February 21, 2014  || Vol. 6, Issue 8
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Funding OpportunitiesFunding     

Community Approaches to Reducing Sexually Transmitted Diseases (CARs) (CDC)

Deadline: April 10, 2014

The purpose of the program is to announce the availability of fiscal year 2014 funds for project grant applications to support local implementation of community engagement methods (e.g. community-based participatory research) to achieve health equity, identification and implementation of systems and environmental change strategies that promote sexual health and support healthy behaviors, facilitate community-clinical linkages to build support for interventions to prevent and reduce STI disparities, enhance and sustain partnerships, support communication strategies that promote STD program successes and leverage additional resources for STI, HIV, viral hepatitis control and prevention, and evaluate the efficacy of this intervention approach. Click here for more information.

  

Research on Comparative Effectiveness and Implementation of HIV/AIDS and Alcohol Interventions (NIH) 

Deadline: April 21, 2014

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits applications that will advance knowledge of the effective implementation and comparative effectiveness of alcohol-focused interventions among HIV+ individuals. The FOA is divided into two major topics: 1) comparative effectiveness (and cost effectiveness) research focused on understanding factors related to patient reduction of alcohol use and consequent sustained engagement in appropriate alcohol and HIV care; and 2) modeling and testing alternative approaches to the implementation of effective interventions to reduce HIV disease transmission and progression in a variety of settings. Applicants may submit an application focusing on one of these topics. Click here for more information. 

 

Social and Economic Development Strategies - SEDS (ACF)

Deadline: May 15, 2014

The Administration for Native Americans (ANA), within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), announces the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 funds for community-based projects under the ANA Social and Economic Development Strategies (SEDS) program. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is focused on community-driven projects designed to grow local economies, strengthen Native American families, including the preservation of Native American cultures, and decrease the high rate of current challenges caused by the lack of community-based businesses, and social and economic infrastructure in Native American communities. Native American communities include American Indian tribes (federally recognized and non-federally recognized), Native Hawaiians, Alaskan Natives, and Native American Pacific Islanders. Click here for more information.  

 

NIDA Avant-Garde Award Program for HIV/AIDS and Drug Use Research (NIH)
Deadline: July 29, 2016

The NIDA Avant-Garde Award Program for HIV/AIDS Research supports individual scientists of exceptional creativity who propose high-impact research that will open new areas of HIV/AIDS research and/or lead to new avenues for prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS among drug abusers. The term avant-garde is used to describe highly innovative approaches that have the potential to be transformative. The proposed research should reflect approaches and ideas that are substantially different from those already being pursued by the investigator or others. The NIDA Avant-Garde award supports innovative, basic research that may lead to improved preventive interventions or therapies; creative, new strategies to prevent disease transmission; novel approaches to improve disease outcomes; and creative approaches to eradicating HIV or improving the lives of those living with HIV. Click here for more information.  

  

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Impact Project

Deadline: April 2, 2014

The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and The Pew Charitable Trusts (Pew), promotes the use of Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) and related approaches to help policy-makers in a wide range of fields incorporate health considerations into new policies, programs, plans, and projects, and make decisions that reduce unnecessary health risks, improve health, and decrease costs. This call for proposals (CFP) supports two types of initiatives: 1) HIA demonstration projects that inform a specific decision, with a focus on tribes, states, and territories that have had limited experience with HIAs to date; and 2) HIA program grants that enable organizations with previous HIA experience to develop sustainable HIA programs that integrate HIAs and related approaches in policy-making at the local, state, or tribal level. Click here for more information.

  

Columbia University Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program
Deadline: April 16, 2014

The Health and Aging Policy Fellows Program aims to create a cadre of leaders who will serve as change agents in health and aging policy to ultimately improve the health of older adults. The year-long fellowship offers a rich and unique training and enrichment program that is focused on current policy issues, communication skills development, and professional networking opportunities to provide fellows with the experience and skills necessary to affect change through policy at a local, state or federal level. Click here for more information.  

 

Library of Congress David B. Larson Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Health and Spirituality

Deadline: April 17, 2014

The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress invites qualified scholars to apply for a post-doctoral fellowship in the field of health and spirituality. This fellowship seeks to encourage the pursuit of scholarly excellence in the scientific study of the relation of religiousness and spirituality to physical, mental, and social health. Click here for more information. 
 

