experience with conducting
surveys. The graduate students were enrolled in a four-week class on CBPR research
methods. Prior to conducting the survey, the students and the community members
were trained on how to conduct the surveys. After training, the student groups
and the community member groups were randomly assigned 80 addresses to survey
in the West Broadway Housing Development. Surveys asked basic demographic
questions and questions related to housing. In total, 49 surveys were completed.
The community member group had a slightly higher response rate (37 percent) in
comparison to the student group (31 percent). There were some differences within
data tracking wherein some of the community members used their own data tracking
sheets. This resulted in some confusion in data entry but did not affect integrity
of the surveys themselves. “Given that our sample size was
small and the groups only completed 49 surveys, we had limited power to test statistical
significance. A larger study is needed to determine whether these results would
hold in the same neighborhood or in other neighborhoods. The study, however, does
show that it is possible to research the methods and quality of research work
done in CBPR. The recent popularity of CBPR warrants additional research in assessing
its integrity,” Brugge says. Brugge is also the director of
the Tufts Community Research Center (TCRC), supported by the Jonathan M. Tisch
College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University. The TCRC seeks
to involve Tufts faculty and students in research done in collaboration with community
partners. The study was published online
on January 7, 2009 in the journal Health Promotion Practice at: http://hpp.sagepub.com/cgi/rapidpdf/1524839908329120v1
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Annual Award Nomination Today! Deadline: January 30, 2009. The
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Award recognizes exemplary partnerships
between communities and higher educational institutions that build on each other's
strengths to improve higher education, civic engagement, and the overall health
of communities. The intent of the CCPH Award is to highlight the power and potential
of community-campus partnerships. The nomination materials for CCPH’s Annual Award are
now available by visiting our website at http://www.depts.washington.edu/ccph/awards.html.
Partnerships must nominate themselves and need not be members of CCPH. To
read about the 2008 Annual Award recipient, the Partnership between the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
and the Decatur Community Association, Cutler, OH, USA please visit: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/awardsrecipients.html#2008 |
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Summer Service-Learning Institute Applications Now Available! Application Deadline:
May 8, 2009  Plan NOW to attend the CCPH 12th Summer Service-Learning Institute
held July
24-27, 2009, in
the Cascade Mountains of Washington State! The Institute is designed for
both new and experienced service-learning practitioners (faculty, staff and community
partners). It is
taught by national experts in service-learning, including health professional
faculty and community leaders who have developed successful service-learning partnerships.
A unique and effective component of the institute is a mentoring model in which
participants work in small groups and as individuals with mentors (institute instructors)
to further shape their own action plans for service-learning.
Application
materials for the CCPH 12th Summer Service-Learning Institute are now available
at: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/servicelearning.html.
Applications
are due May 8, 2009 and applicants will be notified of decisions by May 22, 2009.
Questions about the CCPH Summer Service-Learning Institute or the application
process? Please e-mail sliccphuw@u.washington.edu.
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| NEW FEATURED MEMBER! DR. MARK DEHAVEN Combining Clinical
Science, Collective Responsibility, and Informed Social Action for
Health CCPH
Member Dr. Mark DeHaven is Professor and Chief of the Division of Community Health
Sciences in the Department of Clinical Sciences at the University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center. Guided by his understanding
that most health-related suffering is preventable and unnecessary, Mark and his team are developing and refining
innovative community-based participatory research (CBPR) models and programs for
improving health outcomes and life chances among those at greatest risk of preventable
disease. Currently,
Mark is engaged in a faith-health collaborative, GoodNEWS (Genes, Nutrition, Exercise,
Wellness, and Spiritual growth), which is funded by a 5-year grant from the National
Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Through the collaborative relationships
and partnerships his Division has developed over the past ten years, GoodNEWS
is collaborating with African-American congregations who are committed to better
understanding the true causes of disease and developing means for eliminating
disease causality. To read more about Mark's work, his
views on health disparities, and his passions and inspirations, click here.
