Subject: Report #2 from CCPH conference in Minneapolis

Hello again from the CCPH conference in Minneapolis, MN USA!  The day began 
with one of the more popular features of the conference: community site visits. 
Community site visits are a unique aspect of the CCPH conference and do not 
compete with other conference programming. Participants learn in-depth from 
local partnerships by spending about three hours touring and talking with the 
partnership's major stakeholders. This year, participants had a choice of 17 
different community site visits, described at the bottom of this email to give 
you a flavor for the impressive array of innovative community-campus 
partnerships in the Twin Cities.  Participants returned to the hotel for lunch 
and a group reflection facilitated by CCPH board member Chuck Conner.

Skill-building workshops, story sessions and thematic poster sessions are 
taking place throughout the conference.  Below are a few highlights from these 
sessions:

In a story session on "Ethical Issues in Community-University Partnerships 
Involving Racialised Communities," Helene Gregoire of Access Alliance 
Multicultural Community Health Centre in Toronto described how Access Alliance 
has articulated its research philosophy and developed a process for deciding 
if, when and how to engage in research partnerships.  For example, its Values 
and Principles Guiding Research indicated that any research conducted by or 
involving Access Alliance must strive to incorporate such principles as 
community benefit: "CBR is research conducted by and for communities.  Its 
purpose is to bring about positive social change, particularly around the 
reduction of health disparities. That change may include improvements in 
service delivery, policy outcomes and/or empowerment of individuals and 
communities to gain control over the factors that affect their health and to 
take action to address them.   To increase the likelihood that the results will 
be of use to communities, we believe that the people whom the research is 
intended to benefit should have opportunities to be meaningfully engaged in all 
phases of the research.  We are also committed to ensuring that any findings 
are shared and made accessible to participants as well as to service providers 
and policy-makers who can use the findings to inform their decision-making."

Access Alliance has developed a process for handling requests to become 
involved in research projects proposed by external researchers.  Given the 
number of requests they receive and the amount of time and energy that is 
required of their staff and clients to participate in research, they support 
projects that are aligned with their mission, strategic priorities, values and 
principles.   They have developed a self-screening tool that researchers can 
use to determine whether a research partnership would be worthwhile to pursue. 
The tool asks these questions:

*	Is your approach consistent with Access Alliance's mission statement, 
vision and values?
*	Will your proposed research lead to benefits for the population that 
Access Alliance serves (i.e. immigrants, refugees or people living with less 
than full status)?
*	Are you willing to work collaboratively with Access Alliance around 
research questions and  design?
*	Are you willing to dedicate some time and energy to contribute to 
building the research capacity of staff or research participants?
*	Does your proposed project address determinants of health and/or health 
disparities?
*	Will the project have scientific merit?
*	Will it contribute to the existing body of knowledge?

If the researcher answers "yes" to most of the questions, they are asked to 
contact an Access Alliance manager to discuss whether there is the interest and 
capacity to collaborate.  If there is, a form describing the research must be 
reviewed by Access Alliance's Research Ethics Committee (in addition to the 
researcher's Institutional Review Board).

For more information, visit
http://www.accessalliance.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=56

During the skill-building workshop "Walk in My Shoes: Participatory Learning 
that Strengthens Partnerships," participants had an opportunity to experience a 
component of this exciting and unique teaching tool.  Walk in My Shoes (WIMS) 
is an engaging and thought provoking activities that focuses on the experience 
of low-income individuals and families trying to access health services.  WIMS 
is a 2.5 hour program in which participants are assigned roles that specify 
their family's employment, ethnicity, language, immigration status, health 
problems, and insurance coverage. They must try to obtain the health care their 
family needs by going to any of a dozen 'stations' including state agencies, 
their health plan, community health centers, private doctor's, offices, a 
pharmacy, and ER. A facilitated discussion after the simulation invites 
participants to talk about what happened to the individual, family or agency 
they represented - and how this relates to real life and health policy options. 
In a very compact time period, the simulation allows participants to reflect on 
a rich array of factors that affect health access and outcomes, ranging from 
cultural practices to institutional behaviors, public program design, and the 
role of advocacy in public and institutional policy. The powerful group 
experience also forges a strong tie which contributes to effective future 
collaboration.  After participating in this "simulation of a simulation," WIMS 
developer Deb Katz of Community Catalyst facilitated a group reflection on the 
experience.  Suzanne Cashman, a faculty member in the Department of Family 
Medicine and Community Health at the University of Massachusetts Medical School 
described how her school has used WIMS to prepare students for their 
service-learning experiences in the community.

