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Dear CANCHID colleagues,
Online Resource for Publishing Diverse Products of Community-Engaged
Scholarship Now Available
Peer Review Process Helps to Ensure Products "Count" in Promotion and
Tenure Decisions & Make a Difference in Communities
For more information, email [log in to unmask] or visit
http://www.CES4Health.info. The text below is available as a PDF at
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pdf_files/PressRelease-CES4Healthf.pdf
November 3, 2009 - Today marks the public launch of CES4Health.info, a
free online resource for publishing diverse products of community-engaged
scholarship. The first twelve products accepted by CES4Health.info -
including a film about health impacts of the built environment in
post-Katrina New Orleans and a cultural competency curriculum for health
professionals - reflect the depth and breadth of knowledge made possible
through community-academic partnerships. And yet regrettably, such
products rarely "count" in the faculty promotion and tenure process nor
are they routinely disseminated beyond the communities with which the work
was conducted. CES4Health.info aims to change this situation by tackling
these challenges head-on.
As CES4Health.info editor Cathy Jordan, Associate Professor of Pediatrics
and Neurology and Director of the Children, Youth and Family Consortium at
the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis explains, "Community-based
participatory research, service-learning and other community-engaged forms
of scholarship require diverse products that reach and benefit community
members, practitioners and policy makers. However, since these products
are not typically peer-reviewed and published the way journal articles
are, promotion and tenure committees are unable to determine their quality
or impact and often discount them. A product peer-reviewed and published
through CES4Health.info is comparable to an article published through a
peer-reviewed print or online journal. Our editorial and peer review
processes mirror those of most journals and are based on accepted
standards of scholarship." Recognizing that the "peers" in
community-engaged scholarship come from the community and the academy, all
products posted on CES4Health.info have been reviewed and recommended by
expert academic and community reviewers.
Faculty members who author products that are published through
CES4Health.info can note them in the peer-reviewed publications section of
their curriculum vitae and describe them as peer-reviewed scholarly
products. CES4Health.info also provides authors with a measure of impact
by tracking how often each product is accessed and how it is used.
CES4Health.info is a component of Community-Campus Partnerships for
Health's Faculty for the Engaged Campus project. The project aims to
strengthen community-engaged career paths in the academy and is supported
by a grant from the US Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement
of Postsecondary Education. The seed for CES4Health.info was planted by
the WK Kellogg Foundation-funded Commission on Community-Engaged
Scholarship in the Health Professions, which recommended in its 2005
report, "Linking Scholarship and Communities," that such a mechanism be
established.
CES4Health.info is led by an editorial team of four exemplary
community-engaged scholars. Editor Cathy Jordan is joined by Associate
Editors Janice Bowie, Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public Health in Baltimore, MD; Suzanne Cashman, Professor at
University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, MA; and Jean
Schensul, Senior Scientist and Founding Director of the Institute for
Community Research in Hartford, CT.
"This is an extremely important and timely initiative," notes Eric Bass,
Editor of the journal Progress in Community Health Partnerships and member
of the CES4Health.info design team. "Universities across the country are
showing increased interest in community-engaged scholarship. In the
fields of medicine and public health alone, the NIH Clinical and
Translational Science Awards and the CDC Prevention Research Centers are
developing innovative products ranging from health promotion program
manuals to community-engaged research training modules. However, faculty
members and their community partners need new venues for disseminating
their work. CES4Health.info helps to address this need."
Chuck Conner, Coordinator of the Winding Roads Health Consortium in West
Virginia agrees. "As a community-based peer reviewer for CES4Health.info,
what excites me most about this new resource is its potential to widely
disseminate high quality products that can improve the health of
communities."
Diverse products of health-related community-engaged scholarship in
English from anywhere in the world can be submitted to CES4Health.info at
any time - a two-step process that involves completing an online
application form and submitting the actual product. CES4Health.info
defines 'health-related' broadly to include, for example, health care,
public health, health policy and the social determinants of health - such
as education, food security, housing, income and its distribution, and
social support. See pages below for information about the first
12 products to be peer-reviewed and published through CES4Health.info.
Visit www.CES4Health.info to submit products, search for products, and
apply to be a peer reviewer.
