Dear ICPHR-Participants
Mario Bach from the Robert Koch Institute (a national public health institute in Germany) would like to invite you to take part in a working group to be held on the 2017 ICPHR working meeting in Limerick. The group will focus on participatory research practices in health reporting and epidemiology.
 
Background
Epidemiology and health reporting are contributing in many ways to identifying various risk factors for disease and to promoting population health. However, there is a continuing debate about the ability of epidemiology not only to describe, but also to provide results which can be better translated into public health practice. It has been proposed that applying participatory research approaches to epidemiology as a way to bridge this gap between description and action. Within the context of PartKommPlus-Research Consortium for Healthy Communities the conceptual framework Participatory Epidemiology was developed to address this gap (see link below).
 
Aim of the working group
An introduction into the concept will be provided and selected examples of participatory epidemiological practice will be presented. In the working group methodological and practical issues like defining the population, reconsidering context, or synthesizing heterogeneous data can be discussed concerning your own experiences. The working group aims to share ideas and experiences in participatory data acquisition and usage for health reporting and epidemiology. The group will be chaired by Mario Bach.
 
Kind regards
Mario Bach, Susanne Jordan, Claudia Santos-Hövener
 
The conceptual framework is available at: http://ete-online.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12982-017-0056-4
 
If you have any questions please contact: [email protected]
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The Centre for Applied Childhood Youth and Family Research at University of Huddersfield is offering a bursary of £3000 p.a. for full-time PhD study (£1500 part-time) in the area of Youth participation, Active citizenship and New social movements to start 3rd July 2017. Applicants are invited to submit proposals for research which may include:
Alternative styles and spaces of youth participation, Youth activism, Youth campaigning, New forms of political participation, Discourses of youth empowerment, Young people and urban counter cultures, Participation in new social movements, Youth sub cultures and participation, Self-organising and autonomy in everyday contexts, Young people’s involvement in protest movements, Young people and active citizenship.
 
The Centre for Applied Childhood Youth and Family Research is one of five research centres in the School of Human and Health Sciences and provides a vibrant and supportive research environment for post-doctoral study. Doctoral students benefit from dedicated state of the art facilities and training opportunities whilst being part of a wider research environment including seminar programmes and opportunities to contribute to wider funded research projects and teaching. The successful candidate will benefit from scholarly support from colleagues working from different disciplinary perspectives as well as opportunities to contribute to the development of this area of research within the Centre.
Home/EU graduates If you recently graduated with first class honours undergraduate degree or a distinction in a Master’s programme from a UK/EU university, you will be eligible to apply for a full-time PhD (three years) on a fee-waiver scholarship. This will normally be on the basis of a 50% reduction in fees, although larger fee waivers may be offered for especially strong candidates. To be considered you must:

• Have graduated with (or be in line for) a first class honours undergraduate degree or a distinction in a taught Master's programme from a UK/EU university.
• Agree to contribute up to six hours per week towards the work of the School, using your area of academic expertise.
• State within the online application form that you are applying under the HHS Home/EU Initiative.
• Meet the requirements to be classed as a Home (UK) / European Union (EU) student.

International graduates If you have a first class honours (undergraduate degree) or a distinction (Master’s degree) or the equivalent, and are from outside the EU, then you may also apply for a fee waiver scholarship.
Application Procedure
Please apply in the usual way online enclosing an outline proposal making it clear that you would like to apply for the HHS International scholarship under Course Code HX505. A link to the online application form is attached. www.hud.ac.uk/researchdegrees/howtoapply/
Proof of attainment of qualifications offered in your application will be required, together with the usual visa requirements  and English language requirements for international applicants.
Deadlines for applications: 31st March 2017.  Start date 3RD July.  To discuss this opportunity further please contact Professor Barry Percy-Smith, email: [email protected]
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We are delighted to announce that a pre-conference event for the Working Meeting of the International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research (ICPHR) will be taking place at the National University of Ireland in Galway on May 23rd 2017. Dr. Jon Salsberg, ICPHR member, will be the guest speaker. 

Please visit the pre-conference 2017 page for more details on how to register.