We are excited to announce 4 new projects the ICPHR is undertaking:

• PHR with Children
• ICPHR Empowerment Group
• Special Journal Editions
• Health, Equity, Poverty and Participatory Research with Seniors

Our detailed Project Overview can be found under the 'Getting Involved' tab. To get involved with any of these projects, please contact the project lead.

Realist Evaluation & Synthesis: Advancing Principles, Strengthening Practice

Pre-Conference: Sunday, October 2nd 2016
Post-Conference: Thursday, October 6th, 2016
Location: University of Liverpool, London Campus - 33 Finsbury Square, London

The 2nd International CARES Conference is an invaluable opportunity for knowledge sharing, debate and training in the burgeoning areas of realist evaluation and synthesis.

Community Based Participatory Research Institute:  Indigenous and Critical Methodologies
 Public Health Program, School of Medicine, University of New Mexico
 (2 or 3 graduate credits: Registration will open in March, 2016)

2016 Summer Dates (7th annual institute):
On-site:  Tuesday, May 31st, 1-6 pm; Wednesday  June 1st-Saturday June 4th, 8:30 - 5 pm
​Off-site:  TBD (within a few weeks): 3-hour Webinar for CBPR project presentations
Public Speaker: Thurs: 3:30-5 TBA
Contact Gayle at [email protected] to put your name on the wait list.

Faculty: Nina Wallerstein, DrPH  [email protected]
Tassy Parker, PhD, RN, [email protected]
Lorenda Belone, PhD, MPH, [email protected]
Victoria Sánchez, DrPH [email protected]
Co-Sponsors: Center for Participatory Research; Institute for Indigenous Knowledge and Development; Robert Wood Johnson Center for Health Policy at UNM; HSC Offices of Diversity and Community Health; Community Engagement, CTSC; NM CARES Health Disparities Center, University New Mexico.

Newsletter of the International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research (ICPHR)
First Quarter, 2016
 
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. Last Call! Annual Working Meeting 2016
2. ICPHR Kids in Action Initiative
3. Ethics in Participatory Health Research: Request for Case Examples and Case Studies
4. Add us to Your Website
5. Getting Involved

 
1 Last Call! Annual Working Meeting 2016
 As previously announced, the next Annual Working Meeting of the ICPHR will take place in Malmö, Sweden from 9am, Thursday, 25 August to 2pm, Saturday, 27 August 2016.  Registration ends on May 2nd! The meeting is a place where we can work on joint projects and learn more about what we are doing in our home countries.  All registrants will receive a detailed program and a list of recommended hotels, both of which are also posted on the website.  A pre-conference will be taking place in Göteborg on 24 August where work being conducted in Sweden will be presented and international speakers will address current issues in participatory health research.  Please go to the site for more information.
 
2 ICPHR Kids in Action Initiative
 
Children are an often overlooked group when it comes to participatory research projects.  We have an exciting new opportunity for those who are interested in conducting Participatory Health Research (PHR) research with children – the Kids in Action multi-country 3 year collaborative initiative.  The initiative, which will be launched at the Annual Working Meeting in Malmö, is being coordinated by Prof. Lisa Gibbs, Director of the Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program and Unit Head of the Evidence and Child Health Unit in the Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne (Australia). Information will be coming soon on our website.
 
3 Ethics in Participatory Health Research: Request for Case Examples and Case Studies
 
We continue to collect 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!
 
4 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!
 
5 Getting Involved
 
The best way to get involved in the work of the ICPHR is through the Project Groups and Focus Areas.  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   The Focus Areas are described here.

Newsletter of the International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research (ICPHR)
 
Fourth Quarter, 2015
 
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. Save the Date: Annual Working Meeting 2016
2. UK Network Site Launched
3. Online Short Course Launched
4. New Journal Call for Papers
5. Ethics in Participatory Health Research: Request for Case Examples and Case Studies
6. Add us to Your Website
7. Getting Involved

 
1 Save the Date: Annual Working Meeting 2016
 
            The next Annual Working Meeting of the ICPHR will take place in Malmö, Sweden from 9am, Thursday, 25 August to 2pm, Saturday, 27 August 2016.  A pre-conference is being planned for 24 August featuring work being conducted in Sweden.  Details on the meetings will be posted on the website. 
 
2 UK Network Site Launched
 
ICPHR members are founding networks at the regional and national levels to promote participatory approaches to research in various settings.  In addition to the German-speaking and Spanish-speaking networks linked to our website, there is now the UK Participatory Research Network.  For more information, visit their new website.
 