Learn more about CES4Health.info during sessions at these upcoming
conferences:
American Public Health Association in Philadelphia, Session 3094, November
9, 2009 from 10:30 am - 12 noon
http://apha.confex.com/apha/137am/webprogram/Session26334.html and booth
#1617 in the exhibit hall!
Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Annual Meeting
in Washington DC, January 22, 2010 session on Unlocking the Reward System:
Faculty for the Engaged Campus from 10:30 - 11:45 am
http://www.aacu.org/meetings/annualmeeting/index.cfm
AAC&U Network for Academic Renewal Conference, March 25-27, 2010,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (session date and time TBD)
http://www.aacu.org/meetings/faculty/2010/index.cfm
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health 11th Conference, Creating the
Future We Want to Be: Transformation through Partnerships, May 12-15,
2010, Portland, Oregon (session date and time TBD)
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/conf10-overview.html
Subscribe to CCPH's Community-Engaged Scholarship Listserv for regular
updates on CES4Health.info:
https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/comm-engagedscholarship
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health promotes health (broadly defined)
through partnerships between communities and higher educational
institutions. A non-profit membership organization founded in 1996,
CCPH's strategic goals are to:
*Combine the knowledge, wisdom and experience in communities and in
academic institutions to solve major health, social and economic
challenges
*Build the capacity of communities and higher educational institutions to
engage each other in authentic partnerships
*Support communities in their relationships and work with academic
partners
*Recognize and reward faculty for community engagement and
community-engaged scholarship
*Develop partnerships that balance power and share resources equitably
among partners
*Ensure that community-driven social change is central to
service-learning and CBPR
Learn more about CCPH at www.ccph.info or email us at
[log in to unmask] To become a member of CCPH, visit
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/pdf_files/CCPHBrochure09.pdf
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FIRST 12 PRODUCTS TO BE PEER-REVIEWED
AND PUBLISHED THROUGH CES4HEALTH.INFO
In Harmony: Reflections, Thoughts, and Hopes of Central City, New Orleans
Caricia Catalani*, Anthony Veneziale, Larry Campbell, Shawna Herbst,
Anthony Wilson, Craig McCullough, Darrel Barnes, Jackie Alexander,
Jeremiah Sherman, Michele Burton-Oatis, Michael Oatis, Rev. Samson "Skip"
Alexander, Benjamin Springgate, Brittany Butler, Meredith Minkler
*Corresponding author affiliation: University of California, Berkeley
In Harmony is a community-based participatory film about health impacts of
the built environment in post-Katrina New Orleans, including housing,
education, and employment, produced using videovoice methodology, a health
advocacy, education, and research methodology through which people get
behind video cameras to research issues of concern, communicate knowledge,
and advocate for change. This video was produced by the New Orleans
VideoVoice Project, a community-academic-filmmaker partnership for health.
Training for Better Health: A Cultural Competency Curriculum for the
Health Professions
Dodi Meyer*, Julia Michie, Milagros Batista, Hetty Cunningham, Patricia
Hametz, Mary McCord.
*Corresponding author affiliation: Columbia University Medical Center's
Community Pediatrics Program
This manual provides a train-the-trainer guide for integrating a cultural
competency curriculum into the education of health professionals. It
provides a complete and complementary set of educational methodologies
that are straightforward, easy to implement, simple to adapt, and can be
scaled up or down to meet the needs of a particular training program.
Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) with Indigenous People
Fay Fletcher*, Cecelia Zoe-Martin, Jim Martin, Nancy Gibson, Rose James,
Randy Elliott, La Belle V. Urbanec, Pamela L. James, Greg Miller
*Corresponding author affiliation: University of Alberta
Acknowledging the impact of history and resiliency while capturing the
passion of emerging leaders in Indigenous health research, these two
videos provide a starting point for discussion on the roles and
responsibilities of community and university partners in collaborative and
community-based research. The potential change generated by CBPR in the
interface between community partners and leaders and members of post
secondary institutions is discussed.
Developing and Sustaining Community-Based Participatory Research
Partnerships: A Skill-Building Curriculum
The Examining Community-Institutional Partnerships for Prevention Research
Group*
*Corresponding author affiliation: Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
This product is an evidence-based curriculum designed as a tool for use by
community-institutional partnerships that are using or planning to use a
CBPR approach to improving health. It can be used by partnerships that are
just forming as well as existing partnerships. It is intended for use by
health professions faculty and researchers, students and post-doctoral
fellows, staff of community-based organizations, and staff of public
health agencies at all skill levels.