To read about previous Featured Members,
click here. If
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Summer Service-Learning Institute ● Leavenworth,
WA. Application Deadline: May 8, 2009 Mark your calendars now for this intensive four-day
Institute. The Institute is taught by national experts in service-learning, including
health professional faculty and community leaders who have developed successful
service-learning partnerships. A unique and effective component of the institute's
is a mentoring model in which participants work in small groups and as individuals
with mentors (institute instructors) to further shape their own action plans for
service-learning. Application materials are
available now at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/servicelearning.html.
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January 31-February
1, 2009 · Physicians for
Human Rights National Student Conference, “Health and Human Rights in
2009: Global Problems, Local Solutions”
· Brown University; Providence,
Rhode Island · http://conference09.phrblog.org/full-calendar/
February 9, 2009 at 1:00 to 2:30 pm ET · AHRQ Webcast:
Public Health Emergency Preparedness:
Planning and Practicing for a Disaster · Register at: https://ahrq-kt.webex.com/ahrq-kt/onstage/g.php?d=758677507&t=a July 8 - 11, 2009 · Sixth Biennial Conference of the International Society of Critical
Health Psychology "Critical Thinking in Health Psychology" · University of Lausanne, Switzerland · http://www.unil.ch/ischp09/ June 11-12, 2009 · Developing a
Good Heart in STEM: The First Summit on Incorporating Social Justice and Service-Learning
into the STEM Curriculum · Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
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Top Broadcast
Journalism Honor Goes to Documentary on Health Inequities - An Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award for excellence in
broadcast journalism was given to Unnatural
Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?, the groundbreaking documentary series
exploring the root causes of America’s alarming class and racial inequities in
health. The duPont-Columbia Awards are considered the most prestigious in
broadcast journalism, the equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes. For more information on Unnatural Causes,
visit www.unnaturalcauses.org.
For more information on the duPont-Columbia Awards and the 2009 winners, visit:
www.dupont.org. AHRQ Research
Activities Includes New Studies on Minority Health – The January 2009 issue of Research Activities describes three studies, including: Culturally
appropriate interventions raise flu and pneumonia vaccine rates at inner-city
health centers; Patient-physician communication in the primary care visits of
African Americans and whites with depression; Evidence-based psychosocial treatments
for ethnic minority youth. Please visit: www.ahrq.gov/research/jan09/ The National
Human Genome Research Institute Posts Papers on the Future of Human Genome Research - The white papers cover the
topics of diagnostics, preventive medicine, and pharmacogenomics; therapeutics;
and education and community engagement. The purpose of these papers, in addition
to guiding the future initiatives of NHGRI, is to ignite dialogue and exchange
surrounding these topic areas. In this first phase of the planning process, NHGRI
invites interested individuals to review the white papers and submit comments
to NHGRI on the questions posed by the papers. Comments are due to NHGRI by January
30, 2009. Please visit: http://www.genome.gov/About/Planning/ Kaiser Health
Report on Immigrant Health Professionals Released - A large number of highly educated, documented immigrants
who were trained as doctors, nurses and other professionals in their home nations
are employed in low-level jobs because they cannot obtain credentials to practice
in this country, according to a report by the Migration Policy Institute. The
report calls the situation a "brain waste" of immigrant professionals
who could address shortages of health care and other skilled workers in the United
States.
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=55509 Health Equity
Workbook Available - A new workbook from the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Promoting Health Equity - A Resource to Help Communities Address
Social Determinants of Health, was created to support new and existing partnerships
to address the social determinants of health inequities. The resource highlights
lessons learned by communities. Designed for a wide range of users, the workbook
provides information and tools to develop, implement and evaluate strategies aimed
at addressing social determinants of health inequities. Please visit: http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dach/chaps Bioethics Journal
Focuses on Social Determinants
- Bioethics, Volume
23, Issue 2, 2009 focuses on the social
determinants of health and includes several global health articles.
