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July 1, 2011  || Vol. 3, Issue 26
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Funding OpportunitiesFunding

Commonwealth Fund's Harkness Fellowships
Deadline: September 12, 2011

(From the APHA Friday Letter)
The Commonwealth Fund's 2012-13 Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice are now open to applicants from Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The fellowships provide a unique opportunity for mid-career professionals (academic researchers, government policymakers, clinicians, managers, and journalists) to spend up to 12 months in the United States conducting a policy-oriented research study. Click here for more information.

 

NEW RESEARCH FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FROM OPRE/ACF/HHS
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, recently published a funding opportunity announcement to support new research and evaluation under the Health Professions Opportunity Grants (HPOG) program. University Partnership Research Grants for the Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The University Partnership grants are intended to support research and evaluation that will inform and improve HPOG program performance and complement ACF's multi-pronged evaluation of the HPOG programs.  Proposed studies may be applied, basic, or methodological, and may seek to answer specific questions or address broader research topics of interest.  Applicants are required to demonstrate a partnership with an HPOG program(s) as an integral part of the research plan development and execution.  Proposed studies should benefit the welfare and employment research field more broadly by seeking to advance the state of the art and knowledge of healthcare workforce development and education and training programs, and should inform relevant policy decisions and solutions, particularly for underserved populations. The full announcement for "University Partnership Research Grants for the Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) Program under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)" is available online. Eligible applicants include public, private, and state-controlled institutions of higher education, non-profit institutions with or without 501(c)(3) status, for-profit organizations, and small businesses.  Applicants may apply for up to four years of funding and may be awarded up to $500,000 for each year. Applications are due August 5, 2011.  If you have questions regarding this funding opportunity, please email the OPRE grant review team at [email protected] or call 1-866-989-HPOG (4764).

 

Specialized Centers of Research (SCOR) on Sex Differences (P50)

Deadline: October 4, 2011

The ORWH and participating organizations and institutes seek to expand the Specialized Centers of Interdisciplinary Research (SCOR) on Sex Differences. These centers will provide opportunities for interdisciplinary approaches to advancing studies in sex differences research. Each SCOR should develop a research agenda bridging basic and clinical research underlying a health issue that affects women. Click here for more information.

 

Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC): Interventions to Promote Community Living Among Individuals with Disabilities
Deadline: August 11, 2011
The purpose of the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program is to plan and conduct research, demonstration projects, training, and related activities, to develop methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technology that maximize the full inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency of individuals with disabilities, especially individuals with the most severe disabilities, and to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Act) (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.). The purpose of the RRTCs, which are funded through the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program, is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act, through advanced research, training, technical assistance, and dissemination activities in general problem areas, as specified by NIDRR. Such activities are designed to benefit rehabilitation service providers, individuals with disabilities, and the family members or other authorized representatives of individuals with disabilities. Click here for more information.

 

Tribal Research Center on Early Childhood
Deadline: August 1, 2011
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) is soliciting applications for a cooperative agreement to support a Tribal Research Center for Early Childhood that will provide leadership and support to promote excellence in community-based participatory research and evaluation of ACF early childhood initiatives that serve Tribal communities (i.e., Home Visiting, Head Start, Early Head Start). The Center is expected to engage in a variety of activities that are designed to identify and develop effective practices and systems for home visiting, Head Start, and Early Head Start programs in Tribal communities, to establish the culturally meaningful processes and outcomes of those programs, to build research capacity within Tribal communities, and to build the capacity of researchers to conduct research and evaluation in partnership with Tribal communities. Click here for more information.

 

Collaborative Research on the Transition From Acute to Chronic Pain: New Models and Measures in Clinical and Preclinical Pain Research (R01)
Deadline: October 27, 2011
The overall goal of this FOA is to stimulate preclinical and clinical research that will accelerate our understanding of the biological and behavioral determinants driving the transition from acute pain to chronic pain disorders. An understanding of the mechanisms and risk factors that determine who will transition to a chronic pain state is necessary in order to intervene in this transition and to design new, effective treatments to resolve acute pain before it becomes chronic. The objectives of this FOA are to: 1) assemble research teams with expertise in basic and clinical pain research and related expertise outside the pain field that will provide novel, collaborative, multidisciplinary approaches to answer crucial questions about the transition from acute to chronic pain; 2) discover biological and behavioral mechanisms that drive the transition from an acute pain state to a chronic dysfunctional pain condition; 3) develop new clinical and preclinical models and measures of pain that will be essential to identify and characterize these mechanisms. Studies that involve considerable risk but with the potential for breakthroughs in the field are strongly encouraged. Click here for more information.

