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July 19, 2013 || Vol. 5, Issue 28
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Funding Opportunities
Research Linking Environmental Exposure to Alzheimer's Disease
Deadline: October 31, 2013
(National Institutes of Health)
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support research establishing a link between environmental exposure and the risk for Alzheimers disease (AD). Research is encouraged ranging from basic mechanistic exposure studies to human-based studies. This new effort seeks to promote work to further the understanding of the combined roles of exposure and processes implicated in AD such as inflammation and genetic susceptibility. Click here for more information.
2014-15 Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice
Deadline: varies
The Commonwealth Fund invites mid-career professionals-academic researchers, government policymakers, clinicians, managers, and journalists-from Australia, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, and the U.K. to apply for the 2014-15 Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice. Harkness Fellows spend up to 12 months in the U.S. working with leading experts to conduct a research study that addresses a critical issue on the health policy agenda in both the U.S. and their home country. The Fellowship awards up to U.S. $119,000, which covers round-trip travel to the U.S., a living allowance, and project-related funds. Application deadlines are September 16, 2013, for Australia, New Zealand, and the U.K., and November 18, 2013, for Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden. For more details and an application form, please click here.
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Social & behavioral aspects of HIV/AIDS
Deadline: immediate
The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the School of Public Health in University of Maryland seeks candidates for a Post-Doctoral Fellowship position to perform research in social and behavioral aspects of HIV/AIDS. This professional training position is funded for 1 year and annually-renewable based on performance. Requirements for the position are: (1) a PhD degree in epidemiology, sociology, psychology, or other public health discipline; (2) interest in research in social and behavioral aspects of HIV/AIDS; (3) experience in statistical analysis or social network analysis; (4) skills in using SAS or network analysis software; and (5) experience in writing papers for publication in scientific journals. The salary is competitive. Individual health insurance and vacation time are included as benefits. The position is available immediately. The job posting will remain open until filled. Applicants should send email to Dr. Hongjie Liu ( hliu1210@umd.edu) the follow files: (1) a one-page description of past research experience; (2) a one-page description of future research interests and goals, (3) a curriculum vitae, and (4) two letters of reference.
The National Institute of Justice SORNA Challenge: Developing Strategies to Measure the Implementation Costs and Public Safety Benefits of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA)Deadline: October 31, 2013To improve the effectiveness of sex offender registration and notification programs in the United States, Congress passed the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) as part of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-248). NIJ's SORNA Challenge seeks creative and innovative research strategies for future researchers to use when studying (1) the implementation costs associated with complying with SORNA and/or (2) SORNA's public safety benefits (examples include, but are not limited to, the Act's general and specific deterrent effects, its effect on law enforcement's ability to prevent crime, and its effect on the public's ability to protect itself). Contestants may propose a research strategy for one or both of these sets of issues ("Challenge components"). One cash prize will be awarded for each of these two Challenge components. A proposal addressing only one of the Challenge components is eligible for only one of the prizes, whereas a proposal that addresses both Challenge components will be eligible for both prizes. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Abstracts
Global Health & Innovation Conference
Deadline: August 31, 2013
The Global Health & Innovation Conference is the world's leading and largest global health conference as well as the largest social entrepreneurship conference, with 2,200 professionals and students from all 50 states and more than 55 countries. This must-attend, thought-leading conference convenes leaders, changemakers, and participants from all sectors of global health, international development, and social entrepreneurship. Click here for more information.
Call for Papers
Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research
Special Issue: Reports on Systematic Reviews of Empirical Research
Guest Editor: Julia H. Littell, PhD
Submission Deadline: September 1, 2013
The Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research announces a special issue dedicated to enhancing the dissemination of scholarly knowledge by issuing a call for papers exploring the methodologies and examining the results of systematic reviews such as those published in the Cochrane Collaboration or Campbell Collaboration Library of Systematic Reviews. Submissions should summarize key findings and discuss applications to social work and public policy. As a part of the same special issue, the journal is seeking papers that will contribute to ongoing scholarly debate regarding the development and use of scientific methods for reviewing and synthesizing research on social and health problems, programs, and policies. For this special issue, we are seeking full-length articles and brief reports on systematic reviews of observation and intervention studies as well as papers on related methodological issues. Interdisciplinary-authored papers are welcome. Click here for more information.
