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Call for Proposals
National Association for Rural Mental Health
Deadline: October 15, 2013 

The National Association for Rural Mental Health invites you to submit a proposal for the 2014 NARMH Annual Conference. This year's conference theme Rural Mental Health The Path Ahead: Research, Policy, Practice focus is on bringing together rural community stakeholders from practice (children and adult services, early intervention, prevention, health, juvenile justice etc.) research sciences (prevention, intervention, treatment, integration, evaluation, etc. ) and policy (mental health, substance abuse, health, justice, law enforcement, prevention, etc.) to discuss the path ahead for rural communities in the face of the changing health/mental health environment. Click here for more information.  

Call for Abstracts

Urban Affairs Association Conference
Deadline: October 1, 2013
Urban areas have grown at an unprecedented rate in the last decade. More of the world's population now lives in cities than in any other context. International trade, capital investment and divestment,migration, and porous economic, social and political boundaries fuel this global urbanization. Enormous governance challenges result for megacities and fast-growing urban centers due to in-migration and other trends, particularly in the global south. Ethnic,racial and economic disparities across the globe create new tensions and vehicles for exclusion, while also creating interesting possibilities for cooperation and collaboration. Economic, political, and environmental crises further burden governance and demand innovative solutions to problems unique to global urbanization. All of this raises old and new civic and policy questions about boundaries and borders of global urbanization. Consequently,the 2014 conference theme is "Borders and Boundaries in an Age of Global Urbanization." The conference site, San Antonio, is a global city with a population of approximately 1.3 million, in a significant border region with boundaries that defy simple conceptualizations. It is one of the fastest growing cities in the United States, and one of its most ethnically diverse, with almost 70 percent of its native and immigrant residents being of Hispanic descent. It provides a particularly apt setting to explore borders and boundaries and how they shape urban affairs in the 21st Century. To broaden the conference discourse on the theme of global urbanization,UAA will sponsor a special track on Urban Issues in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. We welcome and will actively reach out to our research colleagues across these regions. Click here for more information. 

Call for Papers
Work & Family Researchers Network Conference
Deadline: October 18, 2013
The Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN) invites submissions for our 2014 conference, Changing Work and Family Relationships in a Global Economy, to be held June 19-21, 2014 at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City. We seek fresh and innovative scientific contributions on work and family issues from investigators in diverse disciplines. We value all disciplinary perspectives on the issues, including, but not limited to, anthropology, business and management, economics, family studies, political science, psychology, public health, social work, sociology, and related fields. The voices of all stakeholders are needed to understand and address work and family issues to advance knowledge and practice. We also encourage policy advocates, policy makers, and work-life practitioners to submit evidence-based contributions. New for 2014 is the addition of practitioners to the program committee, in an effort to encourage practitioner and policy-oriented submissions and promotion of researcher and practitioner/policy maker collaboration. Also new is organizing the meeting to kickoff with a preconference of meetings of Early Career Scholars, WFRN officers, committees, and member volunteers on June 18. Click here for more information.  

Call for Papers
26th Annual Ethnographic & Qualitative Research Conference
Deadline: November 1, 2013
We invite research projects among a broad spectrum of topics. Employment of traditional ethnographic and qualitative research projects provides the common thread for conference papers. Proposals will be peer-reviewed among three strands: Results of qualitative and ethnographic research studies, qualitative research methods, and pedagogical issues in qualitative research. Formats include lecture presentations and interactive poster sessions. The lecture presentations will be in 20-minute segments, with the poster presentations allowing for more extended dialogue and engagement with conference participants. Click here for more information.

Call for Papers
Research on Social Work Practice
Deadline: December 31, 2013
Special Issue on Mental Health Practices with Urban Families Experiencing Multilevel Stressors
Guest Co-Editors: Jerrold M. Jackson, PhD, LCSW; Mary M. McKay, PhD, LCSW
There is an ongoing focus in the child and family mental health literature on evidence-based practices (EBPs) that strive to improve child mental health outcomes while also aiming to address caregiver needs and psychosocial stressors. Delivery of evidence-informed care to youth and their families will occur within the context of a changing healthcare system, shifts in reimbursement strategies from both Medicaid and private insurers, and increased demand on social work practitioners. More than ever, there is a need to develop, implement, and test culturally and contextually relevant EBPs that are effective in "real world" settings, particularly those focused on those most in need, poverty-impacted families living in under-resourced urban communities and experiencing simultaneous, multilevel stressors. Research on Social Work Practice (RSWP) announces a call for papers and invites manuscripts on EBPs and empirically-supported service approaches involving families living through extremely stressful circumstances. The goal of this special issue is to promote the dissemination of empirically-based strategies with this population. Click here for more information.

Call for Papers
Global Social Welfare: Research, Policy, & Practice
Deadline: December 31, 2013
Launching in early 2014, Global Social Welfare: Research, Policy and Practice (GSW) will highlight research that informs the fields of global social development, social welfare policy and practice. GSW invites the submission of manuscripts and brief reports focused on interdisciplinary applied research which advances knowledge as well as mitigates the consequences of global threats to the wellbeing of individuals, groups, families and communities. Papers may span the full range of problems- including global poverty, food and housing insecurity, economic development, environmental safety, social determinants of health, maternal and child health, mental health, addiction, disease and illness, gender and income inequality, human rights and social justice, access to health care and social resources, strengthening care and service delivery, trauma, crises, and responses to natural disasters, war, violence, population movements and trafficking, war and refugees, immigration/migration, human trafficking, orphans and vulnerable children. Research that recognizes the significant link between individuals, families and communities and their external environments, as well as the interrelatedness of race, cultural context and poverty, are particularly welcome. Click here for more information.