3 Online Short Course Launched
 
            There are now several ICPHR members offering short courses and other learning opportunities for those interested in becoming participatory health researchers.  The newest offer is a cooperation between the ICPHR and the CQ University’s Centre for Professional Development (Australia): A 10 month online course in Participatory Health Research.  This course will allow the participants to complete a small PHR project.  They will be supported in their learning through a study guide, online discussion forums guided by an experienced facilitator, and collaboration with others in the course.  This non-accredited course is aimed at practitioners wanting to increase their understanding of PHR and how it can be incorporated into everyday practice.  More information can be found here.
 
4 New Journal Call for Papers
 
Research For All: Universities and Society is a new journal for anyone working inside or outside universities who is committed to seeing research make a difference in society.  Contributors include researchers, policymakers, managers, practitioners, community-based organizations, schools, businesses and the intermediaries who bring these people together.  The journal aims to raise the quality of engaged research by stimulating discussion about the effectiveness of engagement with researchers, research outcomes and processes.  The journal is looking for articles that describe, explain and analyse engaged research.  Articles may include words, images, audio and video.  To find out more, and view a film explaining more about the journal, please visit the NCCPE website.
 
5 Ethics in Participatory Health Research: Request for Case Examples and Case Studies
 
We continue to collect 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!
 
6Add 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 ICPHR is through the Project Groups and Focus Areas.  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   The Focus Areas are described here.

Research for All: Call for papers
Research For All: Universities and Society is a new journal and we are very keen to welcome your contributions to it. The journal is for anyone, working inside or outside universities, who is committed to seeing research make a difference in society.
 
Engagement with research goes further than participation in it. Engaged individuals and communities initiate, advise, challenge or collaborate with researchers. Their involvement is always active and they have a crucial influence on the conduct of the research – on its design or methods, products, dissemination or use. Research For All focuses on research that involves universities and communities, services or industries working together.
 
Contributors and readers are from both inside and outside of higher education. They include researchers, policymakers, managers, practitioners, community-based organizations, schools, businesses and the intermediaries who bring these people together. The journal aims to raise the quality of engaged research by stimulating discussion about the effectiveness of engagement with researchers, research outcomes and processes.
 
We are currently looking for articles that describe, explain and analyse engaged research. Articles may include words, images, audio and video. Submissions should fall into the following broad categories. We are particularly keen to receive co-authored contributions. We are looking for a range of types of contribution including:

• Articles that investigate the relationship between theory and practice. These might be conventional academic research articles that generate, build and test theory. Or they might be vivid accounts, case studies, new insights or critical reflections about practice (2,000–7,000 words).
• In-depth feature articles that analyse the thinking around an aspect of engaged research. These pieces draw on the wealth of writing, experience and thought from across different disciplines and practices involved in engaged research. They capture the breadth of the landscape while providing new insights around a specific theme or topic (5,000–10,000 words).
• Commentaries offering views about thinking, practices and debates in engaged research (1,500–3,000 words).
• ‘Who inspired my thinking?’ Personal reflections drawing out key features of a book, paper or person and how they influenced the writer’s thought and practice (up to 1,500 words).
• Reviews of publications, events and resources that are relevant to engaged research (800–1,500 words).

 
To be considered for this first edition please send expressions of interest, outlines, abstracts or draft contributions to the journal’s managing editor, Pat Gordon-Smith ([email protected]) by 10th December 2015.  
 
This open-access, peer-reviewed journal is sponsored by the UCL Institute of Education and the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement. This joint venture models the principles of public engagement in research through its editorial advisory board and associate editors who are drawn from within and beyond higher education. It is published by IOE Press. 
 
To find out more, and view a film explaining more about the journal, please visit the NCCPE website

Call for papers for special edition of the International Educational Action Research Journal
 
The conceptualisation and articulation of impact: hopes, expectations and challenges for the participatory paradigm.
 
Editors: Tina Cook (Northumbria University and Liverpool Hope University UK) and Guest Editor Brenda Roche (Wellesley Institute, Toronto, Canada)
 
This special issue aims to explore notions of impact in relation to the principles and practices of different traditions in action research in health and wellbeing. Such approaches include Participatory Action Research, Community Based Participatory Research, Design Based Methodology and other forms of research that have participatory endeavor at their core.
 
