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May 20, 2005 Volume VII ● Issue 10 Message From Our Executive Director Community-Campus
Partnerships for Health UW Box 354809 Seattle, WA 98195-4809 Tel. (206)
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MANY WORKING ADULTS LACK HEALTH INSURANCE, REPORT FINDS A
significant number of working Americans in every state do not have healthcare
coverage, a new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
finds. According
to the report, Characteristics of the Uninsured: A View from the States, at
least one in five working adults in eight states is uninsured. In thirty-nine
other states, at least one working adult in every ten does not have coverage.
In addition, between one-fourth and one-half of all uninsured adults in all
fifty states and the District of Columbia were unable to see a doctor when needed
in the past year because of cost. The
report was released to kick off Cover the Uninsured Week, a project of the Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation in partnership with more than twenty other funders,
including the California Endowment and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. From May
1 to May 8, more than one thousand events across the country highlighted the
importance of stable and affordable healthcare coverage for all Americans, including
the nearly 45 million Americans who are uninsured. Community-Campus
Partnerships for Health is a supporting organization. "Cover
the Uninsured Week provides momentum and mobilization that will ultimately
result in actions that benefit the millions of Americans who live without
health coverage," said RWJF president and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey.
"Too many families suffer, and too many lives are lost because our
nation has not taken action to address this problem. As a nation, and as individuals,
we can either let 45 million of our neighbors live without health insurance,
or we can come together and do something about it." "Working
But Uninsured: Millions of Employed Americans Uninsured and Unable to Get
Medical Care." Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Press Release 4/27/05. SCHOOL GETS CREATIVE TO KEEP PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN SHAPE Excerpted from the
article by James Walsh in the April 29 issue of the Star Tribune For most kids at most schools, there's little
danger of wearing out the gym shoes. Leslie Lytle, an epidemiology professor
at the University of Minnesota, studies childhood obesity. Decades ago, she
said, it was common for students to have daily gym classes. Today, just 8
percent of U.S. schools provide phys-ed daily. Elementary students are
averaging less than two hours of gym time a week; older kids, even less. The
statistics are sobering, reports James Walsh. More of our children are obese.
Fewer kids are physically active. Yet schools, constrained by tightening
finances and rising pressure to boost math and reading scores, are giving
students less time for physical education. But some Twin Cities schools,
through creativity or just plain determination, are bucking the sedentary
trend. At some, phys-ed teachers are launching afternoon walking or bicycling
clubs; at others, classroom teachers use silly games to get bodies in motion.
Some chase outside funding to build state-of-the-art fitness centers to coax
kids off the couch. "I believe physical activity is so integral to what
we do," said principal Jud Haynie. Her school is using state and federal
grants and a coming International Baccalaureate magnet program to boost its
phys-ed and fitness offerings. "Your mind isn't receptive to information
and to learning unless you're taking care of your body." Full article MESSAGE
FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
For details on these new listings
and all previously listed upcoming events, visit CCPHs
CONFERENCE PAGE Join
CCPH at these upcoming events!
June 1-3, 2005 ● Bureau of Health
Professions First All-Grantee Conference, Washington, DC.
CCPH executive
director Sarena Seifer will be presenting the findings and recommendations of the Commission
on Community-Engaged Scholarship in the Health Professions on Friday
June 3. CCPH will also be exhibiting. Stop by and see us at Booth #17. Additional
information about the conference. To learn more about the
Commission and its report on Linking
Scholarship and Communities, visit the Whats New section on the
CCPH homepage at www.ccph.info.
