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February 13, 2015 || Vol. 7, Issue 7
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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
Pilot Effectiveness Studies and Services Research Grants (NIH)
Deadline: February 19, 2015
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage pilot research consistent with NIMHs priorities for: 1) effectiveness research on interventions with previously demonstrated efficacy, for use with broader target populations or for use in community practice settings, and 2) innovative services research directions that require preliminary testing or development. Applications should provide resources for evaluating the feasibility, tolerability, acceptability and safety of approaches to improve mental health and modify risk factors, and for obtaining the preliminary data needed as a pre-requisite to a larger-scale intervention trial (e.g., comparative effectiveness study, practical trial) or large-scale services study. Click here for more information.
Evaluating Innovative and Promising Strategies to Prevent Suicide among Middle-Aged Men (CDC)
Deadline: March 5, 2015
The purpose of this announcement, RFA-CE-15-004, is to support research to rigorously evaluate the effectiveness of innovative and promising programs or policies to prevent suicidal self-directed violence (called suicidal behavior herein) and reduce proximal outcomes among middle-aged males, ages 35-64. The results from this research will expand the evidence base of effective and scalable suicide prevention strategies for middle-aged men. Click here for more information.
Use of Social Media to Improve Engagement, Retention, and Health Outcomes along the HIV Care Continuum - Demonstration Sites (HRSA)
Deadline: April 3, 2015
This announcement solicits applications for the Special Projects of National Significance Program (SPNS) initiative, Use of Social Media to Improve Engagement, Retention, and Health Outcomes along the HIV Care Continuum Demonstration Sites. The purpose of this grant program is to support organizations that will implement, evaluate and disseminate findings from innovative methods for identifying, linking, retaining and improving health outcomes for HIV positive underserved, underinsured, hard-to-reach youth and young adults in HIV primary care and supportive services through the use of social media. Click here for more information.
Rural Health Clinic Policy and Clinical Assessment Program (HRSA)
Deadline: April 7, 2015
This announcement solicits applications for the Rural Health Clinic Policy and Clinical Assessment Program. The purpose of this program is to identify key policy, regulatory and clinical challenges facing Rural Health Clinics (RHCs) and identify possible solutions, while also informing them and other rural stakeholders about key RHC issues, including regulatory and programmatic changes that affect care delivery in these locations. Click here for more information.
Hunter College Silberman School of Social Work Moses Visiting Professorship
Deadline: March 28, 2015
The Moses Visiting Professorship was endowed to bring a scholar of distinguished reputation to work with faculty and students in a particular area of study.The Moses Visiting Professorship is reserved for distinguished scholars with expertise in a specific area of inquiry and/or practice of relevance to social work and social work education. The Moses Professor must have active scholarship with a trajectory for continued productivity. During the visit, the Moses Visiting Professor is expected to expand and enhance a current area of scholarly, pedagogical, or practice interest at the School; work with the faculty and student body on related research and scholarship opportunities; and enhance the visibility and prominence of the School within the academic and professional community. For 2015-2016, we are especially interested in applicants with a strong record in organizational management and leadership or community organizing practice. Click here for more information.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Postdoctoral Research Associate
Deadline: Ongoing
The Family Resiliency Center at the University of Illinois seeks up to two postdoctoral research associates, to begin as early as August 2015. Preference will be given to candidates with expertise in: 1) quantitative and mixed-method approaches in measuring family resiliency; 2) prevention of childhood obesity; 3) early childhood nutrition; 4) household food insecurity and child well-being; and 5) program development and evaluation with vulnerable families. The fellowship provides opportunities for early career development, publication, supervision by national research leaders, and experience working on interdisciplinary teams. Click here for more information.
DOCTORAL STUDENT OPPORTUNITY
National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Awards - Sociology Program
Deadline: March 2, 2015
The Sociology Program supports basic research on all forms of human social organization -- societies, institutions, groups and demography -- and processes of individual and institutional change. The Program encourages theoretically focused empirical investigations aimed at improving the explanation of fundamental social processes. Included is research on organizations and organizational behavior, population dynamics, social movements, social groups, labor force participation, stratification and mobility, family, social networks, socialization, gender roles, and the sociology of science and technology. The Program supports both original data collections and secondary data analysis that use the full range of quantitative and qualitative methodological tools. Theoretically grounded projects that offer methodological innovations and improvements for data collection and analysis are also welcomed. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Proposals
Annual Symposium of the International Association for Social Work with Groups (IASWG)
Deadline: February 15, 2015
The IASWG Annual Symposium brings together group workers from around the globe. With roots in the Settlement House movement, group work has proudly embraced the tradition of creating a space for all voices. With a focus on mutual aid, empowerment, respect for diversity, equal participation, inclusion, and non-judgmental acceptance, group workers deter oppression by widening the circle to create a space for all voices. Click here for more information.
