| February 20, 2009 Volume XI ● Issue 4 News From CCPH Membership Matters Upcoming Events Announcements Employment Opportunities Grants Alert! Awards, Fellowships & Scholarships Calls for Papers & Presentations Publications New
& Renewing Members 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. | FIVE ORGANIZATIONS
SELECTED FOR NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN
CANCER CLINICAL TRIALS Communities as Partners in Cancer
Clinical Trials is pleased to announce that it has awarded grants to five cancer research
organizations to improve cancer clinical trial participation through innovative
community engagement strategies. The five
organizations, known as “implementation partners,” were selected from a nationwide
pool of 43 applicants seeking to implement recommendations from the recently released
national report, Communities as Partners in Cancer Clinical
Trials: Changing Research, Practice and Policy (available at www.communitiesaspartners.org
). The initiative is co-sponsored by Community-Campus
Partnerships for Health and the Education Network to Advance Cancer
Clinical Trials, with core funding from the Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality and the National Cancer Institute. The
five selected Implementation Partners are the University of North Carolina’s Carolina
Community Network, Chapel Hill, NC; Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Nashville,
TN; Grand Rapids Clinical Oncology Program, Grand Rapids, MI; Columbia St. Mary’s
Health System, Milwaukee, WI; and the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group
(ACOSOG), Durham, NC (see brief descriptions below). Reflecting
on the partners and their proposed projects, Communities as Partners Co-Director, Margo Michaels, observes, “With 15 to 30 percent of
national cooperative group trials closing early due to poor accrual, we are obligated
to try different approaches in how we design and implement cancer clinical trials
in this country. Many national reports,
including ours, have identified community engagement as an essential element in
any effort to address this crisis. Our partners have heeded this call to action
with innovative local and national projects that will teach us about effective
strategies for improving clinical trial participation, especially among underserved
communities.” Communities as Partners Co-Director and CCPH Senior
Consultant, Sarena D. Seifer adds, “We sought in this initiative to
go significantly beyond traditional patient education on cancer clinical trials
and select projects that can serve as models for meaningful, sustained community
engagement. Our partners comprise a learning
community with enormous potential to inform the emerging field of community-based
participatory cancer clinical trials.” Those selected as 2009 Implementation
Partners: ● UNC Carolina Community Network will develop a state-wide community advisory board
(CAB) to provide guidance to cancer researchers at the state’s three NCI-designated
cancer centers. Trained in research ethics and the principles of the cancer clinical
research process, CAB members will review Phase III clinical trial protocols for
community relevance and feasibility. ● Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center, in collaboration with Meharry Medical College,
the Nashville Latino Health Coalition, the Nashville Health Disparities Coalition,
the Nashville Branch NAACP Health Committee, the Cervical Cancer Coalition and
Tennessee State University, will conduct a series of town
hall meetings to expand community awareness and foster participation of underrepresented
groups in cancer clinical research. Through these meetings, the partners will
identify community members for ongoing participation in research activities, including
service on research advisory boards and institutional review boards. ● Grand Rapids Clinical Oncology Program’s newly formed Patient Advisory Board – comprised of cancer survivors
and volunteers with experience in clinical trials – will implement an innovative
cancer clinical trial public awareness campaign for the medical community,
allied health professionals and the general public in Western Michigan. ● The ACOSOG Patient Advocate Committee will strengthen the community
perspective in the national clinical trial development process by defining the
roles and responsibilities of patient advocates serving on national cancer cooperative
groups. Developed through a national survey, this standardized definition
will enhance advocate recruitment, orientation and involvement throughout ACOSOG
and other national cooperative groups.
● Columbia St. Mary’s Health System
will increase the number of underserved Hispanic and African-American patients
on its cancer clinical trials by implementing targeted improvements in their informed
consent process—such as staff cultural competency training and modification of
consent forms and processes—to better address the needs of non-English speaking
and low-literacy patients. To read the full press release, visit: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pdf_files/IP_press_release_2_10_09.pdf For more information about Communities as Partners, please visit: www.communitiesaspartners.org PREVENTION
RESEARCH CENTER DEVELOPS PARTNERSHIP TRUST TOOL CCPH Organizational
Member, the PRC National Community Committee,
Plays Integral Role in Tool Development The
Center for Disease Control and Prevention Research Center (PRC) Partnership Trust
Tool (PTT) is designed to engage PRC's academic, community, and public health
practice partners in a dialogue about issues that foster and hinder trust. It
allows partners to explore strengths, identify opportunities for improvement,
and develop strategies for enhancing trust. Although
the PTT helps partners describe trust in their relationships, it is not an assessment
tool or scale for measuring trust. The
PTT has two parts:
1) Survey: Participants complete an anonymous survey
and rate their experiences and expectations of their partners behaviors related
to various components of trust.
