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December 13, 2013 || Vol. 5, Issue 49
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Funding Opportunities
Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health (HRSA) Deadline: January 17, 2014
This announcement solicits applications for the Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health program. The Healthy Start (HS) program aims to reduce disparities in infant mortality and adverse perinatal outcomes by: 1) improving women's health, 2) promoting quality services, 3) strengthening family resilience, 4) achieving collective impact, and 5) increasing accountability through quality improvement, performance monitoring, and evaluation. HS grants are provided to communities with rates of infant mortality at least 1½ times the U.S. national average and high rates for other adverse perinatal outcomes (e.g., low birthweight, preterm birth, maternal morbidity and mortality) in order to address the needs of high-risk women and their families before, during, and after pregnancy. HS works to reduce the disparity in health status between the general population and individuals who are members of racial or ethnic minority groups. Click here for more information.
The Palliative Care Research Cooperative (PCRC): Enhancing Sustainability and Building the Science of Palliative Care (NIH)
Deadline: February 6, 2014
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to enhance the research and resource activities of the Palliative Care Research Cooperative (PCRC) by funding high quality, cutting edge palliative care and end-of-life (PCEOL) research. The proposed studies must be designed to use the PCRC infrastructure and resources to accomplish their aims. Investigators from PCRC sites, and also those outside the network or collaborations across the two, will propose PCEOL studies that use the PCRC for methodological resources, access to any or all of the PCRC patient populations at multiple institutional sites, and PCEOL expertise of PCRC investigators unique to the network. The FOA will also assess the PCRCs impact, enhanced efficiency, statistical power, ability to complete studies within timelines, and lower costs. As a result of this FOA, it is expected that collaborative, interdisciplinary research will be funded that demonstrates the value of the PCRC and will ultimately lead to long-term sustainability. 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.
CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Health Disparities Service Fellowship
Deadline: January 15, 2014
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH), is seeking a Survey Statistician, Social Scientist, or Health Scientist for a Health Disparities Service Fellowship in NCHS' Office of the Center Director. The Fellow will develop a research program to examine health disparities using data from across the Center and may be involved in developing data collection materials and protocols, monitoring survey data collection progress and quality, performing statistical analyses, and preparing publications on issues in racial and ethnic health disparities. Applicants must have successfully completed a Ph.D. degree in social science, health science, statistics, or a related field (e.g., gerontology, epidemiology, demography, or public policy). Click here for more information.
DOCTORAL STUDENT OPPORTUNITY
University of Chicago Doris Duke Fellowships for the Promotion of Child Well-Being
Deadline: December 15, 2013
Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago is pleased to offer the Doris Duke Fellowships for the Promotion of Child Well-Being. These 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. The fellows receive an annual stipend of $25,000 for up to two years to support the completion of their dissertation and related research at their academic institution. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Abstracts
12th Annual
Mississippi Child Welfare Institute Conference - Child Welfare: Building Multigenerational Teams to Serve Families and Communities
Deadline: December 20, 2013
We are seeking abstracts for paper and workshop presentations at the Twelfth Annual Mississippi Child Welfare Institute Conference. The focus of this interdisciplinary conference is on best and promising practices in the field of child welfare with an emphasis on building multi-generational teams to serve families and communities. Papers and workshops may focus on adoption, foster care, permanency, kinship care, parenting including grandparenting and fatherhood initiatives, health, mental health, alcohol and substance abuse, gerontology, education, teen pregnancy, childhood obesity, child abuse/neglect/prevention, suicide prevention and therapeutic modalities, homelessness/housing and economic disparities, violence, cultural competence and diversity, justice issues, child care, child safety, developmental disabilities, ethical practice, child welfare policy, advocacy, leadership, and administration/supervision issues affecting families and communities. Click here for more information.
Call for Proposals
The Campbell Collaboration 2014 Colloquium
Deadline: December 20, 2013
The Campbell Collaboration (C2) is an international network that produces systematic reviews of evidence of the effects of social interventions. C2 helps people and policymakers make well-informed decisions by preparing, maintaining and disseminating systematic reviews of research on interventions in education, crime and justice, international development, and social welfare. C2 is inviting proposals for the 2014 Campbell Colloquium being held in Belfast, Northern Ireland June 16-19. C2 welcomes proposals for oral paper presentations on any topic relevant to the development and application of systematic review methods, as well as topics related to the iterative cycle of evidence gathering and decision-making about social interventions. We are also seeking poster and oral presentations on research related to interventions for improving the well-being of society or individuals in any of the key Campbell areas: Crime and Justice, Education, International Development, Social Welfare, Research Synthesis Methods (or with implications for synthesis), and Knowledge Translation and Implementation. Click here for more information.
Call for Studies
Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE)
Deadline: January 13, 2014
Mathematica Policy Research seeks studies for a comprehensive review of the evidence base for home visiting programs. The review is being conducted for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) by Mathematica Policy Research and will be used to help inform policy, new initiatives, and program directions at the federal level. Click here for more information.
Call for Papers
Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research 2014
Deadline: January 20, 2014
The 2014 volume of CPFR will focus on the theme of "Family and Health: Evolving Needs, Responsibilities, and Experiences." Around the globe, families are often faced with a variety of health issues, often as a result of social, political, religious, and economic forces. Health issues affect not only individual family members, but also impact family relationships and structures. This multidisciplinary volume of CPFR will address topics such as: caring for aging parents, illness in adults and children, addiction, obesity, wellness and nutrition, pregnancy and childbirth, healthcare reform, access to healthcare, advances in medical research, mental health, environmental health, the demographics of health, and the role of healthcare professionals from varying global perspectives. Click here for more information.
