July 17, 2015  || Vol. 7, Issue 29
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Funding OpportunitiesFunding       
Networks to Develop Priority Areas of Behavioral and Social Research (NIH)
Deadline: January 14, 2016
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to provide infrastructure support for advancing development of specific high priority areas of behavioral and social research of relevance to aging. Click here for more information.

HIV-infected Adolescents: Transitioning from Pediatric to the Adult Care Settings (NIH)
Deadline: January 14, 2016
The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to solicit applications on transition of HIV-infected youth to adult care with the goal of developing an evidence base to support guidelines applicable to low, middle, and high income countries. Click here for more information.

NIMH Research Education Mentoring Programs for HIV/AIDS Researchers (NIH)
Deadline: September 7, 2017
The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH.The over-arching goal of this NIMH R25 program is to support educational activities thatcomplement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nations biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs and advance the priorities outlined in the Office of AIDS Research (OAR) Annual Strategic Plan and the research program priorities of the NIMH Division of AIDS Research (DAR). To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus onMentoring Activities and Research Experiences,that either capitalize on existing networks of collaborating investigators or develop institute-based research education programs.Mentoring activities are expected to be primary and the cornerstone of proposed programs though all programs must also provide research experiences.Research Education Programs are expected to enhance the professional development of the participants and foster a career trajectory towards independent research in the mental health of HIV/AIDS. Click here for more information.

Screening and Brief Alcohol Interventions in Underage and Young Adult Populations (NIH)
Deadline: May 7, 2018
The objective of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage research on screening and brief interventions to prevent and/or reduce alcohol use and alcohol-related harms among underage and young adult populations. Click here for more information.

Center for Poverty Research Small Grants Competition
Deadline: September 7, 2015
The Center for Poverty Research (CPR), located at the University of California, Davis invites proposals for its 2015-16 Small Grants Competition. CPR seeks to fund research that will expand our understanding of the causes and consequences of poverty.  The goal of this program is to fund proposals focused on our core research areas that display sound research design and high potential impact. Click here for more information.

DOCTORAL STUDENT OPPORTUNITY 
Doctoral Training Grants in Oncology Social Work
Deadline: October 15, 2015
These grants support the training of graduate students in doctoral programs focused on research related to oncology social work. They are available to outstanding students during all phases of a graduate program offered in an accredited school of social work.  An application must outline a plan of study, and indicate how the proposed program will prepare the candidate for a career in social work oncology research. Students who have achieved candidacy will be required to submit a detailed research plan. Successful applicants must also agree to attend the American Cancer Society activities at the Society for Social Work and Research annual conference.  The initial application is for a two-year grant with annual funding of $20,000 with possibility of a two-year competitive renewal. Click here for more information.
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Call for Abstracts

8th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health - Optimizing Personal and Population Health

Deadline: August 20, 2015

A forum for discussing the science of dissemination and implementation, the 8th Annual Conference aims to grow the research base by bridging the gap between evidence, practice, and policy in health and medicine. Researchers, evaluators and implementers who are interested in identifying opportunities, challenges, and strategies for disseminating the findings and implementation of research to key stakeholders should attend the meeting to discuss, debate, and explore in-depth approaches to advance dissemination and implementation science. Click here for more information.


Call for Papers

Special Issue of Social Work & Christianity 

Deadline: November 30, 2015

A plethora of studies have been performed over the past decade and have confirmed the effectiveness and significance of spirituality and religion in the healing process of soldiers and veterans who may be seeking to cope with wounds to their body and soul. This special issue invites practitioners, researchers, and educators to submit papers with an emphasis on demonstrating the effectiveness of integrating religious and spiritually-focused interventions with military populations. This special issue of  Social Work & Christianity seeks to build upon the current knowledge and interest related to acknowledging the role of religion and spirituality in social work practice with soldiers and veterans. This issue is especially focused on the demonstration of spiritually-focused evidence based practices that have shown to be effective in alleviating the negative effects of the trauma that soldiers and veterans have experienced. In addition, this issue will focus on research that supports the integration of religion and spirituality in the treatment of veterans and military populations. Click here for more information.

