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June 7, 2013 || Vol. 5, Issue 22
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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
Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Child Care Research ScholarsDeadline: July 7, 2013This announcement is modified. It is re-opened for competition with a new application due date. Applicants that applied under the 05/21/2013 due date must re-apply. Changes have been made to Sections III.1., III.3, IV.2. and the Checklist in VIII concerning submission of proof of accreditation. The Administration for Children and Families, Office of Policy, Research and Evaluation plans to solicit applications for Child Care Research Scholars grants to support dissertation research on child care policy issues. These grants are meant to build capacity in the research field to focus research on questions that have direct implications for child care policy decision-making and program administration, and to foster mentoring relationships between faculty members and high-quality doctoral students. Click here for more information.
Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH) (S06)Deadline: August 6, 2013The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to encourage grant applications for new or continued Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH). The NARCH program supports opportunities for conducting research and research training to meet the needs of American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. This FOA is issued by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences in conjunction with the other Institutes/Centers of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Indian Health Service (IHS). Click here for more information.
Center for Research on Hispanic Children & FamiliesDeadline: June 28, 2013 (letter of intent); July 18, 2013The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is considering soliciting applications for the establishment of a Center for Research on Hispanic Children and Families, to lead and support investigation of the needs of Hispanic populations served by ACF and the most promising programs and policies to promote social and economic well-being among low-income Hispanic families. This research center would ideally bring together a diverse, interdisciplinary team of academic and organizational partners to provide leadership in culturally competent research that can inform policies concerning low-income Hispanic families and to foster significant scholarship addressing the diverse Hispanic populations throughout the nation. Through a combination of leadership activities, original research, secondary analyses of existing data, and collaborative research efforts, this national center will ideally address a range of relevant issues including, but not limited to: a) examination of strategies to strengthen Hispanic families and to promote well-being of Hispanic children and families; b) definition and measurement utilized by research and/or program monitoring systems; c) identification of barriers and facilitators of service utilization by Hispanic populations. The center will be expected to develop a range of products and resources to communicate relevant information to ACF grantees, program practitioners, and researchers, as well as ACF program offices and contractors. Click here for more information.
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute New FundingDeadline: variesOur Funding Center contains all of the resources applicants need to respond to current PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs), our broad calls for patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) projects based on PCORI's National Priorities for Research and Research Agenda. We have announced two cycles of primary research awards since releasing the first of our PFAs in May 2012 and plan one more round in our first funding year. As of May 15, 2013, when we entered our second full year of primary research funding, we revised our PFAs and associated application guidelines to clarify key review criteria and application definitions. Click here to see the full list of PFAs.
Short Courses on Innovative Methodologies in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (R25)Deadline: November 14, 2013This funding opportunity announcement (FOA), issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) and participating Institutes and Centers , invite Research Education Grant (R25) applications to develop, implement, evaluate and disseminate short courses in innovative methods for behavioral and social sciences research (BSSR). Methodological domains of interest include but are not limited to: study design, data collection, measurement, data analysis and visualization, modeling and simulation. Click here for more information.
