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September 12, 2014 || Vol. 6, Issue 37
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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
Partnership for State Title V Maternal and Child Health Leadership Community Cooperative Agreement (HRSA)
Deadline: November 3, 2014
This announcement solicits applications for the fiscal year (FY) 2015 Partnership for State Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Leadership Community Cooperative Agreement. The purpose of this cooperative agreement is to support an organization focusing on MCH to improve public health programs and the delivery of MCH services and assure optimal alignment with the transformed Title V MCH Services Block Grant program. The awardee will support efforts of State Title V MCH programs, led by State MCH and Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) Directors, to improve the health of all mothers and children by assisting States in developing, implementing, and sustaining public health programs and a comprehensive system of care for the delivery of MCH services that are well aligned with the transformed Title V MCH Services Block Grant. In addition, the awardee will support efforts of State Title V MCH Services Block Grant programs related to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), including outreach and enrollment, tracking improvements from coverage to care to systems, and developing an early warning system for ACA-related issues in MCH. Click here for more information.
FY 15 NIJ Graduate Research Fellowship Program in the Social and Behavioral Sciences (DOJ)
Deadline: December 25, 2014
NIJ is seeking proposals for funding under the Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) program in social and behavioral sciences. This program provides awards for research on crime, violence, and other criminal justice-related topics to accredited universities that offer research-based doctoral degrees. NIJ invests in doctoral education by supporting universities that sponsor students who demonstrate the potential to successfully complete doctoral degree programs in disciplines relevant to the mission of NIJ, and who are in the final stages of graduate study. Applicants sponsoring doctoral students are eligible to apply only if the doctoral research dissertation has direct implications for criminal justice policy and practice in the United States. Click here for more information.
Biomedical/Biobehavioral Research Administration Development (BRAD) Award (NIH)
Deadline: August 19, 2016
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to invite applications that propose to establish Offices of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSPs) or enhance the services of existing ORSPs or similar entities at domestic and international institutions of higher learning. Domestic program priorities include emerging research institutions and primarily undergraduate institutions, including women's colleges, that have a racial and ethnically diverse student enrollment and that meet the eligibility requirement of the NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) program. International program priorities include institutions of higher education in sub-Saharan Africa, India, and low and middle income countries in the Caribbean and South America that meet the eligibility requirements. Click here for more information.
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Grant - Large Pragmatic Studies to Evaluate Patient-Centered Outcomes
Deadline: October 1, 2014
PCORI seeks to fund pragmatic clinical trials (PCTs), large simple trials (LSTs), or large-scale observational studies that compare two or more alternatives for addressing prevention, diagnosis, treatment, or management of a disease or symptom; improving health care system-level approaches to managing care; or eliminating health or healthcare disparities. Click here for more information.
Public Welfare Foundation Grant Program
Deadline: Rolling
The Public Welfare Foundation supports efforts to advance justice and opportunity for people in need. The Foundation looks for strategic points where its funds can make a significant difference and improve lives through policy and system reform. We focus on three program areas: Criminal Justice, Juvenile Justice and Workers' Rights. Click here for more information.
William T. Grant Foundation Distinguished Fellows Grant
Deadline: January 6, 2015
The William T. Grant Foundation's Distinguished Fellows Program creates bridges between the research, practice, and policy communities. The program is designed to increase the supply of, demand for, and use of high-quality research to improve the lives of youth.Mid-career policymakers, practitioners, and researchers who are influential within their role and significantly able to affect attitudes and practices of others working in similar roles and settings are eligible. Support is restricted to researchers seeking to work in policy or practice settings, or policymakers and practitioners seeking to work in research settings. Click here for more information.
