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July 7, 2006
Volume VIII ● Issue 12
Message From Our Executive Director
News
From CCPH
Membership Matters
Members in Action
Upcoming Events
Announcements
Employment
Opportunities
Grants Alert!
Awards,
Fellowships & Scholarships
Calls
for Papers & Presentations
Publications
Archives
Community-Campus
Partnerships for Health
UW Box 354809
Seattle, WA 98195-4809
Tel. (206)
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benefit of Community- Campus Partnerships for Health
Find out more about membership
benefits and how you can join CCPH today!
Newsletter Editor
Annika L.R. Sgambelluri
Contact us:
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©2006 Community Campus
Partnerships for Health
Partnership Matters Newsletter
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Scholarship in Action:
Applied Research and Community Change
CCPH members involved as
editor and authors of new publication
Scholarship in Action: Applied
Research and Community Change is a new publication of the US Department of Housing
and Urban Development's Office of University Partnerships and available as
a PDF document at www.oup.org.
Edited by CCPH
member Linda Silka of the University of Massachusetts Lowell,
the monograph highlights the benefits derived from engaged, community-based
research; showcases emerging applied research; and identifies the
challenges associated with applied research. The unifying theme
throughout this collection is how much communities and universities can
achieve by working together in research partnerships. In her introduction, Linda writes:
"Research that takes place outside the laboratory is becoming an
increasingly important force in addressing and helping communities solve
local problems. Academic researchers use different terms to describe this
kind of inquiry, including applied research, engaged research,
community-based research, and applied research partnerships. Despite the
variety of labels, however, all of this research has a common focus on the
application of academic knowledge to specific community-based issues.
Through applied research initiatives, communities and institutions of
higher education often work together to identify the problem to be studied,
investigate that problem through data collection, analyze and
interpret the collected information, and decide how to implement an
intervention based on the findings. Individual studies may include some or
all of these steps of shared research and action.
Common sense might dictate that research, whenever possible, be approached
in an engaged fashion. This is not always the case. Institutional and
cultural barriers to applied research must be overcome before community-
higher education research partnerships can achieve their full potential as
they seek to bring rigorous research to bear on the most pressing
challenges facing communities. Fortunately many groups are now promoting
applied research and helping researchers break down the barriers to its
implementation. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developments
(HUDs) Office of University Partnerships (OUP) has been a leader in this
regard, as have the National Institute of Environment Health Sciences, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Community-Campus Partnerships for
Health. In Europe the academic Science Shops movement has also
demonstrated the value of engaged research.
The intent of this volume is to showcase emerging applied research and to
call for more research that brings together communities and universities in
productive ways. The peer-reviewed articles included in this volume take
readers through the varied paths by which productive applied research
partnerships are developed and nurtured. The articles will be useful to
many different groups: academic researchers and community leaders who are
new to the applied research arena, faculty members and other experienced
applied researchers who are currently engaged in this work, higher
education administrators who are seeking a better understanding of the
benefits that applied research holds for universities and their
communities, community leaders hoping to engage their local colleges and
universities, and faculty seeking ways to collaborate on research with
local stakeholders."
The
table of contents and an excerpt from the editor's introduction appears
below. CCPH members are indicated in blue with an asterisk *. To request a free hard-copy version,
call the Office of University Partnerships Clearinghouse at (800) 245-2691
and choose option 3 from the voice menu. You may also request publications
online at oup@oup.org.
New
Views of Research for the 21st Century: The Role of Engaged Scholarship -
Barbara Holland
The Challenges and Opportunities of Engaged Research - Philip Nyden*
Fusing Horizons Through Conversation: A Grassroots Think-Tank Approach to
Applied Research - Marie Sandy and Lourdes Arguelles
Research as Process: The Not-So-Great Divide Between Community-Based
Research and Faculty Productivity - Claudio A. Holzner and Sarah D. Munro
Creating Tools for Deliberative Community Planning Through
Interdisciplinary Research and Community Engagement - Rob Krueger, Fabio
Carrera, and Jason Farmer
Engaging Academic Physicians in a Community-Academic Partnership: Lessons
Learned - Barbra Beck, Marie Wolff, Staci Young*, and Syed M.