Please visit: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121624228/issue
New Handbook
of Academic Medicine Available - The Association of American
Medical Colleges has released an updated edition of "The Handbook of Academic
Medicine: How Medical Schools and Teaching Hospitals Work.” The book is a comprehensive
guide to medical schools and teaching hospitals and provides a wealth of new information
and data on institutional missions, operations, interrelationships, and issues
of interest. It is essential reading for new public officials and their
staffs, governing board members, faculty and administrators, and other stakeholders.
Please visit: http://www.aamc.org/publications
AHRQ Examines
Impact of Payment Policies on Clinical Trials - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
has released a draft paper examining the impact of changes in payment policies
on clinical trials. The report discusses the relationship between third-party
payments and the recruitment and retention of participants in clinical trials.
Among the conclusions of the report: payment policies do affect evidence development
in that their impact on clinical trial enrollment results in slower accrual, longer
time to complete studies, and the occasional early termination of a study due
to a lack of participation. Further, the report suggests that better coordination
among government agencies and between government, third-party payors, sponsors,
and trial sites is necessary. Please visit: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/ta/paypolicy/paypolicy.pdf
National
Institutes of Health Releases First Biennial Report of the Director -
Raynard S. Kington, M.D., acting director of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH) has published the first "Biennial Report of the Director," an
integrated portrait of the agency's research activities. The report will assist
Congress, advocates and patient groups, and the general public in understanding
the many programs within the NIH. Specifically, the report contains an assessment
of the state of biomedical and behavioral research organized by disease category,
investigative approach, or resource Please
visit: http://biennialreport.nih.gov New Community
Psychology PhD Program - National-Louis University
is continuing to accept applicationsfor their Community Psychology PHD
program for the Spring (April 2009) and Fall (September 2009) cohorts. Students
who enter this program will gain skills to enable them to work within community
settings to enhance wellness, build a greater sense of community, and address
social problems. Common research topics include, but are not limited to, affordable
housing, urban education, child abuse, substance abuse, and violence and crime.
Please visit: http://www.nl.edu/graduate/psychology-doctoral.cfm
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| EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES  Staff Scientist I – Northern California Cancer
Center – The purpose of this position is: 1) to support, in a co-Investigative
capacity, the expansion of a population-based research program in cancer health
disparities; 2) to provide epidemiological support for several funded studies
involving mixed methods (qualitative and epidemiological study subject interviews),
large, multilevel databases, and multidisciplinary collaborators and study staff;
3) to participate in the development and submission of grant applications as co-Investigator;
4) to carry out or oversee data analyses for selected studies; 5) to publish as
lead author or co-author on scientific manuscripts.
Qualifications: Ph.D. in epidemiology or related discipline required, and
a minimum of two years of post-graduate research experience, preferably in population
sciences, preferred. For the job description,
please visit: http://www.nccc.org/atf/cf/%7BC580CD0D-E445-46F8-97CF-443A3570F63F%7D/Staff%20Scientist%20I.pdf
Professor and Chair of Health Behavior and Health
Education - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - The successful
applicant will have an outstanding record of academic and research accomplishments
in public health, demonstrated leadership and administrative abilities, and a
commitment to professional and public service, interdisciplinary collaboration,
promotion of diversity, and mentoring. For the job description, visit: https://s4.its.unc.edu/RAMS4/details.do?reqId=1001385&type=F
Curriculum and Publication Developer - The
Cross Cultural Health Care Program - The Cross Cultural Health Care Program’s
Bridging the Gap (BTG) Medical Interpreter Training Department and Publication
Department work closely to develop and disseminate the BTG curriculum, student
manuals, interpreter training materials, and other publications that support language
access. In 2009, the BTG Department launched a new model for licensing training
agencies. This position will support the BTG and Publication departments
in the development of a new BTG training curriculum and manual, student materials,
and other related resources. Bilingual individuals with experience interpreting
