CCPH - Partnership Matters Newsletter

PARTNERSHIP MATTERS

Member Newsletter of Community-Campus Partnerships for Health

Promoting health (broadly defined) through partnerships between

communities and higher educational institutions

August 17, 2007

Volume IX ● Issue 14

Message From Our Executive Director

News From CCPH

10^th Anniversary News

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

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Partnership Matters newsletter is a member 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:

ccphpm@u.washington.edu

Partnership Matters Newsletter

Submission Guidelines

We welcome announcements, comments and questions from you! Please forward them to the PM Editor at ccphpm@u.washington.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.

*Would you like to print and read the PM? It’s also available for download as a PDF, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/PM2007.html

Today is the Last Day to Register for NIH Council of Public Representative Prospective Applicant Teleconference – Click here for details.

COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH FUNDERS FORM INTEREST GROUP

Representatives of 21 funders* in the US and Canada that support community-based research/community-based participatory research have formed the CBR/CBPR Funders Interest Group (FIG) to strengthen the role of funders in building CBR/CBPR capacity. Meeting for the first time in April 2007 at CCPH’s 10th anniversary conference and subsequently by conference call, the group invites any funders who are interested in CBR/CBPR to become involved. The group defines "funder" broadly to include any organization that awards grants. The first quarterly call, held in August 2007, focused on criteria for assessing CBR/CBPR proposals and mechanisms for peer review. The next call (date to be announced) will focus on strategies for evaluating CBR/CBPR funding initiatives and lessons learned from these evaluations.

If you are a funder, learn how you can get involved by sending an email to fig@u.washington.edu

*In alphabetical order, these funders are: Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation; California Breast Cancer Research Program; Canadian Health Services Research Foundation; Canadian Institute for Health Information; Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health; Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Infection and Immunity; Canadian Institute of Health Research, Institute of Population and Public Health; Center for Border Health Research; Greater Twin Cities United Way; Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program; Laidlaw Foundation; Local Initiative Funding Partners, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; National Institutes of Health, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research; Northwest Health Foundation; Ontario HIV Treatment Network; Public Health Agency of Canada; St. Luke's Episcopal Health Charities; US Department of Agriculture, Delta Nutrition Intervention Research Initiative; Vancouver Foundation; and Wellesley Institute.

SUMMER 2007 WINGSPREAD JOURNAL CHALLENGES COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO MOVE “BEYOND THE IVORY TOWER”

The Summer 2007 issue of the Wingspread Journal published by the Johnson Foundation features two landmark Wingspread conferences on community-higher education partnerships that took place last year:

The article "Creating a Federation to Encourage Community Engagement" by CCPH members Lorilee Sandman, Barbara Holland and Karen Bruns (p. 22) reports on the conference that led to the formation of the Higher Education Network for Community Engagement (HENCE). CCPH is a founding member of HENCE. Learn more at http://www.henceonline.org/

The issue also features the Community Partner Summit convened by CCPH that advanced authentic community-higher education partnerships by mobilizing a network of experienced community partners. The underlying premise of the Summit - and the ongoing mentoring and policy work being led by Summit participants - is that if true community-higher education partnerships are to be achieved, community partners must harness their own experiences, lessons learned, and collective wisdom into a national, organized effort. The Summit is cited by Judith Ramaley, President of Winona State University, in her article about "Reflections on the Public Purpose of Higher Education" (p. 5), and photos from the Summit appear on p. 6 (of Beneta Burt, CCPH board chair Ella Greene-Moton, and Eve Wenger), p. 9 (of Lisette Lahoz), and p. 38 (full group photo). The Summit is also listed on pages 8 and 39. The issue also features an article by Summit participant Daniela Levine (p. 11-13) that gives an overview of the successful partnership and programs developed between Miami Dade College and her organization, the Human Services Coalition.

For more information on the Summit and the work that has been taking place since, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/cps.html

The complete Wingspread Journal issue is available in PDF format at http://www.johnsonfdn.org/Publications/WSJournals/2007/WSJournalEducation07.pdf

INTERNATIONAL PROJECT TO DOCUMENT OUTCOMES OF

PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH

Inaugural Meeting Takes Place in Paris Later this Month

An international project has been launched to document the outcomes of participatory action research (PAR). CCPH is a partner in the effort. The inaugural project meeting, supported by a grant from the World Universities Network, is taking place at the Living Knowledge conference in Paris August 30-September 1. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the challenges involved in assessing impact, measuring "good practices" and documenting PAR outcomes.

