| May 1, 2009 Volume XI ● Issue 9 News From CCPH Membership Matters 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
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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. | PRESIDENT
OBAMA SIGNS LANDMARK NATIONAL SERVICE BILL Act Launches New Era of Service in Time of Great Need; National Service
CEO Named
President Obama delivered an early victory for a central cause of his Administration
by signing into law a sweeping expansion of national service that will engage
millions of Americans in addressing local needs through volunteer service.
The President signed the landmark Edward M. Kennedy Act at a Washington DC
elementary school, joined by Vice President Biden, First Lady Michelle Obama,
Dr, Jill Biden, Members of Congress, former President Clinton, former First Lady
Rosalyn Carter, and an audience of nonprofit leaders and national service volunteers.
The President was introduced by the bill’s namesake and longtime service champion
Senator Kennedy, who co-authored the legislation with Senator Orrin Hatch.
After signing the bill, the President, First Lady Michelle Obama,
Vice President Joe Biden, Dr. Jill Biden, and former President Bill Clinton planted
trees and restored habitat in an environmental service project with AmeriCorps
members and high school students at a local park.
The Serve America Act
reauthorizes and expands national service programs administered by the Corporation
for National and Community Service, a federal agency created in 1993. The Corporation
engages four million Americans in results-driven service each year, including
75,000 AmeriCorps members, 492,000 Senior Corps volunteers, 1.1 million Learn
and Serve America students, and 2.2 million additional community volunteers mobilized
and managed through the agency’s programs.
The bill had a fast bipartisan
sprint through Congress. The President called on Congress to send him the
Kennedy-Hatch national service legislation in his joint address on February 25.
The bill was introduced on March 8 and passed the House on a 321 to 105 vote on
March 18. The Senate followed suit one week later with a 79-19 vote, with
final passage in the House on March 31, just 22 days after it was introduced.
“The broad bipartisan support for this legislation, and its remarkably swift
journey through Congress, reflect the growing national consensus that service
is a powerful response to the economic and social challenges facing America today,”
said Corporation Board Chair Alan Solomont. “Across the country, people are looking
for ways to help their neighbors and their communities. This bill will help us
channel more of that energy into meeting local and national needs.”
President
Obama also announced his intention to nominate Maria Eitel to be CEO of the Corporation
for National and Community Service. Eitel is the President of the Nike Foundation
and a Vice President of NIKE, Inc. As president of the Nike Foundation,
she has led the Foundation’s work to increase opportunities for the world’s most
disadvantaged girls. Prior to becoming the Foundation’s first president,
Ms. Eitel served as Nike Inc.’s first vice president for corporate responsibility,
leading the development and implementation of the company’s first corporate responsibility
agenda.
President Obama said, “Maria brings a unique blend of skills
and management experience that will help her successfully lead the Corporation
during our Administration’s bold expansion of national service programs.
Maria is genuinely passionate about the role of national and community service
as a vehicle for engaging and mobilizing citizens in social change, and will bring
new, creative thinking to the growth and mission of the Corporation.”
The legislation comes at a time of growing social need caused by the economic
downturn and a corresponding "compassion surge" of Americans wanting
to help those left vulnerable by its impact. The Corporation reported that
AmeriCorps received 17,038 online applications in March, nearly triple the 6,770
received in March of 2008. In the past five months, the agency received
48,520 online applications, up 234% over the 14,532 applications it received during
the same five month period a year ago. Many volunteer centers and nonprofits
groups are also reporting a recent increase in volunteers.
“The President’s
call to service at a time of great need is striking a responsive chord with the
American public, especially millennials and baby boomers,” said Acting CEO Nicola
Goren. “In this economic downturn, we need service and volunteering more
than ever, and this legislation expresses the country's support for service when
it's needed most.”
The Serve America Act, which goes into effect on October
1, would increase and enhance opportunities for Americans of all ages to serve
by increasing AmeriCorps from 75,000 to 250,000 positions over the next eight
years, while increasing opportunities for students and older Americans to serve.
It will strengthen America's civic infrastructure through social innovation, volunteer
mobilization, and building nonprofit capacity. The new law is also designed to
strengthen the management, cost-effectiveness and accountability of national service
programs by increasing flexibility, consolidating funding streams, and introducing
more competition.
To
read the entire press release, visit: http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/newsroom/releases_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1301 For
a bill summary, visit: http://www.nationalservice.gov/about/newsroom/releases_detail.asp?tbl_pr_id=1283
CALL FOR
NOMINATIONS FOR NEW WHO SCIENTIFIC RESOURCE GROUP ON HEALTH EQUITY ANALYSIS AND
RESEARCH: May 15 Deadline for Nominations
The World Health Organization (WHO) is establishing a Scientific Resource Group
(SRG) on Health Equity Analysis and Research to support WHO on its program of
work on equity and health.
