SAVE THE DATE!
CCPH’s 11^th Conference
“Creating the Future We Want to Be: Transformation through Partnerships,”
April 29 – May 2, 2009 in Milwaukee, WI USA. Plan now to attend!

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WHO RELEASES NEW REPORT ON SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH:

Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity through Action on the Social Determinants of Health

A child born in a Glasgow, Scotland suburb can expect a life 28 years shorter than another living only 13 kilometres away. A girl in Lesotho is likely to live 42 years less than another in Japan. In Sweden, the risk of a woman dying during pregnancy and childbirth is 1 in 17,400; in Afghanistan, the odds are 1 in 8. Biology does not explain any of this. Instead, the differences between - and within - countries result from the social environment where people are born, live, grow, work and age.

These "social determinants of health" have been the focus of a three-year investigation by an eminent group of policy makers, academics, former heads of state and former ministers of health. Together, they comprise the World Health Organization's Commission on the Social Determinants of Health. "(The) toxic combination of bad policies, economics, and politics is, in large measure responsible for the fact that a majority of people in the world do not enjoy the good health that is biologically possible," the Commissioners write in Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity through Action on the Social Determinants of Health. "Social injustice is killing people on a grand scale."

"Health inequity really is a matter of life and death," said Dr Chan today while welcoming the Report and congratulating the Commission. "But health systems will not naturally gravitate towards equity. Unprecedented leadership is needed that compels all actors, including those beyond the health sector, to examine their impact on health. Primary health care, which integrates health in all of government's policies, is the best framework for doing so."

Recommendations: Based on the compelling evidence, the Commission makes three overarching recommendations to tackle the "corrosive effects of inequality of life chances":

Improve daily living conditions, including the circumstances in which people are born, grow, live, work and age.
Tackle the inequitable distribution of power, money and resources – the structural drivers of those conditions – globally, nationally and locally.
Measure and understand the problem and assess the impact of action.

Recommendations for daily living: Improving daily living conditions begins at the start of life. The Commission recommends that countries set up an interagency mechanism to ensure effective collaboration and coherent policy between all sectors for early childhood development, and aim to provide early childhood services to all of their young citizens. Investing in early childhood development provides one of the best ways to reduce health inequities. Evidence shows that investment in the education of women pays for itself many times over.

Billions of people live without adequate shelter and clean water. The Commission's report pays particular attention to the increasing numbers of people who live in urban slums, and the impact of urban governance on health. The Commission joins other voices in calling for a renewed effort to ensure water, sanitation and electricity for all, as well as better urban planning to address the epidemic of chronic disease.

The report also highlights how over 100 million people are impoverished due to paying for health care – a key contributor to health inequity. The Commission thus calls for health systems to be based on principles of equity, disease prevention and health promotion with universal coverage, based on primary health care.

Distribution of resources: Enacting the recommendations of the Commission to improve daily living conditions will also require tackling the inequitable distribution of resources. This requires far-reaching and systematic action.

The report foregrounds a range of recommendations aimed at ensuring fair financing, corporate social responsibility, gender equity and better governance. These include using health equity as an indicator of government performance and overall social development, the widespread use of health equity impact assessments, ensuring that rich countries honour their commitment to provide 0.7% of their GNP as aid, strengthening legislation to prohibit discrimination by gender and improving the capacity for all groups in society to participate in policy-making with space for civil society to work unencumbered to promote and protect political and social rights. At the global level, the Commission recommends that health equity should be a core development goal and that a social determinants of health framework should be used to monitor progress.

To read the full report, visit: http://www.who.int/social_determinants/final_report/en/

ALTERNATIVE WORLD HEALTH REPORT CALLS FOR RADICAL CHANGE

Global Health Watch 2 Launched October 16th

Civil society organizations and scientists from around the world are calling for 'a new development paradigm' to address the toxic combination of climate change, growing poverty and inequality and poor health.

The new report, Global Health Watch 2, says that unfair social and economic policies combined with bad politics are to blame for the poor state of the health of millions of people in the world. The report makes stinging criticisms of key global actors, including the World Health Organization, the World Bank and the Gates Foundation. The report calls on governments to stop the Bank from meddling in health politics.

Global Health Watch 2 provides examples of civil society mobilization across the world for more equitable health care and more health promotion, although more is needed to bring about significant improvements in health.

The report reveals widespread unease about the immense but unaccountable power and influence of the Gates Foundation. It says that although the Gates Foundation has injected vast sums of money into global health, it operates in an undemocratic way and reinforces a medical-technical approach.

Among other issues it highlights is the pressure exerted on the World Health Organization by powerful and vested interests that would prefer WHO's activities and program to have a more biomedical and less political focus.