Conferences & Trainingsconf  

National Prevention Science Coalition to Improve Lives Congressional Briefing - Preventing Violence: Evidence-Based Programs and Policies to Promote Positive Youth Development

July 22, 2015 - Washington, DC

The National Prevention Science Coalition to Improve Lives will host a briefing with nationally recognized experts on violence prevention and positive youth development. The meeting will focus on individual-level and environmental factors that influence development and increase propensity for youth violence.  Strategies will then be discussed for short-term and longer range reduction in violence.  These strategies can save taxpayer dollars while strengthening individuals, families, and communities. There will be discussion about Youth PROMISE Act (YPA) legislation for helping youth to develop into healthy and successful adults. Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott will present on this bipartisan prevention-related legislation. Click here for more information.

 

REMINDER

Partnerships to Advance Quality Services (PAQS) Training & Implementation Opportunity

August 17- 20, 2015 - Chicago, IL

Social work faculty/scholars and social service agency partners are invited to participate in 3.5 days of free training that focus on both performance measurement and quality improvement in social service agencies. The final day will be devoted to developing improvement projects tailored to agency programs. Click here for more information.

National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families Webinar Recording - Improving Data Infrastructure to Recognize Hispanic Diversity in the United States
This recent webinar from the National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families reviewed which large-scale surveys include recommended elements to measure diversity among Latinos in the United States, and discussed implications for program and policy. Click here for more information.
Research Publications & Data Resourcesdata 
IOM Report - Psychosocial Interventions for Mental and Substance Use Disorders: A Framework for Establishing Evidence-Based Standards
Mental health and substance use disorders are a serious public health problem, affecting approximately 20 percent of Americans. The two often occur together and result in significant morbidity and mortality. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), passed in 2010, and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, passed in 2008, aim to improve the delivery of and access to treatments for mental health and substance use disorders. In this context, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) convened an expert committee to identify key steps to ensure that evidence-based, high-quality care is provided to individuals receiving mental health and substance use services. The resulting report, Psychosocial Interventions for Mental and Substance Use Disorders, details the reasons for the gap between what is known to be effective and what is currently practiced, and it offers recommendations for how best to address this gap by proposing a framework that can be used to establish standards for psychosocial interventions. Click here for more information.

Center for the Study of Social Policy Report - Strategies to Reduce Racially Disparate Outcomes in Child Welfare
Growing numbers of advocates, child welfare administrators and elected officials have become concerned with the gap between the desired experiences and outcomes they'd like to see for all children and families who come to the attention of child welfare systems, and the far worse actual experiences and outcomes documented for children and families of color. Although the pattern of disparate outcomes is most stark for African American and Native American children and families, it also holds true for Latino children and families, as well as specific groups of Asian and Pacific Islander children and families. Click here for more information. 
News & Noticesnews   

HHS Press Release - Aging in 2015: HHS and the White House Conference on Aging

Today's White House Conference on Aging is focusing on the issues facing every American as they plan for retirement, care for older loved ones, and improving the quality of life for older Americans. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is engaged in the government-wide initiative to develop programs and provide funding and resources to help older adults live independent and fulfilling lives. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Medicare, Medicaid, and the Older Americans Act, as well as the 80th anniversary of Social Security, HHS today is announcing several programs designed to enhance the lives of older Americans and provide resources to their families, friends and other caregivers. Click here for more information.

 

New York Times - Medicare Plans to Pay Doctors for Counseling on End of Life

Medicare, the federal program that insures 55 million older and disabled Americans, announced plans on Wednesday to reimburse doctors for conversations with patients about whether and how they would want to be kept alive if they became too sick to speak for themselves. Click here for more information.
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