Newsletter of the International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research (ICPHR)
Third Quarter, 2014
Information en français: Nita Chaudhuri, [email protected]
Informatión en español: Francisco Javier Mercado Martinez, [email protected]
Informação em Português: Irma Brito, [email protected]
Information auf Deutsch: Michael Wright, [email protected]
In this Issue:
1. Annual Working Meeting 2014 a Success!
2. In Memoriam Dr. Bob Gardner, Co-Founder of the ICPHR
3. ICPHR now on Twitter
4. CARN 2014
5. Ethics in Participatory Health Research: Request for Case Examples and Case Studies
6. Add us to Your Website
7. Getting Involved
1 Annual Working Meeting 2014 a Success!
The Fifth Annual Working Meeting was held in Niterói (Brazil) from August 21st to August 23rd. The meeting was attended by twenty-six members from seven countries with several guests from Brazil participating in various parts of the meeting. The minutes of the meeting will be posted soon on the website. Also, the list of projects will be updated. At the meeting the recommendation of the Executive Meeting was approved to change the structure of the ICPHR. The new structure will be based on a consortium model, with centers for Participatory Health Research in several countries taking on the responsibility for specific topic areas. In this way the work of the member organizations should become more visible and the capacity of the ICPHR will be increased. More details to follow! The Annual Working Meeting 2015 will be held in Berlin, Germany.
2 In Memoriam Dr. Bob Gardner, Co-Founder of the ICPHR
As Director of Policy at the Wellesley Institute since 2005, Bob was a leader in health equity and health care reform in Toronto and the province of Ontario, Canada. Bob was internationally recognized for his role in the development, design and implementation of Health Equity Impact Assessments which take into account the voices of those in underserved communities. As a co-founder of the ICPHR, he emphasized the impact of Participatory Health Research on health policy and policy makers. We will greatly miss his charm, his humour, his policy expertise and his unshakeable commitment to changing health care systems to help those most in need.
3 ICPHR now on Twitter
ICPHR launched a twitter profile at the Annual Working Meeting Brazil! Follow us at @ICPHR to stay up to date. To help build our profile, it would be great if you could remember to include us (@ICPHR) in any posts related to participatory health research on twitter!
4 CARN 2014
The Collaborative Action Research Network, founded in the UK, has promoted action research for over thirty years. CARN now has members from around the world. The annual meeting will be held this year from October 31stto November 2nd in Gateshead, UK. Several members of ICPHR will be attending. Dr. Tina Cook, a founding member of the ICPHR serving on the Executive Committee will be giving a keynote address. Participants from the ICPHR short course in the UK and Germany will be presenting their work. More information at:http://www.esri.mmu.ac.uk/carn-conference/
5 Ethics in Participatory Health Research: Request for Case Examples and Case Studies
As discussed at the Annual Working Meeting 2013 in Newcastle we are collecting case examples for a broader discussion on ethics in Participatory Health Research. These examples will illustrate the issues raised in our position paper on ethics, available on the website. For more information about the case examples and case studies, click here. Feel free to submit your case studies in languages other than English. We will work with our language coordinators to find ways to incorporate these studies into the sites which are currently being developed in other languages. We look forward to hearing from you!
6 Add us to Your Website
Adding a link to the ICPHR website is an important way you can contribute to spreading the word about our work!
7 Getting Involved
The best way to get involved in the work of the Collaboration is through the Project Groups. Contact the coordinators of the projects which meet your interests. Members are also welcome to set up new projects. This can be done by submitting an idea to the Central Office. Or maybe you represent an organization and are looking to cooperate with the ICPHR. Just send an email to the Central Office with a description of your work and we will contact you. Our list of current projects can be found here: http://www.icphr.org/projects.html
Third Quarter, 2014
Information en français: Nita Chaudhuri, [email protected]
Informatión en español: Francisco Javier Mercado Martinez, [email protected]
Informação em Português: Irma Brito, [email protected]
Information auf Deutsch: Michael Wright, [email protected]
In this Issue:
1. Annual Working Meeting 2014 a Success!
2. In Memoriam Dr. Bob Gardner, Co-Founder of the ICPHR
3. ICPHR now on Twitter
4. CARN 2014
5. Ethics in Participatory Health Research: Request for Case Examples and Case Studies
6. Add us to Your Website
7. Getting Involved
1 Annual Working Meeting 2014 a Success!
The Fifth Annual Working Meeting was held in Niterói (Brazil) from August 21st to August 23rd. The meeting was attended by twenty-six members from seven countries with several guests from Brazil participating in various parts of the meeting. The minutes of the meeting will be posted soon on the website. Also, the list of projects will be updated. At the meeting the recommendation of the Executive Meeting was approved to change the structure of the ICPHR. The new structure will be based on a consortium model, with centers for Participatory Health Research in several countries taking on the responsibility for specific topic areas. In this way the work of the member organizations should become more visible and the capacity of the ICPHR will be increased. More details to follow! The Annual Working Meeting 2015 will be held in Berlin, Germany.
2 In Memoriam Dr. Bob Gardner, Co-Founder of the ICPHR
As Director of Policy at the Wellesley Institute since 2005, Bob was a leader in health equity and health care reform in Toronto and the province of Ontario, Canada. Bob was internationally recognized for his role in the development, design and implementation of Health Equity Impact Assessments which take into account the voices of those in underserved communities. As a co-founder of the ICPHR, he emphasized the impact of Participatory Health Research on health policy and policy makers. We will greatly miss his charm, his humour, his policy expertise and his unshakeable commitment to changing health care systems to help those most in need.
3 ICPHR now on Twitter
ICPHR launched a twitter profile at the Annual Working Meeting Brazil! Follow us at @ICPHR to stay up to date. To help build our profile, it would be great if you could remember to include us (@ICPHR) in any posts related to participatory health research on twitter!
4 CARN 2014
The Collaborative Action Research Network, founded in the UK, has promoted action research for over thirty years. CARN now has members from around the world. The annual meeting will be held this year from October 31stto November 2nd in Gateshead, UK. Several members of ICPHR will be attending. Dr. Tina Cook, a founding member of the ICPHR serving on the Executive Committee will be giving a keynote address. Participants from the ICPHR short course in the UK and Germany will be presenting their work. More information at:http://www.esri.mmu.ac.uk/carn-conference/
5 Ethics in Participatory Health Research: Request for Case Examples and Case Studies
As discussed at the Annual Working Meeting 2013 in Newcastle we are collecting case examples for a broader discussion on ethics in Participatory Health Research. These examples will illustrate the issues raised in our position paper on ethics, available on the website. For more information about the case examples and case studies, click here. Feel free to submit your case studies in languages other than English. We will work with our language coordinators to find ways to incorporate these studies into the sites which are currently being developed in other languages. We look forward to hearing from you!
6 Add us to Your Website
Adding a link to the ICPHR website is an important way you can contribute to spreading the word about our work!
7 Getting Involved
The best way to get involved in the work of the Collaboration is through the Project Groups. Contact the coordinators of the projects which meet your interests. Members are also welcome to set up new projects. This can be done by submitting an idea to the Central Office. Or maybe you represent an organization and are looking to cooperate with the ICPHR. Just send an email to the Central Office with a description of your work and we will contact you. Our list of current projects can be found here: http://www.icphr.org/projects.html