Global Health Watch 2will be launched in London on 16th October, followed by launches in around 20 other countries. The first edition of Global Health Watch, published in 2005, was hailed for its ground-breaking analysis and mobilizing call to action.

For further information, please visit: http://www.phmovement.org/cms/en/node/862#GHW2%20Overview

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MESSAGE FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Cheryl Maurana

CCPH Honors Long-Standing Board Members

CCPH had a very productive Fall Board meeting in Washington D.C. last week. I’d like to thank all of the CCPH Members and guests who joined us for a reception on Friday evening. I always welcome the opportunity to connect with members and learn more about the meaningful work that each of you are accomplishing in our communities and institutions.

I would also like to recognize the outstanding contributions of CCPH Board members who give their time, energy, and commitment to keep the organization true to its mission and values. This year, we have several long-standing Board members who have completed their terms on the Board. Under their tenures, CCPH has reached many accomplishments and undergone great transformation. These Board members have guided the organization to:

Be a pioneer in defining the gold standard for service-learning, community-based participatory research and community-engagement.
Grow its membership and connect hundreds of community partners and engaged scholars from across the world.
Advocate for policies that provide equal funding and resources to build the capacity for principled community-campus partnerships.
Create a stable transition to a new home at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee

These accomplishments will have a long-lasting impact on the organization and their work will continue to be advanced by our new Board members. As with all of our former Board members, we know they will continue to support CCPH through their leadership and expertise.

Please join me in taking the opportunity to thank these dedicated Board members: Renee Bayer, Diane Downing, Larry Green, Ella Greene-Moton, and Douglas Simmons.

As we thank these Board members for their time and commitment, we are also preparing to open our Board recruitment process. In upcoming weeks, we hope that you will watch for and respond to our board recruitment nomination announcements. Please email us if you are interested in learning more about the Board nomination process at info@ccph.info.

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NEWS FROM CCPH

Geoffrey Canada to be Keynote Speaker at the 2009 CCPH Conference,

April 29 – May 2, 2009 in Milwaukee WI

CCPH is proud to announce that Geoffrey Canada, President and Chief Executive Officer for Harlem’s Children Zone, will be the keynote speaker at the 2009 CCPH Conference, “Creating the Future We Want to Be: Transformation through Partnerships.” In his 20-plus years with Harlem Children's Zone, Inc., Geoffrey Canada has become nationally recognized for his pioneering work helping children and families in Harlem and as a passionate advocate for education reform. Drawing upon his own childhood experiences and at the Harlem Children's Zone, Mr. Canada has written two books: Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence in America, published in 1995 by Beacon Press, and Reaching Up for Manhood: Transforming the Lives of Boys in America, published in 1998 by Beacon Press. Most recently, he is the subject of a new book by New York Times reporter Paul Tough, Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America.

To read more about Geoffrey Canada, please visit: http://www.hcz.org/what-is-hcz/about-geoffrey-canada/53-about-geoffrey-canada.

For a recent NPR story on Canada, please visit: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94576366

Save the dates for the CCPH Conference: April 29 – May 2^nd. For more information on the conference, see: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf09-overview.html

CCPH and ENACCT Submit Comments on Human Subjects Protection Training and Education Programs

CCPH and the Education Network to Advance Cancer Clinical Trials (ENACCT) responded to a recent request for public comments from the federal Office for Human Research Protections on the topic of human subjects protection training and education programs.

CCPH and ENACCT are spearheading a national federally funded initiative, Communities as Partners in Cancer Clinical Trials: Changing Research, Practice and Policy, which is exploring the potential of employing community-based participatory research (CBPR) principles and approaches to improve multi-site, phase III cancer clinical trials. The initiative's forthcoming report, to be released in October 2008, makes a number of recommendations relevant to the issue of training and education of clinical research teams and Institutional Review Board (IRB) members.

CCPH is also developing a CBPR curriculum for members of IRBs and Research Ethics Boards.

To read the comments submitted by CCPH and ENACCT, click here.

For more information on CCPH’s Communities as Partners in Cancer Clinical
Trials, visit http://www.enacct.org/conference/conference.php.

For more information on CCPH's CBPR and research ethics program,
including the forthcoming CBPR curriculum for IRBs/REBs, visit
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/irbhome.html

Subscribe to CCPH's CBPR and research ethics electronic discussion group at http://mailman.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/ccph-ethics

Special Limited Time 
Offer for the Journal Progress in Community Health Partnerships 
Available to CCPH Members!

One of CCPH’s publishing partners; Johns Hopkins University Press has a special offer exclusive to CCPH members in subscription prices for a limited time only! Currently, CCPH members are eligible for a 20% discount on subscription prices to the JHUP Journal Progress in Community Health Partnerships as a benefit of CCPH Membership.