September 19-21, 2005 ● Community
Based Collaborative Research Conference, Portland, OR. CCPH is
a co-sponsor. The Call for Proposals is due July 1. Call for Proposals New
Event Listings For details on
these new listings and all previously listed upcoming events, visit CCPHs CONFERENCE PAGE June 2-4, 2005 ● Creating the Future: Good Governance in Action in
Scottsdale, AZ June 21-24, 2005 ● 63rd Annual Meeting of the U.S. Mexico Border Health
Association: Binational Health to Foster Development in
Laredo, TX August 4-6, 2005 ● National Conference on Volunteering and Service, Washington,
DC December 4-6, 2005 ● Second Annual International
Conference on Social Science Research, Orlando, FL May 31-June 3, 2006 ● Minneapolis, MN 9th Conference Theme
Announcement CCPH is pleased to announce the theme of next years conference. Walking the Talk:
Achieving the Promise of Authentic Partnerships 9th Conference Planning
Committee This years committee is comprised of individuals from
across North America who reflect the diversity of our membership, including
community leaders, academic administrators, faculty members, and students. ● Alex Allen, Community Planning &
Research, Isles, Inc., Princeton, NJ ● Chuck Conner, West Virginia Rural Health
Education Partnership, Spencer, WV ● Sarah Flicker, Wellesley Central Health Corp.,
Toronto, ON, Canada ● Joan Gluch, Community Health, University of
Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, PA ● Susan Gust, Phillips Neighborhood Healthy
Housing Collaborative, Minneapolis, MN ● Chamika Hawkins, Urban Health Academic Center
Office of Education, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN ● Cathy Jordan, Children, Youth and Family
Consortium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN ● Juli Kaufmann, Healthier Wisconsin Partnership
Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI ● Daniel Korin, Cross-Cultural & Community Health, Lutheran Family Health Centers, Bronx, NY ● Piper Krauel,
The Center for the Health Professions, University of California-San
Francisco, CA ● Rohinee Lal, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon
Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada ● Julie Plaut, Minnesota Campus Compact, St.
Paul, MN ● Emmanuel Price, Community Building in
Partnership, Inc., Baltimore, MD ● Kristin Schwarze, Student Leader, Americas
Promise, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN Additional information can be found on the conference website. Global Youth Connect is
Recruiting Young Leaders for Human Rights Delegation to Rwanda The
delegation would travel to Rwanda from December 29, 2005 January 14, 2006
(tentative). This experiential education and service program will take
participants to the capital city of Kigali, to Butare (the site of the
National University of Rwanda and an area heavily affected during the
genocide) and other sites in Rwanda to explore the range of human rights
issues that are currently impacting Rwandas development. Additional
information and program details. Unite For Sight Volunteer
Service-Learning Opportunities Opportunities in rural
villages, urban locations, and refugee camps (including in the tsunami
region) in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe for Summer 2005,
Fall 2005, and Spring 2006. Additional Information Jossey-Bass Seeking
Reviewers for New Book Proposal Jossey-Bass
is giving serious consideration to a proposal to publish a new book on
Building & Sustaining Successful Coalitions and Partnerships, and looking
for individuals who have professional experience in this area and/or teach
courses related to coalitions and partnerships in community or public health.
If this is of interest, please reply directly to Andy Pasternak. CCPH
Members receive discounts on publications by Jossey-Bass as well as
all CCPH
publications This
newly updated website is designed to give health policy students and faculty
(and others interested in the latest information on health policy issues)
easy access to data, literature, news and developments on major health policy
topics and debates. GRANTS ALERT! New Grants Alert announced in
this newsletter are noted with an asterisk (*) Child Care Bureau
Research Scholar Grants
Deadline: May 23 - The Research Scholar Grants are designed to
increase the number of graduate students conducting dissertation research on
child care issues that are consistent with the Bureau's research agenda. Additional
information or contact Dawn Ramsburg Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Childhood Obesity Active
Living Research-Round 5 - Deadline: May 25 - Active Living Research is a $12.5 million national program to
stimulate and support research that will identify environmental factors and
policies that influence physical activity. The primary purpose is to
increase understanding regarding how policies influence physical activity in
schools and communities in order to motivate and guide policy change. Complete information * Grants to Create Healthier American Indian/Alaska
Native Communities Deadline: June 1 Indian Health Service
