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October 24, 2014 || Vol. 6, Issue 43
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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
System-Level Health Services and Policy Research on Health Disparities (NIH)
Deadline: January 20, 2015
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit innovative system-level health services and policy research that can directly and demonstrably contribute to the elimination of health disparities. Click here for more information.
Data Visualization Challenge: Using Data to Improve Justice (NIJ)
Deadline: January 30, 2015
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) are launching a collaborative Data Visualization Challenge in support of the U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) Digital Strategy. This Challenge seeks data visualizations capable of expanding the use and understanding of publicly available criminal justice data. Click here for more information.
The Gerber Foundation Pediatric Research Grant
Deadline: December 1, 2014
The Gerber Foundation's mission focuses on the nutrition, care and development of infants and young children. Therefore, grant-making interests are focused on health and/or nutrition-related research having a significant impact on issues facing infants and young children from the first year before birth to age 3. The Foundation is particularly interested in fresh approaches to solving newborn or pediatric problems or emerging issues with a predictable time frame to clinical application. Projects should be focused on issues faced by care providers that, when implemented, will improve the health, nutrition and/or developmental outcomes for infants and young children. Click here for more information.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Policy-Relevant Insurance Studies (PRIS) Grant
Deadline: December 3, 2014
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is committed to expanding coverage and, as such, works to contribute to the policy process by funding timely and policy-relevant empirical research on questions related to health insurance. This solicitation seeks to fund quantitative studies that address the macro or micro effects of policies related to health insurance using appropriate empirical methods, including but not limited to micro-simulation and/or computable general equilibrium models. Click here for more information.
The Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Policy Fellowship
Deadline: December 15, 2014
The Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) is seeking applicants for SRCD Policy Fellowships for 2015-2016. There are two types of fellowships: Congressional and Executive Branch. Both types of fellowships provide researchers with exciting opportunities to come to Washington, D.C. and use their research skills in child development to inform public policy. Fellows work as resident scholars within congressional or federal agency offices. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Abstracts
6th International Meeting on Indigenous Child Health
Deadline: November 3, 2014
The International Meeting on Indigenous Child Health (IMICH), held every two years, focuses on innovative clinical care models and community-based public health approaches for children and youth in First Nations, Inuit, Métis, American Indian, Alaska Native and other Indigenous communities around the world. Click here for more information.
Call for Proposals
40th National Institute for Social Work and Human Services in Rural Areas - Building Rural and Frontier Areas
Deadline: March 30, 2015
We are particularly interested in proposals that address the following topics that relate to rural, frontier, and Native American reservation areas: improving health and human services, sustainable development, community organizing, overcoming health disparities, effective practice approaches, building social capital. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
Health Equity Initiative Webinar - Health Equity and Health Communication: Strategies to Reach the Underserved
November 13, 2014, 12:00-2:00 PM EST
This workshop will review examples of populations that experience the greatest health disparities across different health issues and settings both in the U.S. and globally; describe the essential components of communication planning to reach the underserved; appreciate the importance of increasing social support of health and community behavior; identify key communication strategies to achieve relevant behavioral and social results among vulnerable and underserved populations; discuss communication channels used by underserved populations in a variety of settings/ countries; differentiate between linguistic competence, cultural competency, and health literacy in public health practice; review relevant case studies and resources. Click here for more information.
ICPSR Webinar - Drug Use Among Young American Indians - Exploring the Data
November 13, 2014, 1:00-2:00 PM EST
The goal of the workshop is to expose investigators to the Drug Use Among Young American Indians: Epidemiology and Prediction study and the data available for 2001-2006 and 2009-2013. This data set contains detailed information on 16,590 adolescents in 7th to 12th grade in schools that had over 20% of its population self-identified as American Indian. Click here for more information.
June 8-12, 2015 - Ithaca, NY
The Institute will be an intensive experience in secondary data analysis that combines colloquia with hands-on computing time. Participants are selected on a competitive basis from a variety of disciplines including psychology, social work, and medicine. The primary goal of the Institute is to facilitate secondary analysis projects from which researchers can publish their findings. In addition, the Institute will provide child maltreatment researchers an invaluable opportunity for networking and collaboration. Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
The Commonwealth Fund Interactive Tool - What Would Happen If Health Care in the U.S. Improved?
This tool can be used to see what would happen if the U.S. were to raise its health system performance to the levels achieved elsewhere in the world. Users can select from 11 health systems compared in our report Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, 2014 Update: How the U.S. Health Care System Compares Internationally and click through a range of performance measures to see the potential for U.S. improvement. Click here for more information.
Child Trends Report - Culture Counts: Engaging Black and Latino Parents of Young Children in Family Support Programs
This report provides an overview of family support programs and aims to identify the features and strategies that may be most effective for reaching and engaging black and Latino families, with the ultimate goal of supporting young children's development. Click here for more information.
AHRQ Statistical Brief - Comparing Health Insurance Coverage and Costs for Employees in Lower-Wage versus Higher-Wage Establishments, Private Sector, 2012
This Statistical Brief compares 2012 employer-sponsored health insurance offers, enrollments, and costs for those employees working at private-sector establishments where 50 percent or more of employees were low-wage (referred to as "lower-wage establishments") versus those working where less than 50 percent of employees were low-wage (referred to as "higher-wage establishments"). Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
Wall Street Journal - Without Social Security Income, A Majority of U.S. Seniors Would Be Poor
A majority of U.S. seniors would be poor if Social Security were excluded from their incomes, according to a report on poverty released by the Census Bureau. Click here for more information.
Child Trends - New Source for Research on Hispanic Kids and Families
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About SWRnet
Formerly known as the IASWR Listserv, SWRnet (Social Work Research Network) was launched in October 2009 to continue serving the social work research community by providing regular updates on funding opportunities, calls for papers, conference deadlines and newly published research. Help others subscribe by forwarding these announcements using the Forward to a Colleague function at the end of the email. |
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