 

Advancing HIV Prevention through Transformative Behavioral and Social Science Research (R01)
Deadline: January 6, 2012
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages applications that will advance generalizable knowledge about HIV prevention through comprehensive social and behavioral science research.  An underlying assumption for this funding opportunity is that methods of and findings from social and behavioral studies can make essential contributions to research that utilizes biomedical modalities.  In addition, biomedical perspectives are essential for the advancement of social and behavioral HIV research on HIV prevention.  Therefore, this FOA invites studies that are comprehensive in the sense that the reciprocal influences of relevant variables, whether social, behavioral, or biomedical are included in study design and interpretation.  This FOA is intended to address the goals of the National HIV AIDS Strategy, and therefore studies should address issues that are highly relevant to the domestic (i.e., United States) HIV problem. Click here for more information.

 

FAMILY PROCESS INSTITUTE EARLY SCHOLARS RESEARCH GRANT
Deadline: September 1, 2011
One grant of up to $6,000 will be awarded to an Early Career Professional. Early Career Professionals may be in varied areas of scholarship (e.g., marriage and family therapy, social work, psychology, psychiatry, nursing). Applicants may propose projects with smaller budgets. Grants will propose scholarship in broad areas of (a) theory development, (b) advancement of diversity issues, (c) intervention development, and (d) theory or treatment testing. All proposals will advance the Family Process Institute mission. Click here for more information. 

 

FAMILY PROCESS INSTITUTE EARLY CAREER TRAINING / CLINICAL GRANT
Deadline: September 1, 2011
One grant of up to $2,000 will be awarded to an Early Career Professional to support training or the development of innovative clinical activities related to the Family Process Institute mission. Applicants may propose projects with smaller budgets. Early Career Professionals may be in varied areas of scholarship (e.g., marriage and family therapy, social work, psychology, psychiatry, nursing). All proposals will advance the Family Process Institute mission. Click here for more information.

 

FAMILY PROCESS INSTITUTE DISSERTATION GRANT
Deadline: September 1, 2011
One grant of up to $2,000 will be awarded to a doctoral candidate to support dissertation research. Applicants may propose projects with smaller budgets. Doctoral candidates may be in varied areas of scholarship (e.g., marriage and family therapy, social work, psychology, psychiatry, nursing). Grants will propose scholarship in broad areas of (a) theory development, (b) advancement of diversity issues, (c) intervention development, and (d) theory or treatment testing. All proposals will advance the Family Process Institute mission. Click here for more information.

Calls Calls
Call for Proposals

AMCHP Annual Conference
Deadline: August 22, 2011
The 2012 Annual Conference of the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) will take place February 11-14, 2012, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. The conference theme is Improving Maternal and Child Health Across the Life Span: Acting Today for Healthy Tomorrows. The AMCHP conference is the ideal venue to present your ideas, research, innovative programming, best practices and effective outreach strategies to MCH and other public health practitioners, directors of state programs, family leaders, researchers, federal officials, advocates, and healthcare providers. Click here for complete information about submitting your session proposal and for the online submission system.

Call for Papers
2nd European Conference For Social Work Research 
Deadline: September 9, 2011
Social work research in local, national and international contexts: the challenges of comparison and generalisation
In an increasingly globalised world the relationship between the local, regional, national and international is becoming ever more blurred. Social work practitioners will often work within a localised context, yet draw on policies and practices devised elsewhere. Similarly those researching social work are increasingly drawing on the findings, methods and ideas of researchers from across the world. The 2nd European Conference for Social Work Research (ECSWR) gives social work researchers the opportunity to explore some of the key issues facing research today. Click here for more information.

Call for Abstracts

International Conference on Public Health in 21st Century
Deadline: August 15, 2011
(From the APHA Friday Letter)
The aim of the International Conference Public Health in the 21st Century is to highlight the state of the system of public health in Slovenia, European Union and in the rest of the world in this century. International academics and practitioners of public health and related sciences are invited to submit their abstracts for oral presentation by August 15. The date for the submission of the full paper is September 15. Click here for more information.
Conferences & Trainingsconf

Joint CEBCP-Campbell Symposium
August 15-16, 2011
Fairfax, Virginia
The Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy at George Mason University, USA is teaming up with the Campbell Collaboration this year for a joint Symposium. This 2-day event will involve training workshops (day 1), systematic review presentations from Campbell's coordinating groups (Crime & Justice, Education, International Development, and Social Welfare), an awards luncheon, and a plenary session focusing on whether research has made a difference to public policy. The Symposium will be held at George Mason University's main Fairfax campus in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. Registration will be free but required. Further information, the preliminary agenda, and the registration can be found here.  