According to Randy Stoecker, Associate Professor in the Center for Community and Economic Development at the University of Wisconsin and project leader, “Participatory action researchers are reporting increasing difficulty getting funding for science shops, PAR projects, and related activities. I have a small grant supporting the establishment of a network of participatory action researchers who are interested in discussing how to document the outcomes of PAR for the purpose of better establishing the legitimacy of the practice. That grant is supporting the Paris meeting and a graduate assistant, Trish O'Kane, who is handling our email correspondence. Please contact her by email at pokane@wisc.edu if you plan on attending the Paris meeting or would like more information about this project. Several universities are already participating in this project but we are seeking more partners so please feel welcome to pass this invitation along to other PAR
practitioners.”

For more information, visit the project website at http://comm-org.wisc.edu/wcbr

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MESSAGE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Sarena Seifer

CCPH is becoming increasingly involved in shaping policies that affect our core mission of promoting health (broadly defined) through community-higher education partnerships. The policies of the National Institutes of Health – the largest government funder of biomedical research in the world – have an enormous influence on what research is conducted, how, and by whom. As an organization that believes deeply in rigorous research that is community-engaged, community-responsive, action-oriented, policy-relevant and accessible, CCPH seeks to ensure that the policies of NIH and other influential bodies support and advance such research. At the October 2006 meeting of the NIH Council of Public Representatives (http://copr.nih.gov/), for example, we urged NIH to embrace community-based participatory research (CBPR) as a strategy both for engaging communities as partners in the research process and for increasing the quality and impact of research. To read the statement we submitted, click here.

NIH has recently announced two important opportunities for public input into its priorities for research infrastructure support and its peer review process:

The National Center for Research Resources at NIH is inviting public comments due August 24 on its strategic plan: http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/strategic_plan/

NCRR is seeking answers to five critical questions:

1. What are the most significant trends, developments, and/or needs in biomedical research that are likely to materialize over the next five years, and what can NCRR do to be prepared to respond to them?

2. From the standpoint of achieving the broadest impact among investigators, what new or expanded research resources and/or animal models should be developed over the next five to eight years?

3. The recently-introduced CTSA (Clinical and Translational Science Award) Program seeks to transform the local, regional and national environment for clinical and translational science, thereby increasing the efficiency and speed of clinical and translational research. What considerations will be most crucial to the long-term success of this initiative? [Editor’s Note: Learn more about the CTSA Program at http://ctsaweb.org/]

4. Despite significant progress, research institutions serving predominantly minority and underserved populations face stiff challenges. What can NCRR do to most effectively support the long-term advancement of these institutions?

5. NCRR has worked with many federal and private sector institutions, agencies, and organizations and will continue to do so as we move forward. What organizations should NCRR seek out for future partnerships to most effectively support, expand, and advance its programs and services?

NIH is also seeking public comments due September 7 on its peer review process: http://enhancing-peer-review.nih.gov/. The Peer Review Working Group of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director is especially interested in creative, concrete suggestions for strengthening NIH’s system for identifying the most meritorious and innovative research for support. They are specifically seeking comments on the challenges of the NIH system of research support, the challenges of the peer review system, solutions to these changes, core values of the peer review process, and the peer review criteria and scoring procedures.

As CCPH prepares to submit comments, we encourage our members to do the same. Our comments will be posted in the “what’s new” column at http://www.ccph.info/ in September. If you submit comments and would like to have them posted as well, please send them to ccphuw@u.washington.edu

NEWS FROM CCPH

CCPH Members in Toronto Provide Warm Welcome

to CCPH Executive Director

Two CCPH members in Toronto – the Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN) and the Centre for Urban Health Initiatives (CUHI) at the University of Toronto – are providing CCPH executive director Sarena Seifer with office space and a community of colleagues to learn from and contribute to. OHTN has appointed Sarena a Visiting Scholar and CUHI has appointed her a Community-Based Research Associate.

