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May 22, 2015 || Vol. 7, Issue 21
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Funding Opportunities
Early Head Start University Partnerships: Building the Evidence Base for Infant/Toddler Center-based Programs (ACF)
Deadline: June 5, 2015
The Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE), within the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF), is soliciting applications for Early Head Start University Partnerships: Building the Evidence Base for Infant/Toddler Center-based Programs to support projects that will contribute understanding and knowledge of how Early Head Start and other early care and education programs can promote and improve early child development by supporting parents and teachers. This grant program seeks to stimulate systematic, programmatic, multidisciplinary research to develop and test models of integrated interventions targeted at parents and teachers to promote infant and toddler development across multiple domains including cognitive, language, and social-emotional/behavioral development. It is expected that research studies and programs stimulated by this initiative will contribute scientific data that inform a number of practice and policy issues. Click here for more information.
Research and Evaluation on Victims of Crime (DOJ)
Deadline: June 26, 2015
The National Institute of Justice has a longstanding history of collaborating with and supporting the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) on research, evaluation, and programmatic projects. Over the years, the shared priorities of OVC and NIJ have resulted in a number of collective projects, workshops, and research. In 2013, OVC began Vision 21: Transforming Victim Services which called for the development of research to build a body of evidence-based knowledge on victims and victimization. With this solicitation, NIJ is collaborating with OVC to build on three areas of research that are of interest to both agencies. These topics include: 1. Studying the Victim-Offender Overlap. 2. Understanding the Violent Victimization Experiences of Young Men of Color. 3. Research on the Broader Impacts of School Shootings. Applicants should submit proposals that address one of the three topics. Click here for more information.
New Pathways for Fathers and Families (ACF)
Deadline: July 7, 2015
The Responsible Fatherhood initiative is designed to help fathers establish or strengthen positive parental interaction by providing activities that develop and improve relationship, communication and parenting skills, and contribute to the financial well-being of their children by providing job training and other employment services. Responsible Fatherhood activities also help fathers improve relationships with their spouses, significant others, and/or the mothers of their children. ACF is particularly interested in organizations that have the capacity and proven record of accomplishment in helping low-income fathers, and comprehensive fatherhood programs that integrate robust economic stability services, healthy marriage and relationship activities, and activities designed to foster responsible parenting. Click here for more information.
Health Services and Economic Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Abuse (NIH)
Deadline: May 7, 2018
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages R21 grant applications to conduct rigorous health services and economic research to maximize the delivery of efficient, high-quality drug, tobacco, and alcohol prevention, treatment, and recovery support services. Examples of such research include: (1) clinical quality improvement; (2) quality improvement in services organization and management; (3) implementation research; (4) economic and cost studies; and (5) development or improvement of research methodology, analytic approaches, and measurement instrumentation used in the study of drug, alcohol, and tobacco prevention, treatment, and recovery services. Click here for more information.
Society of Family Planning (SFP) Research Fund 2015 Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)
Deadline: June 15, 2015
The SFP Research Fund is pleased to announce the availability of funds to support community-based participatory research. Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is a partnership approach to research that equitably involves, for example, community members, organizational representatives, and researchers in all aspects of the research process and in which all partners contribute expertise and share decision making and ownership. Applications must propose a project that responds to one of the research priorities identified in the SFP Research Fund's Priority Setting Report. Acceptable projects include but are not limited to studies that involve survey data, focus groups, or semi-structured interviews to identify community needs for intervention on a specific family planning issue, or for process evaluation of a pilot intervention. Click here for more information.
The Commonwealth Fund Australian-American Health Policy Fellowship
Deadline: October 2, 2015
This program offers a unique opportunity for outstanding, mid-career U.S. professionals-academics, government officials, clinical leaders, decision makers in managed care and other private health care organizations, and journalists-to spend up to 10 months in Australia conducting research and working with Australian health policy experts on issues relevant to both countries. Click here for more information.
DOCTORAL STUDENT OPPORTUNITY
SAMHSA/CSAP Prevention Fellowship Program
Deadline: August 14, 2015
The SAMHSA CSAP Prevention Fellowship Program was launched in 2006 in an effort to build a workforce of substance abuse professionals. During the 2-year fellowship program, which combines Web-based and in-person trainings, fellows improve their skills and their knowledge of prevention practices. During their Prevention Fellowship Program experience, fellows focus on acquiring the necessary skills for success in the fields of substance abuse prevention and behavioral health. Prevention Fellowship Program prepares fellows to provide capacity-building Technical Assistance (TA) to support integration of behavioral health prevention services in their state/territories. This is part of SAMHSA's support for integrating policies and programs related to prevention and behavioral health promotion in states, U.S. territories, and local organizations. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Proposals
2015 Association for University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) Annual Conference - Growing Leaders, Driving Change
Deadline: June 2, 2015
Over 700 community leaders, researchers, policy makers, practitioners, professionals, advocates, and students will join forces in November in their commitment to change the world for people with disabilities and their families. Packed with workshops, meetings, receptions, and plenaries, the AUCD conference is designed to promote innovative thinking that will catapult disability policy, research, and advocacy initiatives to the next level. Click here for more information.
