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July 13, 2012 || Vol. 4, Issue 28
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Funding Opportunities
Advancing Community-level Approaches to Reduce HIV Infection in Highly Impacted Communities
Deadline: January 11, 2013
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) seeks research to advance our understanding of community-level HIV-prevention and care interventions within geographic locations and specific populations highly impacted by HIV. In targeting communities, this FOA invites applications to address the need for efficacious interventions that simultaneously impact a large number of individuals. These interventions can target communities highly impacted by HIV based on geographic, social, or demographic criteria. Structural interventions and systemic interventions are encouraged. The goal is to lower HIV infections and HIV viral load at a community-level by changing individual behaviors via cost-effective and sustainable means. Interventions proposed in response to this initiative should target communities as defined by geographic proximity, shared goals, and/or common characteristics, which may include but are not limited to race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, social economic status, education level, behavior, and identity. This includes both populations that are vulnerable to HIV infection and individuals living with HIV. Intervention approaches should take into consideration the existing agencies or organizations in the community that are capable of adopting the efficacious community-level interventions that are developed and tested. Click here for more information.
Food Security Learning CenterDeadline: August 9, 2012 The Food Security Learning Center should be designed to create and maintain a national, web-based clearinghouse of information on community food security concerns and common community problems related to the underlying causes of hunger and poverty, including the loss of farms and ranches, rural poverty, welfare dependency, hunger, food access issues, the need for job training, and the need for self-sufficiency by individuals and communities. The FSLC will: operate a national information clearinghouse on innovative means, including Community Food Projects, for addressing food security and common community problems in the areas outlined above; provide information and guidance to other targeted entities on innovative programs that offer constructive, community-based or grassroots solutions to hunger, community food insecurity, and poverty; and contribute in-kind resources toward implementation of the grant. Click here for more information. Projects in Aging
Deadline: August 1, 2012
(From the Philanthropy News Digest)
The Chicago-based Retirement Research Foundation, which is devoted exclusively to improving quality of life for the nation's older adults, especially those who are vulnerable due to advanced age, economic disadvantage, or disparity related to race and ethnicity, provides support through its grant programs for direct service, advocacy, education and training programs for professionals and paraprofessionals working with elders, and research to seek causes and solutions to significant problems of older adults. The foundation's funding interests fall into the following four areas: 1) Improve the availability and quality of community-based and long-term services and supports by increasing the availability and effectiveness of comprehensive community programs designed to maintain older persons in their homes, increasing the availability and effectiveness of programs designed to maintain older persons in residential settings, such as congregate living with supportive services, group homes, and assisted living facilities, improving the quality of nursing home care; and coordinating the provision of acute- and long-term care for older persons with chronic conditions by supporting efforts that provide continuity of care, prevention, early intervention, and client education; 2) Provide new and expanded opportunities for older adults to engage in meaningful roles in society such as employment and volunteerism, advocacy, community leadership, community services, and intergenerational programs; 3) Seek causes and solutions to significant problems of older adults through support of selected basic, applied, and policy research for which federal funding is not available; and 4) Increase the number of professionals and paraprofessionals adequately prepared to serve the elder population through support of selected education and training initiatives designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of participants. Click here for more information. Department of Health and Human Services Innovation Fellows
Deadline: July 20, 2012
The HHS Innovation Fellows program enables agencies to bring on-board external experts and entrepreneurs to work with internal "Host Innovation Fellows" in taking on some of the Department's toughest challenges. The Department of Health and Human Services is looking for four to five individuals to serve for a period of six to twelve months in HHS's External Innovation Fellows Program. This Fellowship is an opportunity to be paired with a team at HHS and directly contribute to solving some of the nation's most pressing healthcare concerns. HHS would like to nurture new ideas and practices and draw on outside talent, experiences, and cross-disciplinary skills necessary to develop solutions and transform discoveries into products. External Fellows will have the opportunity to participate in networking, mentorship and "lunch and learn" events with recognizable people in venture capital, lean startup, business, technology and innovation who have already offered their services to the Fellows Program. This program is currently working on solutions in four different areas:
-Accelerating clinical quality measures for the Affordable Care Act
-Designing the infrastructure for Medicaid and CHIP eligibility