Learn more about OHTN at http://www.ohtn.on.ca/

Learn more about CUHI at http://www.cuhi.utoronto.ca/

Learn more about Sarena's move to Toronto at

http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pdf_files/l-ed307_doc.pdf

Sarena can be reached by phone at 206-616-4305 or 647-438-2026, by fax at 206-685-6747 and by email at sarena@u.washington.edu or sarena.seifer@utoronto.ca

CCPH Welcomes New Graduate Research Assistant

We are excited to welcome new graduate research assistant, Lisa Moy to the CCPH team! Lisa is an epidemiology student working towards her Master’s in Public Health at the University of Washington. She is dedicated to addressing both local and global health disparities. She is a clinic manager at a student-run health clinic at the Aloha Inn—a transitional housing facility for the homeless in Seattle. She also volunteers with the Washington State Asian & Pacific Islander Hepatitis B Task Force. Before coming to CCPH, Lisa supported a cervical cancer screening and research program in China and India. She also coordinated USAID-funded democracy

and electoral programs in Southeast Asia. She holds a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science from Seattle Pacific University.

Learn more about Lisa at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/staff.html. She can be reached at lmmoy@u.washington.edu or (206) 543-8178.

Call for Papers: Special Journal Issue on Ethical Considerations in
Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)

Deadline: November 1, 2007

CCPH and The Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics are inviting papers which explore ethical issues in CBPR, including from international perspectives. Contributions may include qualitative or quantitative studies (including case studies and those involving CBPR) and reviews or empirical literature. To view the complete call for papers, visit the "what's new column" of the CCPH homepage at http://www.ccph.info/

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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10^th ANNIVERSARY NEWS

CCPH: CONTRIBUTING TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF KNOWLEDGE IN CBPR

By CCPH Member Susan Staggs, Graduate Student, Department of Psychology,

University of Illinois at Chicago

Editor’s Note: As part of our 10^th Anniversary Celebration, CCPH put out a call for “stories of impact” that capture how CCPH has had an impact on you, your partnership, and/or the field as a whole. (See:

http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/PM_020907.htm#Anniv). Thanks to all who responded! Some of your stories were incorporated into the report, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health: Celebrating a Decade of Impact (See http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pdf_files/10AnnivReportfinal.pdf). Others are being shared through the CCPH website and Partnership Matters newsletter. Do you have a story to tell? Email it to ccphuw@u.washington.edu

“Deciding to join CCPH was a very positive professional decision with an incredibly high return on investment. The story I want to share is that without CCPH, I wouldn’t have been able to start, much less finish, my dissertation research!! CCPH graciously allowed me to access a population that would have otherwise been inaccessible to me – those involved in community-based participatory research (CBPR). The CBPR listserv is a one-of-a-kind resource for all of us involved in this new and exciting field, and CCPH allowed me to survey the members of the CBPR listserv for my dissertation research! As a doctoral candidate in community psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, I have a keen interest in understanding more about the process of CBPR. Specifically, I am interested in intergroup conflict among academic and non-academic partners on CBPR projects. CCPH allowed me to post links to my dissertation survey on the CBPR listserv, and CCPH even forwarded the link to many other relevant listservs!! CCPH showed a genuine interest in my research, and there is no way I would have been able to complete it without this wonderful organization.

The membership of the CBPR listserv responded enthusiastically to my request for survey respondents, which allowed me to gather enough responses to make my analyses meaningful. The information provided to me by the listserv members was incredibly rich and detailed. I am now in the midst of “cleaning” the data, and will post survey results to the CBPR listserv as soon as I get them done, so that the results of the survey can be shared with the academic and community members who participated in it. As far as I am aware, this is the first study done on intergroup conflict in CBPR, so CCPH is contributing to the advancement of knowledge in the field as well as enhancing its members’ educational experiences.

CCPH is one of the very best professional organizations I’ve had the pleasure of joining, because you walk the walk, and in doing so, you engender the respect of academic and community partners alike.”

For information on joining the CBPR listserv – and other listservs connected to CCPH – visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/faq.html#ListservFAQ

Susan can be reached at Sstagg1@uic.edu

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MEMBERSHIP MATTERS

Are You Enjoying ALL of the

Benefits CCPH Membership Offers?