in a health and/or social service setting are strongly encouraged to apply. For
more details, visit: http://www.xculture.org/Job.php Interim Campaign Director - National Campaign to Restore Civil Rights
- NCRCR is looking for an Interim Campaign Director to maintain momentum on a
major outreach effort, organize events, and provide support for and administration
of coalitional work. NCRCR is a progressive, nonpartisan campaign that connects
people and groups deeply concerned about the erosion of our nation's civil rights
in the federal courts. The Interim Campaign Director will be supervised by and
housed at New York Lawyers for the Public Interest in New York City. Responsibilities
will include: building coalitions, organizing events & trainings, recruiting
& training volunteers, outreach & public education, staffing committees,
building databases of contacts, leveraging partner resource, and participating
in planning for the future of the campaign. For more information, visit: http://www.rollbackcampaign.org/ return to top |
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all previously listed grant alerts, please visit CCPH’s FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
PAGE | 2009 Learn and Serve America Higher Education Grants
– Deadline: March 26, 2009 - Subject to the availability of appropriations
for fiscal year 2009, the Corporation for National and Community Service (the
Corporation) announces the anticipated availability of approximately $9.27 million
to support higher education service-learning and community service programs that
address community needs through local service projects. America's communities
are being drastically affected by the economic downturn. Institutions of higher
education are an important part of their local communities, with many resources,
including students, faculty, and staff, research and expertise. Effective partnerships
with other local organizations can help communities come together to provide needed
services and build capacity in the nonprofit sector. Learn and Serve America encourages
applicants to propose programs that will leverage these resources to assist in
economic recovery through service and service-learning. For the Notice of Funding
Opportunity. please visit: http://www.servicelearning.org/lsa/lsa_page/2009_nofos/index.php Health Games Research – Deadline: April 8,
2009 - Health Games Research: Advancing Effectiveness of Interactive Games
for Health is a national program of the Pioneer Portfolio of the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation (RWJF) that supports research to enhance the quality and impact of
interactive games that are used to improve health. The goal of the program is
to advance the innovation, design and effectiveness of health games and game technologies
so that they help people improve their health-related behaviors and, as a result,
achieve significantly better
health outcomes. In this round of funding, approximately
$2 million will be available to support outstanding research projects that study
one or more games designed to increase physical activity and/or improve self-care.
In February there will be two optional web conference calls for potential applicants:
February 11, 2009 (3 p.m. ET) and February 19, 2009 (4 p.m. ET). For complete
details and to register, visit www.healthgamesresearch.org William T. Grant Foundation Use of Research Evidence
Grant – Deadline: May 12, 2009
- The Foundation has a longstanding interest in supporting research that can
inform policy and practice. Our particular focus is on policies and practices
that affect youth ages 8 to 25 in the United States. In this area, there are significant
gaps between research and policy, and between research and practice. Relatively
little research attention has been devoted to understanding the user side that
is, studying what affects policymakers and practitioners acquisition, interpretation,
and use of research evidence. At the Foundation, we believe studies of this topic
will increase our understanding of how to improve the production and subsequent
use of research for and in policy and practice.
For the next several years, we anticipate supporting a group of research
projects, with award amounts ranging from $100,000 to $600,000, covering direct
and indirect costs for two to three years of work. The Foundation will consider
applications for newly initiated studies and add-on studies to existing projects. For
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all previously listed announcements, please visit CCPH’s AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS,
& SCHOLARSHIPS PAGE
| PhD Scholarship: Measuring Health and Wellbeing in
New Zealand – Deadline: Immediate
- Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship funded by the Royal Society
of New Zealand Marsden Fund to develop and analyse new measures of New Zealand
living standards between 1850 and 2008. The scholarship covers three years of
university tuition fees plus a NZ$25,000 p.a. tax-free stipend for three years.
