September 18, 2009 · Volume XI · Issue 15
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HAWAII PROFESSOR NAMED MAYO CLINIC "MEDICAL HERO" FOR OPPOSING U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE STUDY AT TUSKEGEE
A University of Hawaii medical professor who questioned the ethics of a U.S. Public Health Service study on "Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male" when he was 34 years old is being honored by the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Dr. Irwin Schatz was one of four "medical heroes" receiving a Distinguished Alumni Award from the Mayo Clinic board of trustees.
A 1961 Mayo School of Medicine graduate, Schatz was a young cardiologist in Detroit when he read a study "of indigent black men, essentially sharecroppers, that started in the 1930s." Reports of the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study in Tuskegee, Ala., say it initially involved 600 African Americans -- 399 with syphilis. It was conducted without the patients' informed consent.
He saw a report in the Archives of Internal Medicine in 1964 describing 30 years of following the patients with no treatment to cure their illness, he said. "I couldn't believe my eyes. I reread it several times. I wanted to make sure I interpreted it correctly. I was so incensed. I couldn't believe doctors did this."
He was so upset he wrote a letter to the senior author of the paper at the Public Health Service (the precursor of the National Institutes of Health) saying he could not believe ethical standards permitted such a study. In a letter dated June 11, 1965, he wrote: "I am utterly astounded by the fact that physicians allow patients with potentially fatal disease to remain untreated when effective therapy is available. I assume you feel that the information which is extracted from observation of this untreated group is worth their sacrifice. If this is the case, then I suggest that the United States Public Health Service and those physicians associated with it in this study need to reevaluate their moral judgments in this regard." He never received a reply.
Then six or seven years later, a Wall Street Journal reporter rifling through U.S. Centers for Disease files ran across his letter and wrote an article that triggered a raft of media reports and a public outcry. A class-action lawsuit was filed in 1973 for the study participants and families, resulting in a $10 million out-of-court settlement, lifetime medical benefits and burial services.
In a letter nominating Schatz for the Mayo award, Dr. David Peterson, program director for clinical research at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, said his complaint about the study was courageous. He "was a young physician at the time, and criticizing an investigation which was overseen by some of the leading figures in the American Public Health Service was an action that was, to say the very least, potentially harmful to his career."
2009 CCPH SERVICE-LEARNING INSTITUTE A SUCCESS!
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Congratulations to CCPH 12th Summer Service-Learning Institute participants and mentors for completing an intense four days of learning, action planning, and collaboration at Sleeping Lady Mountain Retreat in Leavenworth, Washington on July 27th, 2009. Mentors and participants at this summer's institute, listed below, demonstrate the diversity of roles, academic institutions, professions and community organizations involved in service-learning.
During the Institute, participants actively engaged in sessions covering an overview of service-learning; building, maintaining and improving community-campus partnerships; identifying learning styles; assessing student learning; and evaluating and continuously improving their programs. Participants also worked in small groups with experienced mentors to apply these concepts to their own settings, and develop an action plan for service-learning program and course development.
The institute agenda and presentations are available on the CCPH past presentations page.
To bring a customized version of the institute to your campus or community, visit the CCPH Consultancy Network page or email us.
For more service-learning resources, visit the CCPH Service-Learning Resources page. If you have service-learning course syllabi, tools, published articles or other resources to add to our growing collection, email us.
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MENTORS
- Suzanne Cashman, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester
- Barbara Gottlieb, Brookside Community Health Center, Jamaica Plain, MA
- Julie Nigon, Rochester Adult and Family Literacy Program, Hawthorne Education Center, Rochester, MN
- Richard Redman, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- Sarena Seifer, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health and University of Washington School of Public Health, Toronto, ON
- Rachel Vaughn, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health and Carlson Leadership & Public Service Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- Karen Yoder, Division of Community Dentistry, Indiana University, Fort Wayne, IN
PARTICIPANTS
- Lisa Anderson, Department of Epidemiology & Community Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
- Cynthia Bunde, Physician Assistant Program, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID
- Cheryl Cooke, Nursing Program, University of Washington Bothell, Bothell, WA
- Carol Cordell, Department of Kinesiology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
- Madge Donnellan, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
- Jodi Duke, School of Pharmacy, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
- Lorece Edwards, School of Community Health and Policy, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
- Catherine Folowoshele, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
- Jan Gascoigne, Center for Public Health Practice, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO
- Clemon George, Health Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
- Tina Kandakai, Office of Experiential Education and Civic Engagement, Kent State University, Kent, OH
- Wylie Liu, University Community Partnerships, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
- Doriane Miller, Center for Community Health and Vitality, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL
- Creshelle Nash, Arkansas Minority Health Commission, Little Rock, AR
- Susan Nesbit, Department of Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
- Celia Pechak, Physical Therapy Program, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX
- Samantha Sabo, Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
- Kate Stewart, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR
- Jill Tamashiro, Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
- Jessica Tschirren, Master of Public Health Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center, University of Nebraska Omaha, Omaha, NE
- Virginia Watson, Office of Workforce and Career Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
- Matt Whiteman, Ethics of International Service Learning, TLEF Project, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
- Michael Whitfield, Undergraduate Medical Programme, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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NEWS FROM CCPH
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MEMBERSHIP MATTERS
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As a long-term resident of the New Haven, Connecticut area, CCPH member Stephen
Updegrove is committed to improving health in his local community through a
variety of partnerships and collaborations. He is involved in the Office of
Community-Based Research and Engagement at Yale University, the Wellness
Committee of the New Haven Public Schools, and the New Haven Health Department.