-Building "health resilience technology" to withstand natural disasters
-Electronic tracking and transport of the nation's organ transplant system
Click here for more information. 2013 GADE Student Award for Social Work Research
Deadline: September 1, 2012
The GADE Student Award for Research is given to an individual doctoral student or collaborative group of students, whose scholarship and research advances the social work profession. The research should reflect social work as a subject worthy of scientific study in an interdisciplinary context, have high potential to impact social work or human services, and serve as a model for scientific rigor. Particular attention is given to research activities that have direct implications for social work practice with disadvantaged and vulnerable populations. The Winner of the GADE Student Award for Research will be provided a certificate and a $1,000 award at an award reception at the annual SSWR Conference in San Diego, CA (January, 2013). In the case of student groups, the award of $1,000 will be split equally among named students. Up to five student recipients may claim up to $500 each in travel costs for attending the conference by submitting receipts for reimbursement. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for AbstractsSWHPN Advancing Psychosocial Palliative Care Deadline: September 10, 2012 The 1st Annual Social Work Hospice & Palliative Care Network (SWHPN) General Assembly, presented in conjunction with the AAHPM/HPNA General Assembly, will provide social workers, nurses, counselors, psychologists, pastoral care counselors, bereavement workers, and other professionals and educators in palliative care the opportunity to explore and exchange ideas about enhancing the psychosocial care of individuals and families living with chronic and progressive illness. We welcome submissions from new and experienced social workers and other palliative care professionals on psychosocial research, practice, policy, and education in palliative, hospice, and end-of-life care. The conference theme is: Advancing Psychosocial Palliative Care. The goal is to facilitate interdisciplinary dialogue designed to advance state-of-the-art scholarship and practice in psychosocial and spiritual care. Presentations will showcase original research or case narratives related to critical issues in palliative social work. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
Measuring Flourishing Among Youth:
July 19, 2012
(From ChildTrends)
Historically, researchers have focused on negative indicators of child wellbeing, largely ignoring positive indicators of children's outcomes. Child Trends is leading an initiative, with support from the John Templeton Foundation, to develop rigorous, brief indicators of flourishing among children and youth. Establishing robust indicators of well-being can help decision makers better understand how children and youth develop, set positive goals, and provide measures to monitor and assess positive outcomes in evaluation studies. The webinar will be held Thursday July 19, 2012, from 1 - 2 pm EDT. Learn about new scales that have been developed, as well as their psychometric properties, and relationships to child well-being outcomes. Findings will be presented for various adolescent subgroups. Recommendations for construction scales based on our cognitive interviews will also be offered. Click here for more information.
Dyadic Data Analysis WorkshopJuly 23-27, 2012Michigan State UniversityThe workshop will focus on analyses for data in which both members of a dyad are measured on the same set of variables. Topics to be addressed include the measurement of nonindependence, the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model, the analysis of distinguishable and indistinguishable dyads, and the analysis of over-time dyadic data (e.g., dyadic growth curve models). The software package used in the workshop will be SPSS. Although the workshop does not require any prior knowledge or experience with multilevel modeling, participants are expected to have a working knowledge of multiple regression and analysis of variance, as well as SPSS. Please see the website for more specific information and a link to the workshop registration.
Arts for Change ForumNovember 3, 2012Fordham UniversityThe 2nd Annual Arts for Change Forum is an academic, artistic, and creative community-focused event scheduled for Saturday, November 3, 2012 from 10:00AM to 6:00PM at Fordham University, and sponsored by Fordham University's Graduate School of Social Service, Be the Evidence Project, and the Hip Hop Psychology Performing Arts Movement (HHPPAM). The conference seeks to generate new energy, analysis, ideas and initiatives that creatively address and engage social change and transformation. The conference seeks to bring together scholars, students, scholars, researchers, activists, teachers, artists, agencies, social workers, practitioners, community residents and others. Dr. Tina Maschi of the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service will be hosting an 'Arts for Change Forum' entitled Arts for Change: Evidence Based Arts for Human Rights and Justice. The purpose of the Arts for Change Forum is to bring together scholars, researchers, community organizations, and practitioners to present and discuss the state of the arts in research and evaluation with different populations, such as children, adults and older adults, and diverse settings, such as mental health, substance abuse, medical, and criminal and juvenile justice settings. Local, national, and international experts will present research and evaluation results on best practices and practice innovations. This year's forum will be specifically focused on Evidence Based Arts programming that is currently being used for preventative and rehabilitative services with the criminal justice population, including juvenile and elderly populations. For more details, please visit the conference website.