2) Facilitated Discussion: Partners meet
for 4-6 hours and a facilitator leads them through a guided discussion based on
survey results.
Why was the PTT developed? PRC partners identified trust
as an important and feasible concept to address about their partnerships. Subsequently,
trust was included in the PRC Program Logic Model as a motivating condition in
the PRC research process. Although the success of a PRC may depend on its ability
to develop and maintain partnerships built on trust, addressing such a sensitive
issue with partners is challenging. The PTT helps PRC's spark dialogue and helps
align partners perceptions about trust, which may help partners function together
effectively to reach their ultimate goals of improving health and eliminating
health inequalities. How
was the PTT developed? An external research team developed the tool by using information
from focus groups and guidance from PRCs community, academic, public health partners,
and PRC Program office staff. The PRC National Community Committee, an organizational
member of CCPH, was instrumental in the tool’s development.
The PTT was pilot-tested with several PRCs to assess the tools components
(survey and facilitated discussion), the efficiency of the process and activities,
the effectiveness of the facilitator, and the instruction materials developed
to help PRCs use the tool on their own.
Using the PTT is a partnership-building
activity. Some key benefits include: 1) Involves all partners: community, academic,
health department, or others; 2)
Helps in planning evaluation activities
that relate to partner relationships; 3) Helps partners identify sensitive issues
related to trust and develop a plan for resolving concerns; 4) Helps PRCs document
progress in developing partnerships based on trust.
For more information, please visit: http://www.cdc.gov/prc/about-prc-program/partnership-trust-tools.htm
or email the PRC Program Office at cdcinfo@cdc.gov.
For
additional resources for building trust in community-campus partnerships, visit
“Developing and Sustaining Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships:
A Skill-Building Curriculum” at www.cbprcurriculum.info
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NEWS FROM CCPH |
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| Six Universities Awarded
Grants to Build Cadre of Community-Engaged Faculty  Faculty for the Engaged Campus is pleased to announce that it has made grants to six universities
to design, implement and evaluate innovative faculty development programs that
advance community-engaged scholarship. Each grant is for $15,000 over a two year
period. The funded institutions are North Carolina State University, Northwestern
University, Ohio University, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, University of Minnesota-Twin
Cities and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Brief descriptions of
their programs appear below.
Faculty for the Engaged Campus, a national initiative of Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
in partnership with the University of Minnesota and the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, aims to strengthen community-engaged career paths in the academy
by developing innovative competency-based models of faculty development, facilitating
peer review and dissemination of products of community-engaged scholarship, and
supporting community-engaged faculty through the promotion and tenure process.
The initiative is supported in part by a grant from the Fund for the Improvement
of Postsecondary Education in the U.S. Department of Education. For more information, visit the initiative homepage at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/faculty-engaged.html | | |
| CCPH Student-Authored Conference
Abstracts published in the Journal Context! 
Context, the
Journal of Health Students Taking Action Together shares in CCPH’s goals and has
partnered with CCPH in order to provide its readers with new and exciting research
from the 2007 CCPH conference. Abstracts that highlight student reflections on
their community experiences are currently published online. To read these abstracts
or learn more about Context, please visit:
http://contextjournal.org/category1.php. |
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| Apply Now for the
CCPH 12th Summer Service-Learning Institute! Application Deadline:
May 8, 2009  Apply 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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| UPCOMING EVENTS For details on these new listings
and all previously listed upcoming events, visit CCPH’s
CONFERENCE PAGE Join CCPH at these Upcoming Events! |
| February 2009 February 21-22, 2009 ●
National Council on Ethics in Human Research Conference
● Ottawa, Ontario, Canada The conference theme is “Transition: The Changing Landscape
of Human Participant Protections in Canada.” Two sessions will feature CCPH projects by presenter and CCPH member
Sherry Ann Chapman of Community-University Partnership, Edmonton.
Sherry Ann is a member of the CCPH workgroup that is developing a training
curriculum for IRBs and REBs called “IRB/REB Curriculum on Ethical Considerations
in Community-Engaged Research.” To learn more about the IRB-REB Curriculum on Ethical
Considerations in Community-Engaged Research, visit: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/irbhome.html To learn more about the conference, visit: http://www.ncehr-cnerh.org/english/events/ncehr_events.php February 22-24, 2009 ● Association for
the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP) Annual Meeting
● Los Angeles, CA CCPH Senior Consultant
Sarena Seifer will present “Enhancing
Community Involvement in the IRB Review Process” along with Stacy Collins, coordinator
of the Communities as Partners in Cancer Clinical Trials project and Eric Wat,
Data Manager, Special Service for Groups. The
presentation will highlight the following CCPH projects: Communities as Partners in Cancer Clinical Trials www.communitiesaspartners.org Understanding Community-Based Processes for Research Ethics Review http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/researchprojects.html#CommBasedProcesses Community-Based Participatory Research & Research Ethics http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/irbhome.html More information on the AAHRPP Meeting is available at: http://www.aahrpp.org |
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| April 2009 April 10, 2009 ● Community-Based
Participatory Research Workshop: Challenges and Solutions for Researchers and
Community Leaders ● Houston, TX CCPH is cosponsoring
this institute and we encourage your participation! Sponsored
by the Journal of Empirical Research on
Human Research Ethics, the Center for Public Policy at University
of Houston, and Community-Campus Partnerships for Health, this workshop will examine
successful models and challenges to Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR).
