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January 13, 2012 || Vol. 4, Issue 2
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We have now made submitting your announcements to SWRnet even easier than before. Click on the new "Submit to SWRnet" button above to forward announcements of funding, conferences, or data resources that you find useful. We can spread the word!
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Funding Opportunities
Identifying Reasons for Racial/Ethnic Disparities with Completing the HPV Vaccine Series among Adolescent Females
Deadline: March 28, 2012
The applicants must address in the application's research plan all of the following research objectives: Among parents of adolescents 11-18 years of age, assess factors contributing to HPV vaccination disparities, specifically assessing factors contributing to series non-completion or not initiating the series, and determining whether reasons differ in nature or in importance by racial/ethnic groups (whites, blacks and Hispanics) or by poverty level. Applicants are expected to provide a research plan that addresses the following elements: Description of the geographic area(s) to be included in the study including population size, racial/ethnic diversity, income level distribution, and level of urbanicity. Applicants must be able to include in their evaluation: parents from at least one racial/ethnic minority group (i.e., black or Hispanic) in addition to white parents, parents of adolescents that receive vaccinations at public clinics in addition to parents of adolescents that receive vaccinations in private provider offices. Click here for more information.
Policy Research Centers Grant Program
Deadline: February 13, 2012
A Policy Research Center (PRC) is defined to have the analytical capacity to either perform policy analysis across multiple sets of public policy issues or have a specialized capacity in a single policy area. A center may reside in a single institution or be a collaborative effort across multiple institutions. These centers will conduct research and education programs that are objective, operationally independent, and external to the Federal Government and that concern the effect of public policies and trade agreements on the following areas: (1) The farm and agricultural sectors (including commodities, livestock, dairy, and specialty crops); (2) the environment; (3) rural families, households, and economies; and (4) consumers, food, and nutrition. Click here for more information.
Science of Organizations
Deadline: February 2, 2012
Organizations -- private and public, established and entrepreneurial, designed and emergent, formal and informal, profit and nonprofit -- are critical to the well-being of nations and their citizens. They are of crucial importance for producing goods and services, creating value, providing jobs, and achieving social goals. The Science of Organizations (SoO) program funds basic research that yields a scientific evidence base for improving the design and emergence, development and deployment, and management and ultimate effectiveness of organizations of all kinds. Click here for more information.
Metadata for Long-standing Large-Scale Social Science Surveys
Deadline: January 31, 2012
The American National Election Studies (ANES), General Social Survey (GSS) and Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) are long-term survey projects that form key research infrastructure for the social and behavioral sciences. The value of these three projects depends in part on data accessibility and ease of use. These data dissemination activities provide value far beyond the original data collection effort. That value consists of providing access and tools that enable dissemination to a wide range of user communities-- from social scientists to advance knowledge and test theories, to teachers in secondary schools to explain basic statistical and analytic methods, to citizens outside of the higher education and research communities who use the data to generate basic descriptive statistics and graphs.This solicitation seeks proposals that will develop tools to bridge data collection and dissemination by first, collecting and coding metadata associated with future waves of the ANES, GSS, and PSID surveys as collection and processing techniques evolve; and second, migrating (or "retrofitting") metadata associated with earlier (i.e., legacy) waves of these surveys into formats and schema that are compatible with current and future collection efforts. The goal is to fund projects that will help make the many years of legacy data available to researchers who seek to answer current scientific questions. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Submissions
RTI's 2012 Research Challenge
Deadline: January 30, 2012
Have you ever had a great research hypothesis but lacked the data to test it? If so, The 2012 Research Challenge is a great opportunity for you to get those data. To participate, researchers or research teams can submit a set of up to 10 survey questions for an upcoming in-person survey of Chicagoans. The "winning" submission(s) will be included in the in-person survey, and the winning researcher or team will receive the response data to their questions along with demographic data, and the first rights to publish results of their survey findings. Participation is easy. In order to enter, all you need to do is send us:
* Up to 10 survey questions,
* A short synopsis of your research idea (2 pages or less), and
* A short biography of yourself (200 words or less)
Our judges will pick up to 12 winners, and those researchers will get to have their survey questions included in our study. This contest is open to individuals and small teams (five or fewer people). Teams may include anyone from senior scientists to working professionals to students. Organizations may not submit entries, but individuals or teams from organizations may. Only one entry is allowed per person or team, and a person may only be part of one team. Click here for more information.
Call for Papers
Field Educator
Deadline: July 15, 2012
The Simmons School of Social Work and the Field Educator announce an annual award to promote excellence in field education research. A $1,000 prize will be granted for an outstanding research paper on social work field education. The first winning paper will be announced at the 2012 Annual Program Meeting (APM) of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) and published in the fall 2012 issue of the Field Educator. Click here for more information.
Call for Papers
The Society for the Advancement of Sexual Health 2012 National Conference
Deadline: February 27, 2012
"Creating a Culture of Healthy Sexuality: Shaping the Future"
Proposals are currently being accepted for workshops and poster presentations for the 2012 SASH National Conference. For consideration by the Conference Committee, submit the following information electronically no later than Monday, February 27, 2012 via email to sash@sash.net. The mission of the Conference Committee is to provide the highest quality research and training on sexual addiction. Click here for more information.
