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Research Resources
A monthly newsletter of the
AOTF Institute for the Study of Occupation and Health
December 2008
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Dear
Colleagues,
The year ends on a
programmatic high note here at the AOTF Institute as we are pleased to
announce our membership in the Healthy People 2020 (HP2020)
Consortium of the US Department of Health and Human Services
(HHS), Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP). The
Consortium was established in 1988 by the US Public Health Service to
be a diverse group of agencies and organizations committed to working
together to help achieve Healthy People's health goals and objectives
for the United States. The Consortium also serves to help expand the
reach of the HP2020 as widely and broadly as possible into research
initiatives and education programs. A vital networking and
communication tool, the Consortium helps likeminded members not only to
stay continually informed about HP2020 initiatives at the federal,
state, local and tribal levels, but also to connect to each other and
facilitate collaborations.
The AOTF
Institute's membership in the Consortium follows on our recent
interface with HP2020 in three contexts. In May, we participated in the
DC area HP2020 Stakeholders Meeting held at the Natcher Conference
Center of the National Institutes of Health. In mid-summer - thanks to
our cooperation with colleagues at HHS/ODHP - we spotlighted HP2020 in Research Resources.
And in September, we participated by invitation in the first-ever
HP2020 Academic Stakeholders
Workshop sponsored by the Association for Prevention Teaching and
Research (APTR) in cooperation with HHS/ODPHP.
Combined with the
announcement of our membership in the Consortium, the spotlights in
this issue of Research
Resources extend our support of HP2020 and our cooperative
participation in the dynamic arena of public health. Our AOTF
Program Spotlight features the 2009 AOTF Institute Qualitative
Research Exchange (QRE), entitled Qualitative
Research and Opportunities in Public Health, to be held at the
2009 Annual Conference and Exposition of the American Occupational
Therapy Association (AOTA). Our external Cooperation Spotlight features
resources of the Association
for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) and the Prevention
Education Resource Center (PERC). We met APTR's Vera S.
Cardinale, MPH, and PERC's Jack E. Fincham, PhD, RPh, at the September
HP2020 Academic Stakeholders Workshop, and we are grateful for their
time and their assistance in designing this spotlight.
As always, we thank
you for subscribing to Research
Resources and for your support of AOTF's advancement
of occupational therapy through organizational cooperations, as well as
our own programs of research, education, leadership, and philanthropy.
Happy holidays and
all best wishes in the New Year,
Jeffrey S.
Reznick, PhD
Director, AOTF Institute for the Study of Occupation and Health
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AOTF Institute Cooperation Spotlight:
Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR)
and the Prevention Education Resource Center (PERC)
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About APTR
The Association
for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) is the professional
organization for the academic medical and public health community
dedicated to prevention research and interprofessional education. APTR
advances population-based and public health education, research and
service by linking and supporting members from across the academic
prevention community. APTF works to redefine education of health
professions by advancing interprofessional education and prevention
research, we aim to redefine how we educate the health professions
workforce.
What does APTR do?
APTR develops curriculum, professional development programs, and tools
for its membership of educators, researchers, residents and students.
By connecting public, private and government funding opportunities with
the academic prevention community, they bring together individuals
and institutions devoted to health promotion and disease prevention
education and research.
Who does APTR serve?
APTR serves health professionals, faculty and students
from academic departments within medical and health professions
schools, public heath graduate programs, health agencies, and schools
of public health. They also represent the accredited and emerging
graduate programs across the US that grant public health degrees and
therefore prepare students for professional careers in public health.
APTR Funding
Opportunities
APTR provides its
members with access to crucial sources of funding from the association,
federal, and private agencies throughout the field of prevention and
public health. The organization has been a pioneer in supporting and
encouraging research, education, and training projects in the area of
prevention and public health. Through partnerships with federal
and private funding sources, we are a primary link to the academic
prevention community. A variety of projects have been supported
by funds administered by APTR, including:
- Research
and demonstration project funding of more than $75 million has
been awarded through the APTR-CDC Cooperative Agreement for more
than 200 investigators from schools of medicine, public health,
nursing, veterinary medicine, and public health; state and local
health departments; teaching hospitals; and other prevention
research institutions.
- Interprofessional
prevention education project mini-grants were award through
funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and
the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion to 14
universities across the nation.
- Scholarships
for leadership training have been awarded to nearly 300 students
from 121 schools of allopathic medicine, osteopathic medicine,
nursing, physician assistant, pharmacy, and dentistry through the
APTR-ODPHP Cooperative Agreement.
