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September 19, 2014 || Vol. 6, Issue 38
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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
Strengthen Evidence Base for Maternal and Child Health Programs (HRSA)
Deadline: November 10, 2014
This announcement solicits applications for the "Strengthen Evidence Base for Maternal and Child Health Programs" cooperative agreement. The purpose of this program is to provide support and resources to assist State Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) programs in developing evidence-based or evidence-informed State Action Plans as well as in responding to the National Outcome Measures, National Performance Measures, State Performance Measures, and state-initiated Structural/Process Measures. Click here for more information.
Clinical and Translational Science Award (NIH)
Deadline: December 16, 2014
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to invite applications to participate in the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program which supports high quality translational and clinical research locally, regionally, and nationally, and fosters innovation in methods, training, and career development. Click here for more information.
Secondary Analyses of Existing Alcohol Epidemiology Data (NIH)
Deadline: September 7, 2017
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages the submission of investigator-initiated research grant applications to support the secondary analysis of existing data sets with the goal of enhancing our understanding of patterns of alcohol consumption and the epidemiology of alcohol-related problems. Research grants for the Secondary Analysis of Existing Alcohol Epidemiology Data Sets are intended to provide support for studies that utilize currently available data sets to increase our understanding of the incidence, prevalence and etiology of alcohol related problems and disorders in the population, as well as the risk and protective factors associated with them. Research that employs analytic techniques which demonstrate or promote methodological advances in alcohol-related epidemiologic research is also of interest. Click here for more information.
REMINDER
Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA)/Lesbian Health Fund (LHF) Research Projects
Deadline: October 15, 2014
The Lesbian Health Fund (LHF), a program of GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBT Equality, was established in 1992 to define, study, and educate lesbians and their health care providers about lesbian health issues. LHF's mission is to improve the health of lesbians, other sexual minority women (SMW) and their families through research. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Papers
Special Issue of eGEMs - Evidence into Action: Improving User Interface to Improve Patient Outcomes
Deadline: September 30, 2014
This special issue invites papers on the following topics: 1) P roposed conceptual models, frameworks, or protocols for developing of user-friendly health information technology (HIT) interfaces OR that describe innovative methods for usability testing, electronic health records (EHR)-based tools, webpages, mobile applications or databases; 2) Research case studies demonstrating the impact of a tool with high adoption rates on patient outcomes OR the impact of a user interface that demonstrates improved process outcomes (adoption, satisfaction) as a result of pilot or usability testing; and 3) Comparative case studies demonstrating the impact of various tools and comparing implementation approaches across sites. Click here for more information.
Call for Abstracts
Eastern Sociological Society 2015 Annual Meeting - Crossing Borders: Teaching, Learning and Researching at the Community College
Deadline: October 1, 2014
We invite proposals for papers and presentations around the following themes: 1)
Students Crossing Borders - identity and crossing borders between the community and college; crossing the border between two year and four year schools; the role of community colleges in the "immigrant story," crossing between the criminal justice system and community colleges, returning to school after military service; 2)
Faculty Crossing Borders: teaching across the borders of race, class, ethnicity; crossing the border between graduate school and community college teaching; challenges of teaching and researching at the community college; the community college professor as coyote, and how borders inform our pedagogical choices; and 3)
Call for Abstracts
Southern HIV and Alcohol Research Consortium (SHARC) 2015 Conference - HIV and Substance Use: Global Health Lessons, Local Health Impact
Deadline: November 7, 2014
Click here for more information.
Call for Papers 1st Pan-American Interdisciplinary Conference, PIC 2015 Deadline: January 25, 2015 We have the pleasure of inviting you to submit your scientific work for the 1 st Pan-American Interdisciplinary Conference, PIC 2015 which will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The conference will gather researchers from all around the globe who will present their scientific attainments in various academic disciplines. The event has an interdisciplinary concept and calls upon authors from all scientific fields to take part with their research papers. The Forum will be a great experience for its participants and a good opportunity to discuss their topics of interest, to present their personal opinions and academic achievements, as well as to transfer knowledge and best practices. It will be an opportunity to find new scientific collaborations and publish scientific papers in the conference proceedings and special edition of highly reputable scientific journal. Click here for more information.