Ahmed*
University-Community Partnerships to Promote Environmental Health and
Justice in Worcester, Massachusetts - Laurie Ross and Timothy J. Downell
Reconfiguring Applied Research: Research Partnerships as Opportunities for
Innovation - Linda Silka*
The Challenges Ahead: Five Leaders Reflect on Future Trends in
Community-University Partnerships - Linda Silka*
WK Kellogg Foundation selects
24 groups for
Rural People, Rural Policy
Program
CCPH member among those
selected for new initiative
The WK
Kellogg Foundation has announced funding of 24 organizations, partnerships
and alliances to be the first participants in a new multi-year initiative,
Rural People, Rural Policy. The program builds on the assets of rural
communities. It is a multi-year national initiative to build and strengthen
networks of local organizations in developing policy that will help rural
communities and small towns. It
intends to grow from the regional networks into a national network of rural
organizations and national service groups working on a variety of economic
and social issues that impact rural America. The organizations selected for the first year of Rural
People, Rural Policy are listed at http://www.wkkf.org/default.aspx?tabid=75&CID=274&NID=61&LanguageID=0
and include Hazard Perry County Community Ministries of Hazard, Kentucky,
led by CCPH
member Gerry Roll as executive director.
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MESSAGE FROM
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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Sarena Seifer
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Planning for next year’s CCPH
conference, April 11-14, 2007 in Toronto ON Canada is underway! The planning committee is having its first conference
call today. We’re delighted to have
confirmed a diverse and enthusiastic group of CCPH members to help guide
our 10th anniversary conference! Their photos and bios will be up on the conference website
shortly, but for now we have listed their names and affiliations
below.
It's not too early to start planning to participate!
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Start drafting a session or poster proposal NOW
for presentation at the conference.
The call for proposals will be released in August with an October
deadline.
If you're not yet a member of CCPH, join NOW! CCPH members receive substantial discounts
on fees for the conference, training institutes, publications and
more! To read about the many
benefits you would receive by becoming a CCPH member, please visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/members.html
Join
CCPH today online by credit card at www.RegOnline.com/8776
or by check sent along with this form:
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pdf_files/Brochure%20Final.pdf
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Join us in Toronto for CCPH's 10th anniversary
conference,
April 11-14, 2007!
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Budget for the conference NOW.
Information about conference registration and
lodging rates and scholarship opportunities will appear in the call for
proposals. For fundraising ideas in
the meantime, check out the article “8 Ways to Raise $2500 (or more) in 10
days (or less, sometimes)” from the September/October 2003 issue of the
Grassroots Fundraising Journal at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pdf_files/WaysRaise2500in10Days.pdf. We’re
also busy raising funds for scholarships and to keep conference fees to a
minimum. A generous grant from the
WK Kellogg Foundation will help to support community-based presenters.
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If applicable, make sure you have a valid passport and start the
visa application process NOW. A passport is the ideal identification for United
States residents. Citizens born in the U.S. can show a birth certificate,
certificate of citizenship or naturalisation, plus photo identification.
Permanent residents of the U.S. who are not citizens need to bring their
U.S. Permanent Resident Card (‘green card’). Travellers from countries
other than the U.S. may require a "Temporary Resident" visa
(includes short-term visitors) to enter Canada. Learn more at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/applications/visa.html. Visitors should contact the nearest
Canadian Embassy or Consulate, or visit Canada
International or
at http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/
or call
1-888-242-2100 (from within Canada) or 1-800-992-7037 (from outside Canada)
for further information.
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The
conference planning process is being led by CCPH Administrative Director
Annika Sgambelluri. Ashley Bennion,
Project Coordinator at the Wellesley Institute in Toronto, is also
providing staff support for the conference. As I wrote about in my last column
(http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/PM_062306.html#MessageFromExecDirector),
the Wellesley Institute is a major partner in the conference. We established a formal partnership with Wellesley in 2004
that includes co-sponsoring an electronic discussion group on
community-based participatory research (subscribe at http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/cbpr),
planning a community-based research training institute taking place later
this month in Barrie, ON Canada,
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increasing the relevance and responsiveness of CCPH to our
Canadian owners and planning this conference. Wellesley is a well-respected organization that advances the social
determinants of health through rigorous community-based research,
reciprocal capacity building, and the informing of public policy. Learn more
about Wellesley at www.wellesleyinstitute.com!
