December 19, 2014  || Vol. 6, Issue 50
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Funding OpportunitiesFunding       
Creating Asthma Empowerment Collaborations to Reduce Childhood Asthma Disparities (NIH)
Deadline: February 20, 2015
The purpose of this FOA is to support investigators planning a clinical trial to evaluate Asthma Care Implementation Programs (ACIP) for chidren at high risk of poor asthma outcomes. Investigators must propose an ACIP for this population that translates research into community practice by integrating interventions with demonstrated efficacy from multiple sectors into a comprehensive program. Each proposed evidence-based intervention within the ACIP must address at least one of the following different sectors that can contribute to a system of care for children: medical care, family, home, and community. Click here for more information.

Evaluating Structural, Economic, Environmental, or Policy Primary Prevention Strategies for Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence (CDC)

Deadline: March 5, 2015
The purpose of this announcement is to support research to rigorously evaluate structural, economic, environmental, or policy strategies for the primary prevention of intimate partner violence and/or sexual violence (IPV and/or SV). The proposed research will add to the limited knowledge base on effective strategies for IPV and/or SV prevention by evaluating the use of community-level approaches that change one or more of the social, economic, behavioral, or environmental characteristics of a community in order to prevent and reduce rates of IPV and/or SV perpetration, victimization or both perpetration and victimization. Click here for more information.

Mobile Messaging Intervention to Present New HIV Prevention (CDC)
Deadline: March 16, 2015
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to develop and test a mobile messaging (e.g., texting, App) HIV prevention intervention for sexually-active (i.e., had sex with a man in the prior 12 months) gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM). Click here for more information.

Brandeis University Lurie Institute for Disability Policy Post Doctoral Research Training
Deadline: February 1, 2015

We invite applications from qualified candidates for two-year fellowships. Advanced training is available under the mentorship of the nationally-recognized faculty of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management. The primary goal of this fellowship is to prepare scholars to conduct rigorous research that can be applied in today's complex policy environment. Training of post-doctoral fellows will include immediate engagement in an existing research program coupled with opportunities to develop skills in preparing grant proposals, managing research projects, developing scholarly articles and scientific presentations and disseminating findings to advocates and policy makers. Fellows will also have the opportunity to develop their own independent research programs. Click here for more information.

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Call for Studies
Mathematica Policy Research HomeVEE
Deadline: January 12, 2015
Mathematica Policy Research is seeking studies for a comprehensive review of the evidence base for home visiting programs. The review is being conducted for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by Mathematica and will be used to help inform policy, new initiatives, and program directions at the federal level. The purpose of this new Call for Studies is to continue and update the existing evidence review, conducted over the past five years. Click here for more information.

Call for Abstracts
Xavier University of Louisiana  Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education 8th Health Disparities Conference -  From Cataloging Health Disparities to Creating Health Equity: Effective Models to Equalize Outcomes
Deadline: January 16, 2015
The conference, which convenes March 12-14, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana, will focus on replicable interprofessional collaborative models and approaches from the clinical, research, and community arenas that integrate all levels of providers to improve health outcomes, eliminate health disparities, and achieve health equity. Click here for more information.

Call for Papers

Special Issue of The Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment - Police Shooting of Unarmed African American Males: Implications for the Individual, Family, and the Community
Deadline: January 25, 2015
This interdisciplinary special theme issue of The Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment is dedicated to scholarly contributions, practice wisdom, solution-based, and evidence-based community interventions that are effective in addressing the perennial disproportionality of police brutality, and killings of African American males.   The special issue editors welcome manuscript submissions that address police shooting of unarmed African American males and explain how the confluence and intersections of historic, contemporary, socioeconomic, legal, and political factors contribute to social inequities against African American males and their interactions with law enforcement agents. Click here for more information.

Call for Presentations
Millersville University 2nd Annual Global Well-Being Conference - Exploitation of Women and Children: Global Perspectives
Deadline: January 30, 2015

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.This year's conference, Exploitation of Women and Children: Global Perspectives invites presentations (poster format, paper, roundtable, and workshop) that investigate challenges faced by women and children here and abroad. Click here for more information.  