Call for Papers Social Work & Christianity 2015 Graduate Student Paper Award
Deadline: January 31, 2014 The North American Association of Christians in Social Work is pleased to announce the creation of the annual Graduate Student Paper Award, with the winning paper to be published in Social Work & Christianity and the author to receive an Award Honorarium of $500. The purpose of this Award is to encourage and recognize excellence in scholarly work by a graduate student on issues related to the integration of Christian faith and professional social work practice and other professional concerns that have relevance to Christianity. Proposals should be no longer than 400-600 words and should be submitted by email attachment to David Sherwood, Editor, Social Work & Christianity, david@sherwoodstreet.com
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Conferences & Trainings
Ohio State University Webinar - Healthier Pregnancy: Tools and Techniques to Best Provide ACA-Covered Preventive Services
September 23, 2014, 9:00 -10:30 AM EST
Learn how to implement the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations from practitioners in the fields of obesity, alcohol, depression, intimate partner violence, tobacco, and breastfeeding. Click here for more information.
United States Conference on AIDS
October 1-5, 2014 - San Diego, CA
USCA is the largest AIDS-related gathering in the U.S., bringing together over thousands of workers from all fronts of the HIV/AIDS epidemic-from case managers and physicians, to public health workers and advocates, people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) and policy-makers-to build national support networks, exchange the latest information and learn cutting-edge tools to address the challenges of HIV/AIDS. Click here for more information.
Population Council Expert Panel - Turning the Tide for Girls and Young Women: How to Achieve an AIDS-Free Future
October 8, 2014 10:00 - 11:30 AM EDT - Washington, DC
Contact gduclayan@popcouncil.org to RSVP.
UC Davis Center for Poverty Research Presentation - Separate and Unequal in the Labor Market: Human Capital and the Jim Crow Wage Gap
October 24, 2014, 12:10 - 1:30 PM Pacific Time
Celeste Carruthers is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics and the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Tennessee. Her research focuses on the economics of education with emphases on higher education, historic education finance, public policy analysis, and applied econometrics. She is an affiliated researcher with the National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), and she is a faculty advisor to fellows in the Harvard Graduate School of Education Strategic Data Project. Marianne Wanamaker is an assistant professor of Economics at the University of Tennessee and the BB&T Scholar in Markets, Capitalism and Ethics. Her research interests include American economic history and labor economics. Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
Community Catalyst Fact Sheet - Making the Case for CHIP: Why CHIP Is Still Crucial in a Post-ACA Environment
The Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is a partnership between the federal government and states to provide health insurance for children of low- and moderate-income families who are not eligible for Medicaid. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) ensured funding for the federal share of CHIP costs would be in place through 2015; it also extended the authorization for the program until 2019. The ACA was designed assuming CHIP would continue, so reforms-such as the essential health benefits package-that make comprehensive private coverage more accessible to millions of Americans were conceived with adults, not children, in mind. Click here for more information.
The Commonwealth Fund Interactive Web Tool - All Health Care is Local: The Power of Community to Drive Improvement
In many communities across the U.S., poverty is a depressingly reliable indicator of health outcomes and health system performance, in part because access to care tends to be more limited in impoverished areas while socioeconomic challenges associated with poor health-low education levels, homelessness, and mental illness-abound. But there are some fascinating exceptions to this general rule, as The Commonwealth Fund's 2012 Scorecard on Local Health System Performance revealed. Click here for more information.
UC Davis Center for Poverty Research Policy Brief - Family Planning Programs Lift Children out of Poverty
Arguments for family planning often appeal to their potential benefits for women's reproductive health, but its benefits for children may be among their most important. Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
September 15 - October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month - Hispanics: A Legacy of History, a Present of Action and a Future of Success
According to the Library of Congress, "National Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates and recognizes the contributions Hispanic Americans have made to American society and culture and to honor five of our Central American neighbors who celebrate their Independence days in September." Click here for more information.
AIDS Blog - "What's your story?" Using Social Media to Reach Communities of Color
Health communicators from around the U.S. met last week to share and learn about evolving outreach strategies to connect with at-risk communities, to amplify the experiences of individuals coping with health issues, and to learn how to adapt health information to different social media channels. Click here for more information.
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