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September 28, 2012 || Vol. 4, Issue 39
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SWRnet provides a weekly update about new research funding opportunities, calls for papers and proposals, conferences and trainings, new data and research, and news for the social work research community.
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Funding Opportunities
Drug Abuse Aspects of HIV/AIDS
Deadline: January 7, 2016
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health (NIH), encourages Research Project Grant (R01) applications to examine the drug abuse aspects of HIV/AIDS, including research on drug-related risk behaviors, addiction and HIV disease, and drug use/HIV-related co-morbidities and consequences. Applications are needed to identify and predict changes in the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS among injection and non-injection drug users and among their sexual partners; to develop and test interventions for primary and secondary HIV prevention, including drug treatment interventions; to improve HIV testing, counseling, and treatment services for those living with HIV/AIDS; and to address basic mechanisms involved in HIV infection and AIDS pathogenesis in the context of drug abuse and addiction. Click here for more information.
Secondary Analyses and Archiving of Social and Behavioral Datasets in AgingDeadline: October 19, 2012The National Institute on Aging (NIA) supports collection of data and biological samples including a broad array of measures that are relevant to: the dynamics of health and disability, cognition, psychosocial and sociodemographic factors, genetics and biomarkers, long-term care, caregiving, behavioral medicine, retirement, economic status and well-being over the lifecourse (see the Resources Section below for links to NIA sponsored data sources). The purpose of this FOA is to solicit one-year R03 applications for (1) secondary analysis of data on aging in the areas of psychology, behavioral genetics, economics, demography or (2) archiving and dissemination of data sets to enable secondary analyses in order to further advance research. Click here for more information.
PCORI Funding AnnouncementsDeadline: see websitePatient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Funding Announcements (PFAs) are issued to support a portfolio of comparative clinical effectiveness research based on PCORI's National Priorities for Research and Research Agenda. PCORI's first Research Agenda includes five broad areas. Each area represents a line of research inquiry that addresses currently unmet needs of patients, their caregivers, clinicians and other healthcare system stakeholders in making personalized healthcare decisions across a wide range of conditions and treatments. Click here to read more.
Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows ProgramDeadline: October 15, 2012(From the Philanthropy News Digest)The National Endowment for Democracy's Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program is designed to enable activists, practitioners, scholars, and journalists from around the world to deepen their understanding of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic change. The program offers five-month fellowships to practitioners to focus on strategies and best practices for developing democracy in their country of interest, and to scholars to conduct original research for publication. Fellows maintain full-time residence at the International Forum for Democratic Studies, NED's research arm in Washington, D.C. The program is intended primarily to support individuals from developing and aspiring democracies. A working knowledge of English is required. Click here for more information.
BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES RESEARCH IN HIV INFECTION, Postdoc Deadline: December 1, 2012Our program is a postdoctoral research training program that provides intensive training in human sexuality research as applied to HIV prevention and HIV-related health interventions. The major components of our program are academic course work, the development of research and professional skills, and the conduct of independent research. The training program is closely tied to the HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies at the New York State Psychiatric Institute / Columbia University Department of Psychiatry. Click here for more information.
Doris Duke Fellowships for the Promotion of Child Well-BeingDeadline: December 15, 2012(From the Philanthropy News Digest)The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago invite outstanding doctoral students to apply for the Doris Duke Fellowships for the Promotion of Child Well-Being (formerly called the Doris Duke Fellowships for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect). The fellowships are designed to identify and develop a new generation of leaders interested in and capable of creating practice and policy initiatives that will enhance child development and improve the nation's ability to prevent all forms of child maltreatment. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Proposals
2013 American Men's Studies Association Conference
Deadline: October 31, 2012
We are now accepting proposals for the American Men's Studies Association (AMSA) 21st Annual Interdisciplinary Men's Studies Conference to be held in Ann Arbor, Michigan April 4-7, 2013. The conference theme, "Multiple Masculinities and Intersecting Identities," reflects the importance of exploring gender as it shapes and is shaped by other aspects of life experiences. Proposals related to this theme might include the intersection(s) of gender with age, race, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, economic status, career choice, religious identity, disability, or other identities. While we particularly encourage proposals that address the conference theme we also invite proposals on a range of other topics relevant to the critical study of men and masculinities which reflect the AMSA's mission. Click here for more information.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Advances in Social Work
Deadline: November 30, 2012 (extended)
Special Edition: The Impact of Socio-Economic, Cultural, Political, and International Factors on Latinos/Latinas in United States
Guest Editor: Irene Queiro-Tajalli, Indiana University School of Social Work
This special issue, to be released in Spring 2013, seeks to highlight the assets, challenges, and opportunities of Latinos in this country and to make the connections between this community and the impact of the socio-economic, political, and cultural relations between the US and Latin America. Unlike other immigrant populations, large numbers of Latinos are impacted by events in Latin American countries and the US government's position on immigration and foreign policies toward Latin America. This special issue expects to contribute to the discourse on areas of mutual concerns for United States and Latin America. We are interested in conceptual, research, or practice-grounded manuscripts that cover a wide range of topics related to Latinos. Click here for more information.