Publication Discounts for CCPH Members

Not Yet A Member? Join Today!

If you are interested in becoming a member of CCPH or need to renew your current membership, join today!

CCPH has teamed up with a variety of publishing partners to bring CCPH members discounts on journals and books in the field of community-campus partnerships!

Up to $15 off CCPH publications – order today at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/guide.html#Publications
15% off all Jossey-Bass and Anker Publishing titles
15% off all Fieldstone Alliance titles
20% off the new Journal Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
20% off the Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved
20% off all books from Johns Hopkins University Press
25% off Pursuing Opportunities Through Partnerships: Higher Education and Communities from West Virginia University Press
50% off Promoting Civic Engagement in Healthcare Management Education: Concepts & Cases from AUPHA

For more information on these publication discounts, visit http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/books.html

Having Trouble Accessing

CCPH Members-Only Website?

If you did not receive or misplaced your password for accessing member-only pages on the CCPH website, contact CCPH at (206) 543-8178 or cleggc@u.washington.edu

Would you like to be a CCPH Featured Member?

Let the world know about your partnership work! Email us cleggc@u.washington.edu for details.

Read about Current CCPH Featured Member Beverly McCabe-Sellars at http://www.ccph.info

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

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MEMBERS IN ACTION

Congratulations to CCPH members David Turcotte & Linda Silka from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell who co-authored a chapter on "Reflections on the Concept of Social Capital: Complex Partnerships in Southeast Asian Refugee and Immigrant Communities" in the book Race, Neighborhoods, and the Misuse of Social Capital, edited by James Jennings. Learn more about the book in the Publications section of this issue and at http://www.palgrave-usa.com/catalog/product.aspx?isbn=1403980764

UPCOMING EVENTS

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

CCPH’s CONFERENCE PAGE

CCPH at Upcoming Events!

SEPTEMBER 2007

4 September 14, 2007 ● Fostering Collaborative Community-Based Clinical and Translational Research ● Los Angeles, CA

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) is convening this one-day workshop at the California Endowment Center for Healthy Communities in Los Angeles, CA. Registration is free at http://production.esi-dc.com/ncrrworkshops/NCRRFostering/index.aspx.

The goal of the workshop is to identify strategies and best practices for forming academic-community partnerships for collaborative clinical and translational research, particularly in medically under-served communities where health disparities persist. A number of CCPH staff, board members and members are featured speakers, including CCPH program director Kristine Wong, CCPH board chair emeritus Elmer Freeman and CCPH members Loretta Jones and LeRoi Hicks.

OCTOBER 2007

4 October 6-9, 2007 ● 7th International Research Conference on Service-Learning and Community Engagement ● Tampa, FL

The conference theme is Sustainability and Scholarship: Research and the K-20 Continuum." CCPH is organizing an all-day pre-conference workshop on Developing and Sustaining Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Partnerships” on October 6. CCPH senior consultant Sherril Gelmon chairs the board of the International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, the organization sponsoring the conference.

To learn more about the conference, visit http://www.floridacompact.org/~floridac/irsl/index.html

To learn more about the pre-conference workshop on CBPR, visit http://www.floridacompact.org/~floridac/irsl/info.html

To learn more about the curriculum on which the CBPR workshop is based, visit http://www.cbprcurriculum.info

NOVEMBER 2007

4 November 3-7, 2007 ● American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting ● Washington, DC

This year’s APHA conference theme is “Politics, Policy and Public Health.” As usual, CCPH members and staff are playing significant roles in the conference. Visit CCPH in the exhibit hall at booth #1207!

CCPH member Amanda Vogel will be giving a presentation on the "Long-term sustainability of service-learning programs: A ten year follow-up study of the Health Professions Schools in Service to the Nation program" as part of a session on "Teaching and learning about community in public health academia," scheduled for Tuesday November 6, 2007 at 4:30 pm.

