CCPH - Partnership Matters Newsletter

Aligning Forces for Quality Awards $14 Million for Community-Based Initiatives Aimed at Improving Health Care Quality for Chronic Illnesses Aligning Forces for Quality, The Regional Market Project, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), has awarded $14 million in grants to communities as a part of an effort to help communities improve the quality of health care provided to people with chronic illnesses.

The communities are Cincinnati, Cleveland, Grand Rapids, Humboldt (Calif.), Kansas City, Madison, Maine, Portland (Ore.), Western New York and York (Pa.). They were chosen from a broad pool of well-qualified applicants and join four pilot communities announced in 2006-Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis-St. Paul and Seattle-in the three-year program.

Aligning Forces for Quality is designed to help communities advance the quality of chronic care provided in doctors' offices, clinics and other outpatient settings.

Read the complete news release at http://www.rwjf.org/newsroom/newsreleasesdetail.jsp?id=10468

carolina school of public health GOES GLOBAL

Dr. Dennis Gillings, former professor of biostatistics and now CEO of Quintiles Transnational Corp., and his wife, Joan Gillings, have made a $50 million commitment to the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. In appreciation of this gift, the name of the School will be changed to the Dennis and Joan Gillings School of Global Public Health.

This gift will enable the School of Public Health to acquire critical resources needed for the school to accelerate solutions to public health problems across North Carolina and around the world. The Carolina School of Public Health has been known for its outstanding research, teaching and practice, and now it can bring this work to the scale needed to achieve profound state, national and global impact.

The words “global public health” reflect the fact that all public health is global, and that global health is public health. The School is fully committed to North Carolina and its citizens, but they recognize the interconnectedness of all people in today’s world. What they pioneer first in North Carolina may well have application in countries around the world. What they learn and apply in other countries will inform solutions to problems in North Carolina and in the US. It is in the interests of North Carolina citizens that they help solve global problems, like AIDS, avian flu and lack of access to clean, safe water. They collaborate with and will continue to work with people all over the world to solve public health problems. Health threats do not recognize national borders.

For more information, visit http://www.sph.unc.edu/the_gillings_gift/

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MESSAGE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Sarena Seifer

The Community-Engaged Scholarship for Health Collaborative convened an invitational symposium last month in Washington DC entitled "Community-Engaged Scholarship in Higher Education: Have We Reached a Tipping Point?"

As you may know, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) is in the final year of a 3-year grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) that is supporting the Community-Engaged Scholarship for Health Collaborative. The Collaborative is comprised of 8 health professional schools that are working to build their capacity for community-engaged scholarship (CES), including aligning their review, promotion and tenure systems with CES.

For example:

Collaborative member Loma Linda University School of Public Health reported on their progress and lessons learned at this year's American Public Health Association conference: http://apha.confex.com/apha/134am/techprogram/paper_134965.htm
This article reports on recent revisions made to Collaborative member UNC-Chapel Hill dental school's promotion & tenure policies: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/PM_042806.html#MessagefromourExecDirector
(Learn more on the Collaborative website at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/healthcollab.html)

The symposium agenda was designed to be provocative and forward-thinking, while also generating recommendations for collective action and strategies that could be immediately implemented back home. In addition to Collaborative members, the symposium was attended by invited leaders of related national and campus-based initiatives that seek to support CES, leaders of associations and accrediting bodies in higher education and health professions education, journal editors, funders and others interested and invested in these issues. Attendance was limited to about 120 people to facilitate deliberative dialogue.

Symposium presentation audiofiles and handouts will be published on our website shortly and announced in a subsequent issue of Partnership Matters. In the meantime, this column highlights some of the remarks made by keynote speaker Judith Ramaley, President of Winona State University. Judith began by noting that “Higher education in this country has always been expected to serve the public good. Sometimes, the emphasis is on preparing educated citizens or practitioners in especially critical fields. At other times, the discussion has been more about how public service can deepen and enrich learning and prepare students to lead purposeful, responsible and creative lives. Sometimes, the focus is upon institutions themselves as major intellectual and cultural assets and how those resources can be tapped to build healthy communities.”