 

Call for Abstracts 

2015 Healthy Aging Summit 

Deadline: February 2, 2015

The Healthy Aging Summit goals are to explore the science on healthy aging, identify knowledge gaps that need to be filled, promote the role of prevention and preventive services in improving quality of life in later years, and mobilize action to improve the delivery of care for those aging in place or in transition.Authors are encouraged to submit abstracts for oral or poster presentations in one or more of the following Summit tracks: Social and community context, quality of life in aging, health and health care, neighborhood and built environment. Click here for more information. 

Conferences & Trainingsconf
FamiliesUSA Health Action 2015
January 22-24, 2015 - Washington, DC 

For 20 years, the Health Action Conference has been the heart of advocacy for health reform in the nation and in the states. At Health Action 2015, you will: Learn about what the next steps are for building progress on health reform in 2015 and beyond; hear powerful speeches from state and national leaders, including members of the Administration and Congress; discover how state advocates are pushing for consumer engagement, quality improvements, and more affordable health coverage; share field

strategies and tactics, and strengthen advocacy skills; and network with state and local advocates from across the country. Click here for more information.


AcademyHealth National Health Policy Conference
February 9-10, 2015 - Washington, DC

AcademyHealth's National Health Policy Conference (NHPC) provides an in-depth perspective on the nation's health policy agenda. Now in its 15th year, the meeting is designed to provide clarity on the most critical health care issues and immediate policy priorities, with expert analysis from health policy insiders. Click here for more information.

28th Annual Rural Health Care Leadership Conference
July 23-25, 2015 - San Francisco, CA

The 2015 Rural Health Care Leadership Conference brings together top practitioners and thinkers to share strategies and resources for accelerating the shift to a more integrated, high performing, and sustainable rural health care system. Click here for more information.   

Research Publications & Data Resourcesdata 
New Dataset Available - A Prospective Study of Psychiatric Comorbidity and Recidivism Among Repeat DUI Offenders
Psychiatric comorbidity has emerged as a key element distinguishing DUI offenders from others, and, in some cases, distinguishing repeat offenders from first-time offenders. This study utilizes a prospective design to determine whether the comorbid disorders identified among repeat DUI offenders can predict recidivism. Seven hundred forty-three repeat DUI offenders were recruited from a two-week inpatient treatment program at which they received a standardized mental health assessment and followed across five years post-treatment to track DUI offense, motor vehicle-related offenses, and general criminal offenses. Click here for more information.

The Commonwealth Fund Issue Brief - Realizing Health Reform's Potential: Why a National High-Risk Insurance Pool Is Not a Workable Alternative to the Marketplace

The Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP) was a national high-risk pool established under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to provide coverage for individuals with preexisting conditions who had been uninsured for at least six months. It was intended to be a temporary program: PCIPs opened in 2010 and closed in April 2014. At that point, those with preexisting conditions could shop for health insurance in the marketplaces, where plans are prevented from using applicants' health status to deny coverage or charge more. This issue brief draws on the PCIP experience to outline why national high-risk pools, which continue to be proposed as policy alternatives to ACA coverage expansions, are expensive to enrollees as well as their administrators and ultimately unsustainable. The key lesson-and the principle on which the ACA is built-is that insurance works best when risk is evenly spread across a broad population. Click here for more information.

USDA Report - Measuring Access to Healthful, Affordable Food in American
Indian and Alaska Native Tribal Areas

American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) populations have about twice the rate of
nutrition-related health conditions, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity, as non-Hispanic White Americans. The authors found likely sources of healthful, affordable food to be limited in many tribal areas, a factor that may influence diet and food choices. Click here for more information. 
News & Noticesnews  
Huffington Post - Aging in Place: An Intergenerational Priority
Increasingly, older adults want to stay in their own homes, neighborhoods, and towns even if this necessitates specialized services to maintain their independence. But "aging in place" will require a shift in the way our society thinks about the role of communities and the way services are delivered to individuals. Click here for more information.
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