CCPH
Board Member Susan Gust and Faculty for Engaged Campus Co-Director Cathy Jordan will speak on a
panel presentation about Models of Community Engagement. For more information about the workshop,
please visit: http://www.uh.edu/cpp/cbprc.htm |
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| May 2009 May 18 &
19, 2009 ● International
Partnership Institute ● Portland, OR ● Call for Proposals
Deadline: March 9, 2009 CCPH is cosponsoring this institute
and we encourage your participation! Portland State University (PSU) is hosting an International Partnership
Institute with the theme "Reciprocal Partnerships: Transforming Higher Education
and Community for the Future." Developing and sustaining reciprocal partnerships
is the basis for effective campus-community engagement. Yet, despite the W.K.
Kellogg Foundation's (and others') national call to focus on partnerships a decade
ago, this foundational work remains elusive for many campuses and communities.
Join community and campus practitioners and scholars to deeply explore engaged
teaching, research and service partnerships - their proven mechanisms and strategies
for success, persistent challenges, and the scholarship of partnerships.
Registration is $200. To view the Call for Proposals and registration information: www.pdx.edu/cae/partnership.html To learn more about PSU's Partnership Initiative: http://www.pdx.edu/cae/partnershipinitiative.html |
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| JULY 2009 July 24-27, 2009 ● CCPH’s 12th 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 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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Event Listings For details on these new listings and all previously
listed upcoming events, visit CCPH’s CONFERENCE
PAGE April 1, 2009 · Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Civic
Development Preconference · Denver, Colorado · http://civicdevelopment.weebly.com April 3-5, 2009 · Transcending Global Health
Barriers: Education & Action · University of Washington, Seattle,
WA · www.globalhealthedu.org April 23-26, 2009 · The Association of American Indian Physicians’ 17th Annual Cross Cultural Medicine Workshop
· Santa Fe, New Mexico · http://aaip.= org/programs/cross_cultural/ccmw.htm
May 14, 2009
· OHRP Research Community Forum Reducing Regulatory Burden:
Real Strategies for Real Change · Ann Arbor, MI · http://www.research.umich.edu/hrpp/event.html
May 20-22, 2009 · The Community College National Center for Community
Engagement (CCNCCE) “Unraveling the Mysteries behind Thriving Partnerships in
Service Learning and Community Engagement” · Scottsdale, AZ · http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/engagement/2009Conf/CallForProposals.shtml June 9, 2009 · 7th Annual National LGBTQ Tobacco Summit · Phoenix, AZ · http://2009summit.googlepages.com June 16–19, 2009 · Forth International Conference on Education, Labor and Emancipation,
“Manifesto for New Social Movements: Equity,
Access, and Empowerment” · Salvador, Bahia, Brazil · http://academics.utep.edu/confele August 3-4, 2009 · 2009 EPICS Conference on Service-Learning in Engineering and Computing · Austin, Texas ·
https://engineering.purdue.edu/EPICSNational/News/2009AnnualConferenceonServiceLearninginEngineeringa August 23-25, 2009 · 19th Annual CityMatCH Urban MCH Leadership Conference: “Reinventing
MCH Practice: Rising to the Challenge, Committing to the Future” · New Orleans, LA · http://www.citymatch.org/conf_index.php September 2-4,
2009 · 10th Global Forum on Bioethics in Research, “Conflicts of Interests in Health Research”
· Santiago, Chile · http://www.globalforum2009.cl. Sept 10-12, 2009 · Human Development and Capability Association International
Conference · Lima, Peru · http://www.capabilityapproach.com/
September 18,
2009 · 17th International IAP2 Conference: “Making Sustainable
Decisions” · San Diego, CA · www.iap2.org
September 24-26,
2009 · 2009 International Conference on Residency Education
(ICRE) · Victoria, British Columbia.
· http://rcpsc.medical.org/meetings/submissions_e.php September 28-29,
2009 · 10th National Outreach Scholarship Conference Pathways
of Engagement: Connecting Civic Purpose to Learning and Research - Locally and
Globally · The University of Georgia · http://www.outreachscholarship.org. |
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The
California Endowment Releases the Legacy Evaluation of the Partnership for the
Public's Health Initiative - The Legacy of Partnership presents
findings from an evaluation conducted four years after funding ended and demonstrates
what is possible when health departments and communities are able to work successfully
together over a long period of time. The report features the PPH Initiative's
legacies for community groups, health departments, communities and the state of
California, as well as key lessons about sustaining community-based public health.