Call for ProposalsHealth and Social WorkDeadline: February 1, 2013Special Edition: Service Members, Veteran, and Their FamiliesThe National Association of Social Workers (NASW), the largest professional association of social workers in the United States, with over 145,000 members, is pleased to announce a call for proposals for a special edition of the NASW and Oxford University Press Health and Social Work journal focused on social work with Service Members, Veterans, and their families. Journal articles may be written on any topic that relates to social work with Service Members, Veterans, and/or military families. This includes social work at all levels (micro, mezzo, or macro) and in all fields of practice that specifically relates to this population. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
Annual Fall Conference on Team Science
November 8-9, 2012
Indianapolis, IN
The 2012 Behavioral Cooperative Oncology Group Annual Fall Conference on Team Science will be Nov. 8 and 9 at the JW Marriott Hotel in Indianapolis. Kara Hall, Ph.D., director of the behavioral research program at the National Cancer Institute, will be the keynote speaker. IUSM speakers include Jamie Renbarger, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics, medicine and OB/GYN; Nora Letzter Scholar in Pediatrics; and associate director of the Indiana Institute for Personalized Medicine. A panel discussion on "Team Science From a National Perspective" from noon to 1 p.m. will feature Dr. Hall; Anantha Shekhar, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Indiana CTSI and associate dean for translational research at the IU School of Medicine; Patrick Loehrer Sr., M.D., director of the IU Simon Cancer Center and associate dean for cancer research at the IU School of Medicine; and Kurt Kroenke, M.D., professor of medicine and director of Research Education, Training and Career Development at the Indiana CTSI. The Behavioral Cooperative Oncology Group includes IU, Michigan State, the University of Michigan and Ohio State University. Conference co-sponsors include the Walther Cancer Foundation, IU Simon Cancer Center, Indiana Clinical and Translational Science Institute and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at IUPUI. This is a free event. For more information, visit the registration page or contact Sandi Fowler at sjfowler@iupui.edu.
COSSA Colloquium 2012
November 29-30, 2012
Washington, DC
You are invited to the Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) Colloquium on Social and Behavioral Science and Public Policy in Washington, DC. The meeting will begin on the morning of Thursday, November 29 at 8:30 a.m., and conclude on Friday, November 30 at 11:30 a.m. Ken Prewitt, COSSA's current President and former Census Bureau director, will preside. In the tradition of the past thirty years, the Colloquium (formerly the COSSA Annual Meeting) will feature policy makers and social and behavioral scientists who will examine the current political and economic landscape. The keynote address will be given by Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute and will assess the results of the 2012 elections. Ken Prewitt will deliver the COSSA presidential address. A series of panels will focus on important challenges to the future of the country and the role of the social and behavioral sciences in meeting those challenges. As usual, the speakers will consist of a mix of government officials from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Congress and other agencies, as well as prominent social and behavioral scientists. Click here for more information.
Weighting and Variance Estimation in Early Care and Education Data: A Training and Q&A
October 4, 2012
(From ICPSR)
On October 4th, 2012, Research Connections will hold a Webinar training on using weights and estimating variances when analyzing data from national surveys with complex sampling designs. This Webinar will provide participants with a foundation for determining which weights to use for a particular analysis and how to apply them. It will also review the different options that are available for calculating standard errors for complex sample designs. The training will begin to answer the following common questions about weighting and variance estimation, as they relate to prominent data collections in the field of Early Care and Education:
-What are sampling weights and why are they important?
