Community-Based Public Health Caucus

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COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC HEALTH CAUCUS The Community-Based Public Health Caucus invites abstracts and full Session Proposals related to the science and practice of community-based public health for the 132nd American Public Health Association Meeting and Exposition to be held on November 6-10, 2004 in Washington, DC. The theme for the 2004 meeting is “Public Health and the Environment,” and we have particular interest in abstracts and proposals that reflect this theme. OVERVIEW of the COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC HEALTH CAUCUS: The Community-Based Public Health Caucus is guided by the belief that community lies at the heart of public health, and that research protocols and interventions work best when they are rooted in the values, knowledge, expertise and interests of the community. We believe that health encompasses the physical, mental, spiritual, social, environmental and economic well-being of a community and its members. We recognize the power of equal partnerships connecting community members, community-based organizations, academic institutions, and service agencies in order to address the myriad of health issues affecting communities today. We understand that, in order for these partnerships to be equal, and for interventions and research to be community-based, community members must participate fully in the identification of health issues as well as in the selection, design, data collection and analysis, implementation, and evaluation of programs that address these issues. Further information about the Caucus and its guiding principles can be found at http://www.sph.umich.edu/cbph/caucus/ CALL for ABSTRACTS for the 2004 ANNUAL MEETING: We invite abstracts that reflect a diversity of community-based public health activities, including basic and applied research projects, interventions, teaching and service learning projects. Of particular interest are presentations that will provide participants with enhanced knowledge and skills to conduct community-based public health activities, as well as those that explicitly describe the application of community-based participatory research (CBPR) to policy change and decision-making at the local, state and Federal level. All abstracts should be submitted to one of the topic areas listed below, and should reflect the meeting theme: "Public Health and the Environment." Academic Partnerships Working Together with Community Agencies Addressing Depression in Communities of Color in Los Angeles: Strategies and Lessons Learned from the Healthy African American Families (HAAF) Project Allies Against Asthma Coalitions: Improving Ways to Implement and Integrate Asthma Interventions Approaching communities: Salons and spirituality Building Community-based Infrastructure: The President's Initiative to Expand Health Centers Collaborative Methodologies for Improving Infrastructure, Planning and Bioterrorism Preparedness Community Activism and Participatory Approaches Towards Advancing the Health of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Community approaches to obesity, nutrition, and physical activity Community IMCI Experiences and Implications for the Future Community Partnerships Community partnerships to address environmental disparities Community Research Forum Community-based advocacy to reduce environmental asthma triggers Community-Based Approaches to Delivering Essential Newborn Care Community-Based Participatory Approaches to Genetics Education in Underserved Communities Community-Based Public Health Caucus (CBPHC) Business Meeting Community-Based Public Health Caucus Working Group Meetings Community-Based Research of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health: Guiding Policy and Practice Creative Approaches to Eliminating Racial and Ethinic Disparaties in Health Developing A Community-based Infrastructure For Assessment, Planning, And Evaluation-II Developing a Community-based Infrastructure for Assessment, Planning, and/or Evaluation-I Developing Unique Community-Based Infrastructures for Assessments Empowering communities to face emerging environmental health challenges Faith and Health Leaders Collaborating to Eliminate Health Disparities Faith Community Approaches To Address Health Disparities Health and Place: The Health Impact of Communities Health promotion in our communities HIV/AIDS Community Planning, Programming, and Interventions Improving Community Health Through Faith and Health Partnerships Innovative and Collaborative Health Literacy Initiatives in New York City Innovative Applications of Community Based Research Mentoring Workshop for Community-Based Organizations and Others New to APHA Parents as partners in health promotion Partnerships for Improving Health Services Partnerships: Expanding the Community's Capacity for Planning and Evaluation Politics and Public Health: Powerful Partners Public Health and Faith Community Collaboratives Public/Private Partnerships Working Together to Eliminate Disparaties in Health Care Public/Private Partnerships: Collaborating for Success Real work in real communities Reducing Environmental Triggers of Asthma Through Policy Change: Strengthening Communities and Building Linkages Skill Building for Community-Based Organizations Stop! You are Making Me Sick! Improving Public Health through Political and Social Change Teaching activism for public health, Part 2 The Wait is Over – The First Edition of the Guide to Community Preventive Services: Overview and Implications for Public Health Professionals Using Community-Based Research to Improve the Nutrition and Physical Activity Environment Vulnerable Populations Community-Based Participatory Research: A Review of Definitions, Methods, Implementation and Funding Criteria Environmental Justice and Community-Based Public Health Evaluating Community-Based Public Health Projects Sharing Our Experiences with Public Health Partnerships STEPS to a Healthier US Initiative: National and Community-Level Strategies to Address Chronic Disease Sustainability of Community-Based Projects The W.K. Kellogg Community Health Scholars Program: Community-Based Research Projects (Restricted to Scholars) Translating Research into Changes in Policy and Decision-Making at the Federal, State and Local Level All abstracts are peer-reviewed and will be considered for oral, poster or roundtable presentation. Abstracts are evaluated for their quality and the degree to which their content is consistent with the principles of the Community-Based Public Health Caucus and the 2004 APHA Meeting theme. Please feel free to contact the planners should you have questions regarding your submission. INSTRUCTIONS for FULL SESSION PROPOSALS: We also invite submissions of PROPOSALS FOR FULL SESSIONS (90 minutes in length). In addition to the electronic online submission of an individual abstract for EACH of the 4-5 papers to be included in a Session, a one-page overview of the proposed Session must be submitted directly to the planner via electronic mail at: maty@pdx.edu. This one-page overview should include: 1. Session title 2. Name of the lead facilitator and the contact person for the Session 3. Brief overview of the rationale for the Session 4. List (in presentation order) of the individual abstracts to be organized into this Session, complete with titles and time allocated for each presentation and any discussion periods. Please note that each individual abstract to be included in a Session must be submitted through the APHA electronic abstract submission process. In the "Comments to Organizers" box for each abstract submission, the authors should indicate that the abstract is to be considered as part of the Proposed Session (indicated by Session title). SUBMISSION DEADLINE: The DEADLINE for all abstract and Session Proposal submissions to the CBPH Caucus is Thursday February 12, 2004.
Program Planner Contact Information: Siobhan C. Maty, PhD, MPH School of Community Health Portland State University PO Box 751 Portland, OR 97207-0751 Phone: 503-725-5108 Fax: 503-725-5100 maty@pdx.edu and Stephanie Farquhar, PhD School of Community Health Portland State University PO Box 751 Portland, OR 97207-0751 Phone: 503-725-5167 Fax: 503-725-5100 farquhar@pdx.edu