Division of Innovation and Research Fellowship Program on Juvenile Justice DataDeadline: July 15, 2013This program will help the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) provide critical data to the field regarding juvenile justice system processing and needs, risk behaviors, victimization, offending, and related issues. The fellow will work with OJJDP to assist federal, state, and local juvenile justice data collection efforts. These important data inform juvenile justice policy and practice at all levels of government and in every sector of the juvenile justice field. The fellowship will provide an opportunity for researchers with experience and expertise in juvenile justice, survey methodology, and statistics to help implement collaborative crossagency strategies, policies, and programs to enhance and improve data for use by policymakers and practitioners nationwide. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Papers
Qualitative Psychology
Deadline: October 15, 2013
Qualitative Psychology seeks manuscripts focused on promoting "best practices" in qualitative inquiry for the Journal's introductory issue. Qualitative Psychology is a new peer-reviewed journal published by the American Psychological Association. It is also the official journal of the Society for Qualitative Inquiry in Psychology. This special section on best practices in qualitative inquiry is intended to be a tone-setting collection of papers that lays the foundation for thoughtful and methodologically rigorous approaches to qualitative inquiry in psychology. Manuscripts addressing best practices in qualitative inquiry should address foundational issues related to study design, the collection and analysis of data, and the presentation and consumption of findings. Example foci may include, but need not be limited to:
-Issues pertaining to generalizability of qualitative findings
-Considerations in sampling and recruitment of participants
-Procedural recommendations for the analysis of qualitative data
-Approaches to linking multiple forms of qualitative data in mixed methods research
-Meta analysis of qualitative findings
-Recommended standards for presenting qualitative findings in published reports
-Ethical concerns in the planning and conducting of qualitative research
-The teaching, promotion, and assessment of basic skills and competencies in qualitative interviewers
The editorial team encourages contributions that address issues pertaining to best practices spanning a variety of modes of qualitative inquiry in psychology. However, manuscripts addressing foundational issues of quality within a specific approach to qualitative inquiry in psychology (e.g., narrative study of lives, discourse analysis) will also be considered. Authors are highly encouraged to include reference to detailed examples from prior/ongoing research, so that readers will gain the insight necessary to implement recommendations for best practices in future research and training efforts. Manuscripts must be submitted online and follow the guidelines to authors specified on the Journal's website. Informal inquiries may be directed to David Frost (dmf2119@columbia.edu), the Associate Editor organizing this special section.
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Conferences & Trainings
The Affordable Care Act: Challenges and Opportunities for Social Workers (Webinar)
June 20, 2013
Julie Darnell, Christina Andrews, Teri Browne, Sarah Gehlert and Robyn Golden
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is an extraordinary achievement because of its potential for far-reaching changes to the financing, organization and delivery of health care. The new law extends health insurance coverage to nearly 30 million people, expands the safety net, and encourages a focus on improving quality and reducing costs via a host of measures including new models to develop patient-centered medical homes and accountable care organizations. States are currently deciding whether to implement the Medicaid expansion and are working to establish the new insurance apparatus - known as the health insurance exchange - that supports the centerpiece of the new law, the individual mandate to purchase health insurance. These groundbreaking provisions go into effect on January 1, 2014. Meanwhile, changes to Medicare under the ACA call for increased care coordination. The new health reform provisions will have profound implications for social workers and the clients they serve. This live audio conference helps social workers understand the challenges and the opportunities presented by the ACA by explaining the key provisions of the law and suggesting steps that social workers can take to advance the role of the profession to fulfill of the aims of the ACA. This program is critical for social workers so they can advance the goals of the ACA through their clients and the communities in which they work. For information about how to participate, click here.
Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood, 6th Biennial ConferenceOctober 9-11, 2013Chicago, ILIt has now been a decade since our first conference on emerging adulthood, held November 3, 2003 in Cambridge, MA. Since then, numerous studies of and writings on the age period spanning the late teens and twenties have advanced and refined our understanding of what it means to become adult in the 21st century around the globe. We now find ourselves in a place where we can evaluate: What have we learned about emerging adulthood so far? Where should the field go from here? Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
Sexual Victimization In Prisons And Jails Reported By Inmates, 2011-12Allen Beck, Ph.D., Marcus Berzofsky, Dr.P.H., Rachel Caspar, Christopher Krebs, Ph.D.(Bureau of Justice Statistics)Presents data from the National Inmate Survey (NIS), 2011-12, conducted in 233 state and federal prisons, 358 local jails, and 15 special correctional facilities (operated by U.S. Armed Forces, Indian tribes, or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)) between February 2011 and May 2012, with a sample of 92,449 inmates age 18 or older and 1,738 inmates ages 16 to 17. The report ranks facilities according to the prevalence of sexual victimization, as required under the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-79). The prevalence of victimization, as reported by inmates during a personal interview, is based on sexual activity in the 12 months prior to the interview or since admission to the facility, if less than 12 months. This report includes estimates of nonconsensual sexual acts, abusive sexual contacts, inmate-on-inmate and staff-on-inmate victimization, and level of coercion. It provides the first-ever national-level estimates of sexual victimization of juvenile inmates ages 16 to 17 held in adult facilities. The report also presents findings on reported sexual victimization by selected demographic and other inmate characteristics, including measures of serious mental illness for the first time. Click here for more information.
