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February 24, 2012 || Vol. 4, Issue 8
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Funding Opportunities
RWJF: Public Health Services and Systems Research
Deadline: March 6, 2012 (Intent to Apply)
(From the Philanthropy News Digest)
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has announced a call for proposals for its Public Health Services and Systems Research: Building Evidence for Decision-Making program. The solicitation seeks to expand the evidence base for effective decision-making in public health practice and policy through research that utilizes natural experiments to respond to the questions defined in the National Agenda for Public Health Services and Systems Research. Grants will support efforts to produce evidence that can inform public health practice and policy decisions by comparing systems with change in organizational structures, legal infrastructure, financing mechanisms, and service delivery strategies to systems without changes. Click here for more information.
Making the Case for Laws That Improve Health
Deadline: April 4, 2012 (Brief proposals)
(From the Philanthropy News Digest)
A national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Public Health Law Research initiative seeks to build evidence for and strengthen the use of regulatory, legal, and policy solutions to improve public health. PHLR is equally interested in identifying and ameliorating laws and legal practices that unintentionally harm health. PHLR's purpose is to answer important questions such as: How does law influence health and health behavior? Which laws have the greatest impact? Can current laws be made more effective through better enforcement, or do they require amendment? Studies funded through this program will focus on the intersection of law and public health. Studies may draw on a range of other disciplines, including medicine, economics, engineering, sociology, psychology, and public policy and administration, but the primary focus of the study should be a law or policy and its influence on public health. The program encourages creativity and innovation in selecting and blending research methods. Click here for more information.
Enhancing Engagement and Retention in Quality HIV Care for Transgender Women of Color - Demonstration Sites
Deadline: April 16, 2012
This announcement solicits applications for a Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Program multi-site initiative entitled Enhancing Engagement and Retention in Quality HIV Care for Transgender Women of Color - Demonstration Sites. This initiative is expected to provide funding during federal fiscal years 2012 - 2016 to support organizations that will design, implement and evaluate innovative interventions to improve timely entry, engagement and retention in quality HIV care for transgender women of color living with HIV infection. The primary focus of this initiative is to identify and successfully engage and retain in care transgender women of color who are at high risk of HIV infection or are infected with HIV but are unaware of their HIV status; are aware of their HIV infection but have never been engaged in care; are aware but have refused referral to care; or have dropped out of care. Click here for more information.
Workforce Data Quality Initiative
Deadline: April 19, 2012
The Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) announces the availability of approximately $12.1 million from funds made available through the Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 DOL appropriation for Training and Employment Services for grants to State Workforce Agencies (SWA) to develop the Workforce Data Quality Initiative (WDQI). ETA expects to award approximately twelve grants of up to $1 million each for a 36 month period of performance. This performance period includes all necessary implementation and start-up activities. Eligible applicants for this solicitation are those SWAs within the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands that were not recipients of a round one WDQI grant (as a result of solicitation SGA/DFA PY 09-10). Grants awarded will provide SWAs the opportunity to develop and use State workforce longitudinal administrative data systems. These State longitudinal data systems will, at a minimum, include information on programs that provide training, employment services, and unemployment insurance. These systems must also be linked longitudinally at the individual level to allow for analysis which will lead to enhanced opportunity for program evaluation and lead to better information for customers and stakeholders of the workforce system. In addition, these systems must connect with the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) databases. Where such longitudinal systems do not exist or are incipient, WDQI grant assistance may be used to design and develop workforce data systems that are longitudinal and which are designed to link with relevant education data or longitudinal education data systems. WDQI grant assistance may also be used to improve upon and more effectively use existing State longitudinal systems. Click here for more information.
Social Work Education Research Student Award
Deadline: July 30, 2012
Social Work Education: The International Journal proposes to address the development of research capacity by supporting the development of early career researchers through providing funding up to £8,000 which would enable doctoral research students to complete research into learning and teaching within social work education. The aim is to support those doctoral students who are not receiving other substantial funding and who would be unlikely to complete research helpful to the discipline without this additional bursary. To find out if you are eligible and for further information click here.
Rachel Tanur Prize for Visual Sociology
Deadline: April 20, 2012
(From the Philanthropy News Digest)
The Social Science Research Council has announced a twenty-year program of biannual grants from the Mark Family Fund for the Rachel Tanur Memorial Prize for Visual Sociology. The prize will recognize students in the social sciences who incorporate visual analysis into their work. Applications will be judged by members of the Visual Sociology group of the International Sociological Association. Up to three prizes will be awarded at the Second ISA Forum of Sociology in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in August 2012. First prize is $2,500; second prize is $1,500; and third prize is $500. Click here for more information.