The co-construction of knowledge through action research advances a body of community research that is aligned with the needs and interests of community members, grounded both in established methods and new and innovative approaches to data generation in social research. It is often posited that this approach promotes research that is more action-oriented, and potentially impactful.  These ideas coincide well with emerging calls by governments, funders and research councils that applied research will (or should) go beyond being predominantly a tool for knowledge collection and for it to be more directly connected to a change process; to make a difference to communities; to have an impact.  
 
Given this emerging focus on impact it would seem, as Pat Thomson says in a forthcoming editorial of EARJ, “Action researchers might be forgiven for thinking that, in this context, their moment in the sun had finally arrived” (Thomson 2015). The call for research that can also demonstrate the difference it has made to practice, is however, accompanied by the continued elevation of a dominant framework that preferences certain ways of capturing and documenting that difference. In particular, ways of conceptualising impact that favour measurement and normative practices have come to form an accepted/expected standard. There are, however, broader definitions of impact that move on from a reductionist framework towards a more comprehensive and inclusive approach for capturing both the intended (and unintended) consequences of research.  These broader definitions are more able to reflect the core values for, and nature of, participatory action research, situating the discussion within the values and principles of the approach and recognising the different forms of impact such approaches foster.  Research that has participatory practices at its centre is likely to have different types of impact from research that starts from a position of distanced objectivity but there is considerable argument over whether these are always readily recognised, articulated and accepted as ways of demonstrating change in the wider academic sphere (Cargo & Mercer; 2008; Jagosh et al: 2012). 
 
For this Special Issue of EARJ we are looking for contributions (methodological, theoretical and examples from practice) from those whose participatory approach to action research has involved them in wrestling with the challenges of evidencing impact; the challenges that arise when working within a core set of values that sit outside the predominant positivist research paradigm. As Thomson (2015) suggest, the impact agenda can provide us with an opportunity to argue for a different understanding of change/impact and to place this more securely it the wider arena.
 
We particularly value contributions from non academic partners working with academic partners in participatory research and contributions from geographical areas that are generally under-represented in this journal.
 
Deadlines:  
Abstracts of 500 words to be submitted by 31st October 2015
Invitations will be sent to selected authors by 30th November, requesting full manuscript to be submitted no later than 1st April 2016
 
References
 
Cargo M and Mercer, S (2008) The Value and Challenges of Participatory Research: Strengthening Its Practice. Annual Review of Public Health 29 (24) 1-26.
 
Jagosh J, Macaulay AC, Pluye P, Salsberg J, Bush PL, Henderson J, Sirett E, Wong G, Cargo M, Herbert CP, Seifer SD  Green LW and Greenhalgh T. (2012) Uncovering the Benefits of Participatory Research: Implications of a Realist Review for Health Research and Practice. Milbank Quarterly; 90(2): 311-346.
 
Thomson P (2015) Action research with/against impact . Educational Action Research 23(3) (forthcoming)

Newsletter of the International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research (ICPHR)

Third Quarter, 2015

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]

[Note: For information in Spanish, visit: http://es.icphr.org/inicio/boletin-informativo-de-la-ciips-tercer-trimestre-2015]


In this Issue:

 1. Spanish Site Launched
 2. Call for Papers for Special Journal Edition on Impact of Participatory Research
 3. International Scientific Meeting on Impact in Participatory Health Research
 4. German Short Course Accepting Applications
 5. Online Short Course in the Works
 6. New Resource: Quality Criteria for Participatory Health Research Projects
 7. Call for Proposals: Community-Campus Partnerships for Health 14th International Conference
 8. Ethics in Participatory Health Research: Request for Case Examples and Case Studies
 9. Add us to Your Website
10. Getting Involved

1 Spanish Site Launched
A new ICPHR site has been launched in Spanish!  Visit the site here. The site provides information available on the English language site and also other resources and information of interest to a Spanish-speaking audience.  A German-language site is already in operation.  A Portuguese-language site is in the planning.  And a site for the UK network should be launched in the coming months. 


2 Call for Papers for Special Journal Edition on Impact of Participatory Research
The Educational Action Research Journal has teamed up with the ICPHR to issue a call for a special issue aiming to explore notions of impact in relation to the principles and practices of different traditions in action research in health and wellbeing.  They are looking for contributions (methodological, theoretical and examples from practice) from those whose participatory approach to action research has involved them in wrestling with the challenges of evidencing impact; the challenges that arise when working within a core set of values that sit outside the predominant positivist research paradigm.  The deadline for abstracts is 31 October. For more information, click here. 