-Why should I use weights in my analyses?
-Why are there so many different weights in the datasets?
-Can I use weights with my statistical software package? How?
-Why are variances and standard errors important?
-What are design-based variance estimation methods and why should I use them?
There will be ample time after the presentation for live Q&A with the presenter. The conversation will continue through the end of the week via a question and answer blog, at which Webinar registrants and the data experts can continue the Q&A. Jerry West, Senior Fellow at Mathematica Policy Research, will be presenting. Click here to register, or email questions to bleckman@umich.edu.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
U.S. Census Bureau Releases 2011 ACS One-Year Estimates
(From COSSA)
The embattled American Community Survey (ACS), which the House voted to eliminate (see Update, May 14, 2012), continues to provide the most up-to-date socioeconomic information about this nation. The Census Bureau has now released the 2011 ACS One-Year estimates. This release provides local data on 40 topics, such as educational attainment, occupation, language spoken at home, nativity, ancestry and selected monthly homeowner costs. The data are available for the nation, all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, every congressional district, every metropolitan area, and all counties and places with populations of 65,000 or more. To learn more about this release, go to the 2011 Data Release page. In addition, the Census Bureau has released a set of American Community Survey Briefs. These short reports supplement detailed tables with additional analysis on three key topics. These include the following:
-Household Income for States: 2010 and 2011
-Poverty: 2010 and 2011
-Health Insurance Coverage of Young Adults Aged 19 to 25: 2008, 2009, and 2011
Click here to read more.
What Young Adults Know-and Don't Know-About Women's Fertility Patterns
(From ChildTrends)
Young adults have surprisingly low levels of "fertility awareness knowledge" (defined as accurate knowledge about the time during a woman's menstrual cycle at which she is able to become pregnant), according to new analyses by Child Trends, based on recent national survey data. What Young Adults Know and Don't Know About Women's Fertility Patterns notes that only one-third of unmarried young adults between the ages of 18 and 29 know that there is a certain time in a woman's menstrual cycle when she is most likely to become pregnant and can identify that time as being roughly halfway between her two periods. Key findings include:
-Young adults who have received sex education or sexual and reproductive health care, and those who have had children are no more likely to be able to identify a woman's fertile period than those who have not.
-Women have more accurate fertility awareness knowledge than men -and, among women, knowledge appears to increase with age.
-Fertility awareness knowledge is lowest among young adults who have less education or are a racial or ethnic minority.
Click here to read the full report.
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News & Notices
Social Welfare Action Alliance at CSWE
November 12, 2012
Washington, DC
Social Welfare Action Alliance (SWAA) faculty network members Joan Dworkin, Joanne Hessmiller, and Sam Coleman will conduct an interactive session, "Advancing Human Rights and Social Justice: Current Opportunities and Challenges" on November 12, 2012 during the CSWE Annual Program Meeting (APM) in Washington D.C. The event takes place in Columbia Hall, Room 4 at the Washington Hilton Hotel, 1919 Connecticut Ave. N.W. Social workers and allied professionals who attend the conference are encouraged to participate. This will be a great opportunity to meet CSWE and faculty network colleagues to dialogue about teaching and learning about human rights in the present era of extreme polarization in wealth and resources. The panelists will focus the discussion around the relationship between human rights and social justice, using as focal points SWAA principles and objectives and CSWE educational standard, EPA 2.1.5, 'Advance human rights and social and economic justice.' SWAA is based on key principles that affirm our concern for social justice, peace and coalition building with progressive social movements. These principles, rooted in the social justice tradition of social work, articulate a need by social service workers for practice and theory that responds to the conscience of our profession. The organization is committed to insuring that we realize these ideals in teaching and practice. After a very brief presentation about what we see as current significant issues we will facilitate an interactive discussion about strategies and resources for teaching human rights and economic and social justice. Session participants will contribute to analysis and dialogue. If you are not a member of the faculty network please e-mail jdworkin@csus.edu to have your name added to the list. We will send further information about the partner presentation and notify you of other SWAA faculty network members presenting at CSWE. If you cannot attend, please forward this message to let colleagues know about the session. We invite you to join OR renew your SWAA membership through our website.
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