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April 11, 2014 || Vol. 6, Issue 15
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SWRnet provides a weekly update about new research funding opportunities, calls for papers and proposals, conferences and trainings, new data and research, and news for the social work research community.
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Funding Opportunities
Maximizing the Affordable Care Act: Improving Recidivism and Health Outcomes for the Justice-Involved Population (DOJ)
Deadline: May 22, 2014
Because of the Medicaid expansion to childless adults and the subsidies to make private health insurance more affordable under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), a significant portion of the justice-involved population will gain eligibility, for the first time, for Medicaid and/or private health insurance coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace. Justice-involved individuals are seven times as likely as the general population to experience mental illness, substance abuse disorders, infectious disease, and chronic health conditions, making reentry from jails and prison an especially critical juncture. For individuals reentering communities after incarceration, disruptions in medical care and treatment contribute to increased rates of reincarceration, increased drug use, and poor and costly health outcomes, including a 12-fold increase in the risk of death in the first 2 weeks after release. State and local criminal justice systems can play an important role in ensuring justice-involved populations receive assistance and support in applying for health coverage, which can help divert individuals from the criminal justice system, reduce recidivism, and also provide a continuum of care for individuals preparing to reenter back into their communities. This solicitation seeks a national training and technical assistance provider to assist select state and local criminal justice systems in maximizing the opportunities for expanded health care coverage under the PPACA, as well as develop resources to assist the broader criminal justice field nationwide. As a result of improved coverage, state and local justice systems may experience considerable cost savings by utilizing expanded coverage options under Medicaid and the Marketplace. Click here for more information.
Avenir Award Program for Research on Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS (NIH)
Deadline: November 14, 2016
Avenir means future in French, and this award looks toward the future by supporting early stage investigators proposing highly innovative studies. The award will support those in an early stage of their career who may lack the preliminary data required for an R01 grant, but who propose high impact research and who show promise of being tomorrow's leaders in the field. NIDA has developed two Avenir Award Programs, one for HIV/AIDS research and the other for genetics or epigenetics studies. The Avenir Award Program for Research on Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS will support creative individuals who wish to pursue innovative research at the nexus of substance abuse and HIV/AIDS. The Avenir Award Program for Research on Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS will support research approaches for substance using populations with or at risk for HIV/AIDS that may lead to improved preventive interventions, improved therapies and/or long term retention in care, and ultimately, eradication of HIV. Click here for more information.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization
Deadline: Rolling
Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization (HCFO) supports research, policy analysis and evaluation projects that provide policy leaders timely information on health care policy, financing and organization issues. Supported projects include: examining significant issues and interventions related to health care financing and organization and their effects on health care costs, quality and access; and exploring or testing major new ways to finance and organize health care that have the potential to improve access to more affordable and higher quality health services. Click here for more information.
The Kresge Foundation Community Health Partnerships Grant Program: Innovative Approaches to Improve Community Health
Deadline: Ongoing
This program supports promising new practices that serve vulnerable populations by advancing prevention, improving access and integrating primary community and clinical care and looks for efforts that foster connections between the clinical health care and community health, integrating patient care with activity to recognize and "treat" the social and environmental factors that contribute to poor health. Click here for more information.
The RIDGE Center for Targeted Studies Request for Proposals - Advancing Social Sciences-Based Research on Food Assistance and Nutrition Challenges in Rural America
Deadline: May 8, 2014
The purpose of the RIDGE (Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics) Center for Targeted Studies is to invest in innovative social sciences-based research that explores the food and nutrition assistance challenges of rural people and places. The program is especially interested in a wide array of topics and issues. Proposals that focus on Native Americans, Hispanics, African Americans, and other racial/ethnic
populations, as well as children and low-wealth individuals/households, are strongly encouraged. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Abstracts
9th International Conference on HIV Treatment and Prevention Adherence
Deadline: April 14, 2014
Abstract submissions are encouraged in a wide variety of specific domains, including: Antiretroviral therapy medication and medication adherence; linkage, retention, and re-engagement in HIV care; adherence and engagement in biomedical HIV prevention strategies; engagement in multiple areas in the continuum of HIV care. Click here for more information.
REMINDER
Call for Papers
26th National Symposium on Doctoral Research in Social Work
Deadline: April 30, 2014
The Ohio State University College of Social Work announces the Call for Papers for the 26th National Symposium on Doctoral Research in Social Work to be held September 19, 2014, on the campus of the Ohio State University. The symposium showcases dissertation research of recent Ph.D. and D.S.W. recipients. Dissertations completed between January 2013 and May 2014 are eligible for consideration; selected presenters will receive a $250 honorarium. Click here for more information.
DOCTORAL STUDENT OPPORTUNITY
Call for Abstracts
2014 National Conference on Health Statistics
Deadline: May 9, 2014
The goal of the Poster Session is to offer a venue for researchers from academia, industry, and government agencies to present original research on health, health data, and statistics, and provide a forum for informal discussion with interested colleagues.
Although all researchers are encouraged to submit an abstract, there will be a special focus on students. Click here for more information.
