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Announcing a new initiative made possible by a generous grant from the WK
Kellogg Foundation:
Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities:
Schools and Graduate Programs of Public Health Respond as Engaged Institutions
Applications are due October 10, 2005. For details, visit
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/PM_081205.html#MessageFromExecDirector
All schools and graduate programs of public health have teaching, research,
public health practice or service activities that address racial and ethnic
health disparities in some way. A seminar sponsored by the WK Kellogg
Foundation in February 2005 to celebrate its 75th anniversary called upon
schools and graduate programs of public health to elevate the elimination of
racial and ethnic health disparities as a strategic priority or central focus
across their missions, emphasizing approaches that engage communities as
partners. As defined in the background paper prepared for the seminar, engaged
institutions are those that invest in lasting relationships with communities.
These relationships influence, shape and promote the success of both the
institution and the community. [The paper and other seminar materials are
available at http://75.wkkf.org/EventsDetail.aspx?ID=1
Through this initiative, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) aims
to pro-actively support schools and graduate programs of public health that are
ready to take on the challenge of becoming engaged institutions focused on
eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities.
The initiative has two interrelated goals:
*To build the capacity of schools and graduate programs of public health to
fully realize their potential as engaged institutions focused on eliminating
racial and ethnic health disparities; and
*To build the capacity of community partners to develop authentic partnerships
with schools and graduate programs of public health that address racial and
ethnic health disparities.
The initiative has three major components, listed below. This email
announcement primarily concerns component #1.
1. Intensive consultation with 12 schools and graduate programs of public
health selected through a Call for Applications.
2. The development and dissemination of resources designed to support
community-academic partnerships focused on eliminating racial and ethnic
disparities. These will include, for example, answers to frequently asked
questions and compilations of promising practices.
3. An invitational summit of community leaders who have extensive experience in
collaborating with higher educational institutions, including schools and
graduate programs of public health. The purpose of the summit is to advance
authentic community-higher education partnerships by mobilizing a network of
experienced community partners.
Over the next two years, Community-Campus Partnerships for Health will work
collaboratively and intensively with 12 schools and graduate programs of public
health to assess their capacity as engaged institutions; identify their
strengths, limitations, opportunities and challenges; develop strategic
priorities for action; and coach/mentor them in developing and implementing
strategic action plans to become fully engaged institutions with a focus on
eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities.
This initiative does not involve awarding grants, but rather providing
consultation designed to respond to the needs and assets identified by the
selected schools/programs in their applications. The consultation will be
provided by members of the CCPH Consultancy Network who have experience and
expertise in community-academic partnerships, higher and health professional
education, community-based initiatives to eliminate racial and ethnic health
disparities, institutional change, assessment and other pertinent areas. The
CCPH Consultancy Network is CCPH's training and technical assistance arm and is
described at http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/mentor.html
CEPH-accredited schools and graduate programs of public health in the United
States are invited to apply to participate in this initiative. Applications are
due on October 10, 2005. To learn more, visit
http://depts.washington.edu/ccph/PM_081205.html#MessageFromExecDirector
For more information on any aspect of this initiative, please contact Sarena
Seifer, CCPH executive director by email at [log in to unmask] or by phone
at 206-616-4305. Initiative announcements and updates will be posted on the
CCPH website at www.ccph.info
Along with the grant to CCPH, the Kellogg Foundation awarded a grant to the
Association of Schools of Public Health (ASPH) to form a Task Force charged
with identifying best practices for accredited schools and programs of public
health to achieve in order to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities in
our nation's communities. CCPH and ASPH staff are working closely to
coordinate these related efforts. For more information about the Task Force,
please contact Gillian Silver at [log in to unmask] or visit
http://www.asph.org/document.cfm?page=876
To receive announcements and updates on the CCPH initiative and ASPH Task Force
by email, please sign up for the free Kellogg 75th Anniversary listserv at
https://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/kellogg75
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Community-Campus Partnerships for Health is a nonprofit organization
that promotes health through partnerships between communities and
higher educational institutions. Become a member today at www.ccph.info
Join CCPH for our 9th Conference, May 31-June 3, 2006 in Minneapolis, MN!
Workshop & poster proposals are due October 7, 2005. Visit www.ccph.info
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