APTR
and Professional Development
APTR offers professional and faculty development opportunities in order
to further knowledge and experience in the fields of disease prevention
and health promotion.
About
PERC
The Prevention Education Resource Center (PERC) is a web-based resource
allowing practicing health professionals, educators, and students to
share teaching materials related to clinical prevention and population
health. PERC was launched in 2006 and is enabled with continuing
funding and sponsorship provided by APTR. PERC promotes
collaboration across health care disciplines, professions, and
institutions by facilitating the exchange of teaching resources and
connecting educators and practitioners. The Healthy People Curriculum
Task Force (HPCTF), an alliance of eight clinical health professions,
provides guidance for PERC. An editorial board representing
a broad constituency in the health professions works with APTR to
maintain and sustain PERC.
Registration through the PERC
website costs nothing and allows users to submit materials
for inclusion on the website, download materials for use, and/or
evaluate the quality of materials. PERC enables the
identification of accessible relevant syllabi, teaching materials,
examination materials, and curriculum evaluation approaches that may be
used to teach prevention in health professions programs and
introductory undergraduate public health courses (Public Health 101,
Epidemiology 101, and Global Health 101). Included in the
features of PERC are a multiple search capacity to identify materials
by particular prevention and population health domains, disciplines,
and/or types of teaching methods; and a special emphasis on
interprofessional education, undergraduate public health education, and
global applications. Users can identify materials that are relevant to
particular domains of the Clinical Prevention and
Population Health Curriculum Framework. This Framework is designed
to serve as a guideline for student education in the clinical health
professions represented on the Healthy People Curriculum Task Force. It
provides a structure for organizing curriculum, monitoring curriculum,
and communicating within and between disciplines. PERC will also help
support the tenets of Healthy People 2020.
Most importantly, the public at large will benefit from
the multidisciplined, interactivity facilitated by PERC. Such
communication and collaboration will enhance the care that individual
professionals provide to patients and to society at large. Enabling
clinical prevention and population health education and collaboration
is a very tangible outcome of the HPCTF Curriculum Framework
and this is facilitated through PERC and its widespread use.
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AOTF Institute Program Spotlight:
Qualitative Research Exchange 2009 - Qualitative
Research and Opportunities in Public Health
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The AOTF Institute Qualitative Research Exchange (QRE)
2009 "Qualitative Research and Opportunities in Public
Health" will be held at the 2009 Annual Conference and Exposition
of the AOTA in Houston, Texas, Thursday April 23, from 8:30 to 11:30
a.m. The AOTF Institute QRE is an annual scholarly forum for challenging
ideas related to the theory and practice of qualitative research.
Cutting-edge presentations and active debate are hallmark features of
this event.
QRE 2009 will focus on the public health priorities
generated by the Healthy People 2020 initiative and opportunities for
occupational therapy researchers to contribute. Key questions that will
undergird QRE 2009 include: How can occupational therapy as a
profession better align research and practice priorities with national
health initiatives that stress population (versus individual) health,
and in what ways can and should qualitative research play a leading
role? Drawing on a unique set of studies, invited speakers will examine
the current status of occupational therapy's contributions to public
health-oriented research, and the range of methods by which we can
broaden attention to the social and physical determinants of health
through more careful consideration of research issues and policy.
QRE 2009 will be moderated by Cathy
Lysack, PhD, OT(C), Associate Professor,
Gerontology and Occupational Therapy, and Deputy Director, Institute of
Gerontology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. Speakers will
include:
Trudy
Mallinson, PhD, OTR/L, NZROT, Associate
Director, Center for Rehabilitation Outcomes Research, Rehabilitation
Institute of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois), who will examine the
structure of health care service delivery and show how occupational
therapy assessments and data can change to be more responsive to a
public health orientation. Against the backdrop of AOTA's plans for a
national occupational therapy outcomes database this presentation will
also examine the role of qualitative research in complementing and
extending the quantitative data;
Kathy
Kniepmann, MPH, CHES, OTR/L, Instructor,
Washington University School of Medicine, Program in Occupational
Therapy (St. Louis, Missouri), who will explore ways that occupational
therapy can make vital contributions to health promotion for family
caregivers in a variety of community health settings, shifting the
focus beyond the individual patient/person and recognizing family
caregiving as a public health issue; and
Brenda
H. Vrkljan, PhD, OT Reg. (Ont.), Assistant
Professor, Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Science,
McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada), who will describe
innovative ways of changing attitudes and facilitating health promoting
behaviors amongst consumers and the public through knowledge exchange
and dissemination strategies, with a particular emphasis on educational
interventions research that target community mobility.
