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November 21, 2014 || Vol. 6, Issue 47
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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
Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series (NIH)
Deadline: November 17, 2016
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages Research Conference Grant (R13) applications to conduct health disparities-related meetings, workshops, and symposia. The purpose of the Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series is to bring together academic institutions and community organizations to identify opportunities for reducing health disparities through the use of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR). The objectives of meetings conducted as part of this award will be to: (1) establish and/or enhance existing academic-community partnerships; (2) identify community-driven research priorities; and (3) develop long-term collaborative CBPR research agendas. Click here for more information.
Cancer Prevention, Control, Behavioral Sciences, and Population Sciences Career Development Award (NIH)
Deadline: January 7, 2018
The purpose of the Cancer Prevention, Control, Behavioral Sciences, and Population Sciences Career Development Award (K07) is to support the career development of junior investigators with research or health professional doctoral degrees who want to become cancer-focused academic researchers in cancer prevention, cancer control, or the behavioral or population sciences. Click here for more information.
Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar Awards
Deadline: January 15, 2015
Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar Awards are open to U.S. scholars who have recently completed their doctoral degree (or other terminal degree) - typically within the five previous years. Postdoctoral awards are available in STEM fields, the arts, humanities and social sciences. These grants present an excellent opportunity for recently minted scholars to deepen their expertise, to acquire new skills, to work with additional resources and to make connections with others in their fields. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Participation
Culture of Health Reader Poll: Eliminating Health Disparities
Deadline: November 24, 2014
For the inaugural Culture of Health Reader Poll, a RWJF panel of experts considered research published in 2014-including external and Foundation-supported research-that highlights the identification and elimination of disparities in health care. The panel has nominated their top four finalists. Now it is your turn. Let us know which of the finalists you find most influential to the field. Click here for more information.
Call for Abstracts 11th Annual Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Health Workforce Research Conference
Deadline: January 9, 2015
The AAMC is currently soliciting abstracts for research presentations related to the health workforce at the 11th Annual AAMC Health Workforce Research Conference. The theme this year is: " Transforming the Health Workforce: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly." The Conference Advisory Committee is most interested in research that informs workforce policy. Both quantitative and qualitative research submissions will be considered. Click here for more information.Call for Papers
Special Issue of School Mental Health -
Deadline: January 16, 2015
The growing awareness of the prevalence and consequences of adverse childhood experiences has introduced issues of trauma into national conversations focused on educational reform and school safety. The special issue will be framed by an Introduction and two manuscripts focused on the latest research on the impact of trauma on students and emerging practices aimed at integrating trauma-informed approaches into public schools to create safe and supportive school environments that address the needs of students exposed to trauma. Click here for more information.
Call for Papers
International Journal of School Social Work (IJSSW)
Deadline: Rolling
The IJSSW will strive to inform school social work practice both in the United States and abroad and includes a focus on e vidence-based articles (original research-case studies, secondary data analysis, qualitative , and quantitative studies) and evidence-informed practices (critical reviews of established interventions in schools e.g. systematic reviews of researched practices). Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
The Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (CECANF) Research Roundtable
December 4, 2014 - Philadelphia, PA
The purpose of the meeting is for Commission members to meet with national and international researchers to obtain: A more in-depth understanding of the use of predictive analytics for identifying children at an increased risk for fatalities and near fatalities; a research perspective on how current national data collection systems could be enhanced to better inform practice and policy; information about additional research that could lead to a better understanding of the issue of child abuse and neglect fatalities. Click here for more information. Click here to register.
Millersville University 2nd Annual Global Well-Being Conference -
Exploitation of Women and Children: Global Perspectives
June 11-12, 2015 - Millersville, PA
For the 2014-2015 academic year, the Learning Institute is focused on the exploitation of women and children. On a global scale, women and children face similar challenges including poverty, inadequate healthcare, limited educational opportunities, sexual exploitation, gender inequality, homelessness, violence, and family dysfunction. Though experiences differ in terms of chronicity, intensity, and impact, in all women and children they create stress and trauma that compromise well being. Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
New Dataset Available - Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Policies Database, 2013
The CCDF Policies Database project is a comprehensive, up-to-date database of inter-related sources of CCDF policy information that support the needs of a variety of audiences through (1) Analytic Data Files and (2) a Book of Tables. These are made available to researchers, administrators, and policymakers with the goal of addressing important questions concerning the effects of alternative child care subsidy policies and practices on the children and families served, specifically parental employment and self-sufficiency, the availability and quality of care, and children's development. Click here for more information.
New Dataset Available - National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE), 2010-2014
The National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) is a set of four integrated, nationally representative surveys conducted in 2012. These were surveys of (1) households with children under 13, (2) home-based providers (3) center-based providers, and (4) the center-based provider workforce. The National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) documents the nation's current utilization and availability of early care and education (including school-age care), in order to deepen the understanding of the extent to which families' needs and preferences coordinate well with providers' offerings and constraints. Click here for more information.
Commonwealth Fund Issue Brief - Too High a Price: Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs in the United States
Whether they have health insurance through an employer or buy it on their own, Americans are paying more out-of-pocket for health care now than they did in the past decade. A Commonwealth Fund survey fielded in the fall of 2014 asked consumers about these costs. Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
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About SWRnet
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