However, for a limited time, JHUP would like to EXTEND this discount by offering issue 2.2 of Progress in Community Health Partnerships for FREE! That's a 20% discount on the subscription and a FREE issue (5 issues for the price of 4!).

In this issue:

· Nearly all of the papers in this special issue originated at the 2007 CCPH Conference

· CCPH Senior Consultant Sarena Seifer’s editorial “Mobilizing Partnerships for Social Change” is featured

· Two papers feature local-level community health surveys through academic-community partnerships

To act NOW on this time-sensitive benefit, visit our publications discount page at: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/books.html#JohnsHopkins1

Remember, this offer only applies to current CCPH members. Not yet a member? Join today!

Submit your CCPH’S Annual Award Nomination!

The nomination materials for CCPH’s Annual Award are now available by visiting our website at http://www.depts.washington.edu/ccph/awards.html. Partnerships must nominate themselves and need not be members of CCPH. Award nominations are due January 30, 2009.

The CCPH Award will be presented at the 11^th CCPH Conference “Creating the Future We Want to Be: Transformation Through Partnerships,” scheduled for April 29-May 2, 2009 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

To read about the 2008 Annual Award recipient, the Partnership between the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA and the Decatur Community Association, Cutler, OH, USA please visit: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/awardsrecipients.html#2008

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MEMBERSHIP MATTERS

Are You Enjoying ALL of the

Benefits CCPH Membership Offers?

Join a CCPH Member Interest Group Today!

Member Interest Groups (MIGs) are designed to mobilize CCPH members for collaborative problem-solving and collective action around priority topics of shared interest. Current MIG topics include:

v Aboriginal & Indigenous Peoples' Health

v Community-Academic Partnerships in HIV/AIDS

v Emerging Leaders

v Homelessness & Health

v International Partnerships

v Refugee & Immigrant Health

v Rural Health

All CCPH members are invited to join one or more MIGs. Sign up today at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/migs.html

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!

FEATURED MEMBER

Rae Walker

Examining Trust in Collaborative Partnerships

In this interview, CCPH Member Rae Walker shares her work on trust and partnerships. Rae is a Professor at La Trobe University School of Public Health in Australia. Her research aims to better understand trust-building in partnerships, including how organizational and policy environments make it easier or harder to work in trust-based ways. “Trust is a fascinating thing to study” says Rae, and her passion extends to building community-campus partnerships that address the “wicked problems” – the complex ones – including the problem of climate change and the imperative to transform national economies while maintaining community wellbeing.

To 
read Rae’s full interview about her work and passions, click here.

To read about previous Featured Members, click 
here.

Would you like to be a CCPH Featured Member? See below for details….

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, call (206) 666-3406 or email info@ccph.info

Showcase Your Work! Be a CCPH Featured Member!

Let the world know about your partnership work! Email us at info@ccph.info for details.

Read about Current CCPH Featured Member Rae Walker 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

CCPH Member Elmer Freeman and Community Voices Launch Student Photo Essay Tour on Health Disparities

CCPH member Elmer Freeman is Executive Director of the Center for Community Health Education, Research, and Service, which runs the Community Voices project.

Community Voices aims to address health disparities in Boston and to motivate low-income students of color to pursue careers in the health professions. The program was developed in response to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino’s call to action, which identified health disparities as the most pressing health issue in the city. Community Voices has highlighted the need for increased public awareness of health disparities and for greater efforts in diversifying the healthcare workforce.

Community Voices employs high school students interested in health to develop a photo essay on racial and ethnic health disparities in the Boston community. The program pairs a didactic curriculum of health, photography and journalism with employment in community health centers (CHCs). Participants receive 7 weeks of training from experts on topics like community advocacy, health disparities, chronic illness, photography,
interviewing and research, documentary filmmaking, radio broadcasting, and creative writing. Each week they spend 2 days in seminar and 3 days at their assigned CHCs, working alongside different health providers, interviewing staff, and taking photographs.

The students’ photo essays documenting health disparities within their community will be on tour in Boston and throughout the Northeast this fall. The tour’s opening reception is on October 21^st at Northeastern University and is open to the public. For more information or to help support the photo tour, please visit: www.cchers.org/communityvoices

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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

CCPH’s CONFERENCE PAGE

Join CCPH at these Upcoming Events!

OCTOBER 2008

4 October 25-28, 2008 ● International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Conference ● New Orleans, LA

The conference theme is “The Scholarship of Engagement: Dimensions of Reciprocal Partnerships.” Three conference sessions feature CCPH presenters:

· CCPH Senior Consultant Sherril Gelmon and Faculty for the Engaged Campus Co-Director Cathy Jordan leading a pre-conference workshop on October 25 on Practical Suggestions for Securing Recognition of Your Community-Engaged Scholarship.