Community Approaches to Mobilizing Partnerships and Service-Learning
Lorece Edwards*, Anita Hawkins
*Corresponding author affiliation: Morgan State University
The Practice Experience/Service Learning Guide is a tool that is used to
assist students, faculty, and community health partners in implementing
service-learning projects and public health community-based practice. The
Practice Experience/Service Learning Guide provides a step-by-step process
for community-based practice integrating service-learning from start to
finish.
The Community Knowledge Project: Community is a Verb
Michael Montoya*
*Corresponding author affiliation: University of California-Irvine
The Youtube video "Community is a Verb" was inspired and co-developed by a
team of students, professionals and lay health advocates to make the case
that the social factors of inequity make people ill.
Toolkit to Establish and Sustain Year-Long Walking in Rural Communities
Anna Zendell*, Mary Riley-Jacome
*Corresponding author affiliation: UAlbany Prevention Research Center
A Toolkit has been created to provide guidance for rural communities in
upstate New York to create year-long walking programs that address safety,
motivation, and sustainment. The winter-based portion of the walking
program occurs in the center of rural communities: the local schools,
while the outdoors portion is located along local trails or
community-identified streets and paths. The Toolkit consists of a Walking
Program Guidebook, a Walking Club Leader Manual, and a Survey that was
created to evaluate efficacy of the walking program.
The Professional Service Experience: Connecting Students and Communities
Patricia Darbishire*
*Corresponding author affiliation: Purdue University
This manual documents the Professional Service Experience, a one
credit-hour, first year pharmacy course at Purdue University. The manual
includes the Professional Service Experience course manual, an
introductory PowerPoint presentation and associated assignments and forms.
The CEAL-UNC Collaborative. A Manual for Community Based Participatory
Research: Using Research to Improve Practice and Inform Policy in Assisted
Living
Karen Love*, Sheryl Zimmerman, Lauren Cohen
*Corresponding author affiliation: Center for Excellence in Assisted
Living
This manual is designed to promote and guide the use of CBPR in aging and
long-term care research. This manual was informed by a two-year research
grant funded by the U.S. Agency for Health Care Research and Quality that
was aimed at better understanding medication management practices in
long-term care. The manual details the CBPR principles and processes, and
also offers specific examples of, and recommendations for, practically
implementing CBPR in the field of long-term care.
Homeless Over 50: The Greying of Chicago's Homeless Population
Christine George*, Marilyn Krogh, Dennis Watson, Judith Wittner, Nancy
Radner, Christopher Walker, Christopher Wiens
*Corresponding author affiliation: Loyola University Chicago Center for
Urban Research and Learning
This policy report was developed out of a 2-year collaborative study that
aimed to obtain a demographic profile of people who are homeless in
Chicago between the ages of 50 and 64; to understand how the various
systems designed to serve this population do and do not meet their needs;
and to begin to suggest a range of policy and programmatic responses to
meet the needs of this population.
The Heredity Project: A Web-based Introduction to Genetics for the Purpose
of Health Promotion
Vicki Park*, Robert Shreve
*Corresponding author affiliation: University of Tennessee Health Science
Center
The Heredity Project is a genetic literacy program to enable responsible
and effective use of genomic medicine as part of routine healthcare.
Across different health topics, a central theme of the project is to
enable a better understanding of the nature and distribution of genetic
variation as it pertains to health and disease. As part of the project's
dissemination efforts, this web-based introduction has been developed and
launched for full public access.
The AgrAbility Project: Rehabilitating Farmers and Ranchers
Millee Jorge*, Carla Wilhite
*Corresponding author affiliation: Langston University, School of
Physical Therapy
Rehabilitating Farmers and Ranchers, offers the rehabilitation
professional the perspective of an occupational therapist and a physical
therapist who advocate for farmers and ranchers remaining in agriculture
and participating in agrarian life with assistive technology that can
safely assure their continued engagement. The aims of the video are to
describe opportunities physical rehabilitation professionals have to
maximize the clinical interventions with individuals working in
agriculture and to illustrate the clinical case management of farmers and
ranchers with disabilities who have resumed their lives in agriculture
after injury.
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institutions. Become a member today at www.ccph.info
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Transformation through Partnerships," May 12-15, 2010 in Portland, Oregon!
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