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January 30, 2015 || Vol. 7, Issue 5
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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
Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Research Network on Pregnancy-Related Care Program (HRSA)
Deadline: March 2, 2015
The National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC) is soliciting investigator-initiated research that will help expand and advance knowledge in three areas: 1) how best to disseminate, implement, and translate evidence-based primary prevention strategies, programs, and policies designed to reduce youth violence; 2) what works to prevent violence by rigorously evaluating primary prevention strategies, programs, and policies; and 3) research to determine ways to effectively prevent serious and lethal interpersonal or self-directed violence. Click here for more information.
Prevention Research in Mid-Life Adults (NIH)
Deadline: March 7, 2018
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) seeks to stimulate research on mid-life adults (those 50 to 64 years of age) that can inform efforts to optimize health and wellness as individuals age, and prevent illness and disability in later years. Click here for more information.
National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families Summer Graduate Research Fellowship
EXTENDED Deadline: February 6, 2015
The goal of the summer research fellowship program is to attract, develop, and expand the pool of emerging scholars focused on studying issues of relevance to low-income and vulnerable Hispanic children and families. We also want to provide advanced graduate students with the opportunity to see how rigorous research is done in a nonacademic environment and in ways that can have an impact on programmatic and policy issues of relevance to Hispanic children and families. Click here for more information.
REMINDER
Kessler Foundation Signature Employment Grants
Deadline: February 13, 2015
Signature Employment Grants are awarded nationally to fund new pilot initiatives, demonstration projects or social ventures that lead to the generation of new ideas to solve the high unemployment and underemployment of individuals with disabilities. Preference is given for interventions that overcome specific employment barriers related to long-term dependence on public assistance, advance competitive employment in a cost-effective manner, or launch a social enterprise or individual entrepreneurship project, but are not limited to these ideas. Click here for more information.
DOCTORAL STUDENT OPPORTUNITY Asian and Pacific Islanders Social Work Education Association Doctoral Fellowship
Deadline: April 30, 2015 The Asian and Pacific Islander Social Work Educators Association (APISWEA) has established two doctoral fellowships for Asian and Pacific Islander doctoral students. These fellowships will fund two doctoral students to attend the CSWE APM in 2015 in Denver, Colorado. Awardees must present their dissertation proposal at the annual APISWEA annual meeting during the CSWE APM. The objectives of these fellowships are: (1) to encourage doctoral students to share their current doctoral dissertation proposals with their colleagues and peers; and (2) to support doctoral students to attend CSWE APM. Click here for more information.
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Calls
REMINDER
Call for Papers
Special Issue of Children and Youth Services Review - The Economic Causes and Consequences of Child Maltreatment
Deadline: February 20, 2015
The articles included in this issue should empirically address one of three areas: (1) the causal role of income and material resources in child maltreatment behaviors or involvement in the child welfare system at any level; (2) the role of prevention in mediating the effects of poverty on child maltreatment behaviors or involvement with child welfare services; or (3) the effects of maltreatment, child protective services involvement, and/or foster care placement on later educational, employment, and other economic outcomes. Click here for more information.
Call for Papers
Special Issue of the Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care - Ethical Issues at the End of Life
Deadline: May 1, 2015
Ethical practice is a hallmark of excellent palliative care that occurs throughout the illness trajectory and at the end of life. A range of bio-psychosocial elements of the illness experience (diagnosis, treatment, caregiving) can raise ethical issues and problems that affect individuals, their caregivers, family members, friends, and health care professionals. For this special thematic issue, manuscripts are encouraged that report on original research, including systematic literature reviews (topics not previously well-covered in current literature) and meta-analyses, policy analysis, case studies with analysis of ethical problems, innovative educational programs and evaluated individual, family and community interventions. For more information, click here or contact Journal editor-in-chief: Ellen L. Csikai, Ph.D: ecsikai@sw.ua.edu.