We welcome
any suggestions you may have for next year’s conference. We’re particularly eager for your ideas
on keynote speakers, session topics, exhibitors and funders! Please send your ideas to annikalr@u.washington.edu
2007 CCPH Conference Planning Committee
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Hamed
Adetunji, Oxford Brookes University, School of Health
& Social Care, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Estelle
Archibold, Southeast Community Research Center, Atlanta
GA USA
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Monique
Barber, University of Texas Prevention Research Center,
Houston TX USA
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Margaret Bogle, Delta Nutrition Intervention
Research Initiative, Agricultural Research Service, US Department
of Agriculture, Little Rock, AR USA
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Erica
Di Ruggiero, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute
of Population and Public Health, Toronto ON Canada
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Sarah
Flicker, York University, Toronto ON Canada
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Sherril
Gelmon, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland
State University, Portland OR USA
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Loralee
Gillis, Association of Ontario Health Centres, Toronto
ON Canada
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Adrian
Guta, Wellesley Institute, Toronto ON Canada
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Randy
Jackson, Canadian
Aboriginal AIDS Network, Ottawa ON Canada
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Erika
Khandor, Street Health, Toronto, ON Canada
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Rohinee
Lal, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC Canada
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Ann
Macaulay, McGill University, Montreal QC Canada
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Dennis
Magill, University of Toronto, Department of Sociology,
Toronto ON Canada
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Ryan
Meili, University of Saskatoon College of Medicine,
Saskatoon SK Canada
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Simone
Merchant, National Association of Community Health
Centers, New York NY USA
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Ruth
Nemire, Nova Southeastern University College of
Pharmacy, Ft. Lauderdale FL USA
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Robb
Travers, Ontario HIV Treatment Network, Toronto ON
Canada
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Robert
Two Bears, Indian Health Board of Minneapolis,
Minneapolis MN USA
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NEWS FROM CCPH
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CCPH 9th
Summer
Service-Learning
Institute
July 21-24,
2006
Cascade Mountains of Washington State
Registration is now closed
To
host a customized version of the institute, contact CCPH executive
director Sarena Seifer at sarena@u.washington.edu
Additional Information:
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/servicelearning.html
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SAVE THE DATE!
CCPH 10th
Anniversary Conference
April 11-14, 2007
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Additional
Information:
http://www.ccph.info/
Past CCPH Conference Participants
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Congratulations
to CCPH Executive Director Sarena Seifer on Her Promotion to Research
Associate Professor at the University of Washington! Are
you a community-engaged faculty member going up soon for promotion and/or
tenure? The online Community-Engaged Scholarship Toolkit is designed to
help you “make your best case” and prepare a strong portfolio. Visit the
toolkit at www.communityengagedscholarship.info.
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The latest newsletter from
the Long Beach Nonprofit Partnership (LBNP) has a front page article
about collaboration authored by CCPH Program Director Kristine Wong. The article is based on material drawn from the Developing and Sustaining
Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships: A Skill-Building
Curriculum that will soon be available online. Learn more about the curriculum and
the Examining Community-Institutional Partnerships for Prevention Group
that developed it at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/researchprojects.html#ExaminingCommunityPartnerships
Read
the newsletter article at http://www.lbnp.org/documents/Summer2006Full_001.pdf
LBNP
is a resource for over 500 community-based organizations in the greater
Long Beach (CA) area. They offer information, referral and consulting
services, networking opportunities, a Philanthropy and Research Library,
and a schedule of year-round educational seminars and workshops.
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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
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Are You Enjoying ALL of the Benefits
CCPH Offers?
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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!
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Did you know that CCPH members receive
substantial discounts on CCPH and Jossey-Bass/Wiley publications
when ordered through our website at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/josseybass.html
Visit our publications page at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/guide.html#Publications.
To learn more about CCPH member benefits, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/members.html.
For example, members save on…
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Caring and Community:
Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Nursing - Regular Price: $28.50; CCPH Member Price: $24.50
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Methods and Strategies for
Assessing Service-Learning in the Health Professions - Regular Price: $15; CCPH Member Price: $12
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Service-Learning in Health
Professions Education: A Syllabi Guide – Regular Price: $15; CCPH Member Price: $12
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MEMBERS IN ACTION
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Congratulations to CCPH
member Mark DeHaven on his June 2005 article appearing in the journal Family Medicine (www.stfm.org/fmhub/fm2005/May/Mark315.pdf)
about Community Health Fellowship Program for first year medical
students. Mark writes, "The article describes a very unique
campus-community partnership designed to improve care for the underserved
while teaching medical students how to do CBPR. We also are developing
a Community-Based Participatory Research Track here at University of Texas
- Southwestern through my division. The program also won an innovation
award from the University of Texas system." For more information,
contact Mark at Mark.DeHaven@UTSouthwestern.edu
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UPCOMING EVENTS
For details on these new listings and all
previously listed upcoming events, visit
CCPH’s
CONFERENCE PAGE
CCPH
at Upcoming Events!