· On October 26, CCPH Senior Consultant Sherril Gelmon will also be presenting a workshop on Benchmarking Institutional Engagement: A Comparison of Two Methods, including CCPH’s Building Capacity for Community Engagement Institutional Self assessment.

· Also on October 26, CCPH Member Amanda Vogel will be presenting her CCPH-supported doctoral study on Evaluating the Long-Term Sustainability and Impact of Service Learning in the Health Professions: A Ten-Year Follow-up Study of the Health Professions Schools in Service to the Nation Program

For more information on the conference, visit: http://www.researchslce.org/Files/2008Conference/Conference_Main.html

For more information on Faculty for the Engaged Campus, visit:
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/faculty-engaged.html

APRIL – MAY 2009

4 Save the Date! April 29-May 2, 2009 ● CCPH’s 11^th Conference ● Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Mark your calendars for April 29^th-May 2^nd 2009 and plan now to join hundreds of your colleagues for four days of skill-building, networking and agenda-setting in Milwaukee, WI CCPH’s new home city! More information is available at http://www.depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf09-cfp.html.

Questions? Interested in being an exhibitor or co-sponsor? Contact Alicia Witten at awitten@mcw.edu or (206) 666-3406.

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New Event Listings

For details on these new listings and all previously listed upcoming events, visit CCPH’s CONFERENCE PAGE

October 22-24, 2008 · Nov 7-8, 2008 · Student Conference on Civic Engagement, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH · http://www.ohiocampuscompact.org/page.cfm?ID=96

November 8, 2008 · The 2^nd Annual Student Service Leader’s Conference · Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA · http://campusphilly.org/service

November 4 -7, 2008 · Hispanic Aging: Let’s Look Beyond the Numbers at NHCOA’s Annual Conference · Albuquerque, New Mexico · http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=624518

March 8-11, 2009 · Health Behavior (AAHB) Meeting · Hilton Head, South Carolina · http://www.aahb.org/conference/.

May 18–20, 2009 · Pascal Vancouver International Conference: “The Third Mission of Universities” · University of British Columbia in Vancouver · http://www.obs-pascal.com/

June 15-16, 2009 · The Association of American Medical Colleges’ 10 Years of Careers in Medicine: Fostering Innovation for the Future · Savannah, GA · http://www.aamc.org/programs/cim/newsnotes.htm

July 12–24, 2009 · Ninth Annual Summer Institute on Design and Conduct of Randomized Clinical Trials Involving Behavioral Interventions · Warrenton, Virginia · Application Due Date
December 15, 2008 · http://blsweb.net/obssrapp2attend2009/

August 23-26, 2009 · 2009 National HIV Prevention Conference, Promoting Synergy Between Science and Program: Innovation and Action to End the Epidemic · Atlanta, GA http://www.2009nhpc.org/

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

New Publication on Evaluating Diversity Efforts in Medical Education – The importance of evaluating the impact of programs, especially those programs designed to increase underrepresented minority students’ access to medical education, requires persistent attention. As part of this effort, Diversity Policy and Programs (DPP) convened its third Diversity Research Forum, “Successfully Evaluating Diversity Efforts in Medical Education,” during the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) 2007 Annual Meeting. Its goal was to provide an overview of research and evaluation strategies used to successfully evaluate diversity efforts in medical education. The importance of evaluation design, implementation, and data collection were a central focus. The publication is available free on the AAMC’s Web site at www.aamc.org/publications

States Ranked By Size of Gaps in Key Child Health Measures – The report, America’s Health Starts With Healthy Children: How Do States Compare?, highlights the important role that income and education play in the health of America’s children. The release of the state-by-state report coincides with the launch of a new online tool. The Education and Health Calculator is an interactive tool that lets users examine the current level of education in their own county or state and observe what might happen to death rates if a larger proportion of the population attended college. To see the report, visit: http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=35010&c=EMC-CA144

Assessing the Impacts of Public Participation: Concepts, Evidence and Policy Implications – The expansion of ordinary citizens’ roles in a variety of policy and decision-making processes has created a pressing need to draw out the lessons from accumulated work in the field of public engagement to inform the design and evaluation of new public engagement processes. In particular, the effects of these roles on decision processes and outcomes, and on the citizens themselves, warrant scrutiny. These questions are increasingly relevant to health policy makers and health system managers working in local, provincial and national or pan-Canadian settings to find meaningful and effective ways to involve citizens in their decision-making processes. In this paper, we explore what is known about the extent to which the goals of public participation in policy have been met. Available online PDF at: http://www.chepa.org/LinkClick.aspx?link=pdf%2fCHEPA+WP+08-01.pdf&tabid=130&mid=450

Web site focuses on clinical research in children – Children and Clinical Studies is an educational Web site designed to help parents and health professionals understand the issues surrounding pediatric research. The Web site, created by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute in partnership with other National Institutes of Health institutes and outside organizations, explains why pediatric research is important, things to consider before joining a study, and what happens during a study. Content includes an award-winning video that features children, parents, and experts exploring the challenges and rewards of pediatric research. The Web site and video are available at: http://www.childrenandclinicalstudies.nhlbi.nih.gov.

