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July 18, 2014 || Vol. 6, Issue 29
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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
Promoting Preventive Health Services for Women (HRSA)
Deadline: July 21, 2014
This announcement solicits applications for the Promoting Preventive Health Services for Women initiative. The purpose of this initiative is to improve women's health across the lifecourse by increasing the use of clinical preventive services. This will be accomplished by: Increasing the number of women enrolled in health insurance; Raising consumer awareness of the importance of clinical preventive services; and Supporting providers in the delivery of quality preventive services. These objectives will be accomplished by a coalition of organizations representing women¿s health care providers who will: Develop and implement strategies to assist uninsured women in obtaining health insurance coverage; Develop and implement strategies to promote awareness among consumers about the importance of clinical preventive services; and Provide information and training to providers to support the quality provision of these services. Click here for more information.
Veterans: Risk and Needs Assessment Tool and Protocol (DOJ)
Deadline: July 30, 2014
The National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is soliciting proposals from organizations, groups, or individuals to enter into a cooperative agreement for a 36-month period to begin no later than September 15, 2014. Work under this cooperative agreement will involve developing a multi-disciplinary advisory committee to assist with reviewing and revising the veteran's needs screening tool and veteran's treatment court risk and needs assessment protocol, along with developing a comprehensive clinical needs screening tool containing factors which will identify combat veterans entering the criminal justice system and those clinical factors that may be most at risk. This tool will be specific to Veterans in the criminal justice system and designed to be a non-proprietary, open source document available to the field. Click here for more information.
Multidisciplinary and Collaborative Research Consortium to Reduce Oral Health Disparities in Children: A Multilevel Approach (NIH)
Deadline: December 9, 2014
The overall goal of this initiative is to establish effective interventions or programs to reduce or eliminate oral health disparities and inequalities in vulnerable U.S. children who are between 0 and 21 years of age. Multidisciplinary teams of investigators will refine and test an intervention or evaluate outcomes of an existing program or policy intended to reduce health disparities and inequalities. Community engagement and other partnerships are essential for the holistic, multilevel approaches required by this FOA. This research is intended to lead to identification, validation, dissemination and implementation of effective approaches to prevent disease or facilitate treatments, helping to reduce and ultimately eliminate oral health disparities and inequalities in children. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Applications
The Atlantic Philanthropies Practice Change Leaders for Aging and Health
Deadline: August 27, 2014
The Practice Change Leaders for Aging and Health Program is a nationally recognized program to develop, support and expand the influence of organizational leaders who are committed to achieving transformative improvements in care for older adults. The program is a fifteen-month opportunity to gain enhanced leadership skills and content expertise to positively influence care for older adults specifically in the areas of transitional care, health services for dually eligible beneficiaries, enhanced primary care (including person-centered medical homes), and accountable care organizations. Applicants must hold a leadership role in a health care delivery organization, health-related institution, or community-based organization with direct responsibility for care that impacts older adults. Click here for more information.
Call for Proposals
Association of American Colleges and Universities Network for Academic Renewal Conference - Diversity, Learning, AND Student Success: Assessing and Advancing Inclusive Excellence
Deadline: September 8, 2014
Session proposals are invited that address one of the four themes below and that include evidence about what works, and what does not, to support equity in student persistence and high-quality learning. Themes are: diversity and inclusive excellence as an institutional value system; equity and high-quality learning for all students; high-impact practices and digital innovations; and developing and supporting educators for inclusive excellence, leadership, and change. Click here for more information.
Call for Presentations
National Rural Health Association (NRHA) 2015 Multiracial & Multicultural Health Conference
Deadline: September 30, 2014
One of the only meetings in the nation to focus on rural multiracial and multicultural health issues, this event offers attendees the opportunity to meet with peers and experts who share unique concerns and interests. This conference is designed for those who are dedicated to bringing quality health care and health care services to this underserved and often under-represented portion of the rural population. Click here for more information.
Call for Papers
Special Issue of Critical and Radical Social Work - Racism, Islamophobia, and Social Work
Deadline: October 15, 2014
Authors are encouraged to (but not limited to) submit on the following themes: r ecording levels of racism, through voting patterns, racist incidents, growth of right wing populist and fascist organizations; movements against racism; Islamophobhia; implications for social workers working with minority communities (refugees/migrants/traveller communities etc); varying settings/environments, e.g adult care homes, prisons, adoption/fostering; and changing attitudes to racism and what this means for social work practice and theory. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
The 37th National Child Welfare, Juvenile, and Family Law Conference
August 18-20, 2014 - Denver, CO
The top leaders in child welfare, juvenile justice and family law are coming to Denver. Join the national community of child and family advocates who work together to make this country a better place for kids and parents. Click here for more information.