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JULY
2006
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July 21-24, 2006 ● CCPH’s
9th Summer Service-Learning Institute ● Cascade Mountains, Washington
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. For more information, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/servicelearning.html
Registration is now closed. To host a customized version of the
institute, contact CCPH executive director Sarena Seifer at sarena@u.washington.edu
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July 27-30, 2006 ● Canadian
Community-Based Research Skill-Building Institute for Partnership Teams ● Barrie, Ontario, Canada
This interactive skill-building institute will guide
participants in initiating, developing, and sustaining community-based
research (CBR) partnerships. CCPH program director, Kristine Wong, will
be an institute mentor, along with CCPH board member Ella Greene-Moton, and CCPH
members Robb Travers, Sarah Flicker and Hélène Grégoire.
Registration is now closed. To host a customized version of the
institute, contact CCPH executive director Sarena Seifer at sarena@u.washington.edu
For more information, on the training curriculum and
the Community-Institutional Partnerships for Prevention Research Group that
developed it, please see http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/researchprojects.html#ExaminingCommunityPartnerships
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AUGUST
2006
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August 25-29, 2006 ● National Association
of Community Health Centers Annual Conference ● Chicago, IL
CCPH member Vickie Ybarra and CCPH program director Kristine
Wong are presenting
during a session on “Getting Involved in Research: What Every Health Center
Should Know” taking place on Monday August 28 from 2-4 pm. For more information on the conference,
visit http://nachc-chi.com
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SEPTEMBER
2006
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September 9-14, 2006 ● The Network: Towards
Unity for Health’s 2006 International Conference ● Ghent, Belgium
CCPH members are
invited to attend this year’s conference on Improving Social Accountability
in Education, Research and Service Delivery. CCPH
administrative director Annika Sgambelluri will be exhibiting. Are you planning to attend the
conference? If so, please let us know by emailing Annika at AnnikaLR@u.washington.edu. For more information on the conference, visit http://www.the-networktufh.org/conference/.
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September 19, 2006 ● Michigan State
University Engaged Scholars Seminar Series ● East Lansing, MI
CCPH executive director Sarena Seifer is speaking about community-engaged scholarship (CES)
and the work of the Community-Engaged Scholarship for Health
Collaborative. Learn more about CES
at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/scholarship.html and the Collaborative at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/healthcollab.html. For more
information on the seminar series, email Julie Hagstrom at jhagstro@msu.edu
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September 21, 2006 ● Loma Linda University Faculty
Colloquium ● Loma Linda, CA
CCPH executive director Sarena Seifer is speaking about community-engaged scholarship (CES)
and the work of the Community-Engaged Scholarship for Health
Collaborative. Learn more about CES
at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/scholarship.html and the Collaborative at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/healthcollab.html. For more
information on the colloquium, email Lisa Beardsley at lbeardsley@llu.edu
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OCTOBER
2006
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October 14-16, 2006 ● 6th
International Service-Learning Research Conference ● Portland, Oregon
*Early-Bird
Registration Ends July 15, 2006!*
CCPH senior consultant Sherril Gelmon is chairing the conference, which is being
co-sponsored by CCPH. The theme is
“From Passion to Objectivity: International and Cross-Disciplinary
Perspectives on Service-Learning Research.” For details, visit http://www.upa.pdx.edu/SLResearch06
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NOVEMBER
2006
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November 4-8, 2006 ● 134th American Public Health
Association Annual Meeting ● Boston, Massachusetts
Registration is now open for the CBPR Continuing
Education Institutes at APHA. Both are offered in partnership with the APHA
Community-Based Public Health Caucus. You don’t need to register for the
whole APHA conference to attend a continuing education institute. Details
available at http://www.apha.org/meetings/index.htm.
Developing and Sustaining Partnerships for Community-Based
Participatory Research will
be held November 4 from 1:30-5:00 pm and is based on the training
curriculum developed by the Examining Community-Institutional Partnerships
for Prevention Research Group. For more info about the group, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pdf_files/Project%20Fact%20Sheet%20Apr%2006.pdf.