Input sought for industry-wide guide to good medical practice – The National Alliance for Physician Competence, a voluntary collaboration of individuals drawn from professional, public, and governmental organizations concerned with physician competence, has released the first version of “The Guide to Good Medical Practice-USA.” The guide is an attempt at providing a common language and framework to describe the desirable characteristics and skills of a competent physician, and is intended to be used by organizations that educate physicians, accrediting institutions and programs, and groups that credential, certify, and license physicians. The alliance, of which the AAMC is a member, is seeking input from medical schools, teaching hospitals, and AAMC councils and groups on this evolving document. Information: Go to https://gmpusa.org

NIH issues new policy on amended grant applications – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have announced a major change in policy on the submission of amended grant applications. For original new applications and competing renewal applications submitted for the Jan. 25, 2009 due dates and beyond, the NIH will accept only one single amendment to the original application. The agency believes this policy will lead to the funding of high quality applications earlier, with fewer resubmissions. During the transition to this new policy, original new and competing renewal applications that were submitted for due dates prior to Jan. 25, 2009 will be permitted two amendments. This new policy applies to all grant applications. For Information, go to: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-003.html

The National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP)presents Clinical Diabetes Management Podcast Series – The National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) recently produced a series of new podcasts for health care professionals titled Clinical Diabetes Management. The podcasts interview specialists from pharmacy, podiatry, optometry, and dental (PPOD) professions on preventing diabetes complications and working as part of the diabetes care team. The series includes 10 podcasts that cover topics such as periodontal disease, preventing vision loss, living with vision loss, preventing amputation, and the pharmacist’s role in diabetes. Accessing the podcasts is easy: 1. Go to www.cdc.gov/podcasts; 2. Click on the “Browse” tab; 3. Scroll down to “By Series”; and 4. Select “Clinical Diabetes Management” and click “Go.” The podcasts are copyright-free, so feel free to use them in your community or professional outreach efforts! The summary podcasts can be used as is or edited for radio spots. For more free resources on diabetes prevention and control, contact the National Diabetes Education Program at www.ndep.nih.gov

Speaking Together Launches Online Toolkit for Building a High-Quality Language Service Program – For millions of people in the United States, language barriers in the health care system are a daily reality, leaving patients who speak or understand limited English unable to communicate effectively with their doctors and nurses. They risk receiving poorer quality of care—and have worse outcomes—as a result. The recently completed Speaking Together: National Language Services Network program, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, aimed to improve the quality and availability of language services offered at hospitals. Learnings from Speaking Together have been compiled into a toolkit offering detailed guidance to other hospitals nationwide on how to build a high-quality language services program. To view the toolkit, go to: http://www.rwjf.org/qualityequality/product.jsp?id=29653

Congress reauthorizes the National Health Service Corps – Congress has approved legislation that reauthorizes the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) through fiscal year 2012. The “Health Care Safety Net Act of 2008” authorizes an initial funding level of $131.5 million for NHSC, with annual increases to bring the 2012 funding level to $185.6 million. The bill removes the current provision that requires health centers and clinics to demonstrate eligibility as a “health professions shortage area” every six years. One measure of the legislation recommends that NHSC members have faculty appointments at health professions schools, and relationships with hospitals, academic medical centers, and federal Title VII-sponsored area health education centers and health education training centers. For Information, go to http://www.aamc.org/advocacy/washhigh/start.htm#5

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Chair, Department of Public Health – Temple University College of Health Professions – We seek an experienced, dynamic and visionary leader to assume the Chair position. The successful candidate will hold an earned doctoral degree related to one of the five core disciplines of public health; be eligible for tenured appointment at the rank of Full or Associate Professor; have held a leadership role in an academic program, department, research unit or major public health agency; bring a distinguished record of funded research and nationally recognized scholarship; demonstrate commitment to both graduate and undergraduate education; and have administrative and financial management experience. For an announcement of the position, please go to this link:

http://www.thehollandergroup.net/pos_desc_files/Temple%20PH%20Chair%20%28September%202008%29.pdf