This includes contribution to the development
of WHO and other collaborative products or the peer-review of these products.
The Scientific Resource Group (SRG) work aligns with a key strategic objective
of WHO to address abroad range of determinants of health (social, economic, political,
environmental, etc.) and a core value to increase social justice including health
equity within and across countries.
Members will advise WHO on
strategic directions, work plan content, objectives and priorities, as well as
contribute to products and services in particular those relating to measurement,
monitoring, evaluation, analysis and research, including:
Recommend indicators
for the monitoring of broader determinants of health and health inequalities,
within and across countries; recommend indicators and measurement approaches to
enhance global accountability and national monitoring efforts in this area
Produce or endorse tools and methods to support measurement and evaluation
of status and trends in equity and health, drawing on multiple disciplinary perspectives
Recommend research and research synthesis methods to evaluate policies and
interventions from an equity perspective and support global research activities
in this area that serve to increase global evidence on what to do, and strengthen
capacities and extend collaborations across low-, middle- and high-income countries
involving a wide range of knowledge producers and users
Produce key analysis
and reports addressing equity and health, that clarify analytical methods, revise
and apply norms and standards as well as peer-reviewed articles or practical guidelines
for wider dissemination.
The members of the Scientific Resource Group
(SRG) will work primarily through electronic communications (e.g. email, facsimile,
telephone or video conferences) to exchange information, circulate documentation
and maintain contact.
Expected Qualifications: Up to 25 members
will be selected on the basis of their knowledge and expertise on equity and health.
The group will include both established experts as well as promising leaders in
relation to measurement, monitoring and analysis, and research methods.
Experts from research and training institutions, universities, ministries, other
institutes, governmental and non-governmental, as well as from other UN organizations,
development banks, etc. are sought to participate in this group. Individuals from
low- and middle-income countries and women are especially encouraged to apply.
Commitment: A two year commitment, renewable, is sought. A base advisory
role is expected to range from 6 to 12 working days per year. This includes the
tasks of reviewing documents, preparing for discussions, completing written comments,
and participation in eventual meetings. Additional working days to contribute
to products and services will be mutually agreed upon and contractual arrangements,
as appropriate, will be made with each Scientific Resource Group (SRG) member
and in consultation with its chair, Professor Cesar G. Victora, President Elect
of the International Epidemiological Association.
Nomination Process:
Please nominate yourself or someone else by 15 May 2009, by sending an expression
of interest by email to equity@who.int that includes the nominee's
name, full contact information including email and telephones, and optionally,
a couple of sentences on why the nominee should participate in the group and noting
no conflict of interest to advise WHO. All nominees will be contacted on
a rolling basis with selection completed by end June 2009.
For
more information on the nomination process, please visit: http://www.who.int/eth/en/
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NEWS FROM CCPH |
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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 and other details are available online 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 | | |
| Call for Photos of “Community-Campus Partnerships
in Action” June 5, 2009 Deadline for Photo Submissions  CCPH is looking
for photos that reflect a diverse range of community-academic partnerships in
action. The photos will be used for the
CES4Health website that will be launched this fall. CES4Health is a new online mechanism for
peer-review and dissemination of innovative products of community-engaged scholarship
- including, for example, educational videos, policy briefs, training manuals
and curricula. We are especially interested in photos that reflect the actions
and accomplishments of community-campus partnerships from across the globe!
To submit photos, please visit:
https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/ccphuw/75969 Please note that photos must be in .jpg format and accompanied by
a completed CCPH
photo release form. All photos used on
the site will be properly acknowledged. If you have any questions, please email
ccphuw@u.washington.edu On a related note, we are currently piloting CES4Health and invite
CCPH members
with community-engaged scholarship products to become inaugural authors.
To learn more about CES4Health and how to submit a product for peer-review,
please visit: www.ces4health.info. |
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New 15% CCPH Member
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 The
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an ongoing basis for the establishment of best practice guidelines. In addition,
JERHRE seeks to create collaboration among institutions and researchers
concerned about the responsible conduct of research by disseminating knowledge
and information to foster the intelligent application of ethical principles in
research contexts worldwide.
