The APA Committee on Rural Health is seeking nominees from the following target areas: (Two to be elected for a 3 year term starting Jan. 1, 2018)
SLATE 1: Person with expertise or knowledge of agricultural and/or community psychology, specifically interested in candidates versed in issues of farming, ranching, and farm labor populations, and how these issues relate to mental health and/or migrant health.
SLATE 2: Person with research and/or clinical expertise in substance use in rural and remote populations; with an understanding on substance use prevalence with suicide, interpersonal violence, and other high risk behaviors.
**To be considered for nomination to CRH, nominees will be asked to provide a current CV and a 500 word personal statement of why the nominee is interested in serving on the Committee on Rural Health.**
The Committee on Rural Health seeks members to fill two slates and who are interested in the full breadth of issues affecting the health of persons living in rural and remote regions. The Committee on Rural Health (CRH) encourages the nominations of early career psychologists and persons of diverse career backgrounds and professional settings. CRH seeks to uphold the representation of diversity in its committee membership and so encourages nominations of individuals of cultural, ethnic, or linguistic minority; and/or an individual who identifies as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender; and/or a person with a disability. Also, CRH seeks individuals who are currently or have been past participants of the National Health Service Corps program, are strongly encouraged to apply.
REPRESENTATION FOCUS:
The Committee on Rural Health will consider any nomination that meets the requirements for nomination submission (CRH requirements: APA membership, CV submission, 500 word personal statement submission). Given the nature of the Committee’s mission, CRH makes a conscious effort to review the committee’s regional representation in consideration of nominations. Here are two considerations about the current committee composition through December 31, 2017:
The current composition of CRH does not have members representing (by either work or residence) states in the central and north central region of the United States, such as: CO, IA, KS, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, WI, or WY.
The current composition of CRH does not have members representing (by either work or residence) states in states in the far north east region of the United States, such as: CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, or VT.
Every nomination is equally weighted during the review process, however, nominations are strongly encouraged from the regions listed above.
HOW TO SUMBIT A NOMINATION:
The Call for Nominations Form can be accessed securely on APA’s website via the following link: http://apps.apa.org/nominations/Default.aspx You will need to login using a MyAPA account ID and password. Every APA member has a MyAPA ID assigned to their membership number. If you have not yet registered for your MyAPA account or have forgotten your login ID or password, simply follow the instructions provided on the right hand side of the log-in screen once you click on the link. The deadline for submitting nominations is Friday, March 3, 2017. There is no limit to the number of nominations you can submit. Additionally, you are welcome and encouraged to submit a self-nomination for any group.
NOMINATION MATERIALS for the Committee on Rural Health:
To be considered for nomination to CRH, nominees will be asked to provide a current CV, a 500 word personal statement of why they are interested in serving on the Committee on Rural Health, and complete a short questionnaire. A CV and personal statement can be uploaded at the time of nomination via the link above. The questionnaire will be sent to the nominee from the APA State Advocacy Office once nomination is received. Again, the deadline for submitting nominations is Friday, March 3, 2017.
Please feel free to contact Tammy Barnes in the APA State Advocacy Office at 202-336-5987 or tbarnes@apa.org with any questions about the Committee or the nominations process. Thank you.