Judith traced the progression of the engagement agenda by examining the list of conferences on community service and engagement that have been held at the Johnson Foundation’s Wingspread Conference Center over the past twenty years. She concluded, “In my opinion, the experience of engagement will become the pathway to a fresh interpretation of the role of higher education in the 21^st century. This conception rests on a rethinking of the core of the academy…The goal of engaged scholarship is not to define and serve the public good directly on behalf of society, but to create conditions for the public good to be interpreted and pursued in a collaborative mode with the community. In contemporary society, the exercise of citizenship requires constant learning and the thoughtful and ethical application of knowledge. By including our students in engaged scholarship, we introduce them to basic concepts and, at the same time, offer them a chance to explore the application and consequences of ideas in the company of mature scholars and practitioners. By drawing inspiration from our community connections, we enrich our own lives as scholars and teachers and together ensure that society will have the knowledge and insights that it will need to remain healthy and competitive in a changing world order. By joining with other engaged colleges and universities around the world, we enrich our own lives and help to shape the emerging world order.”

Click here to read the paper on which Judith’s presentation is based.

Join the free Community-Engaged Scholarship Listserv as a resource for CES news, funding opportunities, conferences and other announcements at:

https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/comm-engagedscholarship

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NEWS FROM CCPH

CCPH 10^th Anniversary Conference

April 11–14, 2007, Toronto

Mobilizing Partnerships for Social Change

http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-overview.html

New Announcements:

· Cosponsor Deadline Extended! – A variety of options are still available – new deadline to sign-up: March 23. For details, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-exhibiting.html

· Closing Keynote Speaker: Peggy Shepard – Read more about the Founder & Executive Director of WE ACT (West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc.) at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-program.html#KeynoteSpeakers

· Special Performance: Sarah Jones’ One-Woman Show “A Right to Care” – Read more about this performance that examines the injustice of health disparities through the experiences of nearly a dozen different characters at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-program.html

· Opening Reception at the Royal Ontario Museum! The opening reception is being hosted by our major Canadian partner for the conference, the Wellesley Institute. Learn about the ROM at http://www.rom.on.ca/. Learn more about the Wellesley Institute at www.wellesleyinstitute.com

· Register online by March 30! Details at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-registration.html

· Book Your Hotel Room Today! Discounted conference rates guaranteed through March 19 – while rooms are still available! Details at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-accom.html#Hotel

· Site Visits Descriptions Now Online! Participants will be able to sign up for site visits at the conference, but you can preview them in advance online at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-sitevisits.html

· Preliminary Program Online! Abstracts of all conference 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

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

CCPH Consultancy Network

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 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

The Sleeping Lady Retreat Center is an ideal site for reflective learning.

Apply Today for CCPH 10^th 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 learn more and 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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10^th ANNIVERSARY NEWS

With the CCPH 10^th Anniversary Conference just one month away, we thought we’d reflect back on the 1^st CCPH Conference! Over 400 students, faculty and community partners gathered in San Francisco on April 27-29, 2007 for the conference, “Building Sustainable Futures Together.”

A major function of the conference was to launch CCPH. Cheryl Maurana, CCPH board chair, challenged meeting participants to take an active role in furthering the CCPH mission. Declaring that "we are the group that makes things happen," she encouraged everyone to begin "creating a shared vision and becoming a force for change."

As part of her keynote speech, Barbara-Aranda Naranjo, assistant professor in pediatrics at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center, stressed the importance of being willing to learn from community partners. Drawing on her work with the South Texas AIDS Center, Naranjo emphasized the value of listening closely to the expressed needs of a community when providing clinical service and health promotion education. She expressed her conviction that "our job is not merely to provide services, but to provide hope. When we work together, when we join forces, we make a statement of our commitment to the community."

The experiences and perspectives of community partners reinforced this emphasis on collaboration. Minnie Fells Johnson, CEO of the Miami Valley Regional Transit Authority in Dayton, Ohio, spoke broadly about how communities want to be able to "touch and see" the efforts of their university partners. For example, the health professions students in Dayton have worked with community members to develop a number of health promotion activities such as aerobics classes, instruction in good nutrition for seniors, healthy lifestyles for teens, and well-child screenings in kindergartens. These programs have all been collaborative efforts aimed at addressing community-identified needs.

"A community understands whether the university is adding value or just taking up space," Johnson said, adding "We (the community) know if we are better for having met you."