CCPH co-edited the June 2008 JERHRE issue on ethical
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| Successful CBPR Workshop Sparks Plans for
Next Year CCPH Member Input Sought on Topics for April
2010 Workshop  The April 10th Community-Based Participatory Research
(CBPR) workshop co-sponsored by the Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research
Ethics (JERHRE), the Center for Public Policy at University of Houston, and CCPH was a great success with nearly 100
participants attending. The workshop examined
models and challenges to CBPR and included presentations by
CCPH Board Member Susan Gust and Faculty for Engaged Campus Co-Director Cathy Jordan
(shown at left.)
Presentations, handouts and resource materials are posted on the
workshop website: http://www.uh.edu/cpp/cbprcprogram.htm Most, if not all, of the 2009 presentations will be turned into articles
that will be published in JERHRE. Learn
more about this Medline-indexed peer-reviewed journal at http://caliber.ucpress.net/joi/jer. CCPH co-edited the June 2008 JERHRE issue on ethical
considerations in CBPR. Read the introduction
to the issue at: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pdf_files/JERHRE_intro.pdf Responding to positive feedback from participants, workshop organizer
and JERHRE Editor-in-Chief, Joan E. Sieber has already committed to hosting the
workshop again next year. CCPH is excited to once again co-sponsor this event.
Joan is seeking input from CCPH Members
on topics to address (see below). We encourage you to respond with suggestions
and mark your calendars now to attend! Request for Topics of Interest for the 2010 CBPR Workshop The following are topics workshop organizers would like to include
in next year's workshop at the University of Houston's Center for Public Policy
on April 8 and 9, 2010. Please let them
know of experts and resources on any of these topics, and whether you would be
interested in contributing on any of these topics.
What other topics would you suggest? Please
email your suggestions or ideas to Joan Sieber at joan.sieber@csueastbay.edu
or phone 510-538- 5424. A. Models
of community research funding. What models
exist? Who can describe them?
Here are some possibilities. Where do they exist? How are they operated? Who funds such studies? a. Funding directly to a
community group b. Funding to university
sub-contacted to community group c. Funding jointly to two
entities B. Scientific literacy.
Building appropriate scientific literacy in community members - what the
community needs to know and how to teach the community.
How do you find out what they need to know?
Helping the community to understand when research is needed. Showing how one good project can lead to
others. C. Understanding the community.
Building community literacy in the research team - what the research team
needs to know, and how to learn from the community what is important to know and
incorporate into the research. What fears
and concerns does the community have about the research and how can these by allayed? D. Trust and sustainability.
Approaches to building trust and sustainability of a community research
program. At this year's conference, we learned about
the importance of building trust and strong relationships before beginning the
research. This ensures that people will want to participate, will be eager to
learn the results as they come in and to apply those results, and won't let government
agencies stop the funding of a valuable program. E. Dissemination. Effective ways to disseminate findings
to the community. Who should communicate findings to the community? How to formulate projects so that they are
not designed to blame the victim (e.g., consider the example of studies of American
Indians and the correlates of NOT becoming an alcoholic rather than the bad news
of how so many do. Getting community input
on how to interpret findings and how to disseminate them.
Helping the community to effectively use the findings. F. Application. Ensuring that findings are applied to improve
programs in the community quickly. Arranging
to retain the program long enough to fully optimize the knowledge potential. |
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Membership Offers? Did you know that CCPH updates
these website pages every other week, ensuring you have access to the latest resources
to support you in your work? Funding Opportunities:
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/fundingopps.html Awards, Fellowships
& Scholarships: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/funding-awards.html Calls for Papers
and Presentations: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/callsforpapers.html |
| | Not Yet A Member? Join Today! If you are interested in becoming
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join
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| Showcase Your Work!
Be a CCPH Featured Member! Let the world know about
your partnership work! Email us at ccphuw@u.washington.edu
for details. Read about Current CCPH Featured Member
Trevor Goddard at http://www.ccph.info To view past CCPH Featured
Members, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pastfeaturedmembers.html |
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| UPCOMING EVENTS For details on these new listings
and all previously listed upcoming events, visit CCPH’s
CONFERENCE PAGE Join CCPH at these Upcoming Events! |
| May 2009 May 2-5, 2009
● Pediatric Academic Societies
Annual meeting ● Baltimore, MD Faculty for the Engaged
Campus Co-Director Cathy Jordan will give a presentation, "Making Your Advocacy Count in Promotion
and Tenure," on the Community-Engaged Scholarship Review, Promotion &
Tenure package to the Pediatric Academic Societies’ Advocacy Interest Group.
For more information on the Annual meeting, visit: http://www.pas-meeting.org/2009Baltimore/ For more information on the Review, Promotion & Tenure toolkit,
visit: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pdf_files/CES_RPT_Package.pdf May 11-12, 2009 · International Collaboration on Community-Based Participatory
Research for Health · Toronto, ON Canada CCPH Senior Consultant Sarena Seifer will represent CCPH at this international working
meeting convened by CCPH members Wellesley Institute and WZB in Berlin.
