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July 25, 2014 || Vol. 6, Issue 30
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Funding Opportunities
National Science Foundation Sociology Program
Deadline: August 15, 2014
The Sociology Program supports basic research on all forms of human social organization -- societies, institutions, groups and demography -- and processes of individual and institutional change. The Program encourages theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes. Included is research on organizations and organizational behavior, population dynamics, social movements, social groups, labor force participation, stratification and mobility, family, social networks, socialization, gender roles, and the sociology of science and technology. The Program supports both original data collections and secondary data analysis that use the full range of quantitative and qualitative methodological tools. Theoretically grounded projects that offer methodological innovations and improvements for data collection and analysis are also welcomed. Click here for more information.
AHRQ Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grants
Deadline: May 25, 2017
The Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grant (R18) is an award made by AHRQ to an institution/organization to support a discrete, specified health services research project. The project will be performed by the named investigator and study team. The R18 research plan proposed by the applicant institution/organization must be related to the mission and priority research interests of AHRQ. Click here for more information.
2014 Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer's Disease Caregiving Legacy Awards
Deadline: August 22, 2014
Three awards of $20,000 each will be awarded to nonprofit organizations, government agencies or universities responding to a community need with a program or project which focuses primarily on family/informal caregivers of adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Click here for more information.
UC Davis Center for Poverty Research Small Grants Competition
Deadline: September 15, 2014
The Center for Poverty Research (CPR), located at the University of California, Davis invites proposals for its 2014-15 Small Grants Competition. CPR seeks to fund research that will expand our understanding of the causes and consequences of poverty. The goal of this program is to fund proposals focused on our core research areas that display sound research design and high potential impact. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Abstracts
2nd United States Conference on African Immigrant Health - Health Behaviors of African Immigrants and Refugees: Culture, Integration, Migration
Deadline: August 1, 2014
Abstracts are invited for poster and oral presentations, related to all health issues that affect African immigrants and refugees (African Diaspora), especially as they are influenced by their culture, migration and integration context. Graduate students, clinicians, policy makers, researchers, academics, community service organizations and community members are especially encouraged to submit posters and participate in the conference. Click here for more information.
Call for Abstracts
Academy Health 7th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation - Transforming Health Systems to Optimize Individual and Population Health
Deadline: August 8, 2014
Now, more than ever before, the integration of evidence-based practices and service delivery has the capacity to impact healthcare delivery and population health. Therefore, the abstract submission topics and conference structure have been planned to focus our thinking and discussion on the highest priority science - current and future - to help realize this goal. Click here for more information.
Call for Papers
Special Issue of Journal of Community Practice - Moving Beyond the Great
Recession: Innovative Programmatic and Policy Responses to Poverty
Deadline: August 31, 2014
We are interested in scholarly papers focused on innovative programmatic and policy responses aimed at reducing poverty locally, nationally, and globally. We are particularly interested in papers that focus on the implications of the Great Recession on practice, policy and research on poverty. As an interdisciplinary journal grounded in social work, we encourage papers that demonstrate interdisciplinary collaboration and community-based scholarship. Click here for more information.
Call for Papers
Special Issue of Public Health Reports - Implementation of Routine HIV Screening in Clinical Settings
Deadline: September 15, 2014
The Guest Editors are interested in manuscripts that describe experiences implementing routine HIV screening in clinical settings, especially those that directly address reaching scale in making HIV screening a routine practice in these settings. Ideally, this Supplemental Issue will include manuscripts that provide evidence about the outcomes of implementing different approaches to routine HIV screening in these settings. Click here for more information.