REMINDER
Call for Papers
Special Issue of Traumatology - Trauma, Aging, and Well-Being
Deadline: February 15, 2015
In response to a large gap in the literature, Traumatology is pleased to announce a call for papers with a forensic and interdisciplinary focus on the topics of trauma, aging, and well-being, particularly life course and cumulative trauma among older persons from diverse backgrounds and locations. Contributions should target innovation and new possibilities for theory, research, practice, program evaluation, policy, and advocacy in one of the following key areas: causes, correlates and consequences; mediating and moderating mechanisms; prevention, assessment, and intervention; human rights, policy, and advocacy. Click here for more information.
REMINDER
Call for Proposals
The Network for Social Work Management 26th Annual Conference - Social Work Management: Impacting Communities and Changing Lives
Deadline: February 16, 2015
The Network for Social Work Management brings together managers, researchers, educators, practitioners, and emerging leaders from multiple disciplines to advance new knowledge and innovative practice for the 21st century health and human services. This year's theme challenges us to think about the critical role social work managers play in lives of communities and individuals. Rising diversity along with disparities compels inclusive excellence, attention to human rights, adaptive leadership and innovative practices. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
SUNY Albany Webinar: Confronting Health Disparities in African American Communities
February 19, 2015, 9:00-10:00 AM EST
African Americans live sicker and die younger than any other ethnic group in the nation. African Americans have the largest death rates from heart disease and stroke compared with other racial and ethnic populations. This program focuses on the reality of African-American health disparity-why it exists and the impact of environment, income and other determinants of health on the incidence of diabetes, obesity and heart disease within African American communities, and what can be done about it. Click here for more information. Click here to register.
4th Annual African American Symposium on Disabilities
February 27, 2015 - Phoenix, AZ
The symposium focuses on culturally-relevant issues, tools, and resources for parents, families, self-advocates, and professionals. Click here for more information.
Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) Annual Meeting
March 9-10, 2015 - Washington, DC
The COSSA Annual Meeting brings together representatives from throughout the social and behavioral science community for a day of discussion on federal issues impacting social and behavioral science research. It provides an opportunity for COSSA members to engage directly with leaders of federal science agencies, Congressional staff, and colleagues from other associations and institutions. Click here for more information.
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health Symposium - Complex Survey Data Analysis with SUDAAN and the SAS Survey Procedures
March 11-13 ,2015 - Atlanta, GA
Health researchers in academia, all levels of government, and business frequently need to conduct secondary analyses of publically available datasets from U.S. national and state health surveys that use probability sampling. However, training in this statistical specialty is not routinely included in public health degree programs. Health survey data (e.g. NHIS, NHANES, and BRFSS) obtained from probability sampling typically are stratified, clustered and weighted in accordance with the complex sampling plan that was used. Specialized survey software packages that recognize these design features must be used for valid statistical analyses and appropriate statistical inferences. Researchers in disciplines other than health face the same issue with publically released complex survey data available in agriculture, manufacturing, economics, crime, housing, transportation, and education. Click here for more information and to register.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
New Dataset Available - Social Capital and Children's Development: A randomized controlled trial conducted in 52 schools in Phoenix and San Antonio, 2008-2013
The Social Capital and Children's Development data were collected in a study of the causal effects of social capital on levels and inequalities of children's social and cognitive development during the early elementary years. The study included 52 schools in Phoenix and San Antonio, including 3,084 first graders and their families, and over 200 teachers, with half the schools randomly selected for the intervention and half serving as controls. Children from low-income Latino families were a special focus of the study. The experimental design of this study allowed for testing of the causal role of social capital. Click here for more information.
New Dataset Available - National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) Child File, FFY 2013
The National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) Child File dataset consists of child-specific data of all investigated reports of maltreatment to State child protective service agencies. The NCANDS is a federally-sponsored national data collection effort created for the purpose of tracking the volume and nature of child maltreatment reporting each year within the United States. The Child File is the case-level component of the NCANDS. There is also an NCANDS State-level component, known as the Agency File, but those data are not part of this collection. Child File data are collected annually through the voluntary participation of States. Participating States submit their data after going through a process in which the State's administrative system is mapped to the NCANDS data structure. Submitted data consist of all investigations or assessments of alleged child maltreatment that received a disposition in the reporting year. Records are provided at the level of each child on a report, also known as the report-child pair. Data elements include the demographics of children and their perpetrators, types of maltreatment, investigation or assessment dispositions, risk factors, and services provided as a result of the investigation or assessment. Click here for more information and to gain access to these freely available data.
ChildTrends Research Brief Summary - Early Care and Education Choices, Quality, and Continuity for Low-Income Families: New Findings from the Maryland-Minnesota Child Care Research Partnership
The purpose of the Maryland-Minnesota Child Care Research Partnership is to collect information about low-income families' experiences with early care and education for their young children that can be used to improve state policies and practices. Child care subsidies that provide financial assistance to eligible low-income families are a focal topic of the research conducted by the Partnership and a subject of four new research briefs, summarized here. Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
The Atlantic - Rural America's Silent Housing Crisis
Accounting for only 20 percent of the population, residents of more isolated areas struggle to find a safe, affordable place to live-and to make anyone else care. Click here for more information.
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