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May 30, 2014 || Vol. 6, Issue 22
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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
REMINDER
Fellowships for University-Based Doctoral Candidates and Faculty for Research in
This 24-month fellowship program is designed to identify, develop, and empower a new generation of scholars who will use their research to generate new knowledge in child maltreatment and will pursue careers in child abuse and neglect research and evaluation. This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) will provide funds for fellowships in blocks to eligible institutions to support doctoral candidates who demonstrate a strong commitment to the study of child maltreatment, and faculty who will conduct research on critical issues in child abuse prevention and treatment and provide mentorship to the emerging scholars. Each block must consist of one faculty member and up to two students. These fellowships serve to help cultivate the academic infrastructure and support the growth of university-based research capacities. The Children's Bureau will fund proposals that utilize multi-method research designs for: economic evaluations of interventions to improve outcomes of children and families in or at risk of entering the child welfare system; studies that examine the relationship between neglect and poverty; studies that examine resiliency and protective factors for children experiencing or at-risk of child maltreatment; and secondary research on existing datasets. Doctoral candidates concentrating on child maltreatment issues in the fields of social work, social science, public health, medicine, and economics are the target of this support. Click here for more information.
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Juvenile Protective Factors and Their Effects on Aging (NIH)
Deadline: June 16, 2014
The purpose of this FOA is to invite pilot/feasibility projects on: 1) descriptive studies to identify putative juvenile protective factors, 2) experimental studies to test hypotheses about their effects on aging and 3) translational studies to explore the potential risks and benefits of maintaining or modulating the level of juvenile protective factors in adult life. Click here for more information.
Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) (CDC)
Deadline: July 22, 2014
This 3-year initiative will award funds to create healthier communities by strengthening existing capacity to implement locally tailored evidence- and practice-based population-based PSE improvement strategies in priority populations experiencing chronic disease disparities and associated risk factors, and supporting implementation, evaluation and dissemination of these strategies. This FOA will also support effective implementation of existing PSE improvements and offers the opportunity for communities to take comprehensive action to address risk factors contributing to the most common and debilitating chronic conditions. The intent of REACH is to also build an evidence base that supports community centered approaches to reducing or eliminating health disparities. Click here for more information.
Grants to Address Trafficking within the Child Welfare Population (ACF)
Deadline: July 22, 2014
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit proposals for 60 month projects that will address trafficking within the child welfare population by implementing existing recommendations to prevent, identify, and serve victims of trafficking. This funding is designed to continue the development of child welfare systems' response to trafficking through infrastructure building, and to create an evidence base of effective interventions and practices that promote better outcomes for children involved in the child welfare system. Click here for more information.
Exploratory Studies of Smoking Cessation Interventions for People with Schizophrenia (NIH)
Deadline: April 17, 2017
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide support for grant applications to generate and conduct preliminary tests of targeted smoking cessation treatments for individuals with schizophrenia. Smokers with schizophrenia who have co-occurring alcohol and/or substance abuse disorders are also a population of interest. Click here for more information.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Public Health Services and Systems Research
Deadline: July 23, 2014
This solicitation aims to expand the evidence for administrative and policy mechanisms that improve quality, efficiency and value in public health delivery. Studies funded through this solicitation will focus on multidisciplinary research that examines the organization, financing, delivery and quality of public health services and the subsequent impact on population health outcomes. Click here for more information.
University of Maryland School of Social Work Postdoctoral Fellowship in Community-Based Early Childhood Prevention Research
The University of Maryland School of Social Work is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to begin no later than September 1, 2014. The fellowship provides an opportunity to join an existing research team conducting basic and intervention research related to risk and protective factors, early parenting, and infant/toddler socio- emotional development. The fellow will be provided time, space, and mentoring to develop his/her early career scholarship. Click here for more information.
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Postdoctoral Scholar in Network Influences on HIV, IMPACT LGBT Health and Development Program
This NIH/NIDA-funded study (U01DA036939; PI: Mustanski) will build a dynamic dyadic-network cohort of young men who have sex with men (YMSM) by hybridizing existing cohorts of YMSM. The goal of this project is to apply a "next generation" multilevel model to understand the syndemic of health problems among a large cohort of YMSM (age 16-29) and inform "high-impact" HIV prevention with this vulnerable population. The Postdoctoral Scholar will assist the Network Science Working Group of the U01 study, including: a) collaborating on the design, beta testing, and implementation of a touch-screen network capture measure to be implemented; b) leading the development and execution of a network data management system; c) monitoring the integrity of network data; and d) participating in the dissemination of findings through publications and conference presentations. Applicants should email application materials to Dr. Michelle Birkett (birkett@northwestern.edu). Applications should include a CV and a cover letter explaining fit with this position, research experience, career goals, and then name of two references. Consideration of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. Northwestern University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Applications from women and minorities are encouraged.