Call for Papers
Special Issue of Public Health Reports - Health Status and the Military Experience: After the War
Deadline: January 9, 2015
The Guest Editors seek manuscripts that advance scientific knowledge of potential health consequences associated with military service. Information included in this Supplement is expected to assist public health professionals, clinical care providers, and policy makers in their efforts to identify and address risks to health associated with military experience. Preference will be given to manuscripts that explicitly consider the impact of deployment in support of combat operations. Manuscripts may be analytic or descriptive in format and should report on health following separation from active-duty service. Manuscripts reporting on results from original research, surveillance, reviews of prominent issues, evaluation of innovative programs, or commentaries related to existing or proposed policies will be considered. Click here for more information.
Call for Papers
Special Issue of Social Work Education: The International Journal - Environmental Justice, Green Social Work or Eco Justice: Preparing for Social Work's Growing Involvement
Deadline: January 15, 2015
This special issue seeks to capture the efforts of social workers who are embedded in the realities of environmental degradation and its impact on the well-being of individuals, families, and communities across the globe. Manuscripts that provide documentation of the issue, evidence of an attempted intervention at any system level and the outcome (if it worked or not) are welcomed. Conceptual manuscripts of how to integrate and frame environmental concerns and consequences for vulnerable populations, particularly to students in educational settings, are also invited. Finally, manuscripts with evidence of successful curriculum adaptations to include environmental concerns are welcomed. All manuscripts must provide implications to the education of social workers and the profession, as well aid the international readership of this journal and their understanding of this common problem. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
Duke Translational Medicine Institute National Conference on Engaging Patients, Families and Communities in all Phases of Translational Research to Improve Health
August 21-22, 2014 - Bethesda, MD
The goal of this conference is to present and compare perspectives and examples of methods of engagement in research that include individuals, including patients and families, to community organizations and disease advocates, as well as clinicians and other health professionals. Attendees will include community groups, patient advocacy groups, funders and foundations that are interested in research design and outcomes, and the researchers who presently work with these groups or wish to do so in the future. Click here for more information.
Widener University Sexuality and Aging Consortium Sexuality, Intimacy, and Aging Conference
September 19-20, 2014 - Chester, PA
The Sexuality and Aging Consortium (SAC), an international organization based at Widener University, will be holding its annual conference for professionals, lay professionals and older consumers September 19-20, 2014. SAC's mission is to provide training, education, research and advocacy in the area of sexuality and aging. Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
OPRE Report - Head Start CARES for Migrant and Seasonal Families: Adapting a Preschool Social-Emotional Curriculum
The Migrant and Seasonal Head Start (MSHS) CARES case study was designed as a companion study to the overall Head Start CARES ("Classroom-based Approaches and Resources for Emotion and Social skill promotion") demonstration. MSHS CARES studied the adaptation and implementation of an existing evidence-based, social-emotional curriculum. MSHS CARES selected Preschool PATHS (Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies) curriculum to meet the needs of children and families of migrant and seasonal workers and the inherent features of MSHS programs. Click here for more information.
Action for Health Justice Report - Improving the Road to Coverage: Policy Recommendations for Enrollment SuccessThis brief highlights some of the major barriers Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) communities faced during the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) first Open Enrollment Period, followed by recommendations to build upon and improve outreach, education, and enrollment efforts in the future. Click here for more information.
Families USA Infographic - Latino Health Disparities Compared to Non-Hispanic Whites
Racial and ethnic health disparities undermine our communities and our health care system. This infographic shows some of the more prevalent health disparities that afflict Latinos in the United States (compared to non-Hispanic whites). Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
New York Times - Budget Office Lowers Its Estimate on Federal Spending for Health Care
The growth of federal spending on health care will continue to decline as a proportion of the overall economy in the coming decades, in part because of cost controls mandated by President Obama's health care law, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said on Tuesday. Click here for more information.
HHS Press Release - HHS announces availability of $11 million to better integrate HIV services into community health centers
HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today the availability of $11 million, through the Affordable Care Act and the Secretary's Minority AIDS Initiative Fund, to support the integration of high-quality HIV services into primary care through innovative partnerships between health centers and state health departments in Florida, Massachusetts, Maryland and New York. Click here for more information.
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