Individual "Focus on Enduring Legacy" stories describe the successes
of the partnerships studied for the evaluation. To view the report, visit: http://cche.org/conference/2008/publications/cche
publications_LegacyOfPartnership.pdf
Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation Approves Second Round of Funding for Project Health Design
- $5.3M will support a program engaging four to six grantee teams to demonstrate
how to improve people's heath by enabling them to record, interpret and act on
health information that emerges in the course of their daily living. An important
component of the new project will be to demonstrate how these observations of
daily living can be integrated into the clinical practice workflow, assisting
patients and the clinicians to best manage chronic illness. RWJF expects to release
the Call for Proposal in Spring, 2009. For more information, visit: http://www.projecthealthdesign.org/home National Youth Leadership Council Webinar on Youth Voice
and Leadership - NYLC
will host a series of four online seminars linking service-learning practitioners
from around the world with leading experts on youth voice, the history of service-learning,
service-learning research, and service-learning curriculum. These hour-long
sessions will feature presentations by a panel of experts, questions-and-answer
exchanges, and dialogue. Sessions cost $29 each. Participants may register for
single sessions or for the entire series. To register, visit: http://www.nylc.org/pages-bookstore#webinars The Josiah Macy,
Jr. Foundation Releases Report, "Revisiting the Medical School Educational
Mission at a Time of Great Expansion" - The document is the result
of an October 2008 conference. The report cites current medical school expansion
as an "unparalleled opportunity" to examine existing medical school
curricula and explore innovative ways to improve the education of the next generation
of physicians. Among the report's recommendations: make increasing diversity a
top priority; find ways to reduce the burden of medical school debt; reexamine
the medical school admissions process; ensure that senior academic medicine leadership
embrace and champion the change agenda; shift education of students to ambulatory
sites where most care is provided; and train future physicians to be skillful
in preventative as well as curative medicine. For more information, visit: http://www.macyfoundation.org
New Directory of American Medical Education
– The Association of American Medical Colleges has just released the latest
edition of the "Directory of American Medical Education, 2008-2009."
Updated annually, this directory lists administrators, department and division
chairs for all the accredited medical schools in the United States, Canada and
Puerto Rico. In addition to listing key faculty members, the entry for each medical
school also contains information on enrollment, public/private support, clinical
facilities and a brief historical statement. The directory also describes the
AAMC's activities and efforts in research, communications, education and member
services. Officers and members of the various AAMC groups and councils are also
listed, including member academic societies and teaching hospitals.
For more
information, visit: http://www.aamc.org/publications/dame New National
Clearinghouse for Health Workforce Information Launched - The U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration has launched
an online repository of information and resources about the healthcare workforce.
The Health Workforce Information Center, operated by the University of North Dakota
School of Medicine and Health Sciences, provides clinicians, educators, researchers,
and policymakers with the latest information on: health workforce programs and
funding sources; workforce data, research, and policy; educational opportunities
and models; and news and events. The Web site is intended to quickly provide decision-makers
with the tools necessary to make tough choices and allocate resources in the face
of a national shortage of physicians and other health care workers. The Health
Workforce Information Center includes AAMC data and resources on the physician
workforce. For more information, visit: http://www.healthworkforceinfo.org Global PACT International
Offers International Service-Learning and Leadership Training Experiences for
Students - Global PACT recognizes the
importance and value of an international service-learning and leadership training
experience for students. Our mission is to build a network of individuals able
to identify and solve problems in their communities. Scholarships are available
for each program. For more information
on these programs, please visit our website at http://www.globalpact.org CDC Guide to
Community Preventive Services Available - The Guide to Community
Preventive Services serves as a filter for scientific literature on specific health
problems that can be large, inconsistent, uneven in quality, and even inaccessible.
The Community Guide summarizes what is known about the effectiveness, economic
efficiency, and feasibility of interventions to promote community health and prevent
disease. The Task Force on Community Preventive Services makes recommendations
for the use of various interventions based on the evidence gathered in the rigorous
and systematic scientific reviews of published studies conducted by the review
teams of the Community Guide. Please visit: http://www.thecommunityguide.org/about/default.htm Population-Based Efforts to End the Cycle of Abuse and Violence
in Our Communities Available Online – The Winter 2009
issue of Northwest Bulletin of Family and Child Health explores innovative efforts
to address intimate partner violence in the Northwest and Alaska. In order to
end the cycle of intimate partner violence and address its devastating effects,
a full spectrum of prevention strategies—primary through tertiary—must be adopted.