(IHS) 2005 grants to implement the HIS Health Promotion/Disease Prevention
Initiative to create healthier communities through innovative and effective
community, school, clinic, and work site health promotion and chronic disease
prevention programs. Federal Grants
Website Campus Suicide Prevention
Grants
Deadline: June 1 - Funding
Opportunity Number: SM-05-015 - The purpose of the
Campus Suicide Prevention Grants Program is to provide funding to support
grants to institutions of higher education to enhance services for students
with mental and behavioral health problems that can lead to school failure,
depression, substance abuse, and suicide attempts, so that students will
successfully complete their studies. For more information, click here
or email Richard McKeon. Collaborative Multisite
Research in Addiction (COMRAD)
Deadline: June 1, October 1 - The National Institute on
Drug Abuse (NIDA) seeks to increase the collaboration of investigators at two
or more sites in order to address critical issues in the epidemiology,
services, and prevention of substance abuse and related disorders that
require sample sizes greater than a single site can reasonably attain. Complete
Announcement Linking Adolescents at
Risk to Mental Health Services Grant Program Deadline: June 1 - Funding
Opportunity Number: SM-05-019 - The purpose of the
Adolescents at Risk program is to evaluate voluntary school-based programs
that focus on identification and referral of high school youth who are at
risk for suicide or suicide attempts. For details, click here. National Library of
Medicine (NLM) Grants for Scholarly Works in Biomedicine and Health - Deadlines: June 1, Nov
1 - The NLM Grants are awarded for the preparation of book-length
manuscripts and other scholarly works of value to US health professionals,
public health officials, biomedical researchers, and historians of the health
sciences. For more information, click here. * Grants Available to Youth Deadline:
June 13 Youth
Service America and Youth Venture are teaming up to make everyday National
Youth Service Day by providing start-up funds for sustainable projects to
youth. Application and information The Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) Funding Announcement Deadline: June 22 - AHRQ
has announced ongoing extramural grants for research, demonstration,
dissemination, and evaluation projects.
For more information, please click here. AHRQ
has a database at through which you may access abstracts for active AHRQ
grants in your state. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Initiative Funding
Partners Program - Deadline:
June 30 - Local Initiative Funding Partners is a partnership
program between RWJF and local grantmakers that supports innovative,
community-based projects to improve the health and health care for society's
most vulnerable people. Complete
information * Grants to Tribes, Tribal Organizations, and Migrant
Programs for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Programs
Deadline: July 5 The
funds must support more effective and comprehensive child abuse prevention
activities and family support services, including an emphasis on
strengthening marriages and reaching out to include fathers, that will
enhance the lives and ensure the safety and well-being of migrant and Native
American children and their families. Additional
information * Call for Applications ETA to Award Grants to Help
Colleges Train Workers for High-Growth Jobs Deadline: July 6 The federal Employment and
Training Administration will be awarding $125 million in grants to community
colleges who partner with employers and others to train more people for
high-growth fields, such as health care. The Community-Based Job
Training Grants will be used to build the capacity of community colleges to
train workers to develop the skills needed to succeed in high-growth
occupations and fields where demand for qualified workers is outstripping
supply. The funds will support both capacity building and training
activities. Details
Call for Proposals:
Substance Abuse Policy Research Program Round X Deadline: August 23 - The
Robert Wood Johnson Foundations program is designed to encourage experts in
public health, law, political science, medicine, sociology, criminal justice,
economics, psychology and other behavioral and policy sciences to address
issues related to substance abuse. Additional
information * Women Helping Others (WHO) Foundation Grants
Deadline: Sept 13 WHO
supports grass-roots charities serving the overlooked needs of women and
children. Specific projects and programs addressing health, education and
social service needs are the priority of the WHO Foundation. The Foundation
recognizes the value of new programs created to respond to changing needs and
will consider funding projects of an original or pioneering nature within an
existing organization. Additional
information The Charles Frueauff
Foundation 2005 Grants - Deadline:
Sept 15 The Charles Frueauff Foundation focuses on at-risk youths
in all its funding categories: education, health, and social services.