Call for Proposals Millersville University 1st Annual Global Well-Being Conference - Global Youth: Understanding Challenges, Identifying Solutions, Offering Hope Deadline: January 12, 2014
This year's conference, Global Youth: Understanding Challenges, Identifying Solutions, Offering Hope, invites presentations (poster format, paper, roundtable, and workshop) that investigate challenges faced by youth here and abroad. These presentations can be original research, theoretical framework, clinical interventions, pedagogy, or policy and advocacy. Click here for more information.
Call for Abstracts 10th International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision
Deadline: February 1, 2014
The executive committee is pleased to invite proposals for presentation at 10th International Interdisciplinary Conference on Clinical Supervision to be held June 11-13, 2014 at Adelphi University, Garden City, NY. The conference provides a forum for practitioners,educators and researchers to address the current state of knowledge and skills in the practice of of clinical supervisors across mental health disciplines. Click here for more information.
Call for Proposals
National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) University Partnerships
Deadline: February 3, 2014
This Request for Proposals (RFP) supports the development of up to 11 University Partnerships between schools (or departments) of social work and state, county, or tribal child welfare agencies who propose to collaborate to address workforce challenges and opportunities through leadership, education, professional development and organizational intervention activities. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
International Conference On Women and Millennium Development Goals
February 13-14, 2014 - Gujarat, India
The objectives of the conference include: (1) to understand and celebrate breakthroughs of social work interventions and identify challenges in relation to women and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); (2) to speed efforts, work in progress towards achievement of MDGs with focus on women; (3) to work out strategies addressing gaps and preparing road map for mainstreaming women and MDGs in social work education and practice and; (4) to design social work action plans for the unfinished tasks of women and MDGs in the larger context of emerging agenda beyond 2015. Click here for more information.
SRM University Global Public Health Conference
February 21-23, 2014 - Tamil Nadu, India
Global Public Health Conference brings together various public health professionals on one platform to share their innovations, research findings and experience to the international audience focusing on Multi-disciplinary approaches in public health. Though this conference we aim to bring together various disciplines who are directly and indirectly contributing to the improvement of public health under the broad umbrella of "Multi-disciplinary Approach" to strategize and address the emerging public health issue globally. Click here for more information.
Institute for Research on Poverty Webinar - Incarceration, Poverty, and the Family
December 17, 2013
In this webinar, Michael Massoglia and Julie Poehlmann will examine research on incarceration, poverty, and the family. Massoglia will focus on broader trends in poverty and incarceration and their effects on families and neighborhoods. Poehlmann will then look more closely at how incarceration affects families at the individual level and talk about strategies for practitioners and policymakers to help children with incarcerated parents. Click here for more information and to register.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
Welfare Rules Databook: State TANF Policies as of July 2012
The Welfare Rules Databook provides tables containing key Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) policies for each state as of July 2012, as well as longitudinal tables describing various state policies for selected years between 1996 and 2012. The tables are based on the information in the Welfare Rules Database; a publicly available, online database originally developed under the Urban Institute's Assessing the New Federalism project. Click here to view the full databook.
Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) Data Brief - Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say: Terminology Agnosticism in Child Care Questionnaires
Child care survey data and analyses can be improved by stepping away from terminology which may have unclear or multiple meanings to different audiences. This brief, which draws from the Design Study of the National Survey of Early Care and Education, reviews the importance of child care data, as well as some of the pitfalls of misinterpretation of survey items. Click here to view the full brief.
Center on Adherence and Self Determination (CASD) Research and Practice Brief
CASD conducts research aimed at promoting choice and full engagement in services that help people with serious mental illness achieve their recovery goals. This Research & Practice Brief describes various economic evaluations into mental health services research. Click here to read the full brief.
New Issue of Advances in Social Work:
A "Seasonal Stew" - Food for Thought; Fuel for Action
This newly published issue brings together 21 original articles covering a wide range of topics, including general conceptual articles, papers focusing on special populations, results of original empirical research, and articles related to social work education. Click here for more information.
SAMHSA Report: Customizing Health Homes for Children with Serious Behavioral Health Challenges
This resource paper provides a rationale as to why health homes under the ACA should be customized for children and youth with serious behavioral health challenges. Click here to read the full report.
Bipartisan Policy Center Report: Immigration Reform: Implications for Growth, Budgets and Housing
At the heart of the ongoing immigration reform debate is the question of the anticipated costs and benefits of reform. Assessing the impact of various reform proposals on economic growth, wages, and federal and state budgets is critical to making an informed judgment as to whether enactment of reform is in the best interests of the country. Click here to read the full report. |
News & Notices
HHS announces Affordable Care Act mental health services funding
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it plans to issue a $50 million funding opportunity announcement to help Community Health Centers establish or expand behavioral health services for people living with mental illness, and drug and alcohol problems. Click here for more information.
Six out of ten uninsured African Americans may be eligible for Medicaid, CHIP or tax credits in the Health Insurance Marketplace
According to a new report released today by the Department of Health and Human Services, six out of ten (4.2 million) uninsured African Americans who may be eligible for coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace might qualify for Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), or tax credits to help with the cost of premiums. Click here for more information.
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