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Calls
REMINDER
Call for Abstracts
2014 International Symposium on Minority Health & Health Disparities - Transdisciplinary Collaborations: Evolving Dimensions of US and Global Health Equity
Deadline: June 2, 2014
Abstracts are being solicited for oral and poster presentations in broad thematic areas related to domestic and global transdisciplinary collaborations on minority health, health disparities, and health equity. Topics include: Behavioral and Mental Health; Child and Adolescent Health; Community-based Participatory Research Addressing Minority Health and Health Disparities; Health Policy; HIV and AIDS; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI); Social Determinants of Health; and others. Click here for more information.
Call for Papers
Special Issue of Traumatology: An International Journal -
Trauma, Aging, and Well-Being:
Invoking Human Rights, Intergenerational Family Justice, Peace, and Freedom
Deadline: August 31, 2014
In response to a large gap in the literature, Traumatology is pleased to announce a call for papers with a forensic and interdisciplinary focus, on the topics of trauma, aging, and well being, particularly life course and cumulative trauma among older persons from diverse backgrounds and locations. We are seeking manuscripts that demonstrate courageous scholarship that examine trauma, aging, coping resilience, and well-being from a human rights and social justice perspective. These contributions should target innovation and new possibilities for theory, research, practice, program evaluation, policy, and advocacy in one of the following key areas: Causes, Correlates, and Consequences; Mediating and Moderating Mechanisms; Prevention, Assessment, and Intervention; or Human Rights, Policy, and Advocacy. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
The Commonwealth Fund Webinar for Potential Australian American Health Policy Fellowship Applicants
June 5, 2014 - 5:00PM EST
The Commonwealth Fund, in collaboration with the Australian Department of Health, invites you to a webinar on the Australian-American Health Policy Fellowship. The fellowship provides a unique opportunity for outstanding, mid-career U.S. professionals (academics, government officials, clinical leaders, decision-makers in health care delivery systems and health care plans, and journalists) to enrich health policy thinking in both countries. Click here for more information on the fellowship. Click here to register for the webinar.
Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN) Conference - Changing Work and Family Relationships in a Global Economy
June 19-21, 2014 - New York, NY
Goals for the 2014 WFRN Conference include: to stimulate interdisciplinary and cross-national sharing of innovative research and approaches to work and family; concentrate scientific, policy, and practical attention on work and family issues emerging from the changing work and family relationships in a global economy; break down the researcher-practitioner divide impeding the design, implementation, dissemination and translation of work and family research that beneficially impacts workers and employers; and foster opportunities for networking and interdisciplinary collaboration that promote professional development of both emerging and established researchers, policy makers and practitioners. Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
New Dataset Available - An Institutionalization Effect: The Impact of Mental Hospitalization and Imprisonment on Homicide in the United States, 1934 - 2001
This data set explored the effect of imprisonment on violent crime rates prior to 1991. Previous research focused exclusively on rates of imprisonment, rather than using a measure that combines institutionalization in both prisons and mental hospitals. Using state-level panel-data regressions over the 68-year period from 1934 to 2001 and controlling for economic conditions, youth population rates, criminal justice enforcement, and demographic factors, this study found a large, robust, and statistically significant relationship between aggregated institutionalization (in mental hospitals and prisons) and homicide rates. Click here for more information.
Understanding Urban Indians' Interactions With ACF Programs and Services: Final Report
This report presents the results of an exploratory study to better understand Urban Indians' interactions with the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) programs and services. Click here for more information.
HealthHIV Report - Third Annual State of HIV Primary Care National Survey
This report identifies significant training needs and barriers to quality HIV care. Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
Tackling Stigma: Fundamental to an AIDS-Free Future
In a new commentary in The Lancet Global Health, experts argue that it is time to put stigma reduction at the forefront of programmatic responses to HIV. Click here for more information.
HHS Press Release - New Funding Gives States and Innovators Tools and Flexibility to Implement Delivery System Reform
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced new delivery system reform efforts made possible by the Affordable Care Act that offer states and innovators tools and flexibility to transform health care. HHS announced twelve prospective recipients receiving as much as $110 million in combined funding, ranging from an expected $2 million to $18 million over a three-year period, under the Health Innovation Awards program to test innovative models designed to deliver better care outcomes and lower costs. Click here for more information.Intergenerational Family Connections: The Relationships that Support a Strong America
Generations United and the Alliance for Children and Families set out to take America's temperature on family connections across the generations, commissioning an original Harris Poll survey in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the U.N. International Year of the Family in 2014. Structured around extended family, we explored the relationships and roles across generations that support or inhibit intergenerational solidarity and the transfer of care and resources between family members of all ages. Insight on the importance of connectedness provides a call to action for innovative community supports and policy considerations that not only replicate what is working, but also find solutions for families needing help. Click here for more information.
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