August 15, 2014  || Vol. 6, Issue 33
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Funding OpportunitiesFunding       
Science of Organizations (NSF)
Deadline: September 3, 2014
Organizations -- private and public, established and entrepreneurial, designed and emergent, formal and informal, profit and nonprofit -- are critical to the well-being of nations and their citizens. They are of crucial importance for producing goods and services, creating value, providing jobs, and achieving social goals. The Science of Organizations (SoO) program funds basic research that yields a scientific evidence base for improving the design and emergence, development and deployment, and management and ultimate effectiveness of organizations of all kinds. Click here for more information.

Enhancing Public Health Surveillance of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Developmental Disabilities through the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network (CDC)
Deadline: October 10, 2014
The purpose of this FOA is to enhance the capacity of surveillance programs to implement or enhance a population-based, multiple-source surveillance program for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities (DDs) that co-occur with ASD (cerebral palsy (CP) and intellectual disability (ID)). The project will fund sites to participate in the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network and will enhance surveillance activities at both prior and newly participating sites through two funding components. Component A funds surveillance of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other DDs (i.e. CP and ID) among 8-year-olds. Component B funds surveillance of ASD among 4-year-olds. Component A is required for all applicants, while applying for Component B funding is optional. In this FOA, five project period short-term outcomes will be achieved through five strategies and their corresponding activities. The five expected outcomes include: improved understanding of ASD & other DDs, including trends and disparities in ASD prevalence over time; improved understanding of the implications of the change from DSM-IV TR to DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for ASD; stronger relationships with partners and data sources; increased dissemination of ADDM data; improved reliability and efficiency of ADDM surveillance. Click here for more information.

Collaborative Partnership on Alcohol and Health Disparity Research Center (ADHRC) (NIH)
Deadline: December 18, 2014
This FOA is designed to facilitate planning and implementation of collaborative partnerships between Institutions that serve Underserved Communities and Populations (IUCP) and Alcohol Research Centers (ARC) to promote targeted research to reduce alcohol-related health disparities in underserved populations (e.g., African Americans, Asians, Hispanics, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders), as well as promote alcohol research expertise and infrastructure development at IUCP. Minority Serving institutions are particularly encouraged to consider applying for this opportunity, because these institutions have historically trained professionals from diverse backgrounds who provide health care to minority and underserved populations and are uniquely positioned to engage these populations in research and in the translation of research advances into culturally appropriate, measurable and sustained improvements in health outcomes. Click here for more information.

Increased Knowledge and Innovative Strategies to Reduce HIV IncidenceiKnow Projects (NIH)

Deadline: January 7, 2016

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to promote innovative research that addresses one or both of the following objectives: Devise optimal strategies to improve the identification of persons unaware of their HIV-1 infection and successfully link them to HIV testing, treatment, and prevention interventions. Develop and examine the feasibility and acceptability of novel integrated interventions of biomedical and behavioral strategies that substantially reduce the likelihood of onward HIV transmission in these populations. Click here for more information.

 

Methods for Prevention Packages Program III (MP3 III) (NIH) 

Deadline: January 7, 2016

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to promote multidisciplinary research programs that (1) devise optimal HIV prevention packages (combination interventions) for specific populations and (2) perform feasibility and acceptability studies to demonstrate that the proposed prevention package is acceptable to the target population and the study design is appropriate and feasible. This FOA is intended to encourage collaborations between behavioral and biomedical clinical specialists, epidemiologists, mathematical modelers, and clinical research specialists. Click here for more information.

CallsCalls 
Call for Abstracts
5th Annual International Conference on Stigma - Lean on Me! Standing Together for Human Rights in Health
Deadline: September 15, 2014
The overarching goals of this conference are to increase awareness about HIV-related stigma as a major barrier to prevention and treatment of HIV and a violation of human rights; and to educate health care providers and the general community about interventions to eradicate HIV-related stigma. We are looking for original work that addresses HIV/AIDS and stigma, HIV/AIDS and human rights, or stigma and human rights to be presented as a poster. Click here for more information.

Call for Papers
Special Issue of Evaluation Review: External Validity and Policy
Deadline: September 15, 2014
This Special Issue of Evaluation Review seeks papers that are informative about
this translation of specific evaluation results to other contexts. Topics of interest
include external validity, generalizability, and replicability. Particularly of
interest are contributions that have practical application to the work of
evaluators, policy makers at various levels, and decision-makers tasked with
determining an EBP's appropriateness for the context of their setting and population. The Special Issue seeks (i) general papers on these topics; (ii) discussions of how these topics relate to the policy challenges of EBP; and (iii) case studies of how these issues have been addressed-especially, but not exclusively, by official systematic evidence reviews. Click here for more information.