Articles in this issue highlight projects for adolescent dating violence prevention
(primary prevention), early identification through screening for intimate partner
violence in health care settings (secondary prevention), and systems-level, coordinated
community efforts to better serve children and their families (tertiary prevention)
To view this issue, visit: http://depts.washington.edu/nwbfch/ Website Provides
Access to Health Workforce Information - The Health Workforce Information Center Web site provides
information on health work force solutions to help health professionals, educators,
researchers, and policymakers around the nation develop strategies to meet future
work force demands. The Web site, operated by the University of North Dakota School
of Medicine and Health Sciences with support from the Health Resources and Services
Administration, features events and training, organizations, funding, news and
updates, state resources, and topics and professions. Visitors can also receive
customized assistance, subscribe to a monthly e-newsletter, or suggest resources
to appear on the Web site. The Web site is available at http://www.healthworkforceinfo.org.
Brief Features
Recommendations for Shaping School Nutrition Policy - Improving Child
Nutrition: Insights from the National USDA Study of School Food Environments provides
recommendations for policymakers on supporting healthy changes to the school food
environment as a way of improving children's diets and overall health. The policy
brief, published by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is based on a comprehensive
analysis of data from the third School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study (SNDA-III)
and other studies using SNDA-III data. SNDA-III includes data from the 2004-2005
school year on the food and nutrient content of meals offered to and selected
by children, children's dietary behaviors at school and outside of school, and
the availability and consumption of competitive foods. Please visit: http://www.rwjf.org/files/research/20090102sndapolicybrief.pdf.
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| EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES  Director
of Service-Learning – Youth
Service America - The goal of the Director of Service-Learning is to increase
the public's understanding and adoption of service-learning principles, youth
development concepts, and civic engagement approaches as effective strategies
for children and youths' engagement. With a solid foundation in the latest research, this position
will create and oversee the development of educational materials, trainings, grants
and incentives, and manage evaluation strategies to assess their impact. The Director
will provide service-learning and youth development expertise to grant recipients,
students, teachers, administrators, practitioners, policy makers, funders, and
other constituents interested in starting or expanding their service-learning
and youth engagement programs. To see
the full position description, visit: .http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/325768-171/c
Director of New MPH Program Emphasizing Community
Research – Yeshiva University - We seek a dynamic and experienced public
health educator to plan and direct a new MPH program at the Institute for Public
Health Sciences (IPHS) of Yeshiva University (YU) in New York City. The IPHS and
the MPH program are jointly sponsored by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine
and Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. We emphasize hands-on experience in
community-based research for all trainees, and a scholarly focus on behavioral
issues in public health, global health, prevention, and health disparities. The
Director must have a doctoral degree in public health or a clinical doctorate
and an MPH (or equivalent) degree, and should have experience and accomplishments
in education, interdisciplinary and collaborative program development, mentorship,
and research. Creating this innovative, cross-cutting program will require outstanding
leadership and interpersonal skills. Deadline
for applications: March 15, 2009For more information, visit: http://www.yu.edu/iphs/ or email Merrilly Calabrese,
Administrator, at: calabres@aecom.yu.edu
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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 | First Nations Development Institute:
Native Youth and Culture Fund - Deadline: February 27, 2009 - First Nation's Native Youth
and Culture Fund supports projects that incorporate culture and tradition to address
social issues such as drug and alcohol abuse, teen pregnancy, mental health, etc.
Funded projects should focus on one or more of the following priority areas: preserving
cultural and/or spiritual practices, beliefs, and values; engaging both youth
and elders in activities that demonstrate methods for documenting traditional
knowledge, practices, and/or beliefs; increasing youth's capacity to lead through
integrated educational or mentoring programs; and increasing access to cultural
customs and beliefs through the use of appropriate technologies as a means of
preserving tribal language, arts, history, or other culturally relevant topics.
Instructions for developing letters of interest are available at: http://www.firstnations.org/default2.asp?active_page_id=250&top=75
RWJF Active living Research Grant - Deadline: April 28, 2009 -  Active Living Research supports research to inform
policy and environmental strategies for increasing physical activity among children
and adolescents, decreasing their sedentary behaviors and preventing obesity.
A special emphasis is placed on research focused on racial/ethnic populations
and children living in low-income communities who are at highest risk for obesity.