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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

The National Foundation for Medical Education Outstanding Speaker in the Health Professions Award – Deadline: November 1, 2008 – This award will pay for a prominent speaker at a national event of any group with the purpose of advancing the cause of improving health and health care. For more information: www.futurehealth.ucsf.edu/nfme.html

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Explorations – Deadline: November 2, 2008 - The Gates Foundation is accepting proposals for a US $100 million initiative to help scientists pursue innovative ideas for solving major global health problems. Anyone can apply, regardless of education or experience level. Initial grants will be $100,000 each, and projects showing promise may have the opportunity to receive additional funding of $1 million or more. Full RFP is available at: http://www.gcgh.org/explorations.

Dental Public Health Residency Training Grants – Deadline: December 1, 2008 – Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources & Services Administration offers grants to plan and develop new residency training programs and to maintain or improve existing residency training programs in dental public health; and to provide financial assistance to residency trainees enrolled in such programs. Each applicant must demonstrate that the institution has or will have available full-time faculty members with training and experience in the field of dental public health and support from other faculty members trained in public health and other relevant specialties and disciplines. For the full RFP, see:
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=43035

Coverage Ideas From the Field –Deadline: Dec. 2, 2008- RWJF is committed to working to ensure that every American has stable, affordable health care coverage. RWJF’s Coverage Team is accepting proposals that will increase the likelihood that the nation’s health care debate will lead to solutions and build momentum to drive federal policy-makers to act. Up to $2 million will be allocated to support grants up to $400,000 for this purpose. The grant period will begin in May 2009 and extend for up to two years. Please see: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=20541

National Institutes of Health Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics II (T15) Grant – Deadline: January 6, 2009 – The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) invite applications for training grants to develop, conduct, and evaluate summer courses in the basic principles and methods of biostatistics as employed in biomedical research. The courses will introduce advanced undergraduate students and beginning graduate students to the field of biostatistics for the purpose of encouraging them to pursue careers in biostatistics. For more information, see: http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=true&oppId=18323

AAUW Educational Foundation Accepting Applications for Community Action Grants – Deadline: January 15, 2009 – The American Association of University Women Educational Foundation annually provides Community Action Grants to individuals, AAUW branches, and AAUW state organizations as well as local community-based nonprofit organizations for innovative programs or non-degree research projects that promote education and equity for women and girls. The program provides one-year grants of $2,000 to $7,000 each as seed money for new projects, and two-year grants of $5,000 to $10,000 each as start-up funds for longer-term programs. Special consideration is given to projects focused on K-12 and community college girls’ and women’s achievements in science, technology, engineering, or math. For complete information, see: http://www.aauw.org/

NINR Program Projects in Symptom Management Research and Program Projects in Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Research (P01) Grant – Deadline: April 16, 2009 – This program project grant mechanism is designed to support research in which the funding of several interdependent projects as a group offers significant scientific advantages over support of these same projects as individual regular research grants. This FOA supports applications to develop interdisciplinary bio-behavioral nursing research methods in Symptom Management Research OR Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Research. For RFP, see: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NR-09-003.html

RWJ Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization – Deadline: Open – This program supports policy analysis, research, evaluation and demonstration projects that provide policy leaders timely information on health care policy and financing issues. This Call for Proposals is intended to support projects that: 1) examine significant issues and interventions related to health care financing and organization and their effects on health care costs, quality and access; and 2) explore or test major new ways to finance and organize health care that have the potential to improve access to more affordable and higher quality health services. Please see: http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=19274

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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

Family Medicine Research Fellowship – Deadline: October 30, 2008- The University of Washington Department of Family Medicine offers a 2-year Primary Care Research Fellowship through the National Research Service Award program. The fellowship is a great opportunity for recent residency graduates or family physicians with practice experience. It provides formal research training in preparation for a career as an investigator and leader in an academic, practice or organizational settings. For more info, visit: NRSA Research Fellowship Program at: https://depts.washington.edu/nrsa/index.shtml

Gold Foundation seeks applications for professorship awards – Deadline: December 30, 2008 – The Arnold P. Gold Foundation has announced a national competition for the Gold Professorship Program, which promotes the importance of humanistic medicine and the values of professionalism in medical education. The award honors and supports faculty at the assistant or associate professor level who embody these attributes through clinical practice, teaching, and scholarship, including research and curriculum development. Up to three Gold professorships will be announced and awarded in March 2009. For Information, go to: http://www.humanism-in-medicine.org