Final Report on NSCAW II Wave 2(From the Children's Bureau Express)The Administration for Children and Families' Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation released the final report on Wave 2 of the second National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW II). NSCAW II is a longitudinal study that examines the functioning, service needs, and service use of children who come in contact with the child welfare system. Researchers for NSCAW II collected data between March 2008 and September 2009 on a sample of 5,873 children ranging in age from birth to 17.5 years. Interviews were conducted with children, caregivers, and child protective services investigators. Wave 2 is a follow-up with these children and families after 18 months when the cohort ranged in age from 16 months to 19 years old. Wave 2 data were collected between October 2009 and January 2011. While Wave 1 included interviews with investigative workers for each child in the sample, Wave 2 included interviews with service workers. Click here for more information.
OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book UpdatedThe Office for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has released the first in a series of national overviews that describe where states stand on a variety of juvenile justice issues, including how they classify status offenses, extensions of age of jurisdiction, and the administration of community supervision and aftercare services. The overviews are available via the Juvenile Justice System, Structure, and Process FAQ section of OJJDP's Statistical Briefing Book. Click here for more information.
ICPSR Data AdditionsThe 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: -32404 Historical Demographic Data of Southeastern Europe: Orasac, 1824-1975 -34380 Annual Parole Survey, 2008 -34381 Annual Parole Survey, 2009 -34382 Annual Parole Survey, 2010 -34519 Whittier Narrows Earthquake Study, 1988 Click here for full access to these datasets and others.
Immigration Enforcement and Children in Care(From the Children's Bureau Express)A 2011 study conducted by the Applied Research Center found that in jurisdictions where local authorities aggressively enforce immigration laws, children in foster care are 29 percent more likely to have a parent detained or deported than children in care in other jurisdictions. A recent research brief by the American Immigration Council and First Focus maintains that U.S. immigration policies often overlook the needs of the children and families whom they directly impact. The brief summarizes the myriad challenges that State and Federal immigration enforcement pose to the family unit and child well-being and concludes with possible solutions and policy recommendations. Click here to read more.
Child Welfare Information GatewayBelow is a list of new publications that were added to Child Welfare Information Gateway Library in May: -Poverty, Social Disadvantage, and the Black/White Placement Gap, Wulczyn, Fred.;Gibbons, Robert.;Snowden, Lonnie.;Lery, Bridgette -Support for Basic Psychological Needs in the Context of HIV Disclosure for Older Youth, Gillard, Ann.;Roark, Mark F. -Building a Culturally Responsive Workforce: The Texas Model for Undoing Disproportionality and Disparities in Child Welfare [Video] -Hearing on Letting Kids Be Kids: Balancing Safety with Opportunity for Foster Youth [Video and Audio files] -Achieving Exits to Permanency for Children in Long Term Care To view all 105 publications and their detail click here.
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News & Notices
New Journal: Qualitative PsychologyThe mission of the journal Qualitative Psychology is to provide a forum for innovative methodological, theoretical, and empirical work that advances qualitative inquiry in psychology. The Journal will publish articles that underscore the distinctive contributions that qualitative research can make to the advancement of psychological knowledge. Studies published in this Journal will often focus on substantive topics, while also highlighting issues of epistemology, the philosophy of science, methodological criteria, or other matters bearing upon the formulation, execution, and interpretation of qualitative research. Qualitative Psychology will publish studies that represent a wide variety of methodological approaches including narrative, discourse analysis, life history, phenomenology, ethnography, action research, and case study. The Journal is further concerned with discussions of teaching qualitative research and training of qualitative researchers. Click here to read more.
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