In his interview, Steve discusses the innovative work being done through each
organization, and how they are combining efforts to change health. Steve shares
his hopes that as this "web of collaborations becomes increasingly stitched
together," further improvements in the health of his community will be
achieved.
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CCPH EVENTS
Join CCPH at these Upcoming Events!
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Summer 2009 Issue of Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health Now Available. Pimatisiwin is a peer reviewed, web-based journal published twice each year by Native Counseling Services of Alberta, in partnership with the The Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health in Australia, Papa Ola Lokahi in Hawaii, and the International Indigenous Council for Healing Our Spirit Worldwide. The articles are multidisciplinary, and of interest to a wide range of readers, including both community and academic researchers. The journal's peer review process includes an academic and a community-based reviewer for each article. This summer 2009 issue contains many articles on CBPR. The fall 2007 issue featured articles based on presentations from CCPH's 10th anniversary conference in Toronto that year.
New Report: Partnering with Parents and Families to Support Immigrant and Refugee Children at School - This report outlines model mental health programs that engage communities and community organizations to build effective services for children and youth. Caring Across Communities, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is working with 15 sites across the United States to develop school-connected mental health programs that partner with immigrant and refugee families in support of their children's academic success and emotional well-being. This report outlines programs that engage schools, communities and community organizations to build effective and easily-accessible mental health services for children and youth, and address such issues as: The impact of the immigrant and refugee experience; offering school-based mental health services; and strategies for partnering with immigrant families to support mental health.
Flu Trackers Encourage Patients to Blog About It - Think you have the flu? In some places, you can now go directly to the Internet and report your symptoms to officials eager to spot outbreaks. Say you feel sick, but before you see a doctor you search the Web for information, or blog or Twitter about the flu. Your worries will be detected by companies prowling the Internet for disease trends. If you actually come down with the flu, and the doctors want to know who you've been in physical contact with, your trusty cell phone could soon tell them. And someday, scientists hope, this "infodemiology" might help forecast and track a flu epidemic the way experts monitor the weather. As health officials gear up for the flu season amid the global H1N1 pandemic, technology and new forms of Internet social interaction are transforming how such outbreaks are monitored.
Free Toolkit for Managing Skilled Volunteers Now Available - The Nonprofit Readiness Toolkit: How to Prepare your Organization for Pro Bono Volunteers is a new resource from the Corporation for National and Community Service designed to assist nonprofit organizations to assess the internal need and readiness of organizations to leverage pro bono volunteers and to manage pro bono projects to benefit both the volunteer and the organization. Pro bono volunteers are those who bring a high level of technical skill to volunteer assignments. The old model of a long term commitment to appear at your agency for a given number of hours on a regular basis for an unlimited period of time is not what these professional, highly skilled volunteers are looking for. This requires a major mind shift for you as the manager of volunteers and for your agency at the senior management level.
New Research Explores the Sometimes Rough Road to Adulthood - Low-income African American youth engage in fewer risky behaviors than low-income white youth, a new Urban Institute analysis of federal data reveals. And, a companion analysis shows second-generation Latinos make a more successful transition into the labor market than black and third-generation Latino youth. This research on young blacks and Latinos is part of a collection of eight brief studies on vulnerable youth, risky behavior, and the transition to adulthood. The other briefs examine school and work participation for young men and women, youth from troubled neighborhoods, youth from low-income families, and those suffering from depression/anxiety. Data came from a U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics survey that followed a sample of adolescents from 1997 into young adulthood in 2005. To access more information on this study email Stu Kantor.
Project Planning Model on Childhood Obesity Available - Youth Service America and UnitedHealth Group published "First Responders: Youth Addressing Childhood Obesity Through Service-Learning," a project planning module that provides the necessary information for school and community educators to develop effective projects. With data, project examples, and links to additional resources, educators have the tools to connect childhood obesity to a variety of learning areas.
Invitation to Join the Global Health Nursing and Midwifery Community at Global Health Delivery Online - Partners In Health, the University of Maryland's School of Nursing Office of Global Health, Regis College School of Nursing and Health Professions, and MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing, are inviting folks to join an online community for Global Health Nursing and Midwifery at Global Health Delivery (GHD) Online. The community was created to serve the growing network of midwives and nurses involved and interested in the field of global health. This online community and discussion group will serve as a platform for both online conversation and content sharing. Members can join and post questions, engage in conversation, search content and freely access materials. GHD Online hopes this community lead to further collaboration and information sharing among nurses and midwives working in global health projects.