Community-Based Participatory Research: Working
With Communities to Analyze Data and Get to Outcomes will be held November 5 from 8:00-11:30 am.
CCPH will also
be co-hosting booth # 1220 in the exhibit hall with the Kellogg Health
Scholars Program.
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APRIL 2007
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April 11-14, 2007 ● CCPH’s 10th Anniversary Conference ● Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Save the
Date! The call for conference session and poster proposals will
be released this summer. Stay tuned for details at http://www.ccph.info
Never been to a CCPH conference? Check out the program for CCPH’s 9th
conference, held May 31-June 3, 2006 in Minneapolis, MN USA at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf-agenda.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
July 28-30,
2006 · 11th Annual Doctors for Global Health 2006
General Assembly · Salt Lake City, Utah · http://www.dghonline.org/genasreg06.html
August 5-10,
2006 · National Medical Association’s 2006 Annual Convention
and Scientific Assembly · Dallas, Texas · http://www.nmanet.org/index.php/convention_sub/preliminary_program
August 10-12, 2006 · The Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual
Conference · Montreal, Canada · http://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/23
August 19,
2006 · 2006 Claremont Graduate University Stauffer Symposium · Claremont, California · http://www.cgu.edu/pages/4085.asp
August 20-22,
2006 · 16th Annual CityMatCH Urban Maternal and
Child Health Leadership Conference · Providence, Rhode Island
· http://www.citymatch.org/Conference2006
October 12-13,
2006 · Campuses Are Citizens: What’s Your Story? · Minneapolis, Minnesota ·
http://www.iacampuscompact.org/campusesarecitizens.pdf
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Update on the New
Journal Progress in Community Health
Partnerships: Research, Education and Action
The
mission of the Journal is to facilitate dissemination of programs that use
community partnerships to improve public health, to promote progress in the
methods of research and education involving community health partnerships,
and to stimulate action that will improve the health of people in communities.
For more information, including a listing of the journal's editorial board
members, visit
http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/progress_in_community_health_partnerships/
The journal has begun receiving manuscripts and its online processing
system, Manuscript Central, at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/pchp
is now operational. They would like the earliest issues of PCHP to feature
articles from leaders in the field of health partnership research such as
you, CCPH
members! By featuring exemplars of health partnership
research in the journal's earliest issues, they hope to provide models for
subsequent manuscripts submitted by other authors as well as to enhance the
visibility of PCHP. The journal editors are happy to discuss with you any
ideas you have for a potential submission to PCHP. Please
direct any questions, comments, or suggestions to Managing Editor, Mark
Newgent at 410-955-6669 or
mnewgent@jhmi.edu
Higher Education:
Civic Mission, Civic Effects
The
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and CIRCLE jointly
released "Higher Education: Civic Mission, Civic Effects" a
consensus report by 22 scholars that explores the civic effects of
attending college and the benefits of various approaches to civic learning
in higher education. The authors represent the fields of political science,
psychology, economics, philosophy, sociology, research in higher education,
and women's studies. The report concludes with a research agenda. To
download the report, see www.civicyouth.org/research/areas/higher_ed.htm
NIH Releases Three
Free Curriculum Supplements for Middle School Teachers as Part of Acclaimed
Series
The
National Institutes of Health (NIH) is releasing its latest installments in
a popular series of curriculum supplements designed to promote
inquiry-based, interdisciplinary learning and stimulate students' interest
in science. Each new supplement is
a self-contained teacher's guide to two weeks of lessons on science and
human health, and includes background information, lesson plans, take-home
materials, and a Web-based
component. To request these
curriculum supplements or learn more about this series, visit the NIH
Office of Science Education Website at http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements.
Reports on Cancer
Care Quality Measures Are Available
The
Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ) released two new evidence
reports on quality measures related to the diagnosis, treatment, and care
of cancer patients.
(1) “Cancer
Care Quality Measures: Symptoms and End of Life Care” was prepared by
AHRQ's Southern California Evidence-based Practice Center at RAND in Santa
Monica, California, working with investigators from the U.S. Department of
Veterans Affairs' VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System – to read the
report, visit
http://www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/evidence/pdf/eolcanqm/eolcanqm.pdf
(2) “Cancer
Care Quality Measures: Diagnosis and Management of Colorectal Cancer” was
prepared by AHRQ's Evidence-based Practice Center at Duke University.