MEPS Data Users' WorkshopSeptember 24-25, 2012Rockville, MDThe Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will be conducting a two-day hands-on Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Data Users' Workshop in Rockville, MD, on September 24-25, 2012. 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 survey design, file content, and the construction of analytic files. Particular emphasis will be on health care utilization, expenditures, and medical conditions. Day 2 of the workshop is intended to give hands-on experience to participants. During the hands-on day, the participants will apply the knowledge gained from the previous day's lecture. They will work with programmers and analysts and learn how to identify and pull together variables to build a data file to answer their research questions. A PC will be available for each participant and they will also work on SAS example exercises. There will be time allotted for open discussion and for answering specific research questions from participants. To fully benefit from the second day, participants should have some prior knowledge of MEPS. A basic knowledge of SAS, STATA or SPSS is desirable. Please note that the exercises will be conducted with SAS only. There is no cost to attend the workshop. A full program description, registration form, and logistical information will be available in late July on the MEPS Web site.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
Understanding Child Abuse in Rural and Urban America Risk Factors and Maltreatment Substantiation
Wendy Walsh, Marybeth Mattingly
The Carsey Institute Across America, Child Protective Services (CPS) agencies investigate allegations of child maltreatment. Only about one-fourth of the allegations are ultimately substantiated by CPS. Substantiation means that there is sufficient evidence to believe an act of abuse took place. Case substantiation often impacts subsequent decisions, such as whether a child or family receives counseling or other types of services, and whether the child will be removed from his or her home. While many studies have considered other factors associated with substantiation, few examine the practice of rural child welfare because data are often collected and distributed in ways that do not allow this level of geographic analysis. Understanding substantiation differences by place is important, as we know there are different challenges in rural America including access to services and transportation. Using a large national sample of child maltreatment reports, this brief compares the outcomes of child maltreatment cases in rural versus urban places and identifies the characteristics associated with substantiation. Click here to read more. ICPSR New 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:
-29582 Marriage Matters Panel Survey of Newlywed Couples, 1998-2004, Louisiana
-33503 Global Views on the Death of Osama Bin Laden, 2011 -33504 Voice of the People End of Year Survey, 2011 -33901 New Americans: Child Care Choices of Parents of English Language Learners -34016 Business Failures by Industry in the United States, 1895 to 1940: A Statistical History -34298 Data and calculations for the book "The Land of Too Much" Monica Prasad, Harvard University Press 2012
Click here for more information.
Case Studies of Wealth Creation and Rural-Urban LinkagesBrian Dabson, Jennifer Jensen, Alan Okagaki, Adam Blair and Megan Carroll This collection of case studies of wealth creation and rural-urban linkages is part of a broader effort supported by the Ford Foundation, known as the Wealth Creation in Rural Communities initiative. The primary purpose of these case studies is to stimulate learning, discussion, and further inquiry about the application of the rural wealth creation framework. The cases were selected to illustrate different facets of this framework in action, and to further clarify the ways in which the framework could prove to be instrumental in achieving sustainable economic prosperity for rural people and places. The subjects of each of these cases represent decades of dedication and hard work by many people and organizations often in extremely challenging economic, social, and political contexts. These case studies are not evaluations or judgments of these efforts; on the contrary they are intended to provide foundations for rich debate on the future of rural regions and communities across the United States. Click here to read the report. Recently ACF Released ReportsThe Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) recently released a few reports. -Catalog of Research: Programs for Low-Income Couples -Validation of Quality Rating and Improvement Systems for Early Care and Education and School-Age Care -Locating and Engaging Youth after They Leave Foster Care: Experiences Fielding the Multi-Site Evaluation of Foster Youth Programs -Piloting a Community Healthy Marriage Initiative: Marion County, Indiana; Clark County, Ohio; Lakewood, Washington; Yakima, Washington Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
China Data Center and ICPSR announce partnership ICPSR is pleased to announce a partnership with the University of Michigan China Data Center (CDC) effective July 1, 2012. CDC integrates historical, social, and natural science data on China and offers an online geographic analysis system. The center provides a rich array of information on China and offers comprehensive statistics, census data, and spatial data of China online and on CD. CDC will be housed at ICPSR headquarters in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan and operated as an independent data service. "We are extremely excited to welcome the China Data Center and its Director, Shuming Bao," said ICPSR Director George Alter. "The CDC brings important new dimensions to ICPSR, both in its extensive collection of data about China and in Dr. Bao's expertise in geographic information systems and spatial analysis. We expect both ICPSR and CDC to benefit from this new collaboration." Membership in CDC and ICPSR remain separate, but Alter expects synergies between the two organizations to result in added value for both. For example, technology behind the CDC's online China Geo-Explorer may be applied to ICPSR data. CDC, which was established in the University of Michigan's International Institute in 1997, will report to an executive committee appointed by the University of Michigan's Vice President for Research. Under a new agreement, ICPSR provides staff and administrative support for CDC. Click here for more information on the CDC. CALL FOR SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIGs), SSWR 2013 In order to facilitate the meetings of special interest groups (SIGs), it is necessary that all pre-existing and new SIGs notify us in advance so that we can collect the convener contact information and schedule the groups and meeting space for you. If you would like to convene one of the previous groups or convene a new group, please complete the online survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2013SIGS by July 31, 2012. If we do not hear from you by this date, we will assume that the SIG with which you are associated does not plan to convene during the 2013 conference. The SIGs will be scheduled for either Friday (January 18) or Saturday (January 19), 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm. Due to the complexity of the schedule we cannot consider scheduling requests. Meeting space is limited. We will confirm your request via e-mail by September 2012. Confirmed SIGs will be listed in the conference program and will indicate the meeting room assignment. How to Request a SIG Meeting
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