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April 17, 2015 || Vol. 7, Issue 16
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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
Empowering Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities through Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Programs (ACL)
Deadline: June 1, 2015
This funding opportunity is designed to bring to scale and sustain evidence-based self-management education programs that empower older adults and adults with disabilities from underserved areas and populations to better manage their chronic conditions. The grants are intended to increase the number of chronic disease self-management education program participants, while concurrently increasing the sustainability of these proven programs through innovative funding arrangements and by embedding the programs into the nation's health and long-term services and supports systems. Click here for more information.
Graduate Research Fellowship Program for Criminal Justice Statistics (DOJ)
Deadline: June 10, 2015
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is seeking applications under its Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) Program. This program provides awards to accredited universities for doctoral research that uses criminal justice data or statistical series and focuses on crime, violence, and other criminal justice-related topics. BJS invests in doctoral education by supporting universities that sponsor students who demonstrate the potential to complete doctoral degree programs successfully in disciplines relevant to the mission of BJS, and who are in the final stages of graduate study. Click here for more information. Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation Faculty/Post-Doctoral Research Grant Program Deadline: November 1, 2015 Grants of up to $20,000 are available to help support the research of faculty members or post-doctoral researchers affiliated with non-profit human service organizations in the United States and Canada. Areas of interest to the Fund are: studies to develop, refine, evaluate, or disseminate innovative interventions designed to prevent or ameliorate major social, psychological, behavioral or public health problems affecting children, adults, couples, families, or communities, or studies that have the potential for adding significantly to knowledge about such problems. Click here for more information.
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Calls
REMINDER
Call for Abstracts
Addiction Health Services Research (AHSR) Conference 2015: Navigating a Changing Healthcare Landscape
Deadline: May 15, 2015
The UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP) in collaboration with the Pacific Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center (PSATTC) is pleased to announce the 2015 Addiction Health Services Research (AHSR) Conference .AHSR 2015 is accepting abstract submissions in areas of research related to the overall conference theme of "Navigating a Changing Healthcare Landscape." Submissions are encouraged (but not required) to address the following topics: innovations in addiction health services delivery; equity and disparities in addiction treatment services; methodologies: From qualitative research to big data. Click here for more information.
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Call for Proposals
Rural HIV Research and Training Conference
Deadline: June 5, 2015
The Rural HIV Research and Training Conference welcomes submission of program proposals about HIV-related challenges and opportunities in rural communities with the following topics: research projects about the medical, social, and psychological realities of HIV/AIDS; evidence-based prevention and intervention programs and practices for physical, social and emotional well-being; family and community support and involvement through partnerships, faith-based initiatives, and social service programs; and advocacy projects that address HIV-related inequalities, stigma, and discrimination. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
ICPSR Webinar - Online Analysis of SAMHSA Public-Use Data with Survey Documentation and Analysis (SDA)
April 23, 2015, 1:00-2:00 PM EDT
This webinar will provide an introduction to SAMHDA's online analysis system (SDA). Attendees will obtain a basic understanding of SDA's interface, analytic functions, and available help resources. Examples of variable recoding and computation, crosstabulation, comparison of means, and regression will be demonstrated using SAMHSA public-use data. Click here for more information.
3rd Annual LGBT Research Symposium
May 7-8, 2015 - Champaign, IL
This year's conference theme is "methodological challenges and opportunities in a changing world" as a way to think about what it is like for LGBTQ people to live and experience this time of rapid legal and social change, as well as what this means for researchers and practitioners working with this population. Click here for more information.
REMINDER
Policy Conference 2.0 - Social Work as Action: Confronting Injustice
May 28-30, 2015 - Austin, TX
This conference will bring together social work educators from across the country to share their work in policy and policy practice, and to develop strategies for maximizing social work's involvement in local, state, and national affairs. We invite you to participate in the dialogue as we set our course and agenda for the future. Click here for more information.
REMINDER
Online Certificate Program in Mixed Methods Research
June 1 - July 1, 2015
Application deadline: May 18, 2015
The Online Certificate Program in Mixed Methods Research (MMR) at the University of Michigan School of Social Work (UM-SSW) is designed for researchers and practitioners in social work, nursing, psychology, and other applied fields. Participants will learn ways to integrate various types of research methods; commonly used data analysis procedures; and approaches to research conducted in practice settings. Special emphasis on: critiquing theoretical foundations of research, forming research questions, applying mixed methods techniques, conducting statistical analysis, and interpreting research reports. Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
New Dataset Available - National Inmate Survey, 2011-2012
The National Inmate Survey, 2011-2012 (NIS-3) was conducted in 233 state and federal prisons between February 2011 and May 2012; 358 jails between February 2011 and May 2012; and 15 special (military, Indian country, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)) facilities between February 2011 and May 2012. The data were collected by RTI International under a cooperative agreement with the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The NIS-3 comprised two questionnaires -- a survey of sexual victimization and a survey of mental and physical health, past drug and alcohol use, and treatment for substance abuse. Inmates were randomly assigned to receive one of the questionnaires so that at the time of the interview the content of the survey remained unknown to facility staff and the interviewers. A total of 81,566 inmates participated in the survey, including 32,029 inmates in state and federal prisons, 48,066 inmates in jails, 399 inmates in military facilities, 115 inmates in Indian country jails, and 957 inmates in facilities operated by ICE. Click here for more information.
Commonwealth Fund Issue Brief - Health Care Coverage and Access in the Nation's Four Largest States
A new Commonwealth Fund study suggests that some of the differences in insurance coverage rates and affordability of care among the nation's four largest states may be attributable to health insurance policies in these states before and after the Affordable Care Act took effect. Click here for more information.
The State of Black America
The State of Black America is the National Urban League's seminal annual publication now in its 39th edition. It is one of the most highly anticipated benchmarks and sources for thought leadership around racial equality in America across economics (including employment, income and housing), education, health, social justice and civic engagement. Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Blog - Design That Heals: The American Institute of Architects Rewrites the Rules
The South Bronx's Via Verde, an award-winning affordable housing complex designed around equity and social cohesion, shows us a new era of healthy design is here-and it's contagious. Click here for more information.
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About SWRnet
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