CCPH program director Kristine Wong is coordinating one of the two community-based participatory research (CBPR) learning institutes sponsored by the Community-Based Public Health Caucus of APHA. The full-day session on November 3, "Developing and Sustaining CBPR Partnerships" is based in part on the curriculum developed by a collaborative project funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, described at http://www.cbprcurriculum.info/. On November 4, a half-day learning institute will cover "CBPR: Working with Communities to Analyze and Interpret Data and Get to Outcomes.

For more information on the APHA conference, visit http://www.apha.org/meetings/highlights/

For more information on the learning institutes, visit http://www.apha.org/programs/education/edannualmtg/APHA-Learning+Institute.htm

To view the conference program, go to
http://apha.confex.com/apha/135am/techprogram/

Note: It's possible to register just for a learning institute if you can’t make the whole conference!

MAY 2008

4 May 4-7, 2008 ● CUexpo2008 – Community-University Partnerships: Connecting for Change ● Victoria, BC, Canada

This event is supported by the Office of Community-Based Research at the University of Victoria, http://www.uvic.ca/research/ocbr. CCPH is a conference supporting organization.

Session proposals are due November 15, 2007. For more information, contact Mary O’Rourke, maireco@telus.net or visit http://www.uvic.ca/research/ocbr/cuexpo/index.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

August 20-24, 2007 · The Grant Institute: Certificate in Professional Program Development 
and Grant Communication · Boston, MA · http://www.thegrantinstitute.com

September 19, 2007 · Women & Children's Health Research Institute's 3rd Workshop: 
Community Based Research/Community-Based Participatory Research · Edmonton, AB, 
Canada · http://www.wchri.med.ualberta.ca/Home/Workshops/Current

September 24-26, 2007 · Navajo Nation Human Research Review Board Conference · Window 
Rock, AZ · http://www.nnhrrb.navajo.org/

October 3-4, 2007 · Community Benefit 101: The Nuts and Bolts of Planning and Reporting 
Community Benefit · St. Louis, MO · http:/www.chausa.org/calendar

October 19-20, 2007 · Environmental Justice Summit · Edgecombe County, NC · 
http://groups.google.com/group/environmental_justice/browse_thread/thread/
d949c4ec14335389

October 24-26, 2007 · Collaborating Across Borders: An American-Canadian Dialogue on 
Interprofessional Health Education · Minneapolis, MN · http://www.ipe.umn.edu/

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Today is the Last Day to Register for NIH Council of Public Representative Prospective Applicant Teleconference. On Tuesday, August 21 from 3-4 pm eastern time, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will host a free teleconference to present information on NIH and the NIH Director's Council of Public Representatives (COPR) from the perspectives of the NIH staff and current Council members. Agenda items an introduction to NIH and the COPR, future directions of NIH and perspectives from current COPR members. To register, send an email with your name, affiliation, email, and phone number to COPR1@palladianpartners.com or call the COPR Resource Staff at (301) 650-8660, ext. 131. You must register to participate in this teleconference. Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email with information on how to participate in the teleconference. For more information, see the related Partnership Matters article at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/PM_072007.html and these websites:

Background on the COPR: http://copr.nih.gov

Application instructions: http://copr.nih.gov/application.asp

COPR fact sheet: http://copr.nih.gov/factsheet.asp

COPR member biographies: http://copr.nih.gov/current_members.asp

Academic Medicine Online - The August issue of Academic Medicine highlights how the nation's medical schools and teaching hospitals, particularly those of the Gulf Coast region, are recovering from and preparing for large-scale natural disasters. The August editorial and two articles are free to non-subscribers: "Survival and Recovery: Maintaining the Educational Mission of the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina" and "Surviving Hurricane Katrina: Reconstructing the Educational Enterprise of Tulane University School of Medicine." See the Academic Medicine Web site for more information and to access the complete table of contents at http://www.academicmedicine.org

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Enthnographer/Research Associate – Institute for Community Research, Hartford, CT – Closing Date: September 15, 2007 - The position of Ethnographer/Research Associate is a full-time position involving research on, youth party and social activity situations, drug use including Ecstasy and intimate beliefs and practices. The study includes field ethnography, focus groups with youth on youth lifestyle, the use of MDMA and other drugs, and sexual beliefs and practices, and in-depth interviews with MDMA using polydrug users in the Hartford area. Recording, coding and group analysis and write up are critical to the position. http://www.incommunityresearch.org/about/aboutjobannouncements.htm