Approximately $3.3 million is available in this round of funding for research
grants as well as Dissertation Awards. Proposed studies must address one of five
selected topics areas. Detailed descriptions for each topic are provided in the
complete call for proposals at: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20641
Drug
Free Communities Mentoring Program – Deadline:
April 24, 2009 - The purpose of the DFC Mentoring Program is to provide grant funds
to existing DFC grantees so that they may serve as Mentors to newly-formed and/or
developing coalitions that have never received a DFC grant. Mentor grant funds
should be used for the direct benefit of the Mentee Community/Coalition. Through
the support of DFC mentoring funds, Mentor Coalitions are expected to share their
expertise with non-grantee coalitions (Mentee Community/Coalition) and enable
them to successfully compete for a DFC grant. Funding through this grant should
support access for the Mentee Community/Coalition to the training and technical
assistance necessary to help them form a community coalition and pursue a DFC
grant. It is the intent of the DFC Mentoring Program that communities mentored
through this effort will form functioning coalitions working to reduce youth drug
use at the community level, and that those coalitions should meet the basic eligibility
criteria of the DFC program and be able to address the two primary goals of DFC
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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
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World Summit
Youth Award 2009 - Putting MDGs into Action - Deadline: February 28, 2009
- The World Summit Youth Award (WSYA) is the global contest for online or
mobile initiatives to raise awareness and help resolve the most pressing global
issues. If you rely on the web for creating culture, overcoming gender inequality,
lack of education and access to clean water or to address hunger, poverty, disease
and environmental degradation, then you should take part! The World Summit Youth
Award showcases you as young developers and serves as a platform for people from
all UN member states to work together on the efforts of reaching the Millennium
Development Goals! The rewards are global recognition within the United Nations,
invitations to the WSYA Winners events in Mexico and networking contacts on a
global scale. The application form is available online at http://www.youthaward.org
Gary Stewart Scholarship for Research in Public Health
– Deadline: March 20, 2009 - The
Stewart Scholarship supports educational research projects of graduate students
in public health and includes a research award of $2,500, a one-year membership
to ARHP, and paid registration and travel to Reproductive Health 2009. Complete
nformation is available at www.ReproductiveHealth2009.org Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program – Deadline:
April 15, 2009 - This national program seeks to provide professionals in health
and aging with the experience and skills necessary to make a positive contribution
to the development and implementation of health policies that affect older Americans.
The program offers two different tracks for individual placement: (1) a residential
track that includes a nine-to-12-month placement in Washington, D.C. (as a legislative
assistant in Congress, a professional staff member in an executive agency or in
a policy organization) or at a state agency; and (2) a non-residential track that
includes a health policy project and brief placement(s) throughout the year at
relevant sites. Core program components focused on career development and professional
enrichment are provided for fellows in both tracks. The program is open to physicians,
nurses and social workers at all career stages (early, mid, and late) with a demonstrated
commitment to health and aging issues and a desire to be involved in health policy
at the federal, state or local level. For further information, please visit our
website at www.healthandagingpolicy.org Call for Nominations for Herbert W. Nickens Awards
– Deadline: May 1, 2009 - The Association of American Medical Colleges is
soliciting nominations for the annual Herbert W. Nickens Award. The Herbert W.
Nickens Award is given to an individual who has made outstanding contributions
to efforts that promote justice in medical education and provide equal health
care for all Americans. The recipient will receive a $10,000 award and present
the Nickens Lecture at the AAMC's 2009 Annual Meeting in Boston. Nominees may
come from the fields of medicine, education, law, nursing, public health, or social
sciences. To learn more, visit: http://www.aamc.org/about/awards
Call for Nominations for the Herbert W. Nickens Faculty
Fellowship – Deadline: May 1, 2009 – The Association of American Medical
Colleges recognizes an outstanding junior faculty member, committed to a career
in academic medicine, who has demonstrated leadership in addressing inequities
in medical education and health care. The fellowship recipient will receive a
$15,000 grant to support his or her academic and professional activities over
a two-year period. To learn more, visit: http://www.aamc.org/about/awards
Call for Nominations for The Herbert W. Nickens Medical
Student Scholarships – Deadline: May 1, 2009 – The Association of American
Medical Colleges awards five outstanding students entering their third year of
medical school who have demonstrated leadership in addressing the educational,
societal, and health care needs of minorities. Each recipient will receive a $5,000
scholarship. To learn more, visit: http://www.aamc.org/about/awards
Paid NARCH American Indian or Alaska Native Summer
Graduate Student Internship – Deadline: Open - The Northwest Portland
Area Indian Health Board is seeking three graduate student interns who are pursing
health related research careers. Depending on education, salary
ranges from $12.50 to $18.50/hour. The summer interns are full-time, temporary
Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) employees--not eligible for
annual, sick, or vacation leave, or other board fringe benefits. They are
paid for time worked and begin around the first part of June for two months.