The PhD research will investigate changes in the stature and body mass of the
New Zealand population over the past 150 years, and will aim to identify the social
and economic determinants of variation in stature and body mass, and their relationship
to existing income-based measures of New Zealand's standard of living. Applicants
should have a background and a tertiary qualification from a recognised institution
in Economics, Economic History, History or a related subject. The PhD research
is scheduled to commence 1st March 2009 and will run for a three year period.
Information regarding applications can be requested from Professor Les Oxley (les.oxley@canterbury.ac.nz),
Dr Evan Roberts (Evan.Roberts@vuw.ac.nz), or Professor Kris Inwood (kinwood@uoguelph.ca).
Post-Doctoral Fellowship Institute of Health Policy
and Management at National Taiwan University – Deadline: February
1, 2009 - The Institute of Health Policy and Management (IHPM) of NTU is accepting
applications for a post-doctoral fellowship in research on precarious employment
and social inequalities of occupational safety and health. This fellowship, funded
by the National Council of Science of Taiwan, will begin February 1, 2009 and
end July 31, 2009, with potential for extension for another year (till July 31,
2010). The recipient will be provided a monthly stipend of 55,000 NTD, health
insurance, transportation fee, office space, administrative assistance, and access
to the libraries, internet, and other resources of NTU. The fellow must
have a doctoral degree, and should be fluent in either English or Mandarin Chinese.
Applications should include the following: (1) cover letter; (2) curriculum vitae;
(3) past research activities and postdoctoral research plans (up to 3 pages);
(4) 3 referees with contact information. Please send the materials to: Prof.
Yawen Cheng, Institute of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health,
National Taiwan University, email: ycheng@ntu.edu.tw Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
Hepatitis B Policy Fellowship – Deadline: Feb 2, 2009 - The Association
of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) is establishing a Hepatitis
B Policy Fellowship Program in 2009. In the United States, an estimated 2 million
people are living with chronic hepatitis B, with a disproportionate impact on
the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. The fellowship is a year-long
program based in Washington D.C. and will be awarded to a medical, public health,
or policy professional who is interested in strengthening the collaboration between
key stakeholders and the federal government in order to achieve practical solutions
for the disparate impact of hepatitis B on Asian American and Pacific Islanders.
All applicants are required to meet the following criteria: Applicants must be
a citizen or legal resident of the United States; be at a mid-career level with
at least five years of management responsibility; have completed a master's degree
or doctorate in health services research, clinical services (including providers),
health administration, health law, health policy or a related discipline such
as economics or political science; have demonstrated expertise in health policy
issues, particularly hepatitis B, and track record of informing health policy
through research, policy analysis or clinical leadership.
The fellowship stipend will be up to $75,000 per year plus benefits, including
health insurance and dental insurance. For more information, visit: http://www.aapcho.org/altruesite/files/aapcho/Job_Descriptions/AAPCHOFellowJobDescriptionFinal1-15-08.pdf Summer Internship Opportunity for Undergrad Students
Interested in Health Disparities & Health Care – Deadline: Feb 6, 2009
- Many hospitals, community-based organizations, and other health care organizations
in the Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint area have agreed to provide paid ($3,000 for the
summer) eight week summer internships in health management and policy to qualified
undergraduate students, interested in the elimination of racial/ethnic health
disparities. These internships are part of the University of Michigan's
Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) in Health Management and Policy. SEP, which
was begun in 1986 by the Department of Health Management and Policy at the University
of Michigan's School of Public Health, is designed to familiarize undergraduate
students with the inequities in health status and health care that confront communities
of color across the United States. Students accepted will also receive housing,
a food allowance and travel expenses to and from Ann Arbor. The application
is available at
http://www.sph.umich.edu/sep/
Hispanic-Serving Health Professions Schools Student
Internship / Fellowship Programs – Deadline: February 20, 2009 - Applications
are being accepted for the following programs: HSHPS/CDC (Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention) Student Internship and Fellowship Program, HSHPS/NIOSH
(National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) Student Internship and
Fellowship Program, and the HSHPS/NCHS (National Center for Health Statistics)
Student Internship Program. Please visit: http://www.hshps.org/internships.html Lear Fellowships for Medical History Students
– Deadline: July 1, 2009 - The U.S. Health Left History Center is pleased
to announce the availability of the Lear fellowships to further the investigation
of the history of U.S. health activism using the U.S. Health Activism History
Collection at the University of Pennsylvania Rare Book and Manuscript Library
as well as other relevant resources. Two fellowships of $1000 will be awarded.