19th International Conference & Summit on Violence, Abuse & Trauma - Linking Research, Practice, Advocacy & Policy: Collaboration & Commitment for Change
September 7-10, 2014 - San Diego, CA
This Conference has become a unique forum for people from all disciplines and philosophies to gather for in-depth exchange of current information on all facets of violence, abuse and trauma prevention, intervention and research. We are one of the very few conferences that include researchers, practitioners, advocates, policy makers, consumer-survivors, and front-line workers from all disciplines to share information, discuss controversial issues, and have the difficult dialogues. Topic tracks span intimate partner violence, child maltreatment, children exposed to violence, at-risk youth, criminal justice issues, sexual assault, people with disabilities, treatment of victims and offenders, trauma and military personnel, veterans and families, elder abuse, trauma in general, substance abuse and more. Click here for more information.
Administration for Community Living (ACL) 2014 Webinar Series on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias - Webinar #3: Alzheimer's Research Updates
September 25, 2014, 1:30-3:00 PM EDT
The final webinar in this year's series will provide updates on existing Alzheimer's and related dementias research studies, as well as information on new directions, including: research participation insights; metabolic aspects of Alzheimer's; and research findings on non-pharmacologic approaches to dementia care. Click here for more information.
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Data Fair 2014
October 7-9, 2014
ICPSR is pleased to present its preliminary program for the 2014 ICPSR Data Fair. The theme of this year's data fair centers around: "ICPSR - powering sustainable data access." Click here for more information.
American Public Health Association (APHA) 142nd Annual Meeting and Expo
November 15-19, 2014 - New Orleans, LA
APHA's Annual Meeting & Exposition serves as the home for public health professionals to convene, learn, network and engage with peers. With the Annual Meeting, we strengthen the profession of public health, share the latest research and information, promote best practices and advocate for public health issues and policies grounded in research. Come experience APHA. Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
New Dataset Available - Effects of Intimate Partner Violence on the Workplace in the United States, 2005-2008
This research, which was conducted in two phases, explored the effects of intimate partner violence (IPV) on the workplace between 2005 and 2008. Phase One examined the prevalence of IPV among employed individuals, how IPV affects the personal and professional well-being of employees, and its costs for employers. Phase Two focused more specifically on the interactions between employed IPV victims and their coworkers. Click here for more information.
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) National Inpatient Sample (NIS) 2012 Data
The National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample (NIS) is part of a family of databases and software tools developed for the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). The NIS is the largest publicly available all-payer inpatient health care database in the United States, yielding national estimates of hospital inpatient stays. Click here for more information.
Rural Assistance Center - Finding Statistics and Data Related to Rural Health
This guide will help you locate and fairly and accurately use statistics and data in order to: understand rural health needs and rural/urban disparities, communicate rural health needs, and inform decision-making related to service delivery and policy. Click here for more information.
National Partnership for Action Data Brief - Using Data to Advance Health Equity for Men of Color
Using data from the 2012 American Community Survey (ACS), an annual ongoing survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, the data brief highlights several factors that impact health and access to health care for minority men. Click here for more information.
US Census Bureau Report - Changes in Areas With Concentrated Poverty: 2000 to 2010
This report largely compares Census 2000 poverty estimates with those based on the 2008-2012 5-year American Community Survey (ACS). Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
July is National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
Mental illness affects one in four adults and one in ten children in America. The U.S. Surgeon General reports that minorities are less likely to receive diagnosis and treatment for their mental illness, have less access to and availability of mental health services and often receive a poorer quality of mental health care. Furthermore, mental illness is a leading cause of disability, yet nearly two-thirds of people with a diagnosable mental illness do not seek treatment, and racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. are even less likely to get help, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Click here for more information.
HHS Press Release - DOJ and HHS Call for Action to Address Abuse of Older Americans
Today, leaders in the fight against elder abuse announced a framework for tackling the highest priority challenges to elder abuse prevention and prosecution, and called on all Americans to take a stand against the serious societal problem of elder abuse, neglect and financial exploitation. Click here for more information.
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