For more information, contact Brenda Roche at brenda@wellesleyinstitute.com May 14-15, 2009 ● NIH Conference on Community Engagement in Clinical
and Translational Research ● Bethesda, MD CCPH is participating
in the conference, “Improving Health WITH Communities: The Role of Community Engagement
in Clinical and Translational Research. This is the second annual conference
to discuss, share best practices, and collaborate with communities and health
care providers to improve health. Participants will develop recommendations for
academic-community collaborations and partnerships with other community programs
to establish research agendas. This event
is free and open to the public. CCPH members are presenting on such topics as "Community and
Academic Partners for Collaborative Translation: Success Stories" and "Forming
and Maintaining Effective Community Engaged Partnerships to Influence Policy."
CCPH Board Chair Emeritus Elmer Freeman is moderating a session and CCPH Senior Consultant Sarena Seifer will be presenting a poster on the Communities as Partners in Cancer Clinical Trials Initiative
cosponsored by CCPH and the Education Network to Advance Cancer Clinical Trials. For more information,
visit at: www.aptrweb.org/workshop May 18 & 19, 2009 ● International Partnership Institute
● Portland, OR ● 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.” 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.
CCPH Senior Consultant Rachel Vaughn and CCPH member Zoe Freeman will be leading a session on "Transforming Communities
& Campuses Through Authentic Partnerships: Applying Best Practices."
Registration is $200. For more 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 Apply now for this intensive
four-day Institute – attendance is limited to 23 participants! 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 May 4, 2009, 11:00am
PST · Webinar on Strategies
for Publishing Research & Practice in the American Journal of Public Health
& Beyond · https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/667013506 May 12, 2009 · University of Toronto Faculty Summer Institute on Service-Learning
· University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada · http://ccp.utoronto.ca June 3, 2009 · National Conference on University-Assisted Community
Schools as an Effective Strategy for Education Reform, K-16+ · University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia, PA · For information contact: Joann Weeks at weeks@pobox.upenn.edu June 5, 2009 · The Crisis of Health and Human Rights in South L.A.:
Leveraging Lessons and Getting Results in South LA and Beyond · Los Angeles, CA · http://www.southlahealthandhumanrights.org/ June 11, 2009 · 5th Annual Symposium on Service Learning & Civic
Engagement, “Responding to the Challenges and Opportunities for Engagement” · Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC · http://www.wcu.edu/9818.asp June 16-19, 2009 · Problem Based Learning Workshop · Southern Illinois University,
Springfield, IL · https://www.siumed.edu/cme/PBL09.html June 24-26, 2009 · Robert Wood Johnson 3rd Annual Symposium · Princeton, NJ · http://www.rwjf-newconnections.org July 1-3, 2009 · 17th Annual National Associations of Local
Boards of Health
· Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · http://www.nalboh.org/Program.htm September 23-25, 2009 · The Midwest Consortium for Service-Learning in Higher
Education 6th Annual Conference · University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE · http://www.midwestconsortium.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=209:2009-conference&catid=55:2009-conference&Itemid=126 October
4-6, 2009 · 15th Qualitative Health Research Conference · Vancouver,
British Columbia · http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/iiqm/QHR2009.cfm October 5-6, 2009
· 3rd Annual Fostering Global Citizenship in Higher Education
Conference · World Learning/SIT campus in Brattleboro, VT · http://www.vtcampuscompact.org/2009_Fostering_Global.htm October 19-23,
2009 · The 8th International Conference on Urban Health · Nairobi, Kenya · www.icuh2009.org November 3-6, 2009 · National
Conference to End Health Disparities II · Winston-Salem, NC · http://www.ceehd.com/ March 11-12, 2010
· New Directions in American Health Care: Innovations
From Home and Abroad · Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY · http://www.hofstra.edu/Community/culctr/culctr_events_Health_Care_08.html
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Guidance on the
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act: Implications for Investigators and
Institutional Review Boards – The Office of Human Research Protections has posted
on its website a finalized guidance document entitled, “Guidance on the Genetic
Information Nondiscrimination Act: Implications for Investigators and Institutional
Review Boards.” The guidance document provides OHRP’s first formal guidance
on this topic. The document, and is intended primarily for investigators who conduct,
and institutional review boards (IRBs) that review, non-exempt human subjects
research involving genetic testing or collection of genetic information.