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AOTF Institute Program
Reminders
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Next
deadline: February 1, 2009.
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Watch
for AOTF Events at the AOTA 2009
Conference in Houston, Texas
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Events in
red are sponsored by the AOTF Institute for the Study of Occupation
and Health
Wednesday,
April 22
8 - 11:30 a.m. AOTA/AOTF Postdoctoral Research and
Networking Forum
12
- 5 p.m. Moody Garden Tour and Lunch
12
- 6:30 p.m. Institute 002 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
12
- 6:30 p.m. Institute 003 AOTA/AOTF Meet the Grant Makers
8:30
- 11:30 a.m. Qualitative Research Exchange (QRE) - see spotlight
above
7:30
- 9 a.m. Breakfast with a Scholar
1:30 - 4:30 p.m. Research Colloquium & Tea - Life in Space: Research on
Occupational Performance and Reflections of a NASA Astronaut
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Web-Based & Related
Resources
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Kaiser Family Foundation Launches Independent
News Service in Early 2009
Kaiser Health News, a new,
independent news service of the Kaiser Family
Foundation, will report on the nation's complex health
care system and the increasingly urgent political and policy debates
surrounding it. This free online service will provide
in-depth health care coverage and news at a time when cash-strapped
media organizations are being forced to scale back their efforts in
this crucial area.
New
Report Ranks States by Size of Gaps in Key Child Health Measures
The Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America has released
new data that shows how income and education matter for children's
health. The report, America's Health Starts With
Healthy Children: How Do States Compare?, is the
first to rank states on infant mortality and children's health status
based on key social factors, and it shows that as parent's income and
levels of education rise, children's health improves. The
Commission's new interactive Education and Health
Calculator computes the current level of education in
your county or state and users can see how many deaths could be
averted if a larger proportion of the population attended
college.
The
Center for Outcome Measurement in Brain Injury
The
Center on Outcome Measurement in Brain Injury (COMBI) is an online
resource for those needing detailed information and support in
regards to outcome measures for brain injuries. The measures included
in the COMBI are commonly used in the field of brain injury
rehabilitation and assessment. The COMBI is a collaborative project
of 16 brain injury facilities or centers, most of them Traumatic
Brain Injury Model Systems (through grants funded by the National
Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research). Each center
contributes information on one or more measures.
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Conference Announcements
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Call for Papers: The History of American Rights
San
Francisco State University will host a conference exploring rights in
American history. The conference will meet at San Francisco
State University on September 17 and 18, 2009. Rights, both
individual and collective, have long been a theme in American
history, often seen in conflict with governmental power. Papers on assertions
of rights by insurgent groups, resistance to rights claims, and
governmental efforts to suppress or promote rights are being sought;
their deadline is May 15, 2009. The goal of the conference is to
examine the place the history of rights occupies within the larger
American history narrative. Information on the conference and
proposals can be directed to Christopher Waldrep,
PhD, Department of History, San Francisco State University.
Health
and Wellbeing At Work, Birmingham, United Kingdom, February 24-25, 2009
Now in its third year, this conference targets
individuals responsible for the health and wellbeing of work-aged
people. It provides an innovative platform for meeting across
both the private and public sector responsible for human resources,
occupational health, disability, equality and diversity,
rehabilitation, therapy, condition management, ergonomics, employee
relations, rewards and welfare, health & safety, the working
environment, risk management and health promotion.
International
Stroke Conference 2009
This
conference, presented by the American Stroke Association, will be
held in San Diego, California on February 18-20, 2009. It will
feature special symposia on numerous topics and will also include
more than 70 exhibits showcasing the latest advancements in stroke
products and services.
17th
Annual Spinal Cord Injuries Conference - Contemporary Forums
This conference will be held March 17-21, 2009 in
Orlando, Florida and will feature research findings and assessment tools
for use with persons with dual diagnoses - brain and spinal cord
injuries (SCI). Four preconferences designed to examine key issues in
depth will be held: "Providing Comprehensive Sexual Health Care
in Spinal Cord Rehabilitation," "Evaluation and Classification
of Spinal Cord Injury," "Mobility Progression and ADL Skill
Development for Persons with Tetraplegia," and "Managing
the Early Phases of Spinal Cord Injury for Successful Rehabilitation
Outcomes." The conference setting will include exhibits offering
the demonstration of new technology and equipment for persons with
SCI. Abstract submission deadline is
January 29, 2009.
