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May 20, 2005
Volume VII ● Issue 10
Message From Our Executive Director
News From CCPH
Membership Matters
Upcoming Events
2006 Conference Update
Announcements
Grants Alert!
Calls for Submissions
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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."
Download the complete report
"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
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MESSAGE
FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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The
community and institutional transformation made possible through
community-campus partnerships takes time and depends on the passion and
concerted actions of many people.
For the College of Health Professions at the Medical
University of South Carolina (MUSC), a three year investment in
community-campus partnerships and community-engaged scholarship has
resulted in significant benefits to communities, students, faculty and the
institution.
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The Community
Connections: Partners for Service and Learning Program, funded
by an allied health project grant from the Health Resources and Services
Administration to the College, was designed with three purposes in mind:
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To
engage faculty mentors and students in occupational therapy, physical
therapy, and speech-language pathology in community-based learning
experiences;
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To
deliver prevention and health promotion and education services through
community-campus partnerships; and
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To
reach medically underserved communities and health professions shortage
areas across the Lowcountry region of South Carolina.
Last
month I had the pleasure of taking part in the third annual Community Connections
Colloquium in Charleston, SC hosted by the program. The two-day
colloquium celebrated the work of community-campus partnerships involving
faculty, staff, and students at MUSC and featured presentations, group
discussion, and an interactive poster session. Barbara Brandt, assistant
vice president for education at the University of Minnesota Academic Health
Center and a member of the Commission on
Community-Engaged Scholarship in the Health Professions was
a featured speaker at the Colloquium.
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Her
remarks focused on the value and significance of community-engaged
scholarship and how it can be recognized and rewarded in health
professional schools. In sharing her vision for how to build a faculty
career around community-campus partnerships, she encouraged participants to
“Think the unthinkable” and to pursue partnerships that entail “shared
resources, shared risks and shared rewards.”
Among
the outcomes reported by the Community Connections program were:
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Barbara Brandt (UMN) and Maralynne
Mitcham
(MUSC) during the opening session of the
Community Connections Colloquium
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Community-based
learning is embedded across multiple courses involving multiple faculty
members who are deeply committed to community engagement. The number of courses with
community-based learning components has increased from 6 to 10 and the
number of faculty mentors involved in teaching these courses has risen from
6 to 11. Over 300 students have
participated in community-based learning experiences that have reached more
than 1,000 community members. The
experiences range from the musculoskeletal screening of high school
athletes to the development and presentation of a 3 hour continuing
education workshop for allied health professionals on the importance of
prevention, to educational programs that promote health, wellness and
fitness for individuals aging with a disability.
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Students are
gaining essential skills and knowledge for health professions practice in
the 21st century. Students are, for example, becoming critically reflective,
socially responsible and able to collaborate across disciplines and
professions.
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Multiple
partnerships have been formed – in the community and on campus. Partnerships have been established with
27 community organizations, including patient support groups, faith-based
organizations and social service agencies.
The college is now an active partner with communities in 10 of 12
counties in the Lowcountry region of the state. The program also sought collaborations with other colleges at
MUSC and with the Lowcountry Area Health Education Center.
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Faculty members
are pursuing new directions in their scholarship. Faculty members have increased their involvement in
community-engaged scholarship and their scholarly productivity in terms of
peer-reviewed conference presentations and publications.
To learn more about the
Community Connections program, contact principal investigator Maralynne
Mitcham at 843-792-9734 or mitchamm@musc.edu
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Holly Wise (MUSC) presents a poster
on the Community Connections Program
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View and print slide
presentations from the Colloquium on Sustaining
and Building Upon Community-Campus Partnerships and “Linking Scholarship and Communities
The CCPH website has a wealth
of service-learning
resources, from definitions to slide presentations to sample
syllabi to evidence-based reports.
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Interested in having a CCPH
Consultant come to your campus or community organization to help take your
partnerships to “the next level?” CCPH consultants can lead faculty
development workshops, give keynote presentations, facilitate strategic planning
sessions, serve as outside evaluators and more. Learn more about the CCPH Consultancy Network
at or contact me directly for more information at sarena@u.washington.edu
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NEWS FROM
CCPH
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Congratulations
to CCPH Graduate Research Assistant Christine Rutherford-Stuart! Christine has been selected to be a part of the
ninth class of 25 participants in the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention's Public Health Prevention Service (PHPS), a 3-year national
training and service program for masters- level health professionals. The
PHPS program focuses on
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public health program management and provides Prevention
Specialists with experience in program planning, implementation, and
evaluation through specialized hands-on training and mentorship at CDC
and state and local health agencies.
Learn more about Christine
Learn
more about the PHPS program
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MEMBERSHIP
MATTERS
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CCPH Member
Guide
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Developed in consultation with
a broad range of CCPH members, it contains tips, hints and suggestions for
making the most of the vast array of resources and tools that CCPH
provides.