The guidance document provides background on protections provided by the Genetic
Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) and discusses some of the implications
of GINA for investigators who conduct, and IRBs that review, genetic research,
particularly with respect to the criteria for IRB approval of research and the
requirements for obtaining informed consent under the Department of Health and
Human Services regulations for the protection of human subjects (45 CFR part 46). OHRP
welcomes comments on this new guidance documents. Please send any comments to
OHRP by e-mail at ohrp@hhs.gov, with citation of the specific document related
to the comments in the subject line. To view this document, visit: http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/humansubjects/guidance/gina.html
New School Nutrition
Resource Is Mobilizing Students to Lead - New from the Alliance for
a Healthier Generation, empowerME@school is a free student leadership toolkit
for middle and high school students to successfully improve the nutritional quality
of the snacks and drinks in their schools. By participating in empowerME@school,
students learn advocacy skills including surveying their peers, developing action
plans, public speaking, working with adults and mentors, evaluating group efforts
and celebrating victories. Students who complete empowerME@school are encouraged
to upload their success stories with the program along with photos, and videos
at empowerme2b.org. Interested youth and adult allies may download empowerME@school
and a facilitator’s guide at empowerme2b.org
Resource Center
Launches Podcast Series on Unexpected Infant and Child Death and Pregnancy Loss
- Wisdom from the Field is
a new podcast series featuring personal stories from people in the sudden and
unexpected infant and child death and pregnancy loss field, including parents,
doctors and nurse practitioners, researchers, members of the faith-based community,
bereavement counselors, and others. The series was launched by the National Sudden
and Unexpected Infant/Child Death and Pregnancy Loss Resource Center at Georgetown
University as part of Multimedia Resources Online, a Web page containing selected
audio, video, PowerPoint presentations, and archived Webcasts on SIDS, safe sleep,
and related topics. The series content includes Home Visiting and Grief Counseling,
a podcast featuring nurses speaking about bereavement support and grief counseling.
The series is available at http://www.sidscenter.org/multimedia.html.
Online Community
Based Research Modules Released - The Centre for Academic and
Faculty Development at Douglas College has completed the first 5 in a series of
modules that are designed for professional development with aspiring or active
community based researchers. The module includes these video presentations,
most from the CBR Symposium hosted by Douglas College in May 2008. Topics covered
in the videos will appeal to both novice and experienced researchers. The modules
address reasons to engage, evolution, current landscape in Canada, role of peer
research and resources. One of the videos, "Peer Research 101," produced
by the Toronto Community-Based Research Network, was co-sponsored by Community-Campus
Partnerships for Health. For more information, visit: http://webster.douglas.bc.ca/cbr/ConversationsonCBR.html Grand Challenge
for Healthcare X Prize Design Open for Public Comment for–The Grand Challenge for the Healthcare X PRIZE is to
create an optimal health paradigm that empowers and engages individuals and communities
in a way that dramatically improves health value. The proposed $10+million prize
is designed to improve health value by more than 50 percent in a 10,000 person
community during a three year trial. In order to effectively compete for this
prize, teams will need to fundamentally change health financing, care delivery,
and create new incentives that will result in achieving the required improvements
in health value for both individuals and communities. The X PRIZE Foundation is committed to
the transparent develop of the Initial Prize Design and has released for public
comment the preliminary thinking behind the proposed Healthcare X PRIZE. Input
will help refine the design to have the greatest impact in creating an optimal
health paradigm for individual vitality and overall community health. For more
information, visit: http://www.xprize.org/future-x-prizes/healthcare-x-prize |
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| EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Director of Academic
Initiatives - Campus Compact – Deadline: May 31, 2009 -Campus Compact envisions colleges and
universities as vital agents and architects of a diverse democracy, committed
to educating students for responsible citizenship in ways that both deepen their
education and improve the quality of community life. The director of academic
initiatives provides leadership and strategic focus for Campus Compact’s work
to embed civic and community engagement within teaching and research activities
at the more than 1,100 member colleges and universities. The successful candidate
will be deeply committed to engagement and to building and sustaining partnerships
with staff at the state and national Compact offices as well as higher education
associations, governmental agencies, and community-based organizations.