Tutoring, sexual-health and job-training initiatives receive preference. International Research
Collaboration Behavioral, Social Sciences Deadline: Sept 21 - Funder's Fund ID: PAR-05-073 - An
important role of the Fogarty International Research Collaboration (FIC)is to
foster discovery and reduce global health disparities through the support of
international cooperation across the continuum of basic, clinical and applied
biomedical, and health sciences. Additional
information Cancer Education (R25E)
Grants Program
Deadline: Multiple - Funding Opportunity Number:
PAR-05-065 - Educational
and research dissemination activities are essential components of the
National Cancer Institute's efforts to reduce morbidity and mortality due to
cancer. The PHS 398 application
instructions are available in an interactive format. For
further assistance contact GrantsInfo,
Telephone (301) 435-0714. Link to Full Announcement Social and Cultural Dimensions
of Health
Deadline: Multiple - Funding
Opportunity Number: PA-05-029 - The ultimate goal of
this National Institutes of Health program announcement is to encourage the
development of health research that integrates knowledge from the biomedical
and social sciences. The PHS 398 application instructions are
available online in an interactive format. For further
assistance contact GrantsInfo@nih.gov. Link to Full Announcement. The National Institutes
of Health (NIH): Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related
Research
Deadline: Open - Principal investigators holding specific types
of NIH research grants (listed in the full announcement) are eligible for
available funds for administrative supplements to improve the diversity of
the research workforce by supporting and recruiting students, postdoctorates,
and eligible investigators from groups that have been shown to be
underrepresented. For details, click here. Common Counsel's Grantee
Exchange Fund (GXF)
Deadline: Open - GXF provides discretionary small grants to
build bridges between grassroots organizations throughout the United States
to encourage social change organizations to seek technical assistance from
one another, and to help build regional and national networks among
organizations. Complete
information. Community Participation
in Research
Deadlines: May 17, 2006, 2007 - A number of federal
agencies, including NIH, CDC and AHRQ have collaborated in the release of
program announcement PAR-05-026 on Community Participation in Research. The
goal of this PAR is to support research on health promotion, disease
prevention, and health disparities that is jointly conducted by communities
and researchers. Click here for
details. To view the edited notes
and audiofile from a technical assistance conference call for prospective
applicants held on January 28, 2005, click here. New Calls for Submissions announced in this newsletter are noted
with an asterisk (*) HHS seeks nominations to Advisory Committee on Minority Health - Deadline: May 26 - The Department of Health and
Human Services is seeking nominees to serve on the Advisory Committee on
Minority Health, which advises the deputy assistant secretary for minority
health on goals and programs to improve the health of racial and ethnic
minority groups. HHS said nominees should possess experience and expertise on
issues impacting the health of racial and ethnic minority
populations. For more information, click here. * New Research
Fellowship Position at Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
Deadline: May 27 The
Urban Health Institute at JHU is establishing the position with a focus on
urban health and it will collaborate with faculty from JHU in development of
a Baltimore city health assessment and other urban health research issues and
will receive mentoring about research opportunities, publications, and career
development. Contact Hope Joseph for more
information. Entries Invited for Rap-It-Up/Black AIDS Short Subject Film Competition - Deadline: May 27 - Black
Entertainment Television (BET), the Black AIDS Institute, the Henry J. Kaiser
Family Foundation, and the YWCA USA have launched the 2nd Annual Rap-It-Up/
Black AIDS Short Subject (RIU/BASS) Film Competition. The application package
will be available for download at the Black AIDS Institute Website.
Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat Award in Mental Health Deadline: May 30 - This
international award recognizes individuals, groups, or organizations for
outstanding achievement in improving mental health and is accompanied by a
medal and $20,000. More information on this award is
available. Call for Papers for Penn
State National Conference on Mens Health Deadline: May 31 - Papers should be on topics
relating to men's health. The conference will take place October 6-8, 2005 in
Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, click here.