3 International Scientific Meeting on the Impact of Participatory Health Research
The ICPHR teamed up with the German Network for Participatory Health Research (PartNet), the Institute of Population and Public Health, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and Community-Based Research Canada (CBRC) to organize a conference from 1-3 June on the topic of impact in PHR.  The conference took place at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF) at the University of Bielefeld which also provided sponsorship.  Experts in PHR from eleven countries met to define what impact means in the participatory research process, how to maximize the impact of the research, and how to observe and document what impact has occurred.  The documentation of the meeting is now available on our website.


4 German Short Course Accepting Applications
The ICPHR has developed a short course which has been offered in the UK, Portugal and Germany to qualify those interested in conducting participatory social research for the first time.  The Catholic University of Applied Sciences Berlin (KHSB) will be offering the course in 2016 for the fourth time.  Click here for more information and to register.  General information about the course can also be found on the ICPHR site.


5 Online Short Course in the Works
Based on our experience in offering a short course in various countries, an online pilot course is being developed by Dr. Wendy Madsen at the Central Queensland University (Australia).  The course will provide worldwide access to the resources and expertise of the ICPHR.  More information to follow!


6 New Resource: Quality Criteria for Participatory Health Research Projects
Our first position paper defining Participatory Health Research has become a popular download.  Many have asked for a short version to be used in teaching and practice.  Prof. Tina Cook (Northumbria University, UK) has developed a list of quality criteria for PHR research projects based on the paper which can be downloaded here.


7 Call for Proposals: Community-Campus Partnerships for Health 14th International Conference
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) is convening their 14th International Conference, May 11- 14, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana. For information on how to submit a proposal, visit their site here.


8 Ethics in Participatory Health Research: Request for Case Examples and Case Studies
We continue to collect 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!


9 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!


10 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.

Acknowledgements 
We are grateful to the German Network for Participatory Health Research (PartNet), the Institute of Population and Public Health of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and Community-Based Research Canada (CBRC) for their support in organizing the conference. 

Our special thanks to Dr. Britta Padberg and the ZIF, the Center for Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Bielefeld, whose financial support made this event possible. Additional support was provided by the Catholic University of Applied Sciences Berlin. 

And a thank you to each and every participant and presenter, who contributed to the richness of the discussions and to the respectful, critical, candid and constructive atmosphere. 

Finally, we are grateful for the inspiring words of our keynote speakers Claire Donovan and Matthias Bergmann whose contribution set the groundwork for our deliberations. 

Michael T. Wright 
Berlin, 15th of July 2015

2 Project List Updated and Expanded
Our growing list of projects has been updated and expanded.  To become involved in a specific project, please contact the project lead.

3 Annual Working Meeting 2015 with Pre-Conference in Germany
The interest in our Annual Working Meeting has never been greater, showing how our work is growing!  We now have a waiting list, as there are over 60 registrants from several different countries!  The meeting will take place from 4-6 June 2015 at the Catholic University of Applied Sciences Berlin.  From 1-3 June 2015 there will be a pre-conference at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Bielefeld with the title: International Scientific Meeting on the Impact of Participatory Health Research. More information can be found here.  We look forward to welcoming colleagues to Germany!

4 Action Research Conferences – Call for Presentations
Two major international conferences will be taking place this year on action research: The annual conference of the Collaborative Action Research Network (CARN) from 6-8 November 2015 and the ALARA 9th Action Learning Action Research together with the 13th Participatory Action Research World Congress from 4-7 November 2015. Consult the Internet sites for further details.

5 Ethics in Participatory Health Research: Request for Case Examples and Case Studies
We continue to collect 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 New Journal Announced
There is a new journal Citizen Science: Theory and Practice promoting citizen involvement in research. More information can be foundhere.

7 New Website for German-Speaking Network
The German Network for Participatory Health Research (PartNet) is the German-language affiliate of the ICPHR with members from German-speaking countries.  PartNet is hosting this year’s meetings in Germany.  The network with over 150 members has launched a new website

8 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!

9 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

A summary of the 2014 Annual Working Meeting is now posted on the Niteroi conference page. We have also posted an updated project list to include new members projects identified at the AWM 2014.  If you are interested in joining any of the projects, please email the member lead directly. 

ICPHR members are invited to contribute a paper to a Special Issue on the topic of 
" Health Promotion and Disease Prevention among Most Vulnerable Populations" for 
AIMS Public Health (http://aimspress.com/aimsph/ch/index.aspx) which launched 
by AIMS Press. AIMS Public Health is an international Open Access journal devoted 
to publishing peer-reviewed, high quality, original papers in the field of public health.

