PHA-Exchange> Health Equity Research to Action Short Course: call for applicants

[Claudio]

From: "Lexi Bambas" <lexi at gega.org.za>

> The Global Equity Gauge Alliance

> Call for Participants: Health Equity Research To Action Short Course
>
> offered June 7-9 and again June 15-17
> Tropicana Hotel, Durban, South Africa
>
> Deadline for application March 8, 2004
>
> GEGA is calling for participants in a short course focused on developing
> evidence-based responsive action to support pro-equity policy development
and
> community empowerment.
>
> This course is designed to support the development of programmes of work
to
> enhance uptake of pro-equity policy, especially at the national level and
also
> at the local level. It is also intended to encourage sharing of
information and
> experiences among participants, and provide opportunities to link with a
larger
> community of researchers and advocates working in health equity around the
> world.
>
> Ultimately, the course is intended to support the development of
additional
> Equity Gauges and GEGA partners in developing countries.
>
> The objectives of the workshop are to support evidence-based action to
promote
> health equity through
>
> · Increased understanding of the relationship between global influences,
> national policies, and health equity
> · Linking concepts of health equity with empirical information
> · Learning about the Equity Gauge Approach
> · Learning about some strategies used by Equity Gauges, including ways
> that health inequities have been measured or assessed, and documented,
using a
> variety of resources and information sources
> · Learning about and developing advocacy and community empowerment
> strategies appropriate for a variety of country contexts
> · Thinking about how the Equity Gauge Approach might be applied in your
> own country
>
> There is no registration fee for the course, and participants may be
eligible
> for financial assistance for travel and/or accommodations. Delegates can
> combine this trip to Durban with attendance at the Equinet, ISEqH, and
GEGA
> conferences (June 8-9, June 10-12, and June 13-14, respectively). More
> information on these conferences can be found at www.gega.org.za.
>
> Applicants should submit to secretariat at gega.org.za with "GEGA Research to
> Action Course" in the subject line, the following information:
>
> · Name of proposed participants
> · Institutional base, and contact details
> · Health areas and issues of current work of your group
> · Equity-focused work you would like to pursue, and outline of current
> plans, including existing information sources and data bases
> · Description of a past project of your group
> · Specific skills and knowledge you would like to gain from the workshop
> · Preferred dates of course attendance: June 7-9 or June 15-17
> · Whether financial assistance would be required for attendance, and if
> so, requested amounts.
>
> We encourage applications to send two persons from an institution/group,
in
> order to support long-term team planning.
>
> Please send applications to secretariat at gega.org.za no later than March 8
2004.
> Early application is strongly encouraged, as space is limited.