Call for Papers
Special Issue of the Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care - Family Caregiving at the End of Life
Deadline: May 1, 2015
Due to the aging of the population, families increasingly provide the bulk of care provided to individuals who are nearing end of life. A range of psychosocial issues can influence the illness experience, not only for those individuals, but also for the family caregivers. For this special thematic issue, manuscripts are encouraged that report on original research, including systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses, policy analysis, program evaluation, innovative educational programs, and evaluated community interventions. Cases may be presented that demonstrate effective interventions. Manuscripts must specifically relate to palliative and/or end-of-life care topics in related to family caregiving and may focus on specific populations or care settings. Click here for more information. For more information, click here or contact Journal editor-in-chief: Ellen L. Csikai, Ph.D: ecsikai@sw.ua.edu.
Call for Papers
Special Issue of the Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work - Microaggressions and Social Work Practice, Education & Research
Deadline: June 30, 2015
While blatant forms of racism and discrimination have largely been "condemned" in our society, systematic oppression and racism can be manifested in the less obvious forms as microaggressions. This special issue provides a platform for social work researchers, educators, and practitioners to exchange their research, ideas, and practices pertaining to ways in which microaggressions and other subtle, but powerful forms of discrimination impact marginalized populations within social work and human services. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
ICPSR Webinar - Find and Apply for Restricted-use Data from NAHDAP: It's Easier than You May Think!
February 12, 2015, 1:00-2:00 PM EST
This workshop will educate researchers on how to find information about restricted-use data on the National Addiction & HIV Data Archive Program (NAHDAP) Website and how to apply online for access to these data through ICPSR's Data Access Request System (IDARS). Click here for more information and to register.
National Rural Accountable Care Consortium Webinar - Rural ACOs: The Path to a Sustainable Future
February 25, 2015, 2:00-3:30 PM EST
The National Rural Accountable Care Consortium's mission is to not only improve rural health but also to create a sustainable future for rural health systems by creating access to new payment models. Click here for more information.
Global Health and Innovation Conference 2015
March 28-29, 2015 - New Haven, CT
The Global Health & Innovation Conference ( #GHIC) is the world's leading and largest global health conference as well as the largest social entrepreneurship conference, with 2,200 professionals and students from all 50 states and more than 55 countries. This must-attend, thought-leading conference convenes leaders, changemakers, and participants from all sectors of global health, international development, and social entrepreneurship. Click here for more information.
2nd Annual South Carolina School Behavioral Health Conference
April 23-24, 2015 - Charleston, SC
The mission of the South Carolina School Behavioral Health Community is to promote student academic and personal success by reducing barriers to learning and supporting the social, emotional, and behavioral needs of youth and families. This conference is an opportunity for professionals from schools and youth-serving agencies to network, collaborate, and learn new strategies to improve behavioral health outcomes for children and families. Topics include: family-school collaboration; legal and policy considerations for school mental health services; youth engagement in behavioral health services; using rehabilitative behavioral health service funding to support multi-tiered systems in schools; interventions to prevent and address bullying; and intervention strategies to promote school engagement and prevent dropout, and more. Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
VERA Institute of Justice Policy Brief - End of An Era? The Impact of Drug Law Reform in New York City
Researchers at the Vera Institute of Justice (Vera) received funding from the National Institute of Justice to examine how the 2009 drug law reforms were implemented in New York City and the early outcomes in terms of taxpayer costs and reoffending rates. Click here for more information.
The Commonwealth Fund Issue Brief - The Rise in Health Care Coverage and Affordability Since Health Reform Took Effect
New results from the Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey, 2014, indicate that the Affordable Care Act's subsidized insurance options and consumer protections reduced the number of uninsured working-age adults from an estimated 37 million people, or 20 percent of the population, in 2010 to 29 million, or 16 percent, by the second half of 2014. Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
Federal Register - Determining Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas of Greatest Need
The scoring criteria For determining mental health professional shortage areas (Hpsa) of greatest need has been updated. Click here for more information.
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
February 7, 2015 marks the 15th year for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD), a national HIV testing and treatment community mobilization initiative targeted at Blacks in the United States and the Diaspora. The NBHAAD initiative leverages a national platform to educate, bring awareness, and mobilize the African American community. NBHAAD has four key focus areas which encourage people to: get educated about HIV and AIDS; get involved in community prevention efforts; get tested to know their status; and get treated to receive the continuum of care needed to live with HIV/AIDS. Click here for more information.
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