Senior Research Associate – Institute for Community Research, Hartford, CT – Closing Date: October 15, 2007 - The Senior Research Associate will demonstrate a strong track record in successful federal research grant awards, and will be prepared to contribute significantly to grant development that advances the community oriented mission and work of the Institute, including his or her own partnership research grants, and to contribute through this work to shaping the future of the Institute. http://www.incommunityresearch.org/about/aboutjobannouncements.htm

Senior Associate-Health – PolicyLink, Oakland, CA - The successful candidate will be a key staff member of the new PolicyLink Center for Health and Place. They will develop, in collaboration with executive and senior level colleagues, an understanding of the field of health and place, and will investigate strategic opportunities for research, capacity building, policy development and advocacy across the country. http://www.policylink.org/

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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

 Create Centres to Counter Chronic Disease in Developing Countries – 
Deadline: September 4, 2007 – Ovations, a US health and wellbeing company, has made $15 million available 
in cash and kind to create centres to build capacity to counter chronic disease in the developing world. 
http://www.oxha.org/memberarea/ovations-chronic-disease-initiative-rfp

 CBPR Funding in Oregon and Southwest Washington – Deadline: September 17, 
2007 – The Northwest Health Foundation is now accepting funding proposals for "Preventing and Managing 
Chronic Diseases through Community-Based Participatory Research."  They are particularly interested in research 
that addresses the social, environmental, and behavioral factors contributing to chronic disease through community 
policies and practices, education, and culturally appropriate services. 
http://www.nwhf.org/apply/health_med_research.php

 Grants Available in Minnesota for Service-Learning and Campus-Community 
Collaboration – Deadline: October 12, 2007 – Minnesota Campus Compact has grants available in the following 
three categories: Capacity Building, College Retention through Civic Engagement, and Multi-Campus Initiatives. 
Proposals may be submitted requesting $10,000 to $20,000. All grant proposals must be submitted by a collaboration 
consisting of at least one community-based organization (non-profit, school, governmental unit, etc.) and at least one 
Minnesota college/university. http://www.mncampuscompact.org

 NIH Issues 2 Program Announcements for Research on Health Promotion Among Racial 
and Ethnic Minority Males – Deadline: Multiple – Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-421 - This Funding Opportunity 
Announcement solicits Exploratory/Developmental (R21) grant applications from applicants that propose to stimulate and expand 
research in the health of minority men. Specifically, this initiative is intended to: 1) enhance our understanding of the numerous 
factors (e.g., sociodemographic, community, societal, personal) influencing the health promoting behaviors of racial and ethnic 
minority males and their subpopulations across the life cycle, and 2) solicit applications focusing on the development and testing 
of culturally and linguistically appropriate health-promoting interventions designed to reduce health disparities among racially and 
ethnically diverse males and their subpopulations age 21 and older. 
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-421.html - 
Funding Opportunity Number: PA-07-422 - This Funding Opportunity Announcement solicits Research Project (R01) grant 
applications from applicants that propose to stimulate and expand research in the health of minority men. Specifically, 
this initiative is intended to: 1) enhance our understanding of the numerous factors (e.g., sociodemographic, community, 
societal, personal) influencing the health promoting behaviors of racial and ethnic minority males and their subpopulations 
across the life cycle, and 2) solicit applications focusing on the development and testing of culturally and linguistically appropriate 
health-promoting interventions designed to reduce health disparities among racially and ethnically diverse males and their 
subpopulations age 21 and older. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-422.html

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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

NIH Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Program – Deadline: December 14, 2007 – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fogarty International Clinical Research Scholars Program has announced their exciting clinical research training experience. This is a one-year term for graduate level US students in the health professions. This opportunity for highly motivated individuals to experience mentored research training at top-ranked, NIH-funded research centers in the following countries: Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, China, Haiti, India, Kenya, Mali, Peru, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, and Zambia. http://www.aamc.org/students/medstudents/overseasfellowship/