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Member Guide
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Please Join
Us in Welcoming the Following New CCPH Members
~ joined between March
16-April 30, 2005
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E-Members
Christine
DiMartile Bolla, Dominican University of California, San
Rafael, CA
Candace
Kugel, State College, PA
Individual Members
Elizabeth Gable, University of the
Sciences, Philadelphia, PA
Rhonda
Waskiewicz, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA
Student Members
Kari
Ellingstad, Sarasota, FL
Organizational Members
Center
for Youth, Family and Community Partnerships,
Greensboro, NC
Terri Shelton
Kamarrie Davis Gooding
James Frabutt
Jennifer Kimbrough
Georgia
Health Policy Center, Atlanta, GA
Pat Kota
Lindsey Lonergan
Karen Minyard
Tina Smith
University
of Miami, Miami, FL
Penny Tenzer
David Brown
Agueda Hernandez
Shelley Manning
University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR
Ramon Gonzalez
Ana Lopez
Damaris Molina
Yilda Rivera
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Thank
You to these Renewing
Members for their
Continued Support!
~ renewed between March
16-April 30, 2005
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E-Members
Donna
Clemmens, New York University School of Nursing, New
York, NY
Sharon
Connor University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy,
Pittsburgh, PA
James
Cook, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Family and Community
Nursing, Charlotte, NC
Debra
David, San Jose State University Health Science and
Center for Service-Learning, San Jose, CA
Rachel
Grob, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
Gene
Kallenberg, University of California San Diego School of
Medicine, San Diego, CA
Peter
Levesque, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Kathy
McVay, Washington State Department of Health,
Olympia, WA
Elizabeth
Paul, College of New Jersey Department of Psychology, Ewing, NJ
Demetrius
Porche, Louisiana State University Health Science
Center, New Orleans, LA
Individual Members
Caroline
Berger, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa
Cruz, CA
Jan
Brady, University of Michigan-Flint, Brighton, MI
David
Brown, University of Nebraska Medical Center College
of Dentistry,
Lincoln, NE
Meredith
Cary, Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences,
Arlington,
VA
Chuck
Conner, West Virginia Rural Health Education
Partnership, Spencer, WV
Jan
De Maeseneer, Ghent University Department of General
Practice and
Primary Health Care, Ghent, Belgium
Jacquelyn
Frank, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Martha
Hargraves, University of Texas Medical Branch,
Galveston, TX
Laura
Hemminger, University of Medicine
& Dentistry of New Jersey School of Public Health, New Brunswick, NJ
Anna
Huff, Mid Delta Community Consortium
Beth
Kennedy, South Carolina Area Health Education Center,
Charleston, SC
Tom
McGuiness, Citrus Valley Health Partners, West Covina,
CA
Donald
Mowry, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI
Andrea
Neal, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Nancy
Ridenour, Illinois State University Mennonite College
of Nursing,
Normal, IL
Cheryl
Robinson, Mercer University Center for Community
Development,
Macon, GA
Robert
Sigmond, Drexel University School of Public Health,
Philadelphia, PA
Douglas
Simmons, University of Texas-Houston Health Science
Center Dental Branch, Houston, TX
Kathleen
Sternas, Seton Hall University College of Nursing,
Verona, NJ
Vickie
Ybarra, Yakima Valley Health Farm Workers Clinic,
Yakima, WA
Organizational Members
Child
Family Health International, San Francisco, CA
Betsy Fuller Matambanadzo
Evaleen Jones
Steve Schmidbauer
Amie Michalek
Duquesne
University, Pittsburgh, PA
Patricia Crist
Anne Marie Hansen
Jaime Munoz
Ingrid Provident
Healthy
Community Partners, Saginaw, MI
Lisa Hadden
Keystone
College, Northeast Pennsylvania Area Health Education Center, La
Plume, PA
Patricia Lawless
Michigan
State University College of Human Medicine,
East Lansing, MI
William Humphrey
Ann Smith
Clare Luz
Thomas Summerfelt
Murray
State University, Purchase Area Health Education Center,
Murray, KY
Loretta Maldaner
North
Carolina Schweitzer Fellows Program, Davidson, NC
Barbara Heffner
Meghan Kalinich
Kristin Lahurd
Rebecca Torrey
Nova
Southeastern University College of Optometry
David Loshin
Janet Leasher
Sherrol Reynolds
Heidi Wagner
Otterbein
College, Westerville, OH
Nancy Nikiforow
Seattle
Partners for Healthy Communities, Seattle-King County Department of Public
Health, Seattle, WA
Sandy Ciske
James Krieger
Kirsten Senturia
Marianne Sullivan
University
of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Public Health, Little
Rock, AK
Thomas Bruce
Nancy Dockter
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