John McKnight, director of the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University, closed the conference by challenging participants not to focus on the deficiencies and deficits of communities. McKnight emphasized that healthier communities can only be built by identifying the gifts, capacities and assets of communities. He concluded his presentation by engaging the audience in a group exercise designed to generate ideas for how health professional schools can be community- building assets (view these ideas on page 7 of the conference proceedings, available online at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pdf_files/confproc.pdf)

The conference successfully outlined a core agenda for CCPH, emphasizing its role in creating sustainable community partnerships. High on this agenda, as articulated at the time by CCPH executive director Sarena Seifer, were disseminating information on evaluating tools and successful program models, serving as a neutral convener for the purpose of influencing policy, and providing technical assistance and training. These theme and agenda items continue to be a high priority for CCPH.

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MEMBERSHIP MATTERS

Are You Enjoying ALL of the

Benefits CCPH Membership Offers?

CCPH Individual & Organizational Members Receive Discount on Registration Fees for

CCPH 10^th Anniversary Conference

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 Individual & Organizational members receive a $100 discount on registration fees for CCPH’s upcoming conference, “Mobilizing Partnerships for Social Change,” on April 11-14, 2007 in Toronto, Canada. The conference - CCPH's first in Canada - promises to be one of our best yet. We're expecting over 500 participants, reflecting key stakeholders in community-campus partnerships and community-driven social change.

Register today at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-registration.html#Registration

*Advance deadline: March 30

Features this year include:

Pre-conference workshops on such topics as Asset-Based Community Development, Essentials for Effective Service-Learning Initiatives and Using Community-Based Research to Affect Public Policy

A focus on Aboriginal and Indigenous Peoples' Health

A focus on Community-Academic Partnerships in HIV/AIDS

An Emerging Leaders Track, designed by and for students

One-day registration rates for community-based participants from the Greater Toronto Area

Site visits of innovative community-campus partnerships in one of the most diverse cities in the world!

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 Hitomi Yoshida at http://www.ccph.info

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

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MEMBERS IN ACTION

CCPH Member Named New Dean of Loma Linda University

School of Public Health

The Loma Linda University Board of Trustees appointed a new dean for the School of Public Health on Monday, February 26. The trustees voted to approve CCPH member Dr. David T. Dyjack, who has been serving as interim dean of the School since July 2006, to the position.

For 12 years, Dean Dyjack was chair of the School's Department of Environmental and Occupational Health. Then in 2004, he assumed new responsibilities as associate dean for public heath practice. An active member of CCPH and supporter of community-engaged scholarship, Dean Dyjack also leads his school's involvement in the Community-Engaged Scholarship for Health Collaborative (http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/healthcollab.html)

UPCOMING EVENTS

For details on these new listings and all previously listed upcoming events, visit

CCPH’s CONFERENCE PAGE

CCPH at Upcoming Events!

MARCH 2007

4 March 14, 2007 from 12:00 – 1:30 pm PST ● Highlighting the Importance of the Non-Affiliated (Community) IRB Member ● Educational Conference Call Series on IRBs and Ethical Issues in Research ● Co-sponsored by CCPH and the Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care

This second call in the series will cover these topics:

§ The role of community members on IRBs

§ How community member roles can go beyond reviewing consent forms—the importance of the perspective and expertise they bring to IRBs

§ How to improve communication between IRBs and communities

Speakers:

§ Elda Railey, Co-Founder, Research Advocacy Network, Arlington Heights, Illinois

§ Mary Lou Smith, Co-Founder, Research Advocacy Network, Arlington Heights, Illinois

§ Lucille Webb, Director, Strengthening the Black Family, Raleigh, North Carolina and North Carolina State Department of Public Health IRB Non-Affiliated (Community) Member

§ Gigi McMillan, Director, We Can Pediatric Brain Tumor Network, Los Angeles, California and University of California – Los Angeles IRB Non-Affiliated (Community) Member

To register for this call, complete the online registration form at https://catalysttools.washington.edu/survey/kristine/31948

For more information, contact CCPH Graduate Research Assistant Jessica Grignon at jgrignon@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. View the preliminary program at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-agenda.html

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

Cosponsor Deadline Extended! New Deadline: March 23. For details, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-exhibiting.html

4 April 18, 2007 from 12:00 – 1:30 pm PST ● Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Proposals and the Human Subjects Review Process: Methods for Working with University IRBs ● Educational Conference Call Series on Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) and Ethical Issues in Research ● Co-sponsored by CCPH and the Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care

This third call in the series will cover these topics:

§ Promising practices and helpful tips for getting IRB approval for CBPR projects

§ Methods for developing an understanding of CBPR among IRBs

§ Models for moving CBPR through the University IRB process, including CBPR projects conducted by students