This report concludes that general process measures provide extensive
coverage of various "leverage" points in the sequence of care, and
that attention should focus on refining existing measures. Technical
measures seem less advanced than general process measures. To read the
report, visit http://www.ahrq.gov/downloads/pub/evidence/pdf/colocanqm/colocanqm.pdf
Printed copies of the reports may be obtained by sending an e-mail to ahrqpubs@ahrq.hhs.gov.
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Project Coordinator I (Resource Center Coordinator/Special
Collections Librarian) – National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, Scotts
Valley, California – Under
the supervision of the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse (NSLC)
Project Manager, this position oversees technical assistance to users and
manages the NSLC resource center and library collection. Specific duties of
this position include: a) coordinating with the NSLC Director and Program
Manager to ensure an up-to-date and comprehensive resource collection; b)
identifying, abstracting, indexing and cataloging appropriate materials; c)
supervising two staff and occasional interns; d) providing reference and
referral services and literature searches; and e) making and implementing recommendations
for the systematic improvement of NSLC resource materials. For a more
information, contact Denise Lee at 866-245-7378, ext. 139 or denisel@etr.org. CCPH
is a partner in the NSLC. Learn more
about the NSLC at www.servicelearning.org
Program Coordinator, Learn and Serve America - Corporation for National and Community
Service, Washington, DC. The Program Coordinator will manage a portfolio of service-learning grants
to schools, colleges, and nonprofit organizations. The Program Coordinator also assumes responsibility for
coordination of specific activities and initiatives related to community service, civic education, and
service-learning. Closing date is July 21, 2006. Learn more at
http://www.cns.gov/about/employment/index.asp (announcement 06-38). CCPH is a grantee
of the Corporation for National and Community Service. Learn more about the agency at www.cns.gov
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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
 National
Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Short-Term
Education Program for Underrepresented Persons – Deadline: July 21, 2006 – The goals are to reduce and eliminate health
disparities, expand research education and training opportunities for
underrepresented minority scientists, and to provide information to
racial and ethnic minority groups about treatment, prevention, and
self-management of disease. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-06-008.html
Bemporad
Baranowski Marketing Group Offers In-Kind Services Grant for Cause
Marketing Campaign –
Deadline: July 31, 2006 – Bemporad Baranowski Marketing
Group (http://www.bbmg.com), a New
York-based marketing agency dedicated to socially responsible brands and
organizations, invites applications for the "It's How We Live"
Grant, a package of in-kind services worth $100,000 to create and launch
a cause marketing campaign for a nonprofit organization and its corporate
partner. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10002084/itshowwelive
Sociological
Initiatives Foundation Invites Grant Applications – Deadline: Aug 15, 2006 – The Sociological Initiatives Foundation (http://www.grantsmanagement.com/sifguide.html)
supports
research and social-action projects that focus on understanding and
finding solutions to a broad array of social problems. The foundation's
primary goal is to encourage research, including community-based
research, that supports and promotes social change. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10002083/grantsmanagement
National
Eye Institute 2007 Healthy Vision Community Awards – Deadline: Aug 31, 2006 – This Program provides funding for the
implementation of health education and health promotion activities that
support the Healthy Vision 2010 objectives and the Healthy People 2010
goals to reduce health disparities and improve quality of life. www.healthyvision2010.org/news/hvca
Dollar
General Community Grants Program Offers Support for Youth Literacy
Programs –
Deadline: Sept 5 & Dec 5, 2006 – The grants program focuses
on youth literacy initiatives in
communities where the company does business. Applicant organizations must
be located in and providing service within Dollar General's
twenty-seven-state operating territory. Applicants must be nonprofit
organizations engaged in literacy or basic education programs. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10002076/dollargeneral
24th
Annual Youth Garden Grant Program – Deadline: Nov 1, 2006 – Applicants should
demonstrate a child-centered plan that emphasizes children/youth learning
and working in an outdoor garden. Areas considered for support include
educational, environmental, or social programming; leadership; community
support; sustainability; innovation, and need. http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10002072/kidsgardening
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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
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Community
Health Research-California Young Women’s Collaborative (CYWC) –
Deadline: Sept. 2006 – The CYWC is a combined
research and activism project that focuses on the health needs and
concerns of young Asian Pacific Islander (API) women across California
campuses. The goal of this project is to mentor and guide undergraduate
students in community participatory action research and advocacy within
the API community. For more information, contact Amy Lam at (530)
848-6600 or e-mail amy_lam@excite.com.