The U.S. Health Activism History Collection gives priority attention to
classism, racism and sexism in the health field and major reform of the health
care delivery system including national legislation, as well as to the health
and medical aspects of poverty, labor unions, civil and human rights, women's
movements, Left political parties, grass-roots human services, red witch hunts,
L/G/B/T issues, and international peace and progressive people's solidarity campaigns.
Applicants must have been or be enrolled in a college/university degree program.
For the RFP, visit: http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=162326
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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 Papers for Developing
a Good Heart in STEM: The First Summit
on Incorporating Social Justice and Service-Learning into STEM Curriculum
– Deadline: February 1, 2009 - This
summit, which will be held June 11th - 12th at Ithaca College,
Ithaca NY, aims to gather faculty from STEM fields to discuss social justice issues
and service-learning projects in these disciplines in order to learn from one
another through the sharing of course modules, syllabi, best practices via presentations,
workshops and networking opportunities. We invite participants to submit abstracts
for short presentations which demonstrate how service-learning projects are promoted
and/or how social justice issues are incorporated into a STEM classroom. Topics
may include, but are not limited to, theoretical assumptions, community-based
research projects, model service-learning programs or curriculum, and/or pedagogical
strategies. Abstracts should include the paper title, name and institution of
each author, and text of up to 400 words describing the content of the presentation.
Please submit abstracts electronically to Lisa Marano at lmarano@wcupa.edu. Include STEM Summit in
the subject line of the e-mail. For more information, visit: http://www.paccompact.org/News-STEMSummit.htm
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PUBLICATIONS CCPH
Members receive discounts on publications by Wiley/Jossey-Bass Publishers,
Johns
Hopkins University Press, West Virginia University Press,
Fieldstone Alliance, and
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health |
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| Class and Race
Formation in North America By James W. Russell
In this far-reaching
study, Russell offers a comparative exploration of how patterns of class and racial
inequality developed in the United States, Mexico, and Canada from the colonial
pasts to the beginning of the North American Free Trade Agreement and beyond.
He illustrates the effects of uneven economic development on both class and race
in North America, examines how unique class and race dynamics in each of the countries
have contributed to overall continental patters, and demonstrates the complexity
of the ways in which class and race are interrelated. Ultimately, he reveals a
continent of diverse historical experiences, class systems, and ways of thinking
about race.
Ordering Information: University of
Toronto Press http://www.utphighereducation.com/product.php?productid=906&cat=0&page=1
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| The Obama Education Plan: An Education Week Guide
Education
Week Barack
Obama's campaign proposals stood out for their breadth, detail, and ambitious
goals. From the beginning, he made clear that investment in education was key
to our future economic prosperity. His comprehensive plan called for expanding
early education opportunities for all children, improving teacher quality, supporting
school innovation, and putting a college education within reach of many more students.
Elected
on a platform of hope and change, President Obama inherits a world of problems—notably,
an economy in crisis—which will clearly affect the pace and scale of reform. This
book provides background on key points in President Obama's education plan: articles
on key educational issues, stories of innovative practice, commentaries on controversial
topics, and advice from key educational leaders. These will provide valuable insights
on the complex issues at hand as Obama's proposals are debated, legislated, and
implemented in the years to come. CCPH members receive a 15% discount
when ordering this publication and all Jossey-Bass publications through
the CCPH website! Ordering information:
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/books.html |
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