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December 6, 2013 || Vol. 5, Issue 48
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Funding Opportunities
Indoor Environment of Low-Income Renovated Multifamily Housing in the United States (CDC)
Deadline: February 3, 2014
The purpose of the program is to evaluate housing factors that are energy efficient and have the potential to mitigate the negative health outcomes of low income children with asthma. This program addresses the "Healthy People 2020" focus areas of homes and communities and respiratory diseases by: 1)Comparing the levels of certain environmental chemical and biological agents in green vs. comparison, multi-family, and low-income housing 2)Documenting the differences in the health of the residents in these homes 3)Assessing the economic impacts of the "greening" of housing - particularly those related to health. Click here for more information.
Deliberative Approaches: Patient and Consumer Input for Implementing Evidence-Based Health Care (AHRQ)
Deadline: February 7, 2014
Deliberative methods offer means to gain insight into patient and public views that can inform and improve clinical, program, and policy decisions in health care. The purpose of this FOA is to use deliberative methods to understand and clarify important public or patient values and concerns that affect the implementation of specific interventions, programs or policies to improve health care or research. Click here for more information.
W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) Community Leadership Network Fellowship
Deadline: January 10, 2014
Fellows will engage in shared learning experiences that will help transform them into strong agents of social change that will last well beyond the program's duration. Through the fellowship, WKKF hopes to create a cadre of community and civic leaders who are able to bring diverse communities together as vigorous advocates for vulnerable children and their families. The fellowship will support both emerging and existing leaders and will help form new, self-sustaining networks in the foundation's four U.S. priority places - Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico and New Orleans. It will also include a national cohort. Click here for more information.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Mid-career Consultant Grant - New Connections: Increasing Diversity of RWJF Programming
Deadline: January 15, 2014
The New Connections program provides support and training to Mid-career Consultants to address priorities related to RWJF's program areas: Childhood Obesity, Coverage, Human Capital, Pioneer, Public Health, Quality/Equality and Vulnerable Populations. This round of New Connections funding will focus on projects addressing health disparities. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Papers
International Association of Universities (IAU) 2014 International Conference
Deadline: December 15, 2013
The IAU is pleased to launch a call for papers to be presented during its
2014 international conference which will address the theme: Blending Higher Education and Traditional Knowledge for Sustainable Development.
The call is for papers which will focus on one of the following three specific aspects of the overall theme of the conference: (1) re-envisaging higher education teaching, research and innovation for a sustainable future - where does traditional knowledge fit in?; (2) leading by example: sustainable development in university life; (3) enriching higher education through community engagement. Click here for more information.
Call for Manuscripts/Chapters
Edited Volume - Place-based Perspectives on Food in Society
Deadline: January 15, 2014
How we access food, what we eat, how little some have to eat, and the historical, social, cultural, and
political contexts that impact these distributions has and continues to capture world-wide attention. Hunger is not a new phenomenon. Nevertheless, the global distribution of access to food and the consequences for large demographic subgroups that are unable to obtain it have scientists working feverishly to explore new strategies, technologies, and policies to address it. The proposed volume will encourage multidisciplinary examinations of the context of food that primarily focuses on place. This volume will be particularly interested in essays that focus on solutions to the global food crisis, focusing on how we address the diversity in that crisis across place. Click here for more information.
Call for Presentations
North American Association of Christians in Social Work (NACSW) 64th Annual Convention and Training Conference
Deadline: March 1, 2014
NACSW announces its 64
th Annual Conference entitled "Harbor in the Storm: Beacons of Hope during Challenging Times." All are encouraged to submit proposals for workshop and poster presentations sensitive to the ethical integration of spirituality, faith and social work practice. Presentation are encouraged that present model integration practices, report on research findings, and/or provide valuable information and insights relevant to the project of integrating spirituality, faith and social work practice. Workshop tracks include: 1. Direct Practice: Individuals, Couples, Families and Children; 2. Human Development, Diversity, and Behavior in the Environment; 3. Direct Practice: Groups and Communities; 4. Administration and Work with Organizations; 5. Public Administration and Policy; 6. Professional Relationships, Values and Ethics; 7. Social Work Education; 8. Social Work Research; 9. Technology & Social Work; 10. Student-Focused; 11. Immigration and Acculturation; 12. Research and Practice with Ethnically Diverse Populations.