S/he will also understand and be able to work effectively with faculty, academic
administrators, center directors, and other campus stakeholders at different types
of institutions and with various levels of experience with engagement. S/he must
be comfortable with both leadership and management functions related to a wide
variety of events, programs, and technical assistance activities designed to support
and highlight engagement efforts across the country. For more information, visit:
http://www.compact.org/events-jobs-grants-more/jobs/director-of-academic-initiatives/5703/ Director – University of California
at San Francisco University Community Partnerships - Under
the general supervision of the Vice Provost of Student Academic Affairs and in
collaboration with the Faculty Co-Director, the Director of University Community
Partnerships (UCP) facilitates and supports partnerships between the university
and local communities, guided by the vision of the University Community Partnership
Council (UCPC). Partnerships may include community outreach, service-learning
programs, community-based participatory research, and workforce and economic development
initiatives. The incumbent assists in
the recruitment and retention of UCPC members and coordinates meetings and retreats;
responsible for day-to-day oversight of the program budget, including grants budget;
responsible for working with the Tides Foundation to administer UCP’s grants program;
responsible for partnering with the UCPC in the development of the annual budget
request; and responsible for seeking appropriate outside grant funding to augment
existing program budget. The incumbent
serves as a liaison to the public and members of the UCSF community, performs
outreach, promotes the value of university-community partnerships, actively solicits
participation in partnerships, helps university and community members find appropriate
partners, builds the capacity of university and community members to undertake
successful partnership projects, identifies communities with special needs, and
nurtures university-community relationships. To learn more, please visit: http://www.ucsfhr.ucsf.edu/careers/. Once at the website, please click on
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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 |  Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
Masters Theses/Pre-Dissertation Support – Deadline: May 8, 2009- The
Clara Mayo Grant program was set up to support masters theses or pre-dissertation
research on aspects of sexism, racism, or prejudice, with preference given to
students enrolled in a terminal master's program. Studies of the application of
theory or the design of interventions or treatments to address these problems
are welcome. Individuals who are SPSSI members and who have matriculated in graduate
programs in psychology, applied social science, and related disciplines. A student
who is applying for a Grants-In-Aids may not apply for the Clara Mayo award in
the same award year. Applicants may submit only one Mayo application per calendar
year. For more information, please visit: www.spssi.org/claramayogrants
Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
(SPSSI) Grants-In-Aid Program –
Deadline: May 15, 2009 - The SPSSI Committee
on Grants-in-Aid (GIA) wishes to support scientific research in social problem
areas related to the basic interests and goals of SPSSI and particularly those
that are not likely to receive support from traditional sources. The Committee
especially encourages proposals involving (a) unique and timely research opportunities,
(b) underrepresented institutions, graduate students, and junior scholars, (c)
volunteer research teams, and (d) actual, not pilot, projects. Funds are not normally
provided for travel to conventions, travel or living expenses while conducting
research, stipends of principal investigators, costs associated with manuscript
preparation, or the indirect costs of institutions. Eligibility: The applicant
must be a member of SPSSI. Applicants may submit only one application per deadline.
If an applicant has applied to the Clara Mayo Grant in the same award year
(July 1-June 30), she or he is not eligible to apply for GIA. Individuals may
submit a joint application. For more information, please visit: www.spssi.org/grantsinaid. Rosalynn
Carter Institute and Johnson & Johnson Caregiving Grants – Deadline:
Extended to May 29, 2009 - RCI/Johnson & Johnson will fund 5 additional
implementation sites in 2009-2010. In this round of funding, we will be
promoting implementation of four evidence-based programs in five new community
agency sites located in the United States. Sites will be chosen after applicants
complete a series of technical assistance trainings aimed at increasing agency
and community capacity to successfully deliver the program with fidelity. RCI
will also conduct on and off-site interviews with promising candidates as part
of the selection process. Selected projects will be funded for 2 years for a total
amount of $100,000 per site. The first step in the application process is to submit
a brief Initial Interest Form electronically or by fax by May
29, 2009. Agencies interested in
applying must designate at least one staff member to participate in the RCI's
free Technical Assistance Webinar Series. The first scheduled webinar will
be an overview of the RCI's grant process, and will provide information critical
to the success of potential applicants. This webinar, titled "Getting Started
- The RCI Bridge from Science to Service", will be held on Thursday, May
14, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. EST. The webinar will run between 1 and 1 1/2 hours in
length. For more information, please visit: http://www.rosalynncarter.org/UserFiles/File/2009%20Grant%20Opportunity.pdf National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
(NCMHD) Fund for New Centers of Excellence – Deadline: June 19, 2009
- The National Center
on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD), National Institutes of Health
solicits grant applications from institutions/organizations that propose to establish
an Exploratory NCMHD Center of Excellence (COE) to support infrastructure and
capacity building, building and sustaining novel partnerships, training, innovative
