Community-Campus Partnerships Conference - Proposals due 11/1

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Dear Colleagues,

Please join us for Community-Campus Partnerships for Health's 6th annual
conference, May 4-7, 2002 in Miami, Florida.  The call for conference
proposals is now available, with a deadline of 11/1/01.  See details
below.

The Partnership as the Leverage Point for Change
May 4 - 7, 2002 in Miami, Florida ~ Hotel Intercontinental Miami

Community partnerships as a strategy for change in health and higher
education have been gaining recognition and momentum in recent years. In the
last five years alone, both public and private funding agencies have
invested millions of dollars in community partnerships for such goals as
increased access to higher education, greater civic engagement, and positive
change in individual health behavior, especially among traditionally
disadvantaged communities.

While these partnerships are achieving many worthy goals, they also pose
challenges at the community level:
*How can we leverage the resources they provide and collaborate across
partnerships to maximize the benefits to communities?
*How can we nurture and sustain partnerships over time?
*How can we assess and document the role that the partnership itself plays
in bringing about change?
*Many community partnerships do not involve colleges or universities as
partners, either explicitly or incidentally. How can we facilitate the
linkage between community partnerships and academic institutions for mutual
benefit?

CCPH's 6th annual conference will focus on the PARTNERSHIP as the leverage
point for change in communities and higher educational institutions.

We expect more than 500 conference participants, including representatives
of community agencies, government, foundations, health care delivery
organizations, and leaders from educational institutions, i.e. academic
administrators, faculty, staff, and students.

Among the major themes to be discussed are:
*       Partnership Leadership & Governance
*       Partnership Assessment & Improvement
*       Partnership Principles & Best Practices
*       Partnership Outcomes
*       Partnership Policy & Advocacy
*       Partnership Tools & Resources
*       Partnerships in Service-Learning
*       Partnerships in Community-Based Participatory Research

If you are interested in submitting a proposal for a skill-building
workshop, story session, partnership bloopers session, poster or site visit,
please access the Call for Proposals by visiting our website at
http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu/ccph/projects.html#natlconf or call CCPH's
fax-on-demand service at 1-888-267-9183 and select document #202. Proposal
Submission deadline is November 1, 2001.

For information on conference cosponsorship and exhibit opportunities, email
CCPH program director Piper Krauel at piperk@itsa.ucsf.edu
Visit our publications page (http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu/ccph/guide.html)
to view commissioned papers and materials prepared for past CCPH
conferences.

See you in Miami!

Piper Krauel, Program Director
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
3333 California Street, Suite 410
San Francisco, CA  94118
Tel: 415-502-7933
Fax: 415-476-4113
E-mail: piperk@itsa.ucsf.edu

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Community-Campus Partnerships for Health is a nonprofit organization that
fosters partnerships between communities and educational institutions that
improve health professions education, civic responsibility and the overall
health of communities.  In just five years, we have grown to a network of
over 1000 communities, health professional schools, colleges and
universities that are collaborating to improve health.  To learn more about
CCPH, call 415-476-7081 or visit our website at
http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu/ccph.html
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