They are strongly encouraged to attend the Summer Research Training Institute
for American Indians and Alaska Natives which is here in Portland from June 15-July
2, 2009. Additionally, they work on a health research project during the summer
and submit a report at the end of their employment. For more information, contact:
Luella Azule, (Yakama Nation/Umatilla), Project Coordinator, Northwest Native
American Research Center for Health at lazule@npaihb.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
| Reproductive Health 2009 Call for
Abstracts – Deadline: February 27, 2009 - Abstracts are now being accepted
for scientific oral and/or poster presentations. We welcome a diverse array
of abstract submissions that reflect our broad definition of reproductive health
including, but not limited to, issues related to pregnancy, infertility, abortion,
contraception, healthy sexuality throughout the lifespan, sexual education, and
environmental impacts on reproductive systems. All accepted abstracts will be
published in the August 2009 issue of the Contraception Journal. Reproductive
Health 2009 will be held September 30 - October 3 in Los Angeles, CA. This is
the annual meeting of the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP),
the Planned Parenthood Federation of America National Medical Committee (NMC),
and the Society of Family Planning (SFP). For more information, visit: http://www.reproductivehealth2009.org/
2009 International Conference on Residency
Education Call for Proposals and Abstracts – Deadline: February 27 and
March 27, 2009 (See below) – The International Conference on Residency Education
will be held September 24-26, 2009 in Victoria, British Columbia.
Workshop proposals are due February 27, 2009. Abstracts are due March 27, 2009.
Topics may include: Teaching and learning in residency education;
Competency-based residency education; Resident assessment: cutting edge tools
and practical techniques; Clinician educators: careers and competencies; Health
policy for postgraduate medical education (PGME); International medical graduates
(IMGs): navigating through a changing landscape; Challenges and innovations in
international PGME; What works? Ideas in residency teaching and assessment; Research
in residency education; and Simulation (includes education, patient safety, novel
integrations of technology, and organization and administration). For more information, visit: http://rcpsc.medical.org/meetings/submissions_e.php CityMatch Conference 2009 Call for
Abstracts – Opens March 2nd, 2009 - The 19th Annual CityMatCH
Urban MCH Leadership Conference’s theme is “Reinventing MCH Practice: Rising
to the Challenge, Committing to the Future.” The conference will be held August
23-25 in New Orleans, LA. Abstract submissions have two format
options: 1) Data Focus: For the presentation of scientific research, study findings,
data analysis, or evaluation outcomes; 2) Program / Policy Focus: For description
of programs or other MCH activities including descriptions of community based
programs, discussions of MCH policy or ethics, and models for program evaluation,
dissemination and capacity development. An Abstract Coaching conference call will
be held Thursday, March 12th at 2 pm Eastern.
For more information, please visit: http://www.citymatch.org/abstract.php The Community College National Center
for Community Engagement (CCNCCE) – Deadline: March 9, 2009 – CCNCCE
invites proposals for the 18th annual conference, Unraveling the Mysteries behind
Thriving Partnerships in Service Learning and Community Engagement, which will
be held on May 20-22, 2009, in sunny Scottsdale, AZ. Conference
presentations are 1-hour or 90-minute sessions, which should be designed to be
highly interactive. Proposals to present at the conference must be submitted in
electronic form. For complete information, please visit: http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/engagement/2009Conf/CallForProposals.shtml
Fourth International Conference on
Education, Labor and Emancipation Call for Proposals– Deadline: March 15,
2009 - This year's theme is Manifesto for New Social Movements: Equity, Access,
and Empowerment. It will be help in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil on June 16th - 19th,
2009. Scholars, teachers, students and activists from various fields and countries
will convene in Salvador, Bahia (Brazil) to compare theoretical perspectives,
share pedagogical experiences, and work toward developing a global movement for
social justice in and through education. We invite proposals from the following
perspectives: indigenous, feminist, postcolonial, Marxist/neomarxist, queer theory,
critiques of neoliberalism/globalization, CRT, liberation theology, anthropology,
comparative/international education, etc. For more information, visit http://academics.utep.edu/confele 10th Global Forum on Bioethics in
Research Call for Applications – Deadline: April 1, 2009 - The conference theme is Conflicts
of Interests in Health Research. It will
be held September 2-4, 2009 in Santiago, Chile. The focus of the conference is to:
1) Provide an inclusive forum for sharing and discussing ethical considerations
and experiences related to conflicts of interests; 2) Explore new ways of interpreting
the conflict of interest phenomenon, challenging the accepted taxonomy and the
current remedies to deal with conflicts of interests; 3) Analyze different settings
in which conflicts of interest occur, going beyond financial conflicts of interests
faced by clinical researchers. The official
language will be Spanish. There will be simultaneous translation of the
plenary sessions into English and break-out sessions in both Spanish and English.