basic biomedical and behavioral clinical, or population-based research and intervention
and prevention studies contributing to either the improvement of minority health,
the elimination of health disparities or both. To be eligible for the COE, applicant
institutions must have existing federal research support and/or research infrastructure
as reflected in a level of NIH institutional funding of less than $80 million
for the year 2008. Each NCMHD Exploratory COE (P20) must contain an administrative
core, a research core, a research training/education core and a community engagement/
outreach core. At least one research project must be proposed. NCMHD will support
no more than three research projects during the 5 year project period. For more
information, visit: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=46774 |
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all previously listed announcements, please visit CCPH’s AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS,
& SCHOLARSHIPS PAGE
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for Nominations for the 2009 Journalism Award for Excellence in Nutrition and
Physical Activity – Deadline: May 8, 2009 - The Strategic Alliance for
Healthy Food and Activity Environments is accepting nominations for the third
biennial Journalism Award for Excellence in Nutrition and Physical Activity. The
award will be presented during the 2009 California Childhood Obesity Conference
in Los Angeles. Given the media's critical influence on the debate around healthy
eating and physical activity, the award acknowledges professional reporter, one
student reporters and/or news sources who strive to include an environmental and
policy perspective in their coverage of nutrition and physical activity. Potential
nominees should be (1) a single article, TV or radio clip; or (2) a reporter or
news source (print, TV or radio) that has produced a body of work that meet the
following criteria: Positively contributes to news consumers' understanding of
physical activity and/or nutrition issues from an environmental perspective rather
than solely an individual perspective; Portrays nutrition and physical activity
advocates as experts in the field; Uses relevant data (studies, reports, statistics
etc.) about nutrition and physical activity to support an environmental perspective;
Displays knowledge and investment in physical activity and/or nutrition by discussing
a diversity of viewpoints; Exhibits excellent reporting skills and creativity
in coverage. Nominations can be submitted at:
http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j
Call
for Nominations for the Institute of Medicine’s Lienhard Award – Deadline: June 5, 2009 - The Institute of Medicine is
now accepting nominations for the 24th annual Gustav O. Lienhard Award. The award--
which includes a medal and $25,000--recognizes individuals for outstanding achievement
in improving health care services in the United States. Support for the award
is provided by an endowment established by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The Gustav O. Lienhard Award honors individuals whose creative or pioneering efforts
have appreciably improved personal health services as opposed to the science base
of health care. To encourage consideration of the widest possible range of candidates,
no eligibility limits are placed on the education and profession of individuals
who may be nominated; however, their achievements should be national in scope.
(See a complete list of the selection criteria.)
The award will be presented at the IOM's Annual Meeting in Washington,
D.C. on October 12, 2009. To submit a nomination, please use the online nominations
form at: www.iom.edu/Lienhard. Call
For Nominations for The Institute of Medicine’s Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International
Prize in Mental Health – Deadline:
June 19, 2009 -This international award, medal and $20,000 recognizes individuals,
groups, organizations for outstanding achievement in improving mental health.
Support for the award is provided by an endowment established by Rhoda and Bernard
Sarnat in1991.The Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health
recognizes contributions that improve the understanding of, or treatment for,
mental disorders; innovations in mental health services; or public policy changes
that foster science and/or improves mental health services. There are no constraints
on the education, profession, or specific discipline of individuals or organizations.
The award may honor work in psychiatry, psychology, social work, nursing, public
health, neuroscience, advocacy, or another relevant activity or field that serves
to improve mental health research or services, and will be made without regard
to nationality. For more information, visit: http://www.iom.edu/CMS/28312/32015.aspx Postdoctoral
Fellowship at the Centre for Excellence for Youth Engagement
– Deadline: July 15, 2009 - The Center
of Excellence for Youth Engagement seeks applicants for a Postdoctoral Fellowship
under the direction of Dr. Linda Rose-Krasnor (Psychology Department) at Brock
University, St. Catharine, Ontario, Canada. The Centre, funded partially by the
federal government, is focused on improving the health and well being of Canadian
youth. We seek someone with a Ph.D. in developmental, clinical, social, or personality
psychology with an emphasis on adolescent time use, youth lifestyle choices, youth
participation, and/or health and well
being. This position offers the unique experience of
working collaboratively with academics, service providers,
youth advocates, and youth in the context of a national
program seeking to promote youth
engagement as a context for healthy development. In
addition to conducting research related to youth
activity involvement and healthy adolescent development,
there is strong potential for involvement in
policy development. Publication of research findings
and presentations at academic conferences are
anticipated. Experience with a variety of research
methodologies, including cross-sectional and
longitudinal studies, as well as experimental designs,
is required. Training in, and demonstrated
experience with, multivariate statistics, including