All potential presenters are encouraged to contact Kesslyn Brade Stennis (kbrade@bowiestate.edu) with questions or to discuss ideas for workshop proposal submissions.
Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
REMINDER
National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) Summer Research Institute
Deadline: January 31, 2014
The National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect (NDACAN) will sponsor its 21st Summer Research Institute (SRI) for child maltreatment researchers on the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, New York on June 9-13, 2014. The Institute will be an intensive experience in secondary data analysis that combines colloquia with hands-on computing time. Participants are selected on a competitive basis from a variety of disciplines including psychology, social work, and medicine. The primary goal of the Institute is to facilitate secondary analysis projects from which researchers can publish their findings. In addition, the Institute will provide child maltreatment researchers an invaluable opportunity for networking and collaboration. Click here for more information.
UC Davis Center for Poverty Research War on Poverty Conference
January 9, 2014 - Davis, CA
The "War on Poverty" was launched fifty years ago this January, 2014. To mark this event, the Center for Poverty Research will be holding a conference from Thursday, January 9 - Friday, January 10th, 2014 on the UC Davis Campus. Click here for more information and to view a tentative schedule of events.
National Rural Health Association (NRHA) Rural Health Policy Institute
February 4-6, 2014 - Washington, DC
Join NRHA for the largest rural advocacy event in the country. Learn firsthand about the development and implementation of health care policy at the federal level and meet with your members. Click here for more information.
National Rural Health Association (NRHA) 37th Annual Rural Health Conference
April 22-25, 2014 - Las Vegas, NV
NRHA's Annual Rural Health Conference is the nation's largest rural health conference, created for all of those with an interest in rural health care, including rural health practitioners, hospital administrators, clinic directors and lay health workers, social workers, state and federal health employees, academics, community members and more. Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
UC Davis Center for Poverty Research Policy Brief - Ethnic Concordance May Not Promote Patient-Centered Care
In recent years, ethnic concordance-matching the ethnicity of healthcare workers to that of their patients-has been promoted as an important measure for achieving "patient-centered care" for minority patients in the U.S. A new study, however, finds that among low-income immigrants, ethnic concordance may actually introduce unexpected problems in clinical communications. Click here to read the full brief.
Washington University Study: Mobile Phones Communicate Health Information to Low-Income People
Mobile phones are a promising way to communicate health information to low-income populations, according to a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. The findings came from a survey of nearly 2,000 callers to United Way 2-1-1 Missouri, which connects callers to social services. Click here for more information and for a link to the full article.
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News & Notices
Elizabeth Warren Defends Social Sciences at COSSA Colloquium
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaking at the 2013 Colloquium of the Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) in Washington D.C. on Nov. 4, chided unnamed members of Congress for attacks on the behavioral and social sciences, and made clear she understands how critical these sciences are in undergirding sound policy. Click here for more information.
NPR Story - End-Of-Life Conversations Not Easy, But Necessary
A new report from the Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project shows that Americans' attitudes about medical care at the end of life are changing. And there's still widespread resistance to talking about the issue. Host Michel Martin learns more about the study's findings and how to have these conversations. Click here to listen to or read a transcript of the report.
HRSA Infographic - Recognition of World AIDS Day
On December 1, 2013, the Health Resources and Services Administration celebrates World AIDS Day to show our support and commitment to those who are living with the disease and to remember those who have died from HIV/AIDS in the United States and around the world. Learn how five key activities are making a big difference in access to HIV care and treatment. Click here for more information and to view the infographic.
Teens in child welfare system show higher drug abuse rate
A study in the November issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs shows that teenagers in the child welfare system are at higher-than-average risk of abusing marijuana, inhalants and other drugs; however, the study also shows that parental involvement matters. Click here for more information.
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