Monday, May 6 2002
MIAMI, FL -- The Morehouse School of Medicine-Southside Atlanta Partnership and the Partnership for Migrant and Seasonal Farm Worker Health in Idaho are the recipients of the first annual Community-Campus Partnerships for Health Award. The award, intended to highlight the power and potential of partnerships between communities and higher educational institutions, was announced today at Community-Campus Partnerships for Health's 6th annual conference in Miami, Florida. Selected from an impressive pool of over 140 nominations, the two award recipients are working to improve health professions education, civic responsibility and the overall health of their communities. "Creating healthier communities requires collaborative solutions that bring communities and institutions together as authentic partners, " said Sarena D. Seifer, CCPH Executive Director. "The award recipients stand out as exemplary partnerships that reflect the principles of good practice."
The Morehouse School of Medicine-Southside Atlanta Community Partnership is a 15-year-old coalition that was created by applying the Community Organization and Development for Health Promotion model. The partnership's educational activities include a unique interdisciplinary service-learning course for medical, nursing, and social work students. Research activities are focused on the prevention of HIV infection, violence, substance abuse, teen pregnancy, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Service activities range from a rodent control project to a community computer access initiative. The partnership includes other academic institutions, the Southside's Neighborhood Planning Unit Y, constituent neighborhood organizations, adjacent neighborhoods, and local agencies.
Contact person: Daniel S. Blumenthal, danielb@msm.edu
For more information: http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu/ccph/awards2002Morehouse.html
The Partnership for Migrant and Seasonal Farm Worker Health in Idaho is a new and growing partnership that draws on the resources and strengths of the entire community and promoting community-building activities, in order to improve the health of migrant and seasonal workers in southwest Idaho. The partnership includes Boise State University, several health care agencies, civic service organizations, Idaho Migrant Council, community youth organizations, and more than a dozen local businesses. Over the past two years, as part of their service-learning curriculum, nursing students have visited migrant sites, interviewed key people, assessed the health needs and assets of the community, and produced three community health services events in the Spring 2001, and one in Spring 2002. All were successful and well attended due to the support and collaboration of all members of the partnership. One of the reasons for the partnership's success has been its ability to bring health care directly to people in their communities and neighborhoods.
Contact person: Cynthia Clark, cclark@boisestate.edu
For more information: http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu/ccph/awards2002Boise.html
As a strategy for social change, community-campus partnerships can contribute to a number of significant outcomes, such as producing community-responsive, culturally competent health professionals; increasing the diversity of the health professional workforce; expanding access to health care and technology; and supporting economic, social and environmental justice.
For more information on the 2002 CCPH Award recipients, please visit the CCPH website: http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu/ccph/awards.html
The 2003 CCPH Award Call for Nominations will be released in Fall 2003 and award recipients will be announced at the 7th annual CCPH conference, April 26-29 in San Diego, CA. The conference will feature a symposium jointly planned and sponsored by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of University Partnerships and the Community Outreach Partnership Centers program.
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For more information, contact Stacy L. Holmes at 206-543-7954 or slholmes@u.washington.edu
or visit http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu/ccph/awards.html
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health is a nonprofit organization that promotes health through partnerships between communities and educational institutions. In just five years, we have grown to a network of over 1000 communities and campuses that are collaborating to promote health through service-learning, community-based research, community service and other partnership strategies. These partnerships are powerful tools for improving health professional education, civic responsibility and the overall health of communities. Learn more about CCPH at http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu/ccph.html