Call for Papers
Special Issue of Journal of Public Child Welfare - Defining the Evidence Base for
In-Home Child Welfare Services
Deadline: November 15, 2014
This special issue of Journal of Public Child Welfare seeks to stimulate intentional thinking about how child welfare systems - the public sector and allied formal and informal community resources - are currently working toward improving outcomes when children are at home and to help keep children at home. The issue strives to inform the field of practices with the strongest evidence base that have been applied to in-home child welfare services. Click here for more information.
Conferences & Trainingsconf
REMINDER
Pathways to Positive Futures Webinar - Bridging Service Gaps: System Integration Strategies for Service Providers Working with Young Adults with Mental Health Issues
August 26, 2014 - 1:00-2:00 PM EST
This webinar addresses strategies for meeting the cross-system needs of young people with mental health conditions in the transition years. We will begin with a brief review of the challenges resulting from service fragmentation and varied eligibility criteria. Then we will share innovative collaborative and service integration strategies developed by staff at the Early Assessment and Support Alliance, a statewide initiative in Oregon with the EASA Center for Excellence (technical assistance) located in Portland and Thresholds Youth Programs in Chicago. The webinar will also feature a young adult perspective on involvement in services and will conclude with recommendations for bridging service gaps. Click here for more information.

Child Trends Webinar - Family and Provider/Teacher Relationship Quality Measurement
September 10, 2014 - 10:00-11:00 AM EDT
Westat and Child Trends are hosting webinars on the Family and Provider/Teacher Relationship Quality (FPTRQ) Measurement Development project, which has developed measures of provider/teacher practices that facilitate a positive family and provider or teacher relationships. This webinar is for researchers.  Click here to register.

University of Washington Gerontology Annual Conference - Building Elder Friendly Futures Locally and Globally
October 8-9, 2014 - Seattle, WA
Conference themes are: community and technological supports for aging in place; state of the science: maintaining and enhancing physical and mental well-being; cultural competence: marginalized populations and disparities across the life course; current and future policy and legal issues; linking local to global in urban and rural settings; and cross-disciplinary and inter-professional collaborations.  Click here for more information.

Cognitive Health Disparities Research and National Policy
November 5, 2014 - Washington, DC

The National Alzheimer's Project Act (NAPA) was signed into law by President Obama in January of 2011 and requires the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to address NAPA's goals include creating and maintaining an integrated national plan to overcome Alzheimer's disease, coordinating Alzheimer's disease research and services across all federal agencies, accelerating the development of interventions and treatments that would prevent, halt, or reverse the course of Alzheimer's disease and improving early diagnosis and coordination of care and treatment of Alzheimer's disease. The growing ethnic and racial diversity of our aging population has important scientific and translational implications for NAPA. This conference will present up to date findings and address research and translational priorities highlighting the importance of growing ethnic and racial diversity for NAPA. Click here for more information.

Research Publications & Data Resourcesdata 
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Kids' Inpatient Database (KID) 2012 Data
The KID is the only all-payer dataset in the United States designed specifically to study hospital use, charges, and outcomes in the population of patients younger than 21 years. The 2012 KID includes data from approximately 3 million pediatric discharges from 44 States. Weighted, it estimates roughly 7 million hospitalizations. Researchers and policymakers can use the data to identify, track, and analyze national trends in pediatric health care. The sample design of the KID enables analyses of rare conditions, such as congenital anomalies, and uncommon treatments, such as organ transplantation. Click here for more information.
News & Noticesnews  

Institute of Medicine (IOM) Interactive Infographic - Looking at Policies Through a Health Lens

This interactive tool allows users to explore how public policies can impact physical activity and health. Click here for more information.

 

HHS Press Release - HHS awards more than $106 million to support state home visiting programs

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today  $106.7 million in FY 2014 grant awards to 46 states, the District of Columbia, and five jurisdictions as part of the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (Home Visiting Program) established by the Affordable Care Act.  These funds will allow states to continue and expand voluntary, evidence-based home visiting services to women during pregnancy and to parents with young children up to age five. Click here for more information.
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