The American Psychological Association 2009-2010 Congressional Fellowship and Executive Branch Science Fellowship Programs – Deadline: January 7^th, 2009 – These fellowships provide an opportunity for psychologists to spend a year utilizing their skills in the science and practice of psychology in the worlds of federal policymaking and research administration and funding. Working as special legislative assistants in the House or Senate, Congressional Fellows engage in many facets of policymaking, including legislative and oversight work, staffing legislators at hearings, preparing briefs, and writing speeches. Special fellowships are available for mid-career psychologists and psychologists with expertise in health and behavior issues. The Executive Branch Science Fellow gains crucial experience in science and research coordination in a federal science agency (previous placements include the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the National Science Foundation). For more information on the programs and application process, please visit: www.apa.org/ppo/fellows

Villers Fellowship for Health Care Justice – Deadline: January 15, 2009 – Sponsored by Families USA, this fellowship was created to inspire and develop the next generation of health care justice leaders. Fellows will be given the opportunity to work on a variety of health care justice issues during their year-long tenure. They will also be exposed to a variety of different skill sets and an understanding of various advocacy strategies, including producing analytic reports, disseminating effective messages through the media, understanding the workings of the federal legislative process, successful coalition building, and e-advocacy techniques. The fellow works as a full-time policy analyst in Families USA’s Health Policy Department. Primary responsibilities involve conducting primary and secondary research on a range of health care issues, including Medicaid, Medicare, the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, prescription drugs, and the private insurance market, as well as writing and contributing to publications that are relevant to current health policy debates. For more info: http://www.familiesusa.org/about/the-villers-fellowship.html

Hispanic scholarship fund applications online – Deadline: February 18, 2009 – Scholarship applications are available for the Hispanic Scholarship Fund. Students can apply for funds for the 2009-10 academic year at: https://apply.hsf.net/applications/.

CBPR fellowship training opportunity: Postdoctoral Fellowship in Primary Care and Community-based Participatory Research – Deadline: Open –The Medical College of Wisconsin is accepting applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Primary Care and Community-based Participatory Research. Fellows gain experience working in underserved communities and learn how community organizations impact the lives of underserved urban and rural residents. They participate in externally-funded community-based participatory research projects, federally supported curriculum development projects, and in the education of medical students and residents. Qualifications: An MD or DO degree, board eligibility/ certification in Family Medicine, Pediatrics or Internal Medicine, eligibility for licensure to practice medicine in the state of Wisconsin, and a commitment to a career in research to improve primary care access and quality, and to reduce health disparities; or an earned doctorate in sociology, urban studies, health psychology, health education, social work, nursing, public health, health services research, or other relevant field. For more information: http://www.mcw.edu/display/router.asp?docid=7236

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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

Special Issue of Intercultural Education with a Focus on Centering Social Justice in Intercultural Education Practice Call for Manuscripts – Deadline: November 15, 2008 – Intercultural Education is a global forum for the analysis of issues dealing with education in plural societies. This particular issue will focus more specifically on engaging in intercultural education practice that purposefully transcends “heroes and holidays” or “celebrating diversity” approaches and that sets as its goal the establishment and maintenance of equitable and just learning environments for all students. We are looking for contributions that push the boundaries of intercultural and multicultural education, that draw on analyses of systemic inequities, that engage critical theories. We are interested, as well, in research articles that critically analyze dominant intercultural education discourses, policies, and practices—especially those that may contribute to inequities rather than eliminating them. All submissions should address explicitly the importance of social justice in relation to intercultural education. You are welcome to send an expression of intent to submit, which should include a 50-or-fewer-word description of your proposed topic and focus. These as well as full manuscripts should be submitted to Paul C. Gorski via email: gorski@edchange.org. Manuscripts must follow the journal guidelines, which can be found here: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=1467-5986&linktype=44

Careers in Medicine Seeks Proposals for Research and Best Practices – Deadline: November 24, 2008 – The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Careers in Medicine program is soliciting proposals for research and best practices in medical school career planning and career advising, to be presented at a professional development conference, June 15-16, 2009 in Savannah, GA. The program is seeking presentations that address projects, processes, programs, topics, or research of interest related to implementing career planning in general and careers in medicine specifically. For Information, please go to: http://www.aamc.org/programs/cim/newsnotes.htm

The Fifth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry – Deadline: December 1, 2008. The theme of the 2009 Congress is “Advancing Human Rights through Qualitative Research.” The 2009 Congress will offer scholars the opportunity to form coalitions and engage in debate and dialogue on on how qualitative research can be used to bridge gaps in cultural and linguistic understandings. Contributors are invited to experiment with new methodologies, and new presentational formats (drama, performance, poetry, autoethnography, fiction). Such work will offer guidelines and exemplars showing how qualitative research can be used in the human rights and policy-making arenas. To submit, please visit: www.icqi.org

