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February 6, 2015 || Vol. 7, Issue 6
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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
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) in US-based populations. 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.
Rapid Response Rural Data Analysis and Issue Specific Rural Research Studies (HRSA)
Deadline: March 30, 2015
This announcement solicits applications for the Rapid Response Rural Data Analysis and Issue Specific Rural Research Studies program. The purpose of this program is to assist rural communities with conducting rapid data analyses and short term issue-specific rural research studies to understand the impact of current and proposed policies and regulations as well as provide information that will improve access to health care and population health in rural America. Click here for more information.
The CDC National Centers of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention: Building the Evidence for Community- and Policy-Level Prevention (CDC)
Deadline: May 4, 2015
The purpose of this announcement is to fund Youth Violence Prevention Centers (YVPCs) to advance the science and practice of youth violence prevention and to reduce youth violence in one or more geographically defined, high-burden communities by implementing and evaluating a community- or policy-level prevention strategy or combination of such strategies. Click here for more information.
Maternal Nutrition and Pre-pregnancy Obesity: Effects on Mothers, Infants and Children (NIH)
Deadline: May 7, 2018
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages applications to improve health outcomes for women, infants and children, by stimulating interdisciplinary research focused on maternal nutrition and pre-pregnancy obesity. Maternal health significantly impacts not only the mother but also the intrauterine environment, and subsequently fetal development and the health of the newborn. Click here for more information.
Columbia University HIV, Substance Abuse, and Criminal Justice Pre- and Post-Doctoral Fellowship Program
Deadline: Rolling
This program provides training for the next generation of pre- and post-doctoral scholars in the prevention, treatment, and care of HIV and drug abuse among individuals in the criminal justice system with a strong emphasis on individuals involved in alternatives to incarceration and community supervision (e.g., diversion programs, probation, and community and drug courts) who are affected by health disparities. The training program provides a combination of activities-spanning didactic to hands-on experience as well as involving individual, group, and peer learning-to ensure Fellows have a strong knowledge foundation and an ability to independently conduct research. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Papers
Journal of Indigenous Social Development
Deadline: Open
JISD is dedicated to improving social work practice and expanding knowledge relevant to indigenous peoples' social and economic welfare. The mission of JISD is to advance knowledge and understanding of indigenous peoples' efforts to sustain their life ways and values, grow their perspectives and options in a changing world, utilize best practices (traditional and contemporary) and research (from the range of disciplines including science, business, the arts, health care, education, etc.) in their social and economic well-being, development and growth. We welcome practice, conceptual and empirical manuscripts from junior and senior authors from the United States and internationally. Click here for more information.
REMINDER
Call for Abstracts
American Public Health Association 2015 Annual Conference: Health in All Policies Public Health Social Work Section
Deadline: February 13, 2015
Public Health Social Work Special Focus Areas include (but are not limited to): role of Social Workers in the ACA; role of Social Work in the National Prevention Strategy; moving from disparity to equity; advocacy in policy practice; equity in policy; policy for the changing face of the United States; widening the lens of social work practice in health; models of Public Health Social Work; international Social Work; social policy and social work outcomes. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
National Research Center on Hispanic Children and Families Webinar - Characteristics and Experiences of Low-Income Hispanic Families and Households
February 11, 2015, 1:30-2:30 PM EST
Please join the National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families for a webinar, which will answer two fundamental questions regarding low-income Hispanic families: how are they formed and structured, and what do those households look like? Respondents will address the implications of this research for programs and policy. Click here for more information and to register.
REMINDER
36th Annual UNC Minority Health Conference - Reaching for the American Dream: Economic Mobility and Minority Health
February 27, 2015 - Chapel Hill, NC
The Minority Health Conference is the largest and longest running student-led health conference in the country. The conference aims to raise awareness around health disparities and mobilize students, academics, and community members to take action for change. Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
OPRE Report - Human Services for Low-Income and At-Risk LGBT Populations: An Assessment of the Knowledge Base and Research Needs
This report discusses what is known about low-income and at-risk lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and their interactions with human services, especially services funded by ACF, and identifies important areas for further research. Click here for more information.
IOM Report - A Framework for Assessing Effects of the Food System
The U.S. food supply chain is deeply interconnected with human and environmental health, as well as social and economic systems. To arrive at a decision whose benefits outweigh its risks, decision makers must carefully consider a broad range of effects and interactions across the health, environmental, social, and economic domains. To aid in this complex analytical process, the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council convened an expert committee to develop a framework to assist in food and agriculture decision making. The committee's report, A Framework for Assessing Effects of the Food System, sponsored by The JPB Foundation, presents guiding principles and practical steps to help stakeholders weigh tradeoffs and choose policies that integrate benefits and risks across various domains. Click here for more information.
West Coast Poverty Center Research Brief - Get a Job: Labor Markets, Economic Opportunity, and Crime
Scholars have observed that there is not a consistent relationship between increasing unemployment rates and increasing crime rates at the macroeconomic level. In Get a Job: Labor Markets, Economic Opportunity, and Crime, WCPC Affiliate and Professor of Sociology Robert Crutchfield takes a more nuanced look at the relationship between the economy and crime. Rather than focusing solely on unemployment rates, Crutchfield argues that we must examine the structure of economic opportunities and individuals' relative access to those opportunities to understand criminality and crime rates. Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
NPR - End Of Life Care Can Be Different For Veterans
Many veterans who served in World War II and the Korean War are now finding themselves needing end-of-life care. These vets are served by hospice care facilities across the country. But caring for vets isn't always the same as caring for others: as veterans approach the end of life, old traumas can resurface or appear for the first time. Click here for more information.
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About SWRnet
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