For more information, visit 
http://www.prescriptionaccess.org/index.php?doc_id=26

An informational session on CCPH held in the afternoon introduced participants 
to the CCPH board and staff and presented the organization's history and 
evolution, programs, resources and opportunities for involvement.  Four CCPH 
members spoke about why they joined CCPH, how they became involved and what the 
benefits have been: Ella Greene-Moton, Community-Academic Consultant and CCPH 
board chair-elect, Flint MI; Ruth Nemire, Director of Community Engagement, 
NOVA Southeastern University College of Pharmacy, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Anna 
Huff, Project Director, Mid Delta Community Consortium, West Helena, AR; and 
Rohinee Lal, Community Liaison Coordinator, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, 
BC Canada.   One opportunity for involvement is serving on the 2007 conference 
planning committee.  If you are interested, contact Annika Robbins Sgambelluri 
at [log in to unmask]

The day ended with a Cocktail Poster Session and Exhibitor Reception featuring 
over 80 posters and exhibits.  Midway through the evening, we enjoyed a special 
performance by the local Danza Mexica Cuauhtemoc Dancers, whose traditional 
dances and costumes are based in the ancient tradition of honoring the earth, 
youth and elders, and building community. You missed an exhilarating show!  For 
more information, visit http://www.cuauhtemoc.org/

Stay tuned for the next installment!

CCPH Conference Community Site Visits

APPLE TREE DENTAL
www.appletreedental.org
Apple Tree Dental is a non-profit dental organization whose mission is to 
improve the lives of those with special dental access needs. Apple Tree 
collaborates with Normandale Community College's Dental Hygiene Program where 
dental hygiene students provide on-site preventive oral health care services to 
nursing home residents and elementary school children via Apple Tree Dental's 
mobile dental equipment. The students are supervised by a combination of Apple 
Tree dentists and hygienists and Normandale faculty.

CAMPUS KITCHEN AT AUGSBURG COLLEGE
www.campuskitchens.org/augsburg
Launched in October 2003, The Campus Kitchen at Augsburg College is a unique 
partnership between The Campus Kitchens Project, Augsburg College, students, 
and local community agencies. They make use of volunteer efforts to turn food 
donations from campus dining operations and local food banks into meals that 
are delivered to community service agencies. They serve youth, adult, elder, 
immigrant, and

homeless populations. Their partnerships are located mainly in the 
Cedar-Riverside and Phillips neighborhoods of Minneapolis. They serve over 
12,000 meals per year and all of their operations and programming are powered 
by student leaders.

COMMUNITY-UNIVERSITY HEALTH CARE CENTER (CUHCC)
www.ahc.umn.edu/CUHCC
CUHCC provides comprehensive medical, dental, and mental health services to 
those who might not have access to mainstream health care services due to 
socio-economic or cultural barriers. More than 9,000 people each year benefit 
from CUHCC services, about 75 percent of them are people of color, immigrants, 
or refugees. The Community-University Health Care Center, as its name implies, 
is a community and university partnership that began in 1966. Over recent years 
the clinic has engaged in a transformative process from a university-community 
partnership to a community-driven-university partnership. This organizational 
evolution has had many trials and triumphs along the process. A panel of 
Governing Board members, leadership staff and front-line staff will explore the 
strengths and lessons learned during this process while keeping the focus on 
eliminating health disparities for those who are marginalized by the mainstream 
health care system.