Institute for Research on Poverty Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Deadline:
The National Poverty Fellows Program offers talented postdoctoral researchers an opportunity to participate in a federal government-university partnership. The goal of the program is both to build the capacity of researchers to conduct high-quality policy-relevant research on poverty and inequality in the United States and to contribute to the effective use of research and scientific knowledge in the formation of public policy. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Special Issue of Advances in Social Work - Technology, the Internet & Social Work Practice
Deadline: September 30, 2014
This special issue of Advances in Social Work will explore the themes of changing technology and media and their impact on social work practice. Taking a broad stance on defining practice, articles may focus on any element of the practice landscape including: clinical work, social work administration, policy advocacy, community organizing, and others. Click here for more information.
Call for Abstracts
Urban Affairs Association 45th Conference - Transnationalism from Above and Below: The Dynamics of Place-making in the Global City
Deadline: October 1, 2014
The Urban Affairs Association (UAA), the international professional organization for urban scholars, researchers, and public service/nonprofit professionals, will be hosting its 45th Annual Conference in Miami, Florida in the spring of 2015. UAA is currently accepting abstracts/proposals for its Special Conference Track on Urban Health. The goal of this Track is to promote interaction and sharing of knowledge between researchers and practitioners whose work and interests relate to health in urban environments. The track welcomes participants from all disciplines addressing urban health problems, issues, interventions, and policy. Click here for more information.
Call for Proposals
Boston College Graduate School of Social Work Twenty-Seventh Annual National Conference on Social Work and HIV/AIDS - HIV/AIDS 2015:
The Social Work Response
Deadline: December 5, 2014
The 2015 theme will examine ways how we as social workers can remain relevant in AIDS care. In this past year, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Treatment (PrEP) has been widely discussed in this country. Many divergent views exist on this issue. Further, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS), and Ryan White Program (RWP) funding issues present new challenges and opportunities. All of these will impact the future of HIV/AIDS social work practice. What is our niche in this new era? Click here for more information.
REMINDER
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. Call for Papers Health Affairs Deadline: Ongoing Health Affairs encourages submissions from authors on topics surrounding the care of older adults, including new models of care and the management of multiple chronic conditions among this population. We are interested in work that spans the full range of care settings, including primary care and specialty practices, hospitals, nursing homes and other long-term care settings. Likewise, in addition to exploring topics that are directly related to the provision of care, we also welcome papers on a broad array of related dimensions that affect care, access, and affordability, such as financing models, coverage, and size and composition of the workforce. Click here for more information.
Call for Reviewers Research on Social Work Practice (RSWP) 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
September 25, 2014 - 2:00-3:00 PM EST
Despite general improvements in the economy, foreclosures continue to impact families and communities across the country. This Webinar will explore the ways that foreclosure affects households, including finances, health, trust in lending institutions, and stability. Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
Kaiser Family Foundation Infographic (Updated) - Current Status of State Medicaid Expansion Decisions
This map gives information on the ACA Medicaid expansion decisions of each of the 50 states. Click here for more information.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interactive Obesity Resources - The State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America
Resources include an interactive map tracking obesity rates in all 50 states, a special report on racial and ethnic disparities in obesity rates, and obesity & diabetes rate statistics. Click here for more information.
Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) Statistical Brief - Trends and Projections in U.S. Hospital Costs by Patient Age, 2003-2013
Timely information on trends in costs for various types of hospitalizations provides health care payers and policymakers with baseline information that can be used to help evaluate the impact of health care improvement efforts. A novel initiative from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) is used in this Statistical Brief to produce timely, current inpatient statistics on the cost and utilization of hospital care by patient age for specific types of conditions (e.g., medical, surgical). Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
The Wall Street Journal - A Perilous Gap in Health Insurance Literacy
It's not a news flash that health insurance can be complex and confusing. But the health insurance maze can be a problem, especially if you have never had health insurance before or have not had it for a long time. That's the case for about half of the uninsured and for many people enrolling in the new insurance marketplaces set up under theAffordable Care Act. Click here for more information.
The New York Times - Encouraging End-of-Life Talks
There is reason to hope that a degree of sanity may be returning to the touchy issue of advance planning for medical care at the end of life. Some private and public insurers have begun paying doctors to have end-of-life discussions with their patients. Click here for more information.
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