advanced regression techniques and structural
equation modeling are required. Additional requisite
academic skills include literature review and
synthesis, and the ability to communicate research
findings to audiences with a wide range of
backgrounds. The fellowship is a paid position with
a salary of $42,000 plus benefits and research allowance. For more information, visit:
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please visit CCPH’s
CALLS FOR PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS PAGE
| Call for Submissions to the
Arts Politic Print-and-Online Magazine – Deadline: May 14, 2009 –
Arts Politic is seeking submissions for its Summer 2009 Issue,
“The Arts & The Economy.: A quorum for creative and political thinking and
a stage for emerging art, The Arts Politic bridges the space between artists and
policymakers to create a conversation about cultural policy, political art, and
arts activism. The magazine features news briefs about recent arts policy decisions,
profiles about leaders in the field (emerging and professional), scholarly articles,
creative submissions, and reviews of arts-politics-related music, theatre, film
and
literature. It seeks contributions from emerging leaders in the
arts, policymakers, scholars, professors, and artists. For complete submissions
guidelines, please visit: www.theartspolitic.com/submissions. Call for Conference Abstracts
for the 8th International Conference on Urban Health – Deadline: May 30, 2009
– As the world urbanizes, public
health issues need to be viewed through the urban lens. From the population perspective,
migration and natural growth without matching resources has produced unprecedented
formation of informal settlements characterized by poor physical infrastructure
for the provision of basic services such as water, sanitation, housing, energy,
and transportation; and high levels of morbidity and mortality. Because of a lack
of access to quality health services, reproductive health and child health are
compromised; the urban health systems have multiple issues that need to be addressed
including organization of service delivery, increasing demand and supply, financing,
and legal and regulatory barriers; and varying levels of food security and food
availability often lead to malnutrition or obesity, depending on context. Climate
change poses another public health threat and cities are particularly vulnerable.
Addressing these and other issues requires innovations in governance and partnerships
for healthy and resilient cities. The 2009 International Conference on Urban Health
(ICUH) invites research topics related to these themes. For more information,
visit: http://www.icuh2009.org/abstracts.htm Call for Proposals for the Midwest
Consortium for Service-Learning in Higher Education Sixth Annual Conference - Deadline: June 1, 2009 – The 6th Annual conference
will be held September 23-25, 2009 at the University of Nebraska, Omaha.
Proposals are invited for these themes: Innovative use of social media
to develop, promote and manage service-learning projects; Best practices of integrating
service-learning into curricula, in methods of assessing learning in the experiential
context and in strategies of project evaluation; Best practices in research-based,
collaboratively planned, ongoing professional development; Best practices in engaging
and sustaining reciprocal, collaborative partnerships focused on addressing community
issues; Best practices in developing collaborative community based participatory
research projects in which students and faculty apply research methods to community
identified and guided studies; Best Practices in applying research to the pedagogy
of service-learning for continuous improvement. For more information, please visit:
http://www.midwestconsortium.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=229:call-for-proposals&catid=55:2009-conference&Itemid=141
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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
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Pedagogies of Praxis: Course-Based
Action Research in the Social Sciences
By Nila Ginger
Hofman and Howard Rosing This book is about building public interest partnerships
between institutions of higher education and local community-based organizations.
It is not a how-to guide, but rather a compilation of case studies that discusses
the implications, successes, and failures of such partnerships. In particular,
this book documents the ways in which course-based action research (CBAR) within
the social sciences functions as an effective resource for establishing and reinforcing
partnerships among students, academic officers, and local communities. Students
and faculty, guided through CBAR, learn how to develop advocacy strategies for
marginalized communities through firsthand exposure to local-level politics and
power imbalances in these communities.
Nila Ginger Hofman is assistant
professor of anthropology, and Howard Rosing is an anthropologist and executive
director of the Steans Center for Community-based Service Learning, both at DePaul
University.
CCPH members receive a 15% discount
when ordering this publication and all Jossey-Bass Publications from the CCPH website! To order: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/books.html |
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The Community
Development Reader
Edited by James DeFilippis and
Susan Saegert The
Community Development Reader is the first comprehensive reader addressing community
development. Community development has become a significant component of urban
political economies in the past thirty years. This Reader is an ambitious
volume bringing together history, theory and power dynamics. It does not just
promote the model of community development but also addresses the messiness of
community development. The volume includes sections on: History
and Future of Community Development; Community Development Institutions and Practice
Understanding; Building and Organizing Community; and Theoretical Conceptions
and Debates. To order: Visit Routledge Sociology Arena
at: http://www.routledgesociology.com/books/The-Community-Development-Reader-isbn9780415954297
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