Call for Abstracts
2015 AHRQ Research Conference - Producing Evidence and Engaging Partners to Improve Health Care
Deadline: June 3, 2015
The AHRQ Research Conference is an important opportunity to share the results and impact of AHRQ-sponsored research, data and tools, and talk about the many ways this work is used to improve health care. Cohosting is an opportunity for AcademyHealth to advance the field of health services research and support the community of evidence producers and move knowledge into action through translation and dissemination. AHRQ's research conference will once more bring authorities in health services research and practice together to participate in sessions focused on addressing today's challenges in improving quality, safety, access and value in health care. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health National Health Equity Research Webcast - Advancing a Community-Based Model for Violence Prevention
June 2, 2015, 1:30-4:00 PM EDT
The annual live webcast is an interdisciplinary effort that builds on the expertise and support of UNC campus partners, community agencies, researchers and practitioners in health and education fields. The webcast appeals to organizations and individuals in North Carolina and across the nation with a focus on health equity, educational achievement and economic stabilization in all areas within our society. In 2015 the webcast explores a critical aspect of violence prevention - community-led action. Our speakers represent a broad diversity of perspectives and experiences on this topic. Click here for more information.
American Bar Association 16th National Conference on Children and the Law
July 24-25, 2015 - Washington, DC
The 16th National Conference on Children and the Law will address a range of child welfare issues that emphasize family well-being and improving the skills of attorneys, judges and other advocates. It will also feature emerging child welfare policy and systemic reform issues and their effects on practice, children and families. Click here for more information.
Office of Minority Health Webcast - 30 Years of Advancing Health Equity; The Heckler Report: A Force for Ending Health Disparities in America
Webcast Available until July 27, 2015
The Health Equity Summit was an observance of National Minority Health Month and the 30th anniversary of the landmark 1985 HHS Report of the Secretary's Task Force on Black and Minority Health (Heckler Report), which was the first comprehensive study of the health status of racial and ethnic minorities conducted by the U.S. government and elevated minority health onto the national stage. The Summit was hosted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health, in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill (Washington, DC). Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
New Dataset Available - Health State Utility Assessment of Adults Versus Children or Adults They Care For, 2012-2103
The overall aim of this study was to examine if health utility values differ for children, adults, and the elderly, in order to test whether we value the lives of children, adults, and the elderly differently. To that end, the study collected utilities from study participants between the ages of 18 and 65 using varying health state scenarios. The participants provided utility values for themselves as well as values for hypothetical or real children or elderly persons they care for. Standard gamble and time trade-off procedures were used to value four hypothetical health states: severe seizure disorder, severe bilateral vision loss, severe mental impairment and diabetes. Click here for more information.
Society for Research in Child Development Brief - Evidence-Based Social Policy: Recommendations for Programs that Fit Communities' Needs
Since 2010, the federal government has dramatically increased investment in evidence-based policy by prioritizing funding for intervention or prevention programs that demonstrate evidence of effectiveness. For these investments to pay off, and to improve outcomes for children and families, evidence-based programs must be supported for high-quality implementation nested in a unique local context. Few evidence-based programs have been scaled to diverse populations and places, and it's not always clear how to translate, adapt, and optimize evidence-based programs to fit such contexts. Click here for more information.
SAMHSA Report - Racial/Ethnic Differences in Mental Health Service Use among Adults
This chartbook uses combined 2008 to 2012 data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) to present nationally representative estimates of mental health service utilization among adults aged 18 or older within different racial/ethnic groups in the United States. Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
Office of Minority Health Blog - Better Women's Health Across the Generations
Across the lifespan, the health status of racial and ethnic minorities has often long lagged behind that of whites, and this is no more plainly evident than with minority seniors who oftentimes battle multiple chronic illnesses. For older women of color, the impact of health disparities can have a greater impact for a variety of reasons including language barriers and access to affordable, healthy food to ensure proper nutrition. Poverty and cultural norms that often differ from their health care providers can be major challenges to promoting health and wellness in their later years. Click here for more information.
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