§ How to improve communication between IRBs and CBPR practitioners

Speakers:

§ Sherril Gelmon, Professor of Public Health, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon

§ Ruth Malone, Professor, School of Nursing, University of California – San Francisco, San Francisco, California

§ Elleen Yancey, Director, Morehouse University School of Medicine Prevention Research Center, Atlanta, Georgia

To register for this call, complete the online registration form at
https://catalysttools.washington.edu/survey/ccphuw/33262

To access the audiofile and handouts from the first call in the series on February 14, visit

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

For more information, contact CCPH Graduate Research Assistant Jessica Grignon at jgrignon@u.washington.edu

MAY 2007

4 May 17, 2007 ● Service-Learning Symposium ● Rochester, MN

CCPH executive director Sarena Seifer and senior consultant Suzanne Cashman are confirmed presenters for this symposium being sponsored by the Mayo Medical School. The symposium is intended for faculty, staff, students and community partners in the Rochester, MN area who are interested or involved in service-learning. For more information, contact Pamela Trower at Trower.Pamela@mayo.edu

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. Session proposals are due March 15. 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. Team applications are due April 1. 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. 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

March 23-25, 2007 · 23rd Annual Idealist Campus Conference · Chicago, IL · http://www.idealist.org/en/ioc/conference/2007/legacy.html

May 22-25, 2007 · International Institute on Student-Centered Learning and Engagement · Portland, OR · http://www.pdx.edu/cae/institute

July 9-14, 2007 · Stakeholder Participation in Planning, Needs Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation using PRA/PLA Tools · Ottawa, ON Canada · wkshop05@mosaic-net-intl.ca

July 16-20, 2007 · Results-based Management, Appreciative Inquiry and Open Space Technology · Ottawa, ON Canada · wkshop05@mosaic-net-intl.ca

July 17-20, 2007 · Association of Standardized Patient Educators · Toronto, ON Canada · http://www.aspeducators.org/

July 23-28, 2007 · Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation · Ottawa, ON Canada · wkshop05@mosaic-net-intl.ca

October 18-20, 2007 · Network for Academic Renewal Conference American Association of Colleges & Universities · Denver, CO · http://www.aacu.org/meetings/civic/index.cfm

October 29-November 2, 2007 · Forum 11 - Global Forum for Health Research - Equitable Access: Research Challenges for Health in Developing Countries · Beijing, China · http://www.globalforumhealth.org/

November 2-7, 2007 · Association of American Medical Colleges Annual Meeting · Washington, DC · http://www.aamc.org/meetings/annual/2007/start.htm

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

US Department of Health and Human Services Outlines Plan for Quality, Transparency Initiative - Last week, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt announced a formal plan to carry out his Transparency Initiative. Beginning this summer, HHS will charter local "value exchanges," collaborating groups of providers, unions, employers, insurers and other stakeholders who will focus on quality improvement and public reporting of the performance of health care providers in their local communities. The value exchanges will be connected through a national network to allow for the sharing of best practices. HHS believes this effort will promote national coordination of health care quality monitoring while maintaining local control, and that the program will provide more information to consumers on health care quality and costs. http://www.hhs.gov/transparency

Summer Opportunities for Medical Students - The American Medical Student Association/Foundation (AMSA) announces their summer 2007 programs. For further information and applications on all programs, interested students should refer to www.amsa.org or the web sites and contact information specified below.

End-of-Life Care Fellowship Program - Program Dates: June 18-June 27, 2007 in Chicago, IL and Ft. Lauderdale, FL (Application deadline: March 23, 2007) - Program Information: www.amsa.org/eol or abowman@amsa.org
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Leadership Training Program - Program dates: June 3-8, 2007 in Rhinebeck, NY (Application deadline: March 29, 2007) - Program information: www.amsa.org/humed/CAM/ltp.cfm or cphelps@amsa.org
Primary Care Leadership Training Program - Primary Care Across the Lifespan: Meeting the Challenge of Health Disparities - Program Dates: June 25-June 29, 2007 in San Francisco, CA (Application deadline: April 18, 2007) - Program Information: www.amsa.org/addm or abowman@amsa.org
The Paul Ambrose Scholars Program - Program dates: June 21-June 24, 2007 in Washington, DC (Application deadline: April 13, 2007) - Program information: www.atpm.org/training/training.htm
Clinical Information Technology Internship - Program dates: Summer 2007, flexible (Application deadline: April 16, 2007) - Program information: www.amsa.org/programs/CIT.cfm