All submitted papers will go through a peer-review process, and published papers 
are available online in open access. Moreover, all the publishing fees are fully waived for authors.

Special issue editor: Dr. Sónia F. Dias 
Special issue website: http://aimspress.com/aimsph/ch/reader/view_special_issue.aspx?key_words=Promotion&id=20141111060821001 

Submission due date: 28 February 2015.

“One of the major public health challenges has been to develop effective strategies with a great 
public health impact in combating disease and promoting health of individuals, communities and 
society as a whole. A growing number of studies show that evidence-based health promotion actions 
and policies have the potential to improve the health of populations and reduce health inequalities. 
Nevertheless, most vulnerable and disadvantaged populations remain underserved and understudied. 
AIMS Public Health will publish a special issue on health promotion and disease prevention among most 
vulnerable populations as defined by ethnicity, socio-economic status, geography, gender, age, risk status 
and identified as at-risk for health disparities. Manuscripts that present qualitative, quantitative and 
mixed methods are welcomed, as well as theoretical, implementation and evaluation studies.”

If you do not have a paper to contribute, please feel free to distribute this letter within your organization and professional network, if you think someone you know would be interested for this publishing opportunity. 
The papers will be published with the open access publication policy.

Paper Submission

Your paper must be written in strict accordance with the format.
To download the template file click Instruction for Authors on our journal webpage
http://aimspress.com/aimsph/ch/reader/view_news.aspx?id=20131011102630001

Please submit your manuscript to our online submission system at:
http://aimspress.com/aimsph/ch/author/login.aspx 

Dear Colleagues,

 Please note that our next Annual Working Meeting will take place from 4-6 June 2015 in Berlin, Germany.  A pre-conference will take place from 1-3 June 2015 at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Bielefeld, Germany: International Scientific Meeting on the Impact of Participatory Health Research.  The Annual Working Meeting is open to all interested members.  The pre-conference has limited space.  More details will follow in the next weeks.  We have received initial funding and are currently approaching other funders to cover travel costs.  You are encouraged to approach your national office of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) to inquire about travel funds.

 We are looking forward to seeing you here in Berlin!

 Michael Wright

The Catholic University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, Germany will be offering the course Participatory Social Research for a third time.

About Participatory forms of research are increasingly common in the fields of health, social welfare, and education but there are few opportunities for shared learning about this approach.  A goal of the ICPHR is to promote the use of participatory research through competency building.  

Designed for Practitioner and academic researchers, citizens involved in research for social change and post graduate students

For more information visit the course webpage and click on the flyer

Register by December 12th 2014
Instructor: Prof. Dr. Michael T. Wright
Cost: 400 Euro
Contact: [email protected] | Tel.: 030. 50 10 10 -39

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.

An obituary for Bob has been posted.

We are excited to announce that we will be 'officially' launching our twitter profile at the 2014 Annual Working Meeting in Niteroi, Brazil!  Follow us at @ICPHR to stay up to date.  

During the meeting we will be using the hashtag #ICPHR14 and we encourage you to use it as well! Using this hashtag makes it easy for users to follow the discussion thread of conversations happening at the AWM 2014.

The Promise of Community-Based Participatory Research for Health Equity: A Conceptual Model for Bridging Evidence With Policy
Lisa Cacari-Stone, PhD, MA, MS, Nina Wallerstein, DrPH, Analilia P. Garcia, DrPH, MPH, and Meredith Minkler, DrPH

Abstract:
Insufficient attention has been paid to how research can be leveraged to promote health policy or how locality-based research strategies, in particular community-based participatory research (CBPR), influences health policy to eliminate racial and ethnic health inequities. To address this gap, we highlighted the efforts of 2 CBPR partnerships in California to explore how these initiatives made substantial contributions to policymaking for health equity. We presented a new conceptual model and 2 case studies to illustrate the connections among CBPR contexts and processes, policymaking processes and strategies, and outcomes. We extended the critical role of civic engagement by those communities that were most burdened by health inequities by focusing on their political participation as research brokers in bridging evidence and policymaking. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print July 17, 2014: e1–e9. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2014.301961)

Citation: Cacari-Stone, L., Wallerstein, N., Garcia, A. P., & Minkler, M. (2014). The Promise of Community-Based Participatory Research for Health Equity: A Conceptual Model for Bridging Evidence With Policy. American journal of public health, (0), e1-e9.
Copyright holder: American Public Health Association (APHA)
Read More: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2014.301961