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Publication Announcements
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National Academies Press Publishes Four Books on
Military Medicine and Veteran Health
All of these timely
and important books are available to read free online.
Committee on Treatment
of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (2008) Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An
Assessment of the Evidence.
Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
Board
on Population Health and Public Health Practice (2008) Gulf War and Health: Volume 6. Physiologic,
Psychologic, and Psychosocial Effects of Deployment-Related Stress.
Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
Committee
on Veterans Compensation for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (2008)
PTSD
Compensation and Military Service.
Washington, DC: National Academies Press. PTSD Compensation and Military Service
presents a thorough assessment of how the US Department of Veterans
Affairs evaluates veterans with possible posttraumatic stress
disorder and determines the level of disability support to which they
are entitled. The book presents a history of mental health disability
compensation of military personnel and reviews the current
compensation and pension examination procedure and disability
determination methodology. It offers a number of recommendations for
changes that would improve the fairness, consistency, and scientific
foundation of this vital program.
Weisfeld,
N.E., Weisfeld, V.D. & Liverman, C.T. (Rapporteurs) (2008) Military Medical Ethics:
Issues Regarding Dual Loyalties: Workshop Summary.
Washington, DC: National Academies Press. This book summarizes the
one-day workshop which brought together academic, military, human
rights, and health professionals to discuss these ethical challenges.
The workshop examined two case studies: decisions regarding returning
a service member to duty after a closed head injury, and decisions on
actions by health professionals regarding a hunger strike by
detainees. The workshop also addressed the need for improvements in
medical ethics training and outlined steps for organizations to take
in supporting better ethical awareness and use of ethical
standards.
Differential
Diagnoses: A Comparative History of Health Care Problems and Solutions in
the United States and France
According to the author, historian Paul V. Dutton, Americans
should look to France for solutions to their health care
problems. Dutton debunks a common misconception among Americans that
European health care systems are essentially similar to each other
and vastly different from US health care. In fact, the Americans and
the French both distrust "socialized medicine." What
can Americans learn from the French example of universal health
insurance, and what can the French learn from the US example? Differential Diagnoses
compares how employers, labor unions, insurers, political groups, the
state, and medical professionals have shaped their nations' health
care systems from the early years of the twentieth century to the
present day. Dutton, P.V. (2008) Differential
Diagnoses: A comparative History of Health Care Problems and
Solutions in the United States and France. Cornell:
Cornell University Press.
Cancer
Care for the Whole Patient: Meeting Psychosocial Health Needs
Today, it is not possible to deliver high-quality cancer care without
using existing approaches, tools, and resources to address patients'
psychosocial health needs. All patients with cancer and their
families should expect and receive cancer care that ensures the
provision of appropriate psychosocial health services. Cancer Care for the Whole
Patient recommends actions that oncology providers, health
policy makers, educators, health insurers, health planners,
researchers and research sponsors, and consumer advocates should
undertake to ensure that this standard is met. Adler, N.E. &
Page, A.E.K. (Eds.) (2008) Cancer
Care for the Whole Patient: Meeting Psychosocial Health Needs.
Washington DC: National Academies Press.
Pews,
Prayers, and Participation - Religion and Civic Responsibility in
America
This book articulates how religion shapes participation in
a range of civic activities - from behaviors (such as membership in
voluntary associations, volunteering, and charitable contributions)
to capacities (e.g., civic skills and knowledge), to virtues (e.g.,
law-abidingness, tolerance, and work ethic). The authors examine
whether an individual exhibits a diminished, a privatized, a public,
or an integrated form of religious expression, based on the
individual's level of participation in both the public (worship) or
private (prayer) dimensions of religious life. They question whether
the privatization of religious life is counterproductive to
engagement in public life, and they show that religion does indeed
play a significant role in fostering civic responsibility across each
of its particular facets. Smidt, D.E., den Dulk, K.R., Penning, J.M.,
Monsma, S.M., Koopman, D.L. (2008) Pews,
Prayers, and Participation: Religion and Civic Responsibility in
America. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press.
Beyond
Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic
Science and Engineering
Beyond
Bias and Barriers explains that
eliminating gender bias in academia requires immediate overarching
reform, including decisive action by university administrators,
professional societies, federal funding agencies and foundations,
government agencies, and Congress. If implemented and coordinated
across public, private, and government sectors, the recommended
actions will help to improve workplace environments for all employees
while strengthening the foundations of America's competitiveness.
This book is available free online.Committee on Maximizing the
Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering. (2008) Beyond Bias and Barriers:
Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and
Engineering. Washington, DC: National Academies
Press.
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