National Institute of Justice Postdoctoral Fellowship: Dating Abuse Among Adolescents and Young Adults

Deadline: April 28, 2014

NIJ is seeking proposals for postdoctoral fellows to analyze existing data or collect new data on dating abuse among adolescents and young adults. Some areas of particular interest to NIJ include, but are not limited to, the following: testing of behavioral measures of adolescent dating abuse victimization and/or perpetration; research that furthers our understanding of abuse within and between relationships, and stability and changes across partners; research that uses innovative methodologies to examine the role of contextual factors, such as financial independence, social networks, and gender dynamics in dating violence; research about relationship violence and abuse during the transition to adulthood (Ages 16-24), which may include research involving college students. Click here for more information. 

  

DOCTORAL STUDENT OPPORTUNITY 

2014 Solution Focused Brief Therapy Association (SFBTA) Research Awards

Deadline: August 1, 2014

The SFBTA Research Awards are aimed at fostering the growth of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy by encouraging original research in solution-focused practices, and to support students or practitioners who wish to study solution-focused practices. The awards will provide up to $5000.00 to support ongoing or proposed studies conducted by doctoral or master level students, practitioners where SF practices are the focus of their work, post-doctoral fellows and junior faculty who are in their first three years past graduation. Click here for more information.

CallsCalls 
Call for Abstracts
7th Making Cities Livable Conference - Healthy, Sustainable, Resilient Cities
July 10-11, 2014 - New South Wales, Australia 
Deadline: March 3, 2014
The 7th Making Cities Liveable Conference will examine the challenges, opportunities, trends and issues currently facing sector professionals. Delegates and presenters will examine how to plan for Healthy Cities, Sustainable Cities and Resilient Cities. Click here for more information.
Conferences & Trainingsconf

Project Equality 2014 Diversity and Inclusion Summit

February 28, 2014 - Kansas City, MO

Project Equality believes in equality and justice in the workplace. We unite the corporate, nonprofit, education and religious communities into a force for equality, justice and fairness in the workplace. Through facilitated discussions community leaders identify and establish best practices that enhance workplace fairness. We work collaboratively to spotlight the best resources in our region that empower fairness in the workplace. Click here for more information.

March 27, 2014 - Madison, WI

The annual New Perspectives in Social Policy seminar series seeks to reach beyond familiar and well-explored fields of poverty research, to challenge accepted paradigms, and to open paths to new research models and methodologies. Click here for more information.


American Men's Studies Association 22nd Annual Interdisciplinary Conference

March 27-29, 2014 - Tacoma, WA

The theme of this year's conference is: Considering Culture: Masculinities in International and Regional Contexts. Click here for more information.

 

Federal Partners 2014 Webinar Series: Improving the Mental and Emotional Well-Being of Communities through the National Prevention Strategy

Each webinar in this series, which runs from February 20-November 20, 2014, highlights ways Federal agencies are working with communities to increase the number
of Americans who are healthy at every stage of life - physically and mentally - by shifting the nation from a focus on sickness and disease to one based on prevention and wellness. The target audience for the series is staff from Federal, State, and local governments; Tribal nations and communities; community based-organizations; academia; advocacy groups; and faith-based organizations. The general public is also welcome! Click here for more information.

Research Publications & Data Resourcesdata 

Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) Poverty Fact Sheet - Young Dads and Disadvantage

Fathers can play an important role in children's lives. Involved fathers contribute economically, engage in child rearing, act as role models, and provide indirectly through supporting the mother. Young, disadvantage dads face challenges in all these areas. Click here to view the full fact sheet.

 

The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality National Report Card on Poverty and Inequality

This report covers seven domains: labor markets, poverty, the safety net, income inequality, wealth inequality, health inequality and education. Authored by the country's top experts, the report provides key data at both the state and national levels on efforts to reduce inequality and equalize opportunity. Click here to view the full report.

 

Alcohol Research: Current Reviews - Measuring the Burden: Alcohol's Evolving Impact on Individuals, Families, and Society 

Click here to view the articles and to download and e-book version.

News & Noticesnews  
New York Times Article: States Struggle to Add Latinos to Health Rolls 
So far, enrollment of Latinos has fallen strikingly below the hopes of the law's proponents, accounting for 20 percent or fewer of those who had signed up on California's state-run health insurance exchange by the end of December. Click here to view the full article.  
 
HHS: Most Uninsured Latinos Qualify for Discounted Healthcare 
In a new report, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) found that nearly eight in 10 uninsured Latinos qualify for some kind of government assistance with their healthcare. Click here to view the full article. 
 
$25 Million College Scholarship Fund Created for Undocumented 'Dreamers' 
A former owner of the Washington Post, a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee, and a former Republican cabinet secretary have launched the nation's largest college scholarship fund for undocumented students who were brought to the United States illegally as children. Click here to view the full article. 
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