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: [email protected]

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.

Please see the conference call below for the joint 2019 CARN & ALARA conference.

The 2018 Annual Working Meeting short minutes is now posted on the conference page!

The 9th Annual ICPHR AWM held in Edmonton, Canada was attending by forty=nine new and returning ICPHR members from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, UK, and USA

Registration is now open for the 10th ICPHR Annual Working Meeting!

ICPHR | 10th Annual Working Meeting
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Sunday, June 23rd (9am) to Tuesday, June 25th, 2019 (2pm)

There is no fee to register or attend the meeting, however, space is limited to 45 participants.

If you would like to present your work, please visit our pre-conference page for details on abstract submission. Abstracts are due March 8th, 2019.

Check out our Third Quarter Newsletter here!

In this Issue:
 

1. 10th Annual Working Meeting and Preconference 2019 in Baltimore, USA
2. New Book Published: Participatory Health Research—Voices from Around the World
3. New Book Published: Ethics in participatory research for health and social well-being
4. Call for Literature Reviews from Master’s Thesis und Doctoral Dissertations
5. Add us to Your Website
6. Getting Involved

Participatory research presents unique ethical challenges. Sarah Banks from the Executive Committee of the International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research and Mary Brydon-Miller have just published a collection of cases and commentaries shedding light on the many issues involved:
 
Ethics in participatory research for health and social well-being: Cases and commentaries, edited by Sarah Banks and Mary Brydon-Miller (Abingdon, Routledge).
 
This builds on the substantial body of work undertaken in recent years by the Centre for Social Justice and Community Action, Durham University, UK and ICPHR, providing a welcome resource for participatory researchers.  The book introduces the key ethical issues in participatory research, drawing on ethical theory and relevant literature before presenting seven substantive chapters, each on a different theme, such as power, ownership, confidentiality and boundaries. The chapters feature an introductory overview of the topic with reference to the literature, followed by four real-life case examples written by participatory researchers and short commentaries on each case. Drawn from around the world (from Denmark to Tanzania), the cases illustrate a range of ethical issues, outlining how they were handled and the reflections and feelings of the contributors. 
 
Further details can be found on the book website. 20% discount is available if you order via this website, please enter the code  at checkout: FLR40.

Among the topics covered:

• Demonstrating impact in participatory health research
• Reviewing the effectiveness of participatory health research: challenges and possible solutions
• Kids in Action—participatory health research with children
• Participatory health research: an Indian perspective
• Participatory health research in Latin America: scientific production on chronic diseases
• Participatory health research in North America: from community engagement to evidence-informed practice           

Participatory Health Research benefits those teaching and learning about participatory health research at institutions of higher education and in community settings, addressing diverse fields including health promotion and disease prevention, medicine and public health, quality of life, social work, and community development.

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About the Editors
Michael T. Wright, PhD, LICSW, MS, is a professor for Research Methods at Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, Germany. Dr. Wright also is co-founder and coordinator of both the German Network for Participatory Health Research and the International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research. He has served as associate editor of the International Journal of Public Health.

Krystyna Kongats, MPH, is a PhD candidate in Health Promotion at the School of Public Health, University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. Her primary experience, skills, and interests lie in participatory and creative approaches to research, health promotion, and end of life care. She is also a consortium member of the International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research.

The 10th Annual Working Meeting of the International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research (ICHPR) will take place at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland, USA from 9am, 23 June (Sunday) to 2pm, 25 June (Tuesday). From  21-22 June (Friday-Saturday) there will be a pre-conference.  More information will be made available on our 2019 Annual Working Meeting page.

Learn more about Baltimore in this new article from The London Evening Standard "Why Baltimore is the Coolest City in the East" 

Several members of the ICPHR have been cooperating on a number of book projects and special journal editions.  An overview was prepared for the Annual Working Meeting in Edmonton and is available here.

The 2018 AWM agenda and social itinerary [updated] are now posted! Visit the conference page for further details.