 

4th National Research Conference on Child & Family Programs & Policy
Registration ends July 10, 2011  

Keynote speakers are Dr. Murray Straus from the University of New Hampshire (Research on Spanking By Parents: Implications for Public Policy) and Dr. Paul Amato from Penn State University (Programs and Policies to Strengthen Marriage and Reduce Divorce: Goals, Controversies, and Evidence). Two pre-conference workshops will also be offered: 1. From Research to Policy: Strategies for Having Research Findings Make a Difference, offered by Dr. Joan Zlotnik, Social Work Policy Institute, NASW Foundation; and 2. Introduction to Structural Equation Modeling, offered by Dr. Denise Hines, Clark University. The National Research Conference on Child & Family Programs & Policy is held at Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Please visit our website to learn more. Please contact us with any questions: Emily M. Douglas, Ph.D., Conference Chair: [email protected], or Kim Carvalho, Conference Coordinator: [email protected].  

 

MEPS Data User Workshop

September 15-16, 2011

Rockville, MD

AHRQ will be conducting a two-day hands-on MEPS Data User Workshop in Rockville, MD, on September 15-16, 2011. Day 1 of this workshop will consist of lectures designed to provide a general overview of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) including information about the survey design, file content, and the construction of analytic files. On Day 2, participants will apply the knowledge gained from the previous day's lecture to formulate a research plan that utilizes the various MEPS Household Component files and linkage capabilities. Programming examples will be conducted in SAS, even though STATA, SPSS, and some other software packages can be used to analyze MEPS data. After attending this workshop, each participant will have enough knowledge to construct an analytic file and begin to conduct analyses.  Programmers and AHRQ staff will be available to provide assistance on programming, variable selection, file construction, etc. The workshop is offered free of cost. Full program description, registration form, and logistical information will be available in late July on the MEPS Web site. For any other questions, e-mail [email protected].

Research Publications & Data ResourcesResearch

Announcing the New 2009 HCUP Kids' Inpatient Database (KID)
The KID includes information on patients 20 years and younger and covers all types of inpatient hospital stays, including privately insured, Medicaid, and uninsured. The KID is nationally representative. Data in the KID can be weighted to provide national estimates.  The 2009 KID includes over 3 million records weighted to represent more than 7 million discharges, over 4,000 hospitals, and data sampled from 44 states that comprise 95 percent of all discharges in the U.S. The KID is comprehensive and can be used to study a variety of topics. The KID data elements include payer, all diagnoses and procedures, patient demographics, hospital characteristics, source of admission, charges, discharge status, length of stay, and severity and comorbidity measures. The 2009 KID is provided on DVD in ASCII format. Click here for more information.

 

Reproductive Health Behaviors and Outcomes Among Young Adults 
(From ChildTrends)
Young adults have the highest rates of unintended pregnancy in the United States, as well as high rates of STDs.  Two recently published Child Trends' studies in the journal, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, assess how risk factors in adolescence and relationship characteristics in young adulthood are associated with reproductive health outcomes among this population. Risky Adolescent Sexual Behaviors and Reproductive Health in Young Adulthood analyzes data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to assess whether individuals who engaged in risky sexual behaviors during adolescence had increased risk of negative reproductive health outcomes in young adulthood. Relationship Characteristics and Contraceptive Use Among Young Adults analyzes relationship-level data from the 2002-05 rounds of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1997) to examine the associations between characteristics of young adult dating relationships and contraceptive use within these relationships. 

 

Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research

Below is a list of new data collection additions to the ICPSR data archive:  

28861 Reducing Courts' Failure to Appear Rate: A Procedural Justice Approach [Nebraska Statewide, Select Counties, 2009-2010]
29668 Annual Probation Survey, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
30462 Treatment Episode Data Set -- Admissions (TEDS-A), 2009
Click here for access to these and other datasets.

News & Notices
NICHD Vision Process Update: Institute Continuing to Accept Comments until July 15
(From the APA Science Policy Insider News)
On June 23-24, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Director Alan Guttmacher continued to move forward with the Institute's Vision Process by hosting a meeting of external scientists and stakeholders to identify areas of scientific opportunity that might have been overlooked in the nine white papers that emerged from the workshops held earlier this year. The Vision Process was announced in 2010 to identify the next decade's most promising scientific opportunities across the Institute's diverse research areas, including behavior, cognition, development, plasticity, diagnostics and therapeutics, reproduction, developmental origins of health and disease, and pregnancy. The desired outcome of this process is a Vision Statement that will chart an ambitious but achievable scientific vision for the NICHD and its research communities. Click here for more information.
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