October 10, 2014  || Vol. 6, Issue 41
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Funding OpportunitiesFunding       
Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research Centers (NIH)
Deadline: December 22, 2014
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages grant applications to support a transdisciplinary program of basic and applied research to examine the effects of environmental factors on childrens health and well-being. Research conducted through the Centers should include substantive areas of science in childrens health while incorporating innovative technologies and approaches and links to the environment. This program encourages strong links between disciplines in the basic, applied, clinical and public health sciences to prevent disease and promote health of all children. Click here for more information.

Epidemiology of Drug Abuse (NIH)
Deadline: September 7, 2017
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is intended to support research projects to enhance our understanding of the nature, extent, distribution, etiology, comorbidities, and consequences of drug use, abuse, and addiction across individuals, families, communities, and diverse population groups. This FOA strongly encourages applications that reflect the breadth of epidemiology research by addressing multiple levels of risk, resilience, and causation across scientific disciplines; by applying novel methods to advance knowledge of the interplay among genetic, environmental, and developmental factors and between social environments and associated health and disease outcomes; and by building on the research investments of NIH and sister HHS agencies to harness existing data on the epidemiology and etiology of drug abuse to improve public health prevention and treatment programs. Click here for more information.

Pregnancy in Women with Disabilities (NIH)
Deadline: January 7, 2017
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) encourages research project grants (R01) investigating the incidence, course, and outcomes of pregnancy among women with disabilities. Areas of interest also include studies to inform preconceptional and antenatal counseling and strategies for addressing barriers to prenatal care, and management of pregnancy, the puerperium, and the transition to parenthood in order to optimize outcomes for women with physical, intellectual and developmental, and/or sensory disabilities and their families. Applicants are encouraged to include women with disabilities and members of the community in the design and conduct of their research. Click here for more information.

The Midlife in the United States Study (NIH)
Deadline: January 7, 2018
The purpose of this FOA is to solicit an application for the next 5-year cycle of the Midlife in the United States (MIDUS) Study, a National Longitudinal Study of Health and Well-being. The goals of this next phase are to complete the third wave of longitudinal data collection and enhance content in the area of daily stress; complete the second wave of data collection of clinical biomarkers and affective neuroscience assessments; continue innovative sub-studies such as how psychosocial influences affect gene expression and novel methods to track and reinstate non-responders; connect these content areas through innovative analyses to data on health, functioning, personality, cognitive status, affective functioning, economic well-being, social relationships, and well-being; and maintain and enhance data distribution and user support. A central goal of the MIDUS study is to support data dissemination, user support of public use files, and encourage data use broadly by the scientific community. Click here for more information.

The Robert Bowne Foundation National After School Matters Initiative Grant
Deadline: November 14, 2014
National Institute on Out-of-School Time on behalf of the Robert Bowne Foundation is pleased to announce the 2015 National Afterschool Matters Edmund A. Stanley, Jr. Research Grants. The grant aims to: generate and disseminate research about organizations serving youth during the out-of-school hours; build a network of scholars studying organizations serving youth during the out-of-school hours; and contribute to basic knowledge and the improvement of practice and policy in the area of youth programs during the out-of-school hours. Click here for more information.
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Call for Abstracts
Society for Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR) 2015 Conference - Maximizing Injury Research to Benefit All 
Deadline: October 17, 2014
The theme for the 2015 conference is "Maximizing Injury Research to Benefit All". During this SAVIR Meeting, we will be focusing on how injury research can best promote positive behaviors and policies that have impact throughout the lifespan and across diverse populations. Click here for more information.

Call for Papers
Special Issue of Epidemiologic Reviews - 
Gun Violence: Risk, Consequences, and Prevention

Deadline: December 15, 2014
Submission of review articles is now solicited on content and method topics for this theme. Examples include the relationship between gun laws and homicide, the risk attributed to mental illness, suicide risk attributed to availability and accessibility of guns, the role of guns in domestic violence, the relationship between substance abuse and gun violence, trends in emergency medical response and case-fatality rates, risk factors and prevention of mass shooting, peer influences on perpetration and victimization risks, efficacy of law enforcement interventions directed at gun violence, and community and societal characteristics associated with risk for gun violence. Please note that reviews on other epidemiologic aspects of gun violence are also welcome. 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. Click here for more information.

Call for Papers
Contemporary Rural Social Work 
Deadline: January 15, 2015
This online journal is devoted to the development of knowledge about rural social work and to the promotion of excellence in rural practice. Feature articles, Practice Notes, Teaching Notes, Book Reviews, and Poetry are considered for publication. 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
Social Work & Christianity 2015 Graduate Student Paper Award
Deadline: January 31, 2015
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

Call for Self-Nominations
Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal Editorial Board
Invitations are extended to members of the social work community to apply for a three-year appointment to the journal's new 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 doctoral degree, post-MSW practice experience, and having authored a number of scholarly publications related to social work practice with children, adolescents and their families. Click here for more information.
Conferences & Trainingsconf
ChildTrends Webinar - Scaling an Effective Intervention: How to Build Implementation Capacity, Replicate with Fidelity, and Produce Consistent Outcomes
October 14, 2014, 3:00-4:30 PM EDT

Evidence-based programs and practices are often researched under ideal conditions. When practitioners attempt to replicate them in real life, they are not able to implement the interventions with fidelity to the original model. 

Join us in a conversation with Dr. Fixsen to hear what it takes to improve social outcomes on a large scale by making effective use of existing interventions. Click here for more information and to register.

ASPPH Presents Webinar: A Vision for the Acceleration of Global Health Data for Science and Policy
October 16, 2014, 3:30-4:30 PM EDT
This webinar, sponsored by the ASPPH Global Health Committee, will discuss the importance of using routinely collected public health data to inform public health science and policy and will present one model for such data sharing and use. Click here to register.
Research Publications & Data Resourcesdata 
Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE) Review Results
The HomVEE review has just released the results of the 2014 review, as well as other content. Click here for more information.

ChildTrends Research Brief - Profiles of Adolescents Who Are Not in Good Health
This brief uses data from the 2011/2012 National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH) to describe adolescents who are in poor health and compare their personal, family, and neighborhood characteristics to those of healthier adolescents. Click here for more information.
News & Noticesnews  
The New Social Worker Column - Achieving Racial Equity Through Social Work

HHS Press Release - HHS Awards $3.2 million to Help Support Minority Enrollment in Health Insurance Coverage
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS), Office of Minority Health (OMH) announced $3.2 million in grant awards to 13 organizations to help support health coverage enrollment of racial and ethnic minorities. The new Partnerships to Increase Coverage in Communities (PICC) Initiative will help identify, inform and enroll minority populations in the Health Insurance Marketplace (Marketplace). Click here for more information.
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