FAMILY OPPORTUNITIES FOR LIVING COLLABORATION (FOLC)
www.folcmn.org
The mission of FOLC is to inspire, connect, administer, and support individuals 
and organizations as they partner together to provide programs that address the 
health and family needs of community members living in Cedar Riverside and 
surrounding Minneapolis neighborhoods. Volunteers help to make their mission a 
reality! They "take a step out of the box" as they volunteer at current FOLC 
programs, serving mostly refugees and immigrants, including Multicultural and 
East African Women's Health Classes, Oromo and Somali Men's Health Classes, 
Multicultural Fit and Friendly Exercise and Conversational English classes 
(Korean, Oromo, and Somali), Multicultural Youth Soccer Teams, etc. Begun as a 
volunteer-based organization, FOLC recently received its 501(c)(3) federal 
non-profit status, making it eligible for more grant funding opportunities. 
Their need for student volunteers will increase as their programs expand. FOLC 
has been blessed with many student volunteers who, individually and 
collectively, have made it possible for current FOLC programs to be implemented 
effectively. The goal of each FOLC program is to become ethnically sustainable 
and replicable across ethnicities. They are actively striving to reach that 
goal as, for example, they train Somali women to be exercise leaders in their 
classes. They appreciate and treasure every volunteer who finds it in their 
heart to follow their mission! Student volunteers come from Augsburg College.

HEALTH CAREERS CENTER
www.healthcareers.umn.edu
The University of Minnesota Health Careers Center (HCC) works with both 
community and campus partners to identify, develop and nurture the next 
generation of health professionals. Beginning with students as early as middle 
and high school, the HCC identifies students and creates innovative 
experiential programming that introduces students to the range and options of 
health careers. Students are given varied opportunities to engage in programs, 
workshops, on-line activities, and for-credit classes that include volunteer 
activities in community-based health organizations to begin their exploration 
of health careers. The HCC continually seeks community partners with "practice 
wisdom" to engage future health professionals and help them navigate the 
necessary decision making processes when choosing a health career.

HEALTH CAREERS PROGRAM, ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL
http://roosevelt.mpsedu.org/Health_Careers_SLC.html
The Health Careers Program, a partnership between Roosevelt High School and the 
College of St. Catherine, serves students in the Twin Cities area interested in 
using their high school experience as a bridge to careers in healthcare. 
Highlights of the Health Careers Program include job shadowing, mentorships, 
summer internships, service-learning projects, and career counseling. The 
Roosevelt High School Health Careers Program is the longest running program 
(since 1987) in the Twin Cities for students interested in careers in health 
care. The program is also citywide; if students do not meet retention 
requirements, they exit at the end of the school year and return to their 
attendance area school or apply to another program. The program is privately 
funded for student activities. A variety of grants pay for 0.2 FTE of the 
coordinator position, student transportation, mailing costs, reserve teachers 
for program staff, Health Occupations Student Association advisor, occupation 
fairs, and supplies and equipment for student use. Office space, computers, and 
printer are kindly provided by Roosevelt. Staffing for the Introduction to 
Health Careers, Mentorship, and Health Careers Biology courses is also provided 
by Roosevelt.

HEALTHPARTNERS SIMULATION CENTER FOR PATIENT SAFETY
www.hpsimcenter.com/ (be sure to look under the "Simulation Center" navigation 
option)
The HealthPartners Simulation Center at Metropolitan State University is a 3550 
square foot area furnished with a variety of human patient simulators and task 
trainers. The Center, a partnership between a health care institution and a 
university, is designed as a learning environment for health care providers 
from a variety of disciplines. Individuals as well as teams can increase the 
safety, efficacy, and effectiveness of patient care through innovative, 
interdisciplinary training that integrates cognitive, psychomotor, and critical 
thinking skills. The Center promotes learning in a safe, controlled environment 
away from the clinical setting, with an overall goal of increasing patient 
safety.

JUXTAPOSITION ARTS
www.juxtaposition.org
Juxtaposition Arts is a 10-year old, youth-focused visual arts center located 
in Minneapolis, Minnesota's inner-city Northside neighborhood, which has the 
largest concentration of youth under 18 years of age in the city. Additionally, 
56 percent of Northside residents are African-American and 60 percent are 
low-income, including a significant number living under established poverty 
levels. Juxtaposition engages its participants through community 
collaborations, studio arts workshops, entrepreneurial initiatives, art 
exhibitions, and public art programs. Juxtaposition's Remix StreetLife 
placemaking project is putting a positive light on neighborhood characteristics 
that are often seen as negative. Through partnerships with the University of 
Minnesota and other local colleges, Remix engages youth and other community 
members in streetscape and transit planning along West Broadway Avenue-an 
important but blighted commercial corridor where Juxtaposition's facility is 
located. The vision and plan for using public art to revitalize West Broadway 
Avenue results from three years of collaborative work between Juxtaposition 
leaders and participants and college/university research assistants and interns 
through landscape design workshops and urban studies seminars. The initial 
projects will be implemented in the summer of 2006.