Call for Proposals
Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging
The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, or BLSA, is one of the world's longest running studies of aging. Started in 1958, the BLSA enrolls healthy volunteers ages 20 years and older and follows them longitudinally-for life-even performing an autopsy in those who consented. The Director of the NIA Intramural Research Program encourages researchers who study issues related to aging and have questions that require the unique design and depth of information available in the BLSA to submit an analysis proposal to use the data. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
The 4th International Conference on Families with Parental Mental Health Challenges - Addressing the Needs of the Whole Family
April 25-27, 2014 - Berkeley, CA
This conference will bring researchers, educators, policy-makers, and providers from across disciplines together with members of the judiciary and those with lived experience. The primary aim is to share knowledge and experience, to advance the rights and highlight the needs of families striving to live well with parental mental health challenges. Click here for more information.
Second Annual Military and Veteran Social Work Conference
June 6-7, 2014 - Saint Leo, FL
The purpose of the conference is to generate and nurture ideas to advance our understanding of social work practice with veterans, military personnel and their families as well as effective teaching and training of social work students in military/veteran social work. The theme of the conference is Veterans in Transition. There are two conference tracks:1) Clinician track - focusing on social work service providers, spanning two days June 6 & 7, and 2) Educator track - focusing on social worker educators in higher education on June 7. Click here for more information.
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Data Workshop - The Measures of Effective Teaching Longitudinal Database: A Review of the MET Project and Available Data
June 9-11, 2014 - Ann Arbor, MI
This three day workshop will offer a broad summary of the Measures of Effective Teaching (MET) Project and resulting Longitudinal Database (MET LDB), including the design and original goals of the MET Project, video collection and scoring procedures, in addition to available data and how they were collected. The course will include deeper discussion of key elements of the study including the nested data structure (district, school, teacher, student), the randomization process and implications for analysis, and the student surveys. Additionally, time will be spent on practical considerations for current and potential users of the MET data, including logistics of accessing, linking, and scoring the video data, a description of the data file structure and organization, and discussion of the application process and demonstration of the specialized data access tools provided by ICPSR. Participants will have temporary access to the MET data via the ICPSR Virtual Data Enclave and Secure Video Player for the duration of the workshop, for both structured exercises and independent work. Click here for more information.
National Hispanic and Latino ATTC Conference - Integrating Research, Education, and Servicesto Reduce Behavioral Health Disparities inHispanic and Latino Populations
October 8-9, 2014 - Austin, TX
The proposed conference is based on the fundamental assumption that Hispanic and Latino populations have behavioral health disparities. This conference will benefit participants as it promotes an understanding of these disparities in services to Hispanic populations in need for access to quality substance abuse treatment; giving priority to the geographic areas, communities, service organizations and workforce members. In the process, the Conference will also promote the achievement of system transformation. Disparities will be addressed through research, education and service models combined with science based knowledge in an educational structure and environment. Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
New Dataset Available - National Comorbidity Survey: Reinterview (NCS-2), 2001-2002
The NCS-2 was a re-interview of 5,001 individuals who participated in the Baseline (NCS-1). The study was conducted a decade after the initial baseline survey. The aim was to collect information about changes in mental disorders, substance use disorders, and the predictors and consequences of these changes over the ten years between the two surveys. The collection contains three major sections: the main survey, demographic data, and diagnostic data. Click here for more information and to gain access to these freely available data.
National Partnership for Women and Families Updated Wage Gap Map
This interactive map shows the wage gap in all 50 states plus DC and links to fact sheets on the wage gap in each state. Click here for more information.
Rural Assistance Center (RAC) Rural Mental Health and Substance Abuse Toolkit
The Rural Mental Health and Substance Abuse Toolkit is designed to aid in the development and implementation of programs to improve community mental health using proven approaches and strategies.The toolkit is made up of several modules. Each concentrates on different aspects of mental health and substance abuse programs. Click here for more information.
Health Landscape Interactive Tool
HealthLandscape is an interactive web-based mapping tool that allows health professionals, policy makers, academic researchers, and planners to combine, analyze and display information in ways that promote better understanding of health and the forces that affect it. The tool brings together various sources of health, socio-economic and environmental information in a convenient, central location to help answer questions about and improve health and healthcare. HealthLandscape can be used to create maps from publicly available data sets including regional criminal justice, education, healthcare, and demographic data, allowing users to discover community characteristics and share information with health professionals, policy makers, and legislators. Click here for more information.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Report - Two Decades of Investment in Substance-Use Prevention and Treatment
RWJF's 20-year investment to reduce harm from alcohol and other drugs in the U.S. is examined in this latest retrospective. Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
National Public Health Week: April 7-14
The American Public Health Association (APHA) champions the health of all people and communities. We strengthen the profession of public health, foster understanding, engagement and support for key public health issues and directly influence public policy to improve global health. During the first full week of April each year, APHA brings together communities across the United States to observe National Public Health Week as a time to recognize the contributions of public health and highlight issues that are important to improving our nation. Click here for more information.
National Minority Health Month: April, 2014
This year's National Minority Health Month theme, Prevention is Power: Taking Action for Health Equity, emphasizes that prevention is key to reducing the health disparities that disproportionately impact racial and ethnic minorities. Click here for more information.
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