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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 Abstracts: Unite for Site
Conference – Deadline: July 15, 2006 –
Abstracts for poster or oral presentations are now being accepted for
Unite for Site’s 4th Annual International Health Conference on
“Innovation, Advancement, and Best Practices to Achieve Global Goals”
taking place April 14-15, 2007 at Stanford University School of Medicine
in California, USA. http://www.uniteforsight.org/2007_annual_conference.php
Call for Papers: Special Issue of Innovate on the Implications of
the “Net Generation” for Teaching and Learning –
Deadline: July 30, 2006 – The
expectations, attitudes, and fluency with technology of this new
generation presents both a challenge and an opportunity for education.
How can educational institutions plan now for these challenges? What will
be effective teaching and learning strategies for this generation? These
are some of the questions well worth trying to answer in a special issue
of Innovate. http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=submit
Call for Papers: Special Issue of Doctoral
Education in Health Services Administration and Policy –
Deadline: Sept 15, 2006 – As a follow-up
to a previous Journal of Health Administration Education, special issue
on doctoral education "The State of Doctoral Education in Health
Administration and Policy" from 2001, Dr. Myron D. Fottler and Dr.
James A Johnson, editors, are soliciting contributions to an upcoming
special issue in 2007. The editors are particularly interested in papers
that explore the problems, challenges and opportunities posed by programs
seeking to serve healthcare practitioners including non-traditional
doctoral program formats, such as executive and on-line. For more
information, contact Dr. Fottler at Fottler@mail.ucf.edu or Dr. Joel M. Lee at joellee@uky.edu.
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PUBLICATIONS
CCPH Members receive
discounts on publications by Jossey-Bass as well as
all CCPH
publications
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Linking Scholarship
and Communities:
Report of the
Commission on Community-Engaged Scholarship in the Health Professions
The report from contains detailed recommendations for action
by health professional schools and their national associations that can
support community-engaged scholarship and cites promising practices that
illustrate their implementation. The Commission was funded by the WK Kellogg Foundation and is described
at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/kellogg3.html
CCPH Member Price - $25.00;
Regular Price - $35.00
Ordering
information: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/guide.html#PubOrderForm
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Policy Analysis for
Practice
This
book by Paul Spicker introduces students and practitioners to the concepts,
methods and techniques required to undertake the analysis and review of
policy and its implementation. Focusing on developing understanding and
skills for a growing area of practice, it combines material from public and
social administration with examples and application to social policy and
the social services. Purchasing information and sample chapters of this
title can be found at https://www.policypress.org.uk/general/reading_room.php
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Evidence into Policy and Practice?
Measuring the Progress of U.S. and U.K.
Policies to Tackle Disparities
and Inequalities in Health and Health Care
The
range of tools used to measure progress toward eliminating racial and
ethnic disparities in health care is as large as the problems themselves.
In a Commonwealth Funded study published in Milbank Quarterly,
researchers led by former Harkness Fellow Mark Exworthy of the University
of London analyze efforts under way in the U.S. and U.K. to address
disparities, from national public health goals to report cards compiled at
every level of the health system. The authors identify what works, while
laying out the challenges researchers and policymakers face in devising and
using these tools. Ultimately, successful strategies to reduce disparities
in health care will depend on the validity of these measurement mechanisms.
For more information, visit: http://www.cmwf.org/publications/publications_show.htm?doc_id=374774&#doc374774.
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Free Discussion
Guides
Democracy’s Challenge: Reclaiming the
Public’s Role
The
Democracy's Challenge forums encourage citizens to think about what they
can do to strengthen the relationship that a democracy demands between the
government and its people. The book presents three perspectives on
the problem, each of which suggests a somewhat different course of action.
The National Issues Forum invites anyone interested in hosting a
Democracy's Challenge forum to take advantage of a limited-time offer for
free materials, including one copy of the full-length issue discussion
guide, 30 copies of the 8-page discussion-guide-in-brief, one copy of the
moderator's guide, and one video. To get a free set of materials, call
800-600-4060 (toll-free). For more information, see www.nifi.org/discussion_guides/detail.aspx?catID=6&itemID=5083
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