CALL FOR WORKSHOP SUBMISSIONS
NACSW's 62nd ANNUAL CONVENTION AND TRAINING CONFERENCE
Deadline: March 1, 2012
The North American Association of Christians in Social Work (NACSW) announces its 62nd Annual Conference entitled "Renewing Our Hope: Gateways to Change". All participants are encouraged to submit proposals for workshop and poster presentations that contribute to the growth of social workers in the ethical integration of spirituality, faith and social work practice. Presentation are encouraged that present model integration practices, report on research findings, and/or provide valuable information and insights relevant to the project of integrating spirituality, faith and practice. Workshop tracks include: 1. Social Work Direct Practice; 2. Faith of the Social Worker; 3. Community Organizing and Development 4. Social Work Administration and Policy 5. Social Work Education; 6. Faith and Trauma; 7. Social Work Research; 8. Technology and Social Work. All potential presenters are encouraged to contact Jane Hoyt-Oliver (jholiver@malone.edu) with questions or to discuss ideas for workshop proposal submissions. Click here for more information.
Call for Presentations
26th Annual Conference on Treatment Foster Care Deadline: January 23, 2012
The Research Committee of the Foster Family-based Treatment Association (FFTA) has issued a Call for Research and Outcomes Presentations for a Research Track that will be held in conjunction with the FFTA 26th Annual Conference on Treatment Foster Care. The conference will be held July 22-25, 2012 in Atlanta, GA. The conference brings together over 700 private and public child welfare agency CEOs, clinicians, program directors, social workers, researchers, evaluators, trainers, and treatment foster parents and provides a forum for sharing best practices that are being used in Treatment Foster Care and related family-based services. The purpose of the Research Track is to bridge the gap between research and practice across the spectrum of child welfare and children's mental health services and help practitioners and agency directors improve outcomes for children and youth served in out-of-home care. For more information, click here.
Call for Abstracts
International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision
Deadline: February 1, 2012
The Executive Committee of the Eighth Annual International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision at Adelphi University is pleased to invite submissions for presentations which examine clinical supervision theory, research and practice within and across professional disciplines. The goals of the conference reflect the importance of facilitating interdisciplinary dialogue in the transmission of new knowledge, research, and best practices in the field of clinical supervision. Please submit abstracts with empirical, theoretical and applied significance for current issues in clinical supervision. Presentation formats include: Papers, Workshops, Poster Presentation, or Round Table Discussions. Click here for more information.
Call for Proposals
37th Annual National Institute for Social Work and Human Services in Rural Areas Deadline: March 1, 2012 The Indiana University School of Social Work welcomes you to the 37th annual conference of National Institute for Social Work and Human Services in Rural Areas. The theme of the 2012 conference, being held July 15-18, 2012, Nashville, Indiana, is "Rural Social Work at the Crossroads: Building Capacity, Nurturing Sustainability." As a professional social worker, you are invited to join us and take advantage of the many opportunities for continuing education and professional growth. The conference format is designed to meet the educational needs of all participants from rural social workers to executive directors and everyone in between. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health
Deadline: March 2, 2012
The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, National Institutes of Health, in partnership with the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Mental Health, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, is sponsoring this 5-day training institute to provide participants with a thorough grounding in conducting dissemination and implementation research in health. Faculty and guest lecturers will consist of leading experts (practitioners and teachers) in theory, implementation and evaluation approaches to D&I, creating partnerships and multi-level transdisciplinary research teams, research design, methods and analyses appropriate for D&I investigations and conducting research at different and multiple levels of interventions (e.g., clinical, community, policy). Click here for more information.
Ninth Annual Institute on Aging and Social Work
Deadline: March 28, 2012
Nationally recognized experts in research methodology will lead a training institute specifically designed for social work faculty who received their doctoral degree at least three years ago in any area of social work. The institute, funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Research, and the Hartford Foundation, aims to strengthen participants' knowledge and skills essential for developing an active research agenda and integrating scholarship with teaching. The participants will have the opportunity to obtain individualized consultation with distinguished professors and NIA staff and interact with members of last year's cohort. Past participants have given outstanding ratings to the program and many of them have been successful in securing grant support for their research. Please visit the program Website for additional information or write to Dr. Chandra Mehrotra at cmehrotr@css.edu.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
Michigan Finds Wealthier Nations Have More Fast Food and More Obesity
(From the ASPH Friday Letter)
New research from the University of Michigan School of Public Health suggests obesity can be seen as one of the unintended side effects of free market policies. The study of 26 wealthy nations shows that countries with a higher density of fast food restaurants per capita had much higher obesity rates compared to countries with a lower density of fast food restaurants per capita. Click here for more information.
ICPSR Additions
The Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for a diverse and expanding social science research community. Below is a list of new data collection additions to the ICPSR data archive:
*32502 CBS News/Vanity Fair National Poll #1, August 2010
Click here for access to these datasets and more information.
Second National Juvenile Online Victimization Incidence Study Data
The Second National Juvenile Online Victimization Study (NJOV-2) was conducted in 2007-2008 and designed to update and expand upon the First National Juvenile Online Victimization Study (NJOV-1) conducted in 2001-2002. Researchers collected information from a national sample of more than 2,500 law enforcement agencies about Internet sex crimes against minors during 2006, providing detailed information about the types of Internet sex crimes, as well as numbers of arrests, characteristics of offenders and victims, dynamics of the crimes, and criminal justice system responses. Data, which are weighted to provide national estimates, were collected via mail surveys followed by telephone interviews with investigators about specific cases reported in the mail surveys. The First National Juvenile Online Victimization Study (NJOV) (Dataset 135) is also available from NDACAN. Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
SAMHSA Announces New Working Definition of "Recovery"
(From Social Work E-News)
A new working definition of recovery from mental disorders and substance use disorders was announced in December 2011 by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The definition is the product of a year-long effort by SAMHSA and a wide range of partners in the behavioral health care community and other fields to develop a working definition of recovery that captures the essential, common experiences of those recovering from mental disorders and substance use disorders, along with major guiding principles that support the recovery definition. SAMHSA led this effort as part of its Recovery Support Strategic Initiative. Click here for more information.
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About SWRnet
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