The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has just awarded Morgan State University $14.2 million dollars to establish a Center for Urban Health Disparities Research and Innovation: RCMI@Morgan. 

Congratulations to ICPHR Member, Dr. Payam Sheikhattari, Community Engagement Core Lead, Professor of Public Health!!

Full Press Release here. 

The poster can be any material you can affix to a poster board with tacks, push pins or tape.

The dimensions are:

Board Height - Top to Bottom up to 78'' (1.98 meters)
Board Length - Side to Side up to 50'' (1.2 meters) 

Health Expectations is now inviting submission of papers for a special edition focussing on patient and public involvement and engagement in mental health research.

We anticipate that submitted manuscripts will include high quality systematic reviews, original research papers reporting aspects of PPIE and mental health research.

If your research meets the criteria presented in the poster below, please consider submitting your work to Health Expectations.

Deadline extended: July 31st, 2019 Contact the editorial office: hexedoffice@wiley.com

The American Journal of Community Psychology has announced a special call for papers on Community-based approaches to understanding and addressing health disparities and promoting health equity. Abstracts are due April 30th 2019. 

Below is a copy of the arrival & accommodation guide for 2019 annual working meeting. Conference updates and additional information can be found on the meeting page. 

The ICPHR book entitled ''Participatory Research for Health and Social Well-Being" was launched at the AR+ network, at the Chalmers University, Goteborg, Sweden, 7-10 March 2019. Hilary Bradbury, who wrote the Foreword, received a copy, handed over by Tineke Abma. The moment symbolized the start of a connection between our ICPHR network and the global community on Action Research for Transformation. 

Please see the attached flyer below for details.

Salutogenic higher education institutions aim to reduce health problems and promote the health of the whole educational community, a concept that is well-explained in this e-book based on participatory action research in seven institutions.

The authors, led by Irma Brito, report on experiences in several public and private higher education institutions in Portugal. The narrative accounts emphasize the importance of “seed groups” in the co-creation of health-promoting higher education institutions in which teachers, non-teaching staff and students (who have had training in participatory action research) participate. The action research has brought forth knowledge resulting in transformative skills at the levels of the individual, the institution, and the broader setting. This is illustrated using concrete examples from co-creative environments.

The chapters are organized sequentially, starting from an introduction to the PHR methodological approach and continuing with examples of how this approach promotes health literacy in various contexts. The concept of health literacy challenges a dogmatic view of science, emphasizing competency building based on common knowledge. It thus constitutes an epistemic encounter between science and common sense. This book integrates the knowledge of teachers, non-teaching professional staff, other employees of diverse categories, and students. In the concluding synthesis, the authors provide an overview of the themes covered, and discuss the shortcomings which need to be overcome for future work in accordance with the foundations laid by the National Network of Universities and Higher Education Institutions Promoting Health in Portugal.