The National Center For Farmworkers - Health now has a monthly topics web page. They recognize that Community and Migrant Health Center Staff have limited time to conduct comprehensive searches for information. As a result, information that can be easily accessed and which is organized and packaged based on
relevant health topics has been requested to ease the time burden required in identifying needed materials and resources. Thus NCFH has created a series of monthly information alerts which will provide a review of a specific heath topic, available information resources, related patient education materials and links to other sources of
information. The topics chosen were identified through needs assessments conducted of Community and Migrant Health Center Staff, other NCFH programs, and national health observances. The link to the monthly topic page is below. http://www.ncfh.org/00_monthlymenu.php

The American Community - These three reports present a portrait of racial and ethnic population groups in the United States based on data from the 2004 American Community Survey. Each report provides information on a number of characteristics (e.g., education, household type, income, commuting, etc.). Data are presented in tables, figures, and maps. In addition, the Asian and Hispanic reports present data for selected detailed groups (Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese for Asians; Guatemalans, Hondurans,
Salvadorans, Colombians, Ecuadorians, and Peruvians for Hispanics). Two additional reports on the Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population and the American Indian and Alaska Native population will be
released later this year.

The American Community - Hispanics: 2004 - http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/acs-03.pdf
The American Community - Blacks: 2004 - http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/acs-04.pdf
The American Community - Asians: 2004 - http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/acs-05.pdf

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Open Rank, Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty Position – The Braman Family Breast Cancer Institute at the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center – Candidates must have a strong record or promise of scholarly achievement in the area of cancer disparities research, and will be expected to conduct inquiry that informs clinical and community interventions to eliminate differences in cancer outcomes, particularly among minority and underserved women diagnosed with breast cancer. For information, contact Erin Kobetz at ekobetz@med.miami.edu

Research Associate II – Georgia Health Policy Center, Atlanta, GA – The Research Associate will provide technical assistance to rural communities and contribute to research, policy development, and other programmatic efforts. The Center’s scope of work focuses on some of the most complex policy issues facing health care today, including public and private health insurance coverage, long-term care, children’s health and community health system development. For information visit http://www.gsu.edu/, see Job: 6763.

Assistant or Associate Professor – Maternal and Child Health Program at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA – Responsibilities include teaching and mentoring MCH students, supervising theses and dissertations, and publishing research and scholarly articles. Candidates must have a doctoral degree in a core discipline of public health, in a related health or social science field, or a medical degree.
http://www.washington.edu/admin/acadpers/communications/ad/aa1709.html

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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

Funding for Community-Based Social and Economic Development Strategies for Native Americans – Deadline: March 26, 2007 – The Administration for Native Americans (ANA), within the Administration for Children and Families, announces the availability of funds for new community-based projects under the ANA Social and Economic Development Strategies (SEDS) program. ANA's FY 2007 SEDS goals and program areas of interest are focused on strengthening children, families, and communities through community-based organizations, Tribes, and Village governments. The purpose of ANA is to promote the goal of economic and social self-sufficiency for American Indians, Native Hawaiians, Alaskan Natives, and other Native American Pacific Islanders, including American Samoa Natives. http://www.acf.hhs.gov/grants/open/HHS-2007-ACF-ANA-NA-0003.html

American Psychological Foundation Pre-College Grant Program – Deadline: May 1, 2007 – The Foundation is seeking proposals for programs that support the science and application of psychological science among talented high school students. More than two hundred thousand students are currently enrolled in high school psychology, and APF wants to support high-quality education in the field and to nurture the next generation of psychologists. http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10006362/apa

NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education Learning & Leadership and Student Achievement Grants Programs – Deadline: June 1, 2007 – Learning & Leadership Grants provide opportunities for teachers, education support professionals, and higher education faculty and staff to engage in high-quality professional development and lead their colleagues in professional growth. The grant amount is $2,000 for individuals and $5,000 for groups engaged in collegial study. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006441/neafoundation

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Invites Applications for Local Initiative Funding Partners – Deadline: July 10, 2007 – Projects must be new, innovative, collaborative, and community-
based. Significant program expansions -- such as a major expansion into new regions or to new populations -- may also be considered. LIFP matching grants may not be used to administer existing programs. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006446/rwjf

