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CCPH conferences are noted for their emphasis on inclusion, experiential learning and subsequent action. Outcomes of past CCPH conferences have included those at national and international levels, such as principles of good practice and policy recommendations, and those at community levels, including new connections, new ways of thinking, and relationships between communities and campuses that come closer to the principle-centered partnerships we are striving to achieve.

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The CCPH Consultancy Network provides customized training and technical assistance that builds the capacity of communities and higher educational institutions to engage each other as authentic partners. The CCPH Consultancy Network serves individual organizations, university systems, associations and grantee networks, among others. We work with you throughout the entire process to select the best consultants who can provide assistance on-site or by telephone over any desired length of time. CCPH consultants are "real-life practitioners" and skilled facilitators with expertise in service-learning, community-based participatory research, partnership development, institutional change and other pertinent content areas.

Consultancy Network services are available on a fee-for-service basis. Let us know how we can assist you in meeting your goals. For more information, please email ccphuw@u.washington.edu.

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The Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Annual Award recognizes exemplary partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions that build on each other's strengths to improve higher education, civic engagement, and the overall health of communities.  The award recognizes community-campus partnerships that reflect the CCPH principles.

Institutional Review Boards were designed to protect the interests of individuals, but what about the interests of communities? Our Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) & Research Ethics Program seeks to address this issue through training, technical resources, and open dialogues between communities, academics, research ethics review boards, funders and other key stakeholders. From January through June 2007, CCPH and Tuskegee University's Bioethics Center hosted a 6-part educational conference call series on Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) and Research Ethics, which was intended to increase understanding of the role of IRBs and other mechanisms for assuring that human subjects research is ethical and appropriate - both at individual and community levels.

CCPH has established a Listserv was developed on CBPR & Research Ethics to further the dialogue on these issues, as well as a Workgroup to develop practical training materials for IRBs on how to review community-based participatory research protocols.

Partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions as a strategy for social change are gaining recognition and momentum. We believe that if true partnerships are to be achieved, community partners must harness their own experiences, lessons learned, and collective wisdom into a national, organized effort.

In April 2006, CCPH convened community partners with years of experience in community-higher education partnerships for a Community Partner Summit held at the Wingspread Conference Center in Racine, WI. Participants formed a network that has continued meeting through two action-oriented workgroups designed to increase the number and effectiveness of these partnerships and to ensure that communities are involved in dialogues and decisions about them. In November 2007, these workgroups broadened participation beyond those who attended the Summit.

The Community Partner Listserv helps build the capacity of community partners through information-sharing, collaborative problem-solving and advocacy.

CCPH and the Education Network to Advance Cancer Clinical Trials are convening this 3-part invitational conference series to explore the potential of employing community-based participatory research principles in therapeutic trial design, recruitment and retention and dissemination, and to define an agenda for research, practice and policy. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the National Cancer Institute are providing core funding for the conference series.

CCPH provides training and technical assistance to the Community-Based Dental Partnership program of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) which funds eligible dental schools, postdoctoral dental education programs, and dental hygiene programs to increase access to oral health care for unserved and underserved rural and urban HIV-positive populations. Funding supports oral health service delivery and provider training in community settings.

Funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), this initiative supports sustained efforts by schools and graduate programs of public health to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities through authentic service-learning partnerships with communities.

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