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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 Presentations on Environmental Justice – Deadline: September 7, 2007 – North Carolina's 9th Annual Community-Based Environmental Justice Summit will be held October 19-20, 2007 at the Historic Franklinton Center at Bricks, Edgecombe County, NC. They invite submissions that address environmental justice topics from any disciplinary perspective, including environmental sciences, social sciences, humanities, law, journalism, public health and medicine. Researchers who have conducted community-driven or community-based research are encouraged to present in collaboration with community groups. http://groups.google.com/group/environmental_justice/browse_thread/thread/d949c4ec14335389

Call for Chapters: Teaching Tolerance and Valuing Diversity – Deadline: October 1, 2007 – This inter-disciplinary text will address the importance of incorporating the contemporary social issues of teaching tolerance and valuing diversity into higher education. Written in a format that is accessible to academics and to members of community-based organizations, the text will serve as a resource for all who are engaged in educating students to become active participants in our democratic society. Preference will be given to chapters that include assessment data. They strongly encourage academics to collaborate with community partners in writing their chapters. For more information, contact Margaret Finucane at mfinucane@jcu.edu

Katrina Issue of Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy – Deadline: Open – Your help requested in identifying researchers who are working in areas hit by hurricanes Katrina or Rita. In the closing paper on the Katrina issue of Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy (ASAP), Janet Ruscher (special issue co-editor) and Geoff Maruyama, editor, noted two points where their issue fell short: (1) there were many issues still unresolved, and so the issue was out too soon to see if and how those issues were resolved and how psychology and social science research contributed to the resolutions; and (2) they hadn't gotten any papers submitted from people who were "on the ground" in the New Orleans area when the hurricanes hit, and who could follow a sample through the dislocation and recovery process. Given the slowness in recovery, some samples may still have a ways to go before their lives are back to pre-Katrina stability. So, ASAP is soliciting papers for a sequel, "Katrina II." http://www.asap-spssi.org/

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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 Community-Campus Partnerships for Health

CCPH Partnership Perspectives – Order Your Copies Today!

SUMMER 2003 - This 121-page issue is a compilation of articles based on presentations at the 2003 CCPH conference Taking Partnerships to A New Level: Achieving Outcomes, Sustaining Change. Together, the articles illustrate the significant outcomes and changes that can result from community-campus partnerships, and highlight the skills, tools and competencies needed to transform partnerships "to a new level." The issue also features recommendations from various funding agencies and highlights from Dr. David Satcher's keynote presentation.

SUMMER 2002 – This 112-page issue is a compilation of articles based on presentations at the CCPH 2002 annual conference, The Partnership as the Leverage Point for Change. Together, the articles make up a set of responses and resources for maximizing the power of community-campus partnerships at the community, state, regional, national, and international levels.

SUMMER 2000 - This 94-page magazine is a compilation of articles on each of the CCPH principles of partnership. Articles address such topics as: developing and sustaining community-campus partnerships; sharing power and resources among partners; strategies for building partnerships on partner strengths and assets; and the evolutionary stages of partnerships.

SPRING 1998 - This 79-page magazine is the inaugural issue of Partnership Perspectives. Articles address such topics as: institutionalizing service-learning; managed care and partnerships; health professions schools, seminaries, and faith communities; cultural competency and sensitivity; and an overview of Health Professions Schools in Service to the Nation program and CCPH.

CCPH Members: $12 each or $35 for complete set of 4, including shipping and handling.
Non-members: $15 each or $45 for complete set of 4, including shipping and handling.

Ordering information: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/guide.html#PubOrderForm

Race, Neighborhoods, and the Misuse of Social Capital

This anthology tackles four key issues in race, neighborhoods, and social capital: how is social capital discussed within the contexts of racial inequality, how does this dialogue inform public policy regarding neighborhood revitalization and economic development, and how is utilization of social capital an effective strategy for improving inner city living conditions. These accomplished authors first address the common argument and then provide illustrative analyses, articulating political and economic strategies that ensure basic economic benefits for all communities, regardless of the “stock” of social capital.

CCPH members David Turcotte & Linda Silka from Univ of Massachusetts-Lowell co-authored the chapter on "Reflections on the Concept of Social Capital: Complex Partnerships in Southeast Asian Refugee and Immigrant Communities"

Ordering information: http://www.palgrave-usa.com/catalog/product.aspx?isbn=1403980764

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