Call for PapersJAFSCD: Cooperatives and Alternative Food Systems InitiativesDeadline: August 1, 2013The Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development is the only international, peer-reviewed journal focused on the emerging field of food and agriculture-based community development. Cooperatives have historically been, and still are, important institutions in the global economic landscape, and have strong roots in food and agriculture. Conventional agriculture cooperatives work to increase the marketing power of farmers by pooling their products to achieve economies of scale. Traditional consumer cooperatives focus on increasing buying power to meet member needs. Recently there has been a surge in cooperative alternative food systems initiatives in the form of cooperative food hubs, cooperative local food networks, cooperative farmers' markets and box schemes, worker-owned food cooperatives, cooperative value chains, and cooperative food buying clubs. These initiatives represent new forms of collective engagement of consumers, producers and other actors as "food citizens" within "civic food networks," the social/solidarity economy, and a "civic agriculture." Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
2013 Biennial ICPSR MeetingOctober 9-11, 2013Ann Arbor, MIThis year's Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) conference theme is "Beyond Access: Curating Data for Discovery, Re-Use, and Impact." ICPSR is pleased to be participating in efforts to broaden access to research data while at the same time curating data to ensure that they can be found and used effectively for generations to come. Curating data benefits the entire research community and maximizes research investment. Though ICPSR has been in the data sharing space for over 50 years, we continue to refine our approaches to data management and training. With over 15 workshops and sessions, this biennial meeting will highlight ICPSR's recent developments in the areas of open access, restricted data management, training and education, digital curation, and importantly, new data tools. In addition, this meeting serves as an opportunity for researchers, teaching faculty, librarians, policymakers, and data professionals to gather and share ideas that will aid us as a data community to facilitate research and make impact. Participation in this ICPSR meeting is limited to individuals from ICPSR Member Institutions and invited presenters and guests. There are no registration fees for this meeting. ICPSR's program will focus on training attendees to use ICPSR's data tools including the Social Science Variables Database, online analysis (SDA), secure data analysis systems, data-driven teaching resources, and ICPSR's various data collections. It will also provide training in data curation and introductory statistical software use. Workshops begin on Wednesday, October 9, and the meeting concludes at 1:30 on Friday, October 11. Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
ICPSR Data 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:
-34608 East Asian Social Survey (EASS), 2010
-34632 CBS News/New York Times National Poll, September #1, 2012
-34649 Worry, Risk Perceptions, and the Willingness to Act to Reduce Medical Errors
-34653 CBS News National Poll, October #2, 2012
-34654 CBS News/New York Times National Poll, October #3, 2012
-34685 CBS News/New York Times Callback Survey, November #1, 2012
-34689 CBS News/60 Minutes/Vanity Fair National Survey, November #2, 2012
-34690 Spokane and Kootenai County Regional Travel Survey, 2005
-34704 Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country, 2012
-34746 Census of Population and Housing, 2010 [United States]: Summary File 1 Urban/Rural Update
Click here for the full list of data resources.
Hispanics and Family-Strengthening Programs: Cultural Strategies to Enhance Program Participation
The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) published a project brief as part of the Hispanic Healthy Marriage Initiative (HHMI) Grantee Implementation Evaluation. The brief, produced by the Lewin Group and written by Stacey Bouchet, Luis Torres and Allison Hyra , describes the adaptations and refinements undertaken by nine selected grantees to make their services more culturally responsive. The adaptations included addressing issues of language, diversity, racism, and immigration, and incorporating cultural constructs like familismo, confianza, personalismo, and respeto. These adaptations were made to improve the recruitment, retention, overall participation, and effectiveness of the programs. Read full brief here.
Getting Ready for Kindergarten: Children's Progress During Head Start - FACES 2009 Child Outcomes Report
The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) released a report entitled Getting Ready for Kindergarten: Children's Progress during Head Start. This is the third report in a series using data from the 2009 cohort of the Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) describe children and families as they enter Head Start, after one year, and, now, as they prepare for kindergarten. The report, written by Aikens et al., describes the family backgrounds and developmental outcomes of children as they completed the Head Start program and also describes progress in children's outcomes between Head Start entry and exit. FACES 2009 is the fifth nationally representative cohort study of Head Start children, their families, and the programs they attend (previous cohorts were initiated in 1997, 2000, 2003, and 2006). The survey is being conducted through a contract to Mathematica Policy Research. Click here to read the full report.
2013 Kids Count Data Book
(Annie E. Casey Foundation)
The 2013 KIDS COUNT Data Book provides a detailed picture of how children are faring in the United States. In addition to ranking states on overall child well-being, the Data Book ranks states in four domains: Economic Well-Being, Education, Health, and Family and Community. Click here for more information.
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Below is a list of new publications that were added to Child Welfare Information Gateway Library in June:
-Child and Family Services Policy Manual: Substitute Care for Children: Placement in Unlicensed Kinship Care
-Report to the Legislature: Child Welfare Services Automation Study
-S.B. 758 Foster Care Capacity-Building Progress Report
-Performance Audit: Department of Economic Security, Division of Children, Youth and Families, Child Protective Services: In-Home Services Program
-DBHS Practice Guideline: Psychiatric Best Practice for Children: Birth to Five Years of Age
To view all 20 publications and their detail click here.
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News & Notices
2013 Annual Progress Report to Congress: National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care
The National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care (National Quality Strategy) continues to inspire and guide a nationwide effort to coordinate public and private efforts to improve the quality of health and health care for all Americans. The National Quality Strategy serves as a resource for identifying and prioritizing quality improvement efforts, sharing lessons learned, and measuring the collective success of Federal, State, and private-sector health care stakeholders across the country. The National Quality Strategy encourages alignment of health and health care quality programs and performance measures across the country. The past year has seen significant advancements in patient safety research and improvement, adoption of new care delivery models rewarding quality improvement, public-private alignment of data collection and measurement, and a decrease in cost growth across the American health care system. This report provides an update on the Nation's progress improving quality across six priority areas, while also highlighting local examples of excellence that show what is possible. Further, it details the ongoing work by Federal partners, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to support the nationwide effort to achieve the National Quality Strategy's three aims: better care, healthy people/healthy communities, and affordable care. Click here to read more.
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