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Community Service Learning Coordinator - University of British Columbia, Community Learning Initiative - Vancouver, B.C., Canada - The CSL Coordinator is responsible for collaborating with Applied Science faculty, staff, and students and various community partners to integrate Community Service Learning (CSL) projects and placements into academic courses offered through the Faculty of Applied Science. The CSL Coordinator plays a key role in increasing the number of courses in Applied Science that incorporate CSL opportunities for students, especially undergraduate students, while building relationships between the community and the faculty of Applied Science. The position works with students, course instructors, UBC staff and staff from community organizations in a variety of ways, including informing people about CSL, facilitating connections between the university and community, supporting instructors to effectively integrate CSL into course work, identifying CSL projects or placements that will help meet course learning objectives, organizing CSL projects that respond to community priorities, orienting and supporting students with respect to their roles in CSL, and evaluating course-based CSL. The CSL Coordinator works with other members of the Applied Science group to expand community-based experiential learning opportunities for Applied Science students, including co-curricular CSL (i.e., CSL done outside of academic courses). The CSL Coordinator works closely with community partners, the Applied Science faculty, Go Global, and CSL Coordinators in other faculties to ensure the effectiveness of CSL partnerships. For the full job posting visit: http://www.hr.ubc.ca/careers/staff.html
Crew 450 Project Coordinator - University of Illinois - Chicago, IL - The Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago Campus is actively recruiting a Project Coordinator to direct a new NIH funded study on the development of a cluster of health risks among young gay and bisexual men. The candidate will join the IMPACT LGBT Health and Development Program, directed by Brian Mustanski, Ph.D., a productive research program based in the Institute for Juvenile Research. The appointee will oversee the operations of a new NIH funded longitudinal study of young gay and bisexual men that is being conducted in partnership with Howard Brown Health Center-one of the nation's largest LGBT health centers. For the full job description visit: http://www.publichealthjobs.net/search/detail.cfm?jobID=8836.
Project Director, Partnership for Maternal and Neonatal Health- HealthRight International- Katmandu, Nepal - HealthRight International (formerly Doctors of the World-USA) seeks a dynamic public health professional to oversee all aspects of HealthRight's newly funded, four-year USAID Child Survival and Health Grants Program-funded project in Nepal: "Partnership for Maternal and Neonatal Health (PMNH)." Based in Kathmandu, this position also represents HealthRight to all national and district-level partners including donors, MOH, CBOs and community members. Working closely with the New York-based Asia Program Manager and Program Associate, responsibilities include recruiting and directly supervising all PMNH staff; planning, implementing, and supervising project activities; providing technical leadership and support to project staff and partners; overseeing the collection of project data; serving as liaison between HealthRight and donor agencies, other PVOs, and project partners in Nepal; ensuring compliance with all USAID and HealthRight finance, logistics, procurement, and human resources policies; and providing careful financial oversight for the PMNH project. For more information visit: http://www.publichealthjobs.net/search/detail.cfm?jobID=8831.
Public Health Specialist II - State of Alaska, Health and Social Services - Anchorage, AK - This recruitment seeks an environmental and/or public health scientist with formal education and experience in the field of toxicology. This position serves as a health assessor for the Environmental Public Health Program within the Section of Epidemiology. The incumbent will evaluate the health significance of chemicals in the environment in Alaska, considering the chemical and physical nature of the chemicals, site conditions, toxicological properties, and relevant exposure pathways. The incumbent will evaluate contaminants in fish and other subsistence foods, perform health assessments for communities impacted by contaminated sites, conduct lead exposure surveillance, and respond to a variety of other environmental health concerns. This position provides a unique opportunity to improve the health status of Alaskans by reducing exposure to hazardous chemicals. Please visit: http://www.publichealthjobs.net/search/detail.cfm?jobID=8825.
PUBLICATIONS
CCPH Members receive discounts on publications by Wiley/Jossey-Bass Publishers, Johns Hopkins University Press, West Virginia University Press, Fieldstone Alliance, University of California Press and Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
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Cultural Competence in Health Care: A Practical Guide By Anne Rundle, Editor et al A manual written for health care professionals who care for patients from diverse religious and cultural backgrounds. First developed by doctors and nurses at Children's Hospital in Boston, it contains detailed, practical information for working with dozens of religious and cultural groups and is designed to help providers best meet needs of their ethnically diverse patients while satisfying stringent new regulatory standards for culturally sensitive care. CCPH members receive a 15% discount when ordering this publication and all Jossey-Bass Publications from the CCPH website! Ordering information: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/books.html |
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Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice Inquiries for Hope and Change By Cheryl McLean, Editor "Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice, Inquiries for Hope and Change" is the inaugural book in "The Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice" series. The contemporary text will be published by Detselig/Temeron Books in 2010. This book will be followed by two additional research based texts in the series, "Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice Across Cultures and Communities for Change" and "Story Technology and Transformation." A few topics that will be featured in this text are: arts and research in aging and health, caregiving, training; arts methods in CBR; arts and research in work for social change; creative arts in environmental justice and education; narrative methods in medical education; story used in healthcare education; performative methods in health raising awareness about lived experiences vulnerable populations. Ordering Information: Contact CherylMcLean@ijcaip.com |