William T. Grant Foundation Invites Applications for Early Career Scholars Program – Deadline: July 11, 2007 – Through this program, the foundation supports research to understand and improve the settings of youth between the ages of 8 and 25 in the United States. Important settings include schools, youth-serving organizations, neighborhoods, families, and peer groups. http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10006358/wtgrantfoundation

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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

Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service-Learning – Deadline: March 23, 2007 – The award honors one faculty member each year for contributing to the integration of community or public service into the curriculum and for efforts to institutionalize service-learning. http://www.compact.org/awards/ehrlich/

Kennedy School of Government Accepting Applications for the Fannie Mae Foundation Fellowship Program – Deadline: March 30, 2007 – The Foundation annually sponsors up to thirty-five fellowships to elected and appointed officials and senior executives from nonprofit organizations, who then participate in the three-week Senior Executives in State and Local Government program. Fellows also attend special housing sessions that address housing issues, trends, policies, and successful models of public/private housing partnership. http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10006359/fanniemaefoundation

Herbert W. Nickens Award – Deadline: April 2, 2007 – The 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 at the Association of American Medical Colleges’ 2007 Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. Nominees may come from the fields of medicine, education, law, nursing, public health, or social sciences. http://www.aamc.org/about/awards

World of Children Awards Program – Deadline: May 4, 2007 – The WOC Health Award is for those providing services specifically in the fields of health, medicine, and pediatric sciences. The Humanitarian Award is specifically for education and social and humanitarian services. The Founder's Award is specifically for a young person under the age of 21 who has provided exceptional services/support to other children. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10006438/worldofchildren

Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program – Deadline: Various – These fellowships provide opportunities for advanced study to exceptional individuals who will use this education to become leaders in their respective fields, furthering development in their own countries and greater economic and social justice worldwide. http://www.fordfound.org/news/more/11272000ifp/index.cfm

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CALLS FOR PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS

Listed below are announcements only. To view all previously listed announcements, please visit

CCPH's CALLS FOR PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS PAGE

Call for Proposals: Association of American Medical Colleges Annual Meeting – Deadline: April 9, 2007 – The conference will take place on November 2-7, 2007 in Washington, DC. The AAMC Group on Educational Affairs (GEA) and Group on Student Affairs (GSA) are seeking presentation proposals for the GEA/GSA Mini-Workshop and Small Group Discussion, to be held at the association's Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Mini-Workshop - http://www.aamc.org/members/gea/miniwrks.htm

Small Group Discussion - http://www.aamc.org/members/gea/smallgrp.htm

http://www.aamc.org/meetings/annual/2007/start.htm

Call for Proposals: Network for Academic Renewal Conference American Association of Colleges & Universities – Deadline: April 12, 2007 – The conference will take place on October 18-20, 2007 in Denver, CO. The conference will highlight current research and promising practices pertaining to the creative integration of civic, diversity, and global work on campus and how this integration can strengthen student learning and help create new and sustaining institutional structures. You can learn more about the conference by clicking http://www.aacu.org/meetings/civic/index.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

Methods in Community-Based Participatory Research

Meredith Minkler and Nina Wallerstein have brought together, in one important volume, a stellar panel of contributors who offer a comprehensive resource on the theory and application of community based participatory research. Community Based Participatory Research for Health contains information on a wide variety of topics including planning and conducting research, working with communities, promoting social change, and core research methods. The book also contains a helpful appendix of tools, guides, checklists, sample protocols, and much more.

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

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

Ethical Issues in Community-Based Research with Children and Youth

Efforts to apply ethical guidelines and regulations to vulnerable populations are often problematic. Consequently, health and social scientists sometimes shy away from the challenges of research, particularly when it means addressing value-laden social problems such as sexuality, drugs, and racism. Ethical Issues in Community-Based Research with Children and Youth is a collection of essays that describe the uniqueness of community-based research, outlining several of the ethical concerns that it engenders. The contributors examine such issues as the scope of informed consent to multiple stakeholders, determining competence to give consent in marginalized populations, and managing dual roles as participant researchers. The collection suggests that a more collaborative, ongoing, and discursive approach is needed by researchers and by ethical review boards to ensure that research on sensitive social problems with high risk populations is supported and also conducted with a clear understanding of the highest ethical standards possible.

Use this order form to receive a 20% discount!

Ordering information: http://www.utppublishing.com/pubstore/merchant.ihtml?pid=8743&step=4

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