Details on how to apply to attend are available on the website: http://www.globalforum2009.cl. The Journal of Consumer Affairs Call
for Papers for a Special Issue on: Public Health Issues Influenced by Consumer
Choice – Deadline: June 1, 2009 - Consumer choices are directly related
to public health. Chronic disease risk stems from energy over-consumption and
sedentary lifestyles, key factors in the epidemic of obesity and related chronic
diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and stroke. Other
health threats include sub-standard housing, poor air quality, and exposure to
environmental toxins. The urban built environment is linked to social factors,
including poverty, racial segregation, and economic isolation. In short, consumers
often have limited choices due to their physical and social environment, and these
limited choices often impact their health. Therefore, manuscripts are being solicited
for the 2010 issue of The Journal of Consumer Affairs devoted to the theoretical
and practical knowledge of how consumers obtain, process, and utilize health information
in the context of their social and physical environment. We seek contributions
from multiple disciplines including public health, communications, consumer education,
public policy, psychology and marketing. Authors may submit empirical studies
or conceptual work. Papers that are theoretically grounded and also contain significant
implications for consumer welfare are especially appropriate. Please follow the
submission guidelines for The Journal of Consumer Affairs as detailed under "JCA
Author Guidelines" on the Blackwell Publishing web site at: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/submit.asp?ref=3D0022-0078 Call for Papers on Participatory Health Research
Nursing Inquiry: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Policy and Healthcare - Deadline: October
1, 2009 - A special upcoming issue
of Nursing Inquiry will be devoted to participatory health research.
Submissions are invited that address conceptual, methodological, and pragmatic
dimensions of participatory forms of health research. The goal of this special issue is to advance a better understanding
of participatory health research across different disciplines and audiences (e.g.
educators, students, health practitioners, policy makers, and researchers). Nursing Inquiry is an international
peer-reviewed journal. All submissions
should be made online at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/nin. 16th Annual Canadian Conference on
International Health Call for Abstracts – Deadline: Open – The 2009
Conference theme is “Health Equity: Our Global Responsibility. It will be held
October 25-28, 2009 in Ottawa Ontario, Canada. The Conference will examine inequities
of health status, and the impact on the health of marginalized, vulnerable and
Indigenous populations of changing environments, whether these changes are due
to climate, technology, the economy or threats to human security.
Presentations exploring lessons learned and new ways of understanding health
equity and social justice locally, nationally and globally are
invited.
For more information, visit: http://www.csih.org/en/ccih/index.asp
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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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| An Introduction
to Health Policy By Toba Bryant
With a strong comparative and international element, this engaging
book analyses the process, implementation, and outcomes of health policy in Canada.
The author critically compares Canadian health policy to other systems such as
the United States, Sweden, the UK, and Cuba. Case studies include the capacity
of various health systems to respond to natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina
in New Orleans in 2005. Of interest to a variety of disciplines including nursing,
social work, health sciences, medical, and health policy, it is written for those
who are studying or working in the health sector.
Toba
Bryant is a co-editor of Staying Alive: Critical Perspectives
on Health, Illness, and Health Care as well as a contributor
in Social Determinants
of Health: Canadian Perspectives. She
is Assistant Professor of Sociology at York University and an Associate
of the Centre for Urban and Community Studies at the University of Toronto. |
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| Asian American Communities and Health: Context, Research, Policy,
and Action
By Chau Trinh-Shevrin
(ed.), Nadia Shilpi Islam (ed.), Mariano Jose Rey (ed.) This
ground-breaking textbook examines Asian American health from a public health perspective.
It provides an overview of the social, political, economic, and cultural forces
that influence the distribution of disease and illness in Asian American communities.
The book explores the diversity within the Asian community with respect to health
seeking behavior and knowledge, socioeconomic status, educational level, cultural
traditions, and specific health care needs and issues. By examining the contextual
factors that impact health, the book seeks to facilitate a meaningful dialogue
and identify creative solutions for health disparities faced by racial and ethnic
minority communities. It includes a focus
on Community-Based Participatory Research as a foundation for action.
CCPH members receive a 15% discount
when ordering this publication and all Jossey-Bass Publications from the CCPH website! Ordering information:
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/books.html |
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| NEW AND RENEWING MEMBERS January/February 2009 Please
Join Us in Welcoming These New and Renewing CCPH Members E-Individuals Dunn, Jody, Family Care Partnership,
Studio City, CA Gemmel, Larry, Canadian Alliance
for Community Service Learning, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada LaRouche, Kathey, The Health
Councils, Inc., St. Petersburg, FL Thomas, Huw, University of Alabama
at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Student
Memberships
Wagner Schuman, Melissa, Medical
College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI Individual
Membership Cowart, Luvenia, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Foster-Spates, Tanika, Murrieta, CA Organizational
Memberships Center for Medical
Humanities and Ethics, San Antonio, TX Berggren, Ruth Stone, Melanie Neumann College,
Aston, PA May, Karen Ostendorf, Wendy Thompson, Donna Wollman, Catherine Our Lady of Lourdes,
Camden and Collingworth, NJ Markey, Alice Miller, Staton Weber, Jane University of Texas
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