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August 1, 2014 || Vol. 6, Issue 31
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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
NIC Service Delivery Impact Initiative (DOJ)
Deadline: August 21, 2014
Work under this cooperative agreement will involve developing a process that will guide the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) to demonstrate the program effectiveness and impact of NIC service delivery methods on the field of corrections. NIC service delivery methods include responsive technical assistance, cooperative agreements (including pilot programs or demonstration projects), partnership training programs with individual agencies, multi-agency training programs, and collaboration and resource sharing forums and focus groups. Ultimately, this initiative will enhance NIC's ability to contribute to the knowledge about what works in corrections and evidence-based practices. This project will be a collaborative venture with the National Institute of Corrections. Click here for more information.
Comparative Health System Performance in Accelerating PCOR Dissemination (AHRQ)
Deadline: September 5, 2014
As part of AHRQ's PCOR dissemination efforts, this AHRQ Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for Centers of Excellence to identify, classify, track, and compare healthcare delivery systems ranging from integrated delivery systems to Accountable Care Organizations across the U.S. to help improve the speed of adoption and diffusion of CER-recommended practices through systems. Click here for more information.
NIH Transformative Research Awards
Deadline: October 10, 2014
The NIH Transformative Research Awards complement NIHs traditional, investigator-initiated grant programs by supporting individual scientists or groups of scientists proposing groundbreaking, exceptionally innovative, original and/or unconventional research with the potential to create new scientific paradigms, establish entirely new and improved clinical approaches, or develop transformative technologies. Little or no preliminary data are expected. Projects must clearly demonstrate the potential to produce a major impact in a broad area of biomedical or behavioral research. Click here for more information.
Interventions for Youth who Misuse/Abuse Prescription Stimulant Medications in High School and/or College-Attending Youth (NIH)
Deadline: November 13, 2014
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits U01 applications conducting either hypothesis-driven or hypothesis-generating controlled research to build an evidence base to address the problem of prescription stimulant medication (PSM) misuse in youth. Specifically this FOA solicits research applications that develop and test the efficacy of interventions to either prevent or reduce the misuse and diversion of PSMs among high school students and/or college students. Click here for more information.
AHRQ Health Services Research Projects
Deadline: July 5, 2017
The Research Project Grant (R01) 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 R01 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.
Arts-Based Approaches in Palliative Care for Symptom Management (NIH)
Deadline: September 7, 2017
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support mechanistic clinical studies aimed at understanding the impact of arts-based approaches in palliative care for symptom management. This FOA is intended to support mechanistic clinical studies to provide an evidence base for the use of the arts in palliative care for symptom management. The objective is to understand the biological, physiological, neurological, psychological, and/or sociological mechanisms by which the arts exert their effects on symptom management during and throughout the palliative care continuum. The goal is for the research supported under this FOA to develop an evidence-base that could be used as a basis for the uptake of arts-based therapies in palliative care settings, among individuals across the lifespan, with a wide variety of serious chronic conditions and their accompanying symptoms. Click here for more information.
TD Charitable Foundation 2014 Housing for Everyone Grant Competition
Deadline: August 29, 2014
The TD Charitable Foundation's 2014 Housing for Everyone grant competition focuses on Housing for the Future. Applications should highlight the ways in which they will encourage the creation or preservation of rental housing units for families with children. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Papers
Special Issue of Transnational Social Review (TSR) - Transnational Childhoods
Deadline: August 31, 2014
We invite proposals which pay credit to children's experiences in, and with, transnational worlds as well as the informal and formal social support they are experiencing within them. We expect a broad range of topics to be addressed within this framework. These may include issues of children moving between national states (i.e. due to economic migration, transnational adoption, as refugees or through child trafficking), the transnational movement of child related practices and knowledge (i.e. of intervention programs like "Families First"), child related organisations operating between majority and minority worlds (i.e. UNICEF or small translocal child care initiatives) as well as culture and media (i.e. children adopting products of consumption culture locally or connecting virtually to others by the internet). Click here for more information.
Call for Presentations
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 Proposals
41st Annual National Association for Rural Mental Health Annual Conference
Deadline: December 1, 2014
This year's conference theme "Ahupua`a: From the Mountains to the Sea" focuses on bringing together rural community stakeholders from practice (children and adult services, early intervention, prevention, health, juvenile justice etc.) research sciences (prevention, intervention, treatment, integration, evaluation, etc. ) and policy (mental health, substance abuse, health, justice, law enforcement, prevention, etc.) to discuss the path ahead for rural communities in the face of the changing health/mental health environment. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials Webinar - Community Health Workers: Part of the Solution for Advancing Health Equity
August 5, 2014 - 1:00-2:30 PM EDT
The New England Regional Health Equity Council and ASTHO are hosting a webinar Community Health Workers (CHWs): Part of the Solution for Advancing Health Equity; Perspectives and Initiatives from Region 1, which will discuss key partnerships and collaborations between CHWs, allies, and other stakeholders as we continue to build a regional network to facilitate sharing of CHW workforce promising practices and policy development. Speakers will discuss the history and evolution of regional collaboration on CHWs in New England; highlight the experience of one state's involvement in building support and policy for CHWs, and recommendations on how to build regional networks elsewhere. Click here for more information.
REMINDER
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.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
New Dataset Available - Drug Use Among Young American Indians: Epidemiology and Prediction, 2001-2006 and 2009-2013
The Drug Use Among Young Indians: Epidemiology and Prediction study is an annual surveillance effort assessing the levels and patterns of substance use among American Indian (AI) adolescents attending schools on or near reservations. In addition to annual epidemiology of substance use, data pertaining to the normative environment for adolescent substance use were also obtained. Click here for more information and to gain access to these freely available data.
Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) Data Brief - Persistent Poverty Dynamics:
Understanding Poverty Trends over 50 Years
This paper provides an update of 2003 RUPRI analysis of persistent poverty dynamics across U.S. counties. Click here for more information.
Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) Discussion Paper - Is WIC Reaching Those in Need? Children's Participation in Nutritional Policy during the Great Recession
Though it is established that more mothers and children enrolled in the nutritional safety net during the Great Recession, it is unclear whether this increase was experienced equally by all racial/ethnic and socioeconomic groups. Using longitudinal data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), this paper examines whether exposure to the early childhood nutritional safety net has remained steady or increased as economic need increased during the Great Recession. Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
New York Times Blog - Seeing the Child, Not the Disability
Faced with such a child in the park or at a restaurant, too many of us just stand there and stare. Instead, notice the twinkle in the child's eyes, even if they are half-hidden behind smudged, thick-lensed glasses. Return the smile, even if it twists unusually or is wetter than what you're used to. Wave back at him when he jerks his arms toward you, and say hello, even if it's hard to understand exactly what she's saying.
These children, and their families, will notice, and feel welcomed. Click here to read the full blog post.
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About SWRnet
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