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June 27, 2014 || Vol. 6, Issue 26
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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
Studies Program on Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice (DOJ)
Deadline: July 21, 2014
OJJDP is seeking applications for funding under its Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 Studies Program on Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice. This program will sponsor small studies and/or secondary analyses of existing data to provide objective, independent knowledge about the extent and impact of ethnic disparities effecting Hispanic/Latino youth's contact with the juvenile justice system that includes arrests, referrals to court, diversion, charges filed, placement in secure juvenile detention facilities and adult jails and lockups, findings of delinquency, placement in secure juvenile correctional facilities, probation, and transfers to the adult criminal justice system. Click here for more information.
Interventions for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in Native American Populations
Deadline: August 24, 2017
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to develop, adapt, and test the effectiveness of health promotion and disease prevention interventions in Native American (NA) populations. NA populations are exposed to considerable risk factors that significantly increase their likelihood of chronic disease, substance abuse, mental illness, oral diseases, and HIV-infection. The intervention program should be culturally appropriate and promote the adoption of healthy lifestyles, improve behaviors and social conditions and/or improve environmental conditions related to chronic diseases, the consumption of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs, mental illness, oral disease, or HIV-infection. The intervention program should be designed so that it could be sustained within the entire community within existing resources, and, if successful, disseminated in other Native American communities. The long-term goal of this FOA is to reduce mortality and morbidity in NA communities. Click here for more information.
Core Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
Deadline: August 1, 2014
The core Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program provides approximately 800 teaching and/or research grants to U.S. faculty and experienced professionals in a wide variety of academic and professional fields. Grants are available in over 125 countries worldwide. Click here for more information.
William T. Grant Foundation Reducing Inequality Research Grant
Deadline: August 5, 2014
The Foundation supports high-quality research that enhances our understanding of the programs, policies, and practices that reduce inequalities in youth development. Click here for more information.
Bar-Ilan University and Israeli Centers of Research Excellence (I-core) Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Deadline: July 4, 2014
The I-core Research Center for the Study of Mass Trauma conducts collaborative, multi-disciplinary long-term studies of mass trauma through a global network of leading researchers in different fields, including social work, epidemiology, public health and crisis management, psychology, psychiatry, neurobiology, and molecular neurobiology. The Center aims to promote and disseminate studies relating to markers of risk and resilience in the face of mass trauma, and to the multifaceted effects of mass trauma in the general Israeli population, as well as among high-risk populations. The center invites a candidate with a research background relevant to trauma research (e.g., psychology, social work, social sciences, public health) to apply for a post-doctoral fellowship for the academic year of 2014-2015 and actively participate in our research study on the effects of traumatic stress on couples and families. Click here for more information.
The Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest and The University of Toronto Postdoctoral Fellowship in Gerontological Social Work This training opportunity provides broad exposure to expertise in both a research-intensive university faculty of social work and an internationally recognized academic health sciences centre. Click here for more information.
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Calls
DEADLINE EXTENDED
Call for Abstracts
EXTENDED Deadline: July 1, 2014
2014 International Symposium on Minority Health and Health Disparities (ISMHHD) - Transdisciplinary Collaborations: Evolving Dimensions of US and Global Health Equity
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 Qualitative Social Work: Research and Practice
Deadline: September 30, 2014
This special issue of Qualitative Social Work: Research and Practice will address teaching approaches and methods addressing the knowledge, values, ethical issues and skills needed to do various kinds of qualitative research and practice. Approaches to joining qualitative research courses or modules with content on epistemologies, values, technologies and other forms of research and inquiry are also encouraged. The perspectives of both teachers and learners are sought. Papers on technological innovation in teaching qualitative research are very welcome. The guest editor is James Drisko, Smith College School for Social Work. Click here for more information.
Call for Self-Nominations
Research on Social Work Practice Editorial Board
Invitations are extended to members of the social work community to apply for a three-year appointment to the journal's Editorial Board, for the period 2015-2017. Editorial Board members should be professional social workers with a background commensurate with the journal's purposes. This would normally include receipt of a research-based doctoral degree, post-MSW practice experience, and having authored a number of empirically-based research publications related to social work practice, including intervention studies, psychometric reports and/or systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
Data Training Workshop at Head Start's 12th National Research Conference on Early Childhood
July 7, 2014 - Washington, DC
This training workshop will provide an overview of the Third Grade Follow-up to the Head Start Impact Study (HSIS). Along with a discussion of the unique characteristics of this newest HSIS cohort, the workshop will provide an overview of the study design, methodology, key findings and introduce potential data users to technical issues associated with using the Third Grade Follow-up data for secondary analysis. To register, email: contact@researchconnections.org
REMINDER
July 16-18, 2014 - Silver City, NM
Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
The Commonwealth Fund Report - Mitigating the Effects of Churning Under the Affordable Care Act: Lessons from Medicaid
Through a combination of three needs-based public programs-Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program, and tax credits for purchasing private plans in the new marketplaces-the Affordable Care Act can potentially ensure continuous coverage for many low- and moderate-income Americans. At the same time, half of individuals with incomes at less than twice the poverty level will experience a form of "churning" in their coverage; as changes occur in their life or work circumstances, they will need to switch among these three coverage sources. For many, churning will entail not only changes in covered benefits and cost-sharing, but also in care, owing to differences in provider networks. Strategies for mitigating churning's effects are complex and require time to implement. For the short term, however, the experiences of 17 states with policies aimed at smoothing transitions between health plans offer lessons for ensuring care continuity. Click here for more information.
AHRQ Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture 2014 User Comparative Database Report
Comparative results are provided for the items and patient safety culture dimensions on the AHRQ Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture to allow medical offices to compare their survey results against the results from 935 medical offices and 27,103 staff respondents. Click here for more information.
OPRE Report - Family Strengthening Research: FY 2013
This report provides detailed summaries of major research investments by OPRE's Division of Family Strengthening (DFS) along with brief overviews of past projects. The featured projects cover topics that include strengthening relationships within families, supporting fatherhood, nurturing children through their families, reducing teen pregnancy, and supporting youth in their transition to adulthood. The report also describes DFS's investments in activities to disseminate rigorous research on family strengthening topics to a diverse range of stakeholders including federal and state policy-makers, program administrators, researchers, and intermediary organizations. Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
National Academy of Sciences News - Effectiveness of PTSD Treatment Provided by Defense Department and VA Unknown
A new congressionally mandated report from the Institute of Medicine says that the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs should track the outcomes of treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) provided to service members and veterans and develop a coordinated and comprehensive strategy to do so. Click here for more information.
NPR - How Your State Rates In Terms Of Long-Term Care
In just 12 years, the oldest members of the huge baby-boom generation will turn 80. Many will need some kind of long-term care. A new study from AARP says that care could vary dramatically in cost and quality depending on where they live. Click here for more information.
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