Call for
Nominations for Helen Rodriguez-Trias Social Justice Award - Deadline: May 31 - The American Public Health
Association is pleased to announce the award which is given to a person who
has distinguished herself/himself professionally by working toward social
justice for underserved and disadvantaged populations. This individual's work
should focus on improving the health and well being of these populations and
should include the activities of leading, advocating and mentoring (any or
all three of these activities). Additional information Call for Entries for Association of American Medical Colleges
(AAMC) Innovations in Medical Education Exhibits Deadline: June 10 - The
AAMC is seeking submissions to be showcased Nov. 6-7, 2005 in conjunction
with the association's annual meeting in Washington, D.C. The exhibits
provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and activities in medical
education, and serve to encourage communication among colleagues. Additional information or contact Caroline
Ford Coleman. * Call for Abstracts
for 2nd Annual Asian American Health Conference
Deadline: June 15 The
New York University Center for the Study of Asian American Health is
currently seeking abstracts for the conference that will take place September
23-24, 2005 in New York City. Contact Sapna Pandya,
MPH or Noilyn Abesamis
for details. Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)
Seeks Award Nominations
Deadline: June 15 - The
ACGME is seeking nominations for a new annual award to honor an outstanding
designated institutional official (DIO). The Courage to Lead Award will
recognize a DIO who has demonstrated excellence in overseeing residency
programs at his or her sponsoring institution. Nominees must have at least
five years of experience. Additional information Request for Proposals:
2005 AIDS Community Information Outreach Deadline: June 17 - The National Library of
Medicine (NLM) announced the solicitation of proposals from community-based organizations
and libraries to design and conduct projects that will improve access to
HIV/AIDS related health information for patients, the affected community, and
their caregivers. Additional information Call for Papers for Encyclopedia on Racial
and Ethnic Social Justice Deadline: June 30 - Proposed entries requested for a two-volume encyclopedia on racial and
ethnic social justice in the United States. Contact A. Aguirre Jr. * Call for Proposals for Community Based Collaborative
Research Conference
Deadline: July 1
The conference will take place September 19-21, 2005 in Portland, OR and is sponsored
by the Northwest Health Foundation, co-sponsors include Community-Campus Partnerships for Health. Call for Proposals 2005-2006 CDC/SOPHE Fellowships in Injury and Violence
Prevention - Deadline: July 31 - One year fellowships. Fellows will work at their own
institutions on research or practice-based projects that consider
unintentional injury prevention or violence prevention from the perspectives
of health education or behavioral science. Additional information The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation 2005 Physician Faculty Scholars Program Deadline: August 1 - To
strengthen the leadership and academic productivity of junior medical school
faculty who are dedicated to improving health and health care. Funding: Up to
$300,000 over three years. For more information, click here. Fulbright Scholar Program for Faculty and
Professionals Public Health Awards Deadline: August 1 - Research, lecturing, and
lecturing-research awards are being offered in public health for academic
year 2006-2007. Specific "Public
Health" awards are available in Canada, China, Hungary, India, and Ukraine.
Public health is also among the requested specializations for awards in the
social sciences or sciences, public administration, and mountain studies in
other countries, and in the multi-country regional research programs in
Africa and the Middle East/South Asia. Visit the CIES for more information. Request an application. The Clarence H. Moore Award for Voluntary Service Deadline: August 15 - To
recognize the benefits that the voluntary/non-governmental sector contributes
to the public health mission and to improving the lives of the peoples of the
Americas, the Pan American Health and Education Foundation established the
Clarence H. Moore Award. This award calls attention to the achievements of
NGOs operating in Latin America and the Caribbean in public health, and
celebrates these achievements. Additional information Community Colleges Invited to Apply for MetLife Foundation
Community College Excellence Award - Deadline: August 31 - The Award celebrates and
highlights the accomplishments of colleges that are helping less-advantaged
youth and adults succeed and advance in college and careers. The award
recognizes community colleges whose policies and practices provide pathways
to opportunity for large numbers of individuals. Visit the Jobs for the Future for
details. * Call for Nominations
for the Fifth Annual Delta Omega Award for Innovative Public Health
Curriculum Deadline: Sept 2 As part of its
efforts to promote excellence in public health education, research and
practice, Delta Omega created this award to highlight public health courses
that are integrative, practice-oriented, and multi-disciplinary. Additional information Journal of Interprofessional Care (JIC) Call for Papers - A
Competition for Students
Deadline: September 30 - JIC invites teams of student authors from pre and post-licensure
programs in any country to submit manuscripts to be considered for
publication in a special supplement. CCPH's executive director Sarena D.
Seifer serves on the Journal's North American editorial board. Journal's Notes for Contributors
Questions? student.competition@ubc.ca
* Call for Papers for
the National Civic Review - Deadline: Ongoing The journal
publishes essays and reports written by civic activists, community
practitioners, theorists, and scholars in the fields of public
administration, community building, political reform, government, and social
problem solving. Additional
information Call for Papers for COMM-ORG Deadline: Ongoing - COMM-ORG is the On-Line Conference on Community
Organizing and Development. Are you writing a paper, thesis, or dissertation
on: community organizing, community development, community planning,
community-based research, and/or a related area? COMM-ORG is looking for
papers to post on the COMM-ORG Papers page.
To submit a paper, contact the editor, Randy Stoecker. You can also find out more by clicking here. CCPH
Members receive discounts on publications by Jossey-Bass as well as
all CCPH
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