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Calls
CALL FOR PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS
Responding to Immigrants: Bridging Research and Practice to Meet the Needs of Immigrants in New Growth Communities
Deadline: March 5, 2012
This national conference is the culmination of a year-long project to bring together researchers at the University of Illinois who study immigrant/Latino issues in new growth communities with the practitioners and professionals serving these communities in Champaign County, Illinois. Over the past year, researchers and practitioners in this community have met in small groups and in large public gatherings to exchange ideas and to build and strengthen relationships. Most importantly, we have sought to better understand the opportunities and challenges inherent in blending research and practice knowledge to addressing emerging issues in communities with new immigrant populations. Our conference aims to expand beyond this local experience by soliciting the experiences of researchers and practitioners in other new growth and traditional immigrant communities, and from a variety of disciplines. Click here for more information.CALL FOR AWARD NOMINATIONS
ARNOVA
Deadline: May 15, 2012
The Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Associations (ARNOVA) invites nominations for its 2012 awards, to be presented at the 41st Annual Conference on November 15-17, 2012, in Indianapolis, Indiana. These Awards include:
-Award for Distinguished Achievement and Leadership in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research (former Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award)
-The Gabriel G. Rudney Memorial Award for an Outstanding Dissertation in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research
-Award for Outstanding Book in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research
-Virginia Hodgkinson Book Award/Research Prize
Click here for complete details.Call for Applications
ACLS Public Fellows
Deadline: March 21, 2012
The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) invites applications for the second competition of the Public Fellows program. The program will place 13 recent Ph.D.s from the humanities and humanistic social sciences in two-year staff positions at partnering organizations in government and the nonprofit sector. Fellows will participate in the substantive work of these organizations and receive professional mentoring. Compensation will be competitive with new professional employees of the hosting organization and will include health insurance for the fellow. The program, made possible by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, aims to demonstrate that the capacities developed in the advanced study of the humanities have wide application, both within and beyond the academy. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
COUNCIL ON CONTEMPORARY FAMILIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE
April 27-28, 2012
Chicago, IL
Crossing Boundaries: Public and Private Roles in Assuring Child Well-Being
The Council on Contemporary Families is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to providing the press and public with the latest research and best-practice findings about American families. Our members include demographers, economists, family therapists, historians, political scientists, psychologists, social workers, sociologists, as well as other family social scientists and practitioners. Click here for more information about the annual conference.5th Annual NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation: Research at the Crossroads
March 19-20, 2012
Bethesda, MD
There is a recognized need to close the gap between research evidence and clinical and public health practice and policy. How is this best accomplished? Dissemination and implementation research in health seeks to answer this question, and is gaining momentum as a field of scientific inquiry. The goal of the annual NIH Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation is to facilitate growth in the research base by providing a forum for communicating and networking about the science of dissemination and implementation. Researchers, evaluators and implementers who are interested in identifying opportunities and strategies for overcoming obstacles for dissemination and implementation research and evaluation are encouraged to attend this meeting. The goal is to engage in dialog, exchange ideas, explore contemporary topics and challenge one another to identify and test research approaches that will advance dissemination and implementation science. Click here for more information. Campbell Collaboration Colloquium
May 29-31, 2012
Copenhagen, Denmark
We are pleased to announce that the 12th Annual Colloquium of the Campbell Collaboration will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Colloquium is the Campbell Collaboration's main annual event, held this year May 29-31 2012. The 3 days will be devoted to systematic reviews in the fields of social welfare, education, criminal justice and international development. Each year, the Colloquium attracts researchers from around the world who are interested in systematic reviews of social interventions. This year's program features a wide variety of well-known plenary speakers, beginning and advanced training in systematic review methods by leading experts in the field, and detailed presentations of Campbell Collaboration systematic reviews. Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
OPRE Resources
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) is pleased to introduce you to Administration for Children and Families (ACF)'s new website. The new site was designed to share the stories of the people affected by ACF's programs, while also providing stronger tools for ACF grantees and clear, easy-to-understand information for the public. Today, you see the first phase of development; the site will be a work in progress throughout 2012. While we're updating content daily, you'll find much of the detailed information you need still lives on the old site. By fall of 2012 the new website will be complete and all of the content will be on the new platform. I'm particularly pleased to introduce you to OPREs new home page, where you will find the latest OPRE research studies. From child and family development to economic independence, this new website features a wealth of information from OPRE. As we develop this website through the coming year, we would like your feedback on how to improve what we are building. As you navigate through the new website, please look for the blue "Was this helpful?" tool in the sidebar of every page and let us know your thoughts. And please encourage others to use the email list sign up on OPRE's home page so that we can keep you informed. Thank you for your continued interest in the work of the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. -Naomi Goldstein
Basic Facts 2010
National Center for Children in Poverty
Census numbers for 2010 reveal that the official child poverty rate in the United States has increased for a fourth year in a row; more Americans lack health insurance; and nationwide, incomes are stagnant. These fact sheets, which are an update to the series based on the 2010 American Community Survey (ACS), describes the demographic, socio-economic, and geographic characteristics of children and their parents - highlighting the important factors that appear to distinguish low-income and poor children from their less disadvantaged counterparts. Click here for data information.