Journal Supplement on Community-Level Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment – Deadline: Dec 1, 2008 – The journal Obesity will publish a theme supplement in 2009 on childhood obesity prevention and treatment at the community level. They are calling for abstracts of original interventions and programs at the community level that will add to the scientific knowledge about preventing and treating childhood obesity. They are particularly interested in novel approaches that show strong promise of effect and sustainability. Interventions or programs that result in systematic change in communities to prevent or treat childhood obesity are highly desirable. The top 15 abstracts will be invited to submit a full-length paper. For more information, visit: http://www.activelivingresearch.org/files/Obesity_CFA.pdf

2009 National HIV Prevention Conference Call for Abstracts – Deadline: December 10, 2008 – The sixth National HIV Prevention Conference, “Promoting Synergy Between Science and Program: Innovation and Action to End the Epidemic” convened by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announce a Call For Abstracts highlighting HIV prevention in the United States. The conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta and the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, in Atlanta, GA from August 23 – 26, 2009. Abstracts submission for the 2009 HIV Prevention Conference should be completed online at: http://www.2009nhpc.org/.

Academic Medicine seeks submissions for Flexner anniversary issue – Deadline: January 15, 2009 – The year 2010 will mark the 100^th anniversary of Abraham Flexner’s groundbreaking study of American medical education, “A Report to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.” As the Flexner centenary provides a timely opportunity to look forward to the next 100 years, the journal Academic Medicine will publish a special collection of articles early in 2010. The journal is encouraging prospective authors to submit manuscript proposals for this collection. Proposals are due Jan. 15, 2009. For information, go to: http://www.academicmedicine.org

2009 Pascal Vancouver International Conference “The Third Mission of Universities” Call for Papers, Panels, and Posters – Deadline: January 31, 2009 – The Third Mission of Universities will be held at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver on May 18 to 20, 2009. This conference will bring together academic researchers, teachers and administrators as well as practitioners, professionals, policy analysts and makers in order to explore and showcase research and practice of what in North America is called ‘Service to the Community’. Presentations are invited, especially on one of the three sub themes: 1) Universities and Regional Regeneration and Development; 2) Higher Education and Sustainable Development; 3)Universities and Major Local and Regional Events (for example the Olympics, the Soccer World Cup.) Proposals (between 400 and 800 words) are invited to the following address: chet.educ@ubc.ca. For further information about Pascal and this conference, please consult: http://www.obs-pascal.com/

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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

Power in Policy: A Funder’s Guide to Advoacy and Civic Participation

Edited by David F. Arons

Why should funders try to shape public policy? Simply put, because public policy has impact on mission. And, it’s the only way to affect the laws that determine how people will be treated, what services will be provided, and what behaviors are acceptable.

But what role should foundations play? Power in Policy, written primarily by foundation practitioners for foundations, is the first book that:

Makes a strong case for why advocacy and civic participation are fundamental roles for foundations
Shares insights, lessons, and perspectives from foundation leaders and legal and philanthropic experts on how to engage in, talk about, and incorporate advocacy into philanthropy—and the nature of their role in the policymaking arena
Answers frequently asked questions including, “How does my foundation assess various risks?” “How do we organizationally prepare for public policy work, and develop partnerships and advocacy strategies?”
Gives rich case stories of how private and community foundations—including large and small foundations—are meeting their missions through public policy and civic activity
Presents clearly and concisely key policy principles, legal rules, and evaluation methods
Provides a toolkit for foundations to develop the capacity to engage in advocacy at their own speed and resource level

CCPH members receive a 15% discount when ordering this publication and all Fieldstone Alliance publications through the CCPH website!

Ordering information: http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/books.html

Women’s Health: Intersections of Policy, Research, and Practice

By Pat Armstrong and Jennifer Deadman

While women comprise the largest segment of health workers, health consumers, and health decision-makers for their families and communities, it has often been difficult for women to make themselves heard. Women’s Health focuses on women’s health issues from multiple perspectives and draw upon research and practice that include both qualitative and quantitative methodologies in data collection and knowledge formation.

Women’s Health incorporates work that has been produced from grass roots investigations of women’s health issues and addresses specific health issues, diversity issues, and a variety of issues previously unexplored. In an effort to exemplify alternative forms of knowledge collection, and the importance of inclusiveness, diversity, and realism when understanding the various facets of women’s health, Women’s Health also highlights the work of women whose voices may not normally be heard or recognized—in a way that stretches beyond the traditional parameters of knowledge-sharing practices.

Ordering Information: Available through Canadian Scholars Press, Inc at: https://www.cspi.org/motion.asp?siteid=100366&lgid=1&menuid=5376&prodid=120010&cat=9869

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