MINNESOTA INTERNATIONAL HEALTH VOLUNTEERS (MIHV)
www.MIHV.org
For the past 25 years, MIHV has worked to fulfill its mission to improve the 
health of women, children, and their communities by designing, implementing, 
and evaluating community-based health programs throughout the world. Since 
2002, MIHV has applied its international experience to working with refugee and 
immigrant communities in Minnesota, primarily the Somali community. In 
accomplishing program

interventions, MIHV relies on and actively seeks community-campus partnerships. 
This site visit will feature a presentation on the various forms of 
community-campus partnerships utilized by MIHV, including interns/volunteers, 
student groups, university-level advisors/consultants and study abroad 
programs. The presentation will highlight the benefits and barriers associated 
with these partnerships and will offer viable strategies for navigating these 
partnerships.

NEW AMERICANS COMMUNITY SERVICES (NACS)
www.NewAmericans.us
NACS is a member of the Participatory Research Partnership (PRP), which is part 
of the Minnesota Department of Health's Eliminating Health Disparities 
Initiative. The PRP is a coalition of researchers from various cultural groups 
in the Twin Cities as well as academic (University of Minnesota) and other 
state institutions that carry out community-based participatory research in the 
participants' respective communities. Both through the PRP and on its own, NACS 
has carried out several research activities focused on health disparities. In 
2003, NACS contributed to the study, Disparities and Barriers to Utilization 
among Minnesota Health Care Program Enrollees, by conducting focus groups and a 
community survey with African immigrants to identify the key barriers to 
preventive health care. In 2004, NACS was selected to conduct the Health 
Indicator Planning and Identification Process for the African Immigrant 
Population because of its position in the African immigrant and refugee 
community as a leader and trusted service provider. In 2005, the agency began 
the project African Research Network: Project African Assessment. This project 
unites the skills and expertise of representatives from African communities, 
academic scholars, and government leaders in developing and carrying out 
African community-based participatory research. The University of Minnesota is 
the academic research partner for this project which includes partnerships with 
four other community-based agencies.

NORTHSIDE FOOD PROJECT (NFP)
www.northsidefoodproject.org
The NFP is a community-based partnership with the University of Minnesota to 
address health disparities in North Minneapolis through nutrition education, 
food availability, and community capacity building. NFP is based in the 
McKinley neighborhood, with an office in the Fellowship Missionary Baptist 
Church/Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches Family Center. Community 
partners include the McKinley Community, Minnesota FoodShare, and the Steps to 
a Healthier Minneapolis program from the City of Minneapolis Department of 
Health and Human Services. The partnership's mission is to be a catalyst for 
resident empowerment for social, economic, and nutritional improvement in the 
community. The partnership is working on the wording of its vision, but it will 
be close to this: to create a vibrant food advocacy organization that puts the 
residents of North Minneapolis at the center of their food system by educating, 
engaging, and organizing the larger community around the economic, social, and 
nutritional impact of our food choices.

OFFICE OF PEDIATRIC RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY, DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS AT HENNEPIN 
COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER (HCMC)
www.mmrf.org/research/childrens_issues/index.html
HCMC is one of the largest hospitals in the Upper Midwest, recording more than 
600,000 patient visits annually to its hospital, primary care and specialty 
care clinics. A public teaching hospital that for eight years in a row has been 
named one of America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report, it's the 
only public hospital in the United States to receive this honor over such an 
extended period. HCMC's Department of Pediatrics provides primary care and 
consultative services for children from birth through adolescent years. The 
overwhelming majority of patients are children of many colors whose home 
language is not English. The Office of Pediatric Research and Advocacy provides 
resources to support projects that address the health challenges of urban 
children, which include early childhood hunger, poor

dental care, lack of asthma self-management skills, low immunization rates, and 
limited access to literacy resources. HCMC physicians are members of the 
faculty at the University of Minnesota Medical School and participate in the 
medical education of medical students, residents, and fellows in rotation on 
clinical services at HCMC. In addition, HCMC pediatricians supervise other 
University of Minnesota students involved in pediatric advocacy and various 
research studies, supported by the Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, 
which oversees research on the HCMC campus. A leader in pediatric literacy, 
HCMC's Children's Literacy Program uses student volunteers to help design, 
develop, and maintain a number of innovative projects.

OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA
www.openarmsmn.org
Open Arms of Minnesota provides nutritional support for people living with 
HIV/AIDS, breast cancer, multiple sclerosis, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 
(more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease) by operating a home-delivered 
meals program. In 2005, with the help of over 1,300 volunteers, Open Arms 
prepared and delivered nearly 112,000 meals to 53 zip codes throughout the Twin 
Cities' Metro. They have established service-learning partnerships with several 
colleges and universities throughout the Twin Cities and surrounding 
communities. Their mission: "With open arms we nourish body, mind, and soul. We 
love food-It is the main ingredient that draws us together in the kitchen. We 
love to cook and bake, to serve meals, and to eat. So many of life's 
significant events involve food. Through food we celebrate life."

PEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE (PSP)
www.stkate.edu/cwl, www.peopleservingpeople.org
PSP is a major provider of emergency housing assistance and related services to 
homeless children and their families, single adults who are vulnerable, and 
unaccompanied youth. PSP serviced an average of over 240 persons per night in 
2005. Two thirds of the residents housed nightly are children; and 80 percent 
of those children are age 12 or younger. The average age of a child staying at 
PSP is 7 years old. What distinguishes PSP is their broad range of programs and 
services designed to address adult barriers to housing and employment and to 
address the educational, emotional, and recreational needs of children and 
families. People Serving People partners with the College of St. Catherine 
through courses, clinical experiences, and research to meet the needs of the 
families as well as to meet the academic needs of the college students.

PHILLIPS NEIGHBORHOOD CLINIC
www.phillips.neighborhoodclinic.com
The Phillips Neighborhood Clinic is a student-run, sliding fee clinic dedicated 
to providing quality healthcare to the underinsured and unstably housed members 
of the Phillips Neighborhood in Minneapolis. Students and faculty of the 
University of Minnesota Academic Health Center, Center for Interdisciplinary 
Programs, and Community University Health Care Center work together to provide 
accessible, culturally appropriate, interdisciplinary health care services and 
education. Through services such as health screenings, physical therapy, 
pharmaceutical care, STI testing, vaccinations, wound care, family planning we 
work to reduce the burdens of poor medical access and raise the quality of life 
for their clients.

PILLSBURY HOUSE
www.puc-mn.org
Pillsbury House is one of five neighborhood centers of Pillsbury United 
Communities whose mission is to Create Choice Change and Connection. The Early 
Riser program is a targeted early intervention program for first and second 
graders sponsored by Hennepin County and created and researched by the 
University of Minnesota. The primary goal is to increase social adjustment, 
decrease negative behavior, and improve academic performance. The program is 
located in four different public schools. Early Riser Advocates provide 
advocacy for the families that participate in the program as well as 
after-school social skills, reading enhancement groups and extra support for 
the youth.

POWDERHORN PHILLIPS CULTURAL WELLNESS CENTER
www.ppcwc.org
The Powderhorn Phillips Cultural Wellness Center (CWC) is the first Minnesota 
non-profit organization created for the sole purpose of offering a space for 
cultural communities to come together to study and document their experiences 
around sickness and disease so they may produce solutions that speak to their 
respective cultural practices, traditions, and ways of knowing. The operating 
philosophy behind CWC is that health results from a person's process of active 
engagement and participation in community life, self-study, and culture. The 
CWC method of organizing communities is based on the premise that people's 
experiences are rich sources of knowledge, that when affirmed, can serve as a 
wellspring for solutions to their problems. The Center faculty teach students 
at the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health, Medical School, 
Center for Spirituality and Healing, and the College of St. Catherine, and 
facilitate dialog with health professionals at neighborhood clinics to be more 
effective with patients and staff of cultures different than their own.

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institutions.  Become a member today at www.ccph.info

Join CCPH for our 10th Anniversary Conference, April 11-14, 2007 in Toronto
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