New Data from ICPSR
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:
*26362 National Crime Victimization Survey: Identity Theft Supplement, 2008
*31781 Convention Delegate Study, 2000 [United States]
*32302 Carnegie Middle East Governance and Islam Dataset, 1988-2010
*32503 CBS News/Vanity Fair Monthly Poll #2, August 2010
*32544 ABC News/Washington Post Monthly Poll, August 2010
*32581 Building Non-Profit Capacity and Community Partnerships: Findings from the Communities Empowering Youth (CEY) Evaluation, 2006-2010 [United States]
*32702 CBS News Monthly Poll #2, July 2010
*33341 Project Talent, Base Year Data
Click here for more information and more datasets.
Practice & Policy Focus
Families in Society just released the latest issue of its Practice & Policy Focus newsletter. Transcendent Worldviews: Understanding Spirituality in Practice discusses the various influences of religion and spirituality on client worldviews, and examines how individuals and their families may use the spiritual lens to interpret and influence their relationships, competencies, and well-being. When working with clients in the therapeutic sphere, practitioners routinely acknowledge and incorporate the myriad of issues that shape the individual experience. Accordingly, practitioners should be knowledgeable, sensitive, and open to the spiritual beliefs of clients. Articles in Transcendent Worldviews include guidelines for practitioners in successfully navigating sessions with spiritual clients. Also highlighted are several possible practice scenarios, including: recognition of how spirituality interacts with the life cycle's four developmental periods, including adolescence; utilization of collaborative therapeutic partnerships with clergy members; assisting families in substance abuse recovery through a holistic framework; and negotiating religion's complex influence and how it impacts social work's emphasis on client self-determination. Past issues have focused on the economic well-being of women, immigration issues, kinship care, psychiatric social work, and more.
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News & Notices
Improving how health information is gathered and shared Governments, international organizations, and NGOS need sound evidence to shape health policies and programs that improve lives. By developing innovative ways to gather and share health information, the Population Council is changing the way the world thinks about critical health and development issues. -The Population Council's audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI) technology enables individuals to answer sensitive survey questions privately and accurately by listening to prerecorded questions through headphones and using a touch-screen tablet computer to provide answers. -In Vietnam, Council researchers are helping develop a computerized health records system for 180 health centers in Thai Nguyen Province. The Council will evaluate the success of the transition from manual record-keeping systems and use results to inform health care policy and planning throughout Vietnam. -Baby Monitor is a mobile phone application in development by the Population Council and partners that uses interactive voice-response technology to identify maternal health complications before and after birth. When a woman signs up to use Baby Monitor, she listens to screening questions and responds by pressing a key on her cell phone. Baby Monitor assesses her responses and, if necessary, sends information, makes referrals, and dispatches a community health worker.
Click here for more information.
NIH Request for Information: Scientific Strategic Plan - Deadline: May 11
(From the APHA Friday Letter)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is moving forward with creating a new institute, resulting from the reorganization of substance use, abuse and addiction-related research, with the working name, National Institute of Substance Use and Addiction Disorders. NIH has issued a time-sensitive Request for Information soliciting input into the Scientific Strategic Plan for the proposed new institute. To access the notice, click here. All comments must be submitted electronically by May 11.
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About SWRnet
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