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July 24, 2015 || Vol. 7, Issue 30
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Funding Opportunities
Grants to Support the Hispanic Health Services Research Grant Program (CMS)
Deadline: August 11, 2015
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing the availability of funds under this grant program to assist researchers in conducting health services research for 2015. The purpose of the Hispanic grant program is to implement Hispanic health services research activities to meet the needs of diverse CMS beneficiary populations. The grant program is designed to: 1) encourage health services and health disparities researchers to pursue research issues which impact Hispanic Medicare, Medicaid, and Children Health Insurance Program (CHIP) health services issues, 2) conduct outreach activities to apprise Hispanic researchers of funding availability to conduct research-related issues affecting Hispanic communities to expand the pool of applicants applying for such grants, 3) assist CMS in implementing its mission focusing on health care quality and improvement for its beneficiaries, 4) support extramural research in health care capacity development activities for the Hispanic communities, 5) promote research that will be aimed at developing a better understanding of health care services issues pertaining to Hispanics, and 6) foster a network for communication and collaboration regarding Hispanic health care issues. Click here for more information.
NICHD Research Short Courses (NIH)
Deadline: January 7, 2016
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) invites applications for grants to develop and conduct short-term research education programs to improve the knowledge and skills of a broad-based community of biomedical and behavioral researchers conducting research on reproductive, developmental, behavioral, social, and rehabilitative processes that determine the health and well-being of newborns, infants, children, adults, families, and populations. The program should include both didactic and hands-on experiences. If appropriate, the program may include activities to disseminate course materials and instructional experience to the scientific community. Programs focusing on uses of model organisms are encouraged. Click here for more information.
Limited Competition: Consortia for HIV/AIDS and Alcohol-Related Research Trials (CHAART) Resource Core (NIH)
Deadline: January 15, 2016
The overall goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to advance operations or implementation research in the context of alcohol and HIV/AIDS 1) to continue to develop a broader systems approach for monitoring complex HIV and alcohol-related morbidity and mortality and 2) to intervene to reduce the impact of alcohol and HIV disease progression and transmission.This proposed research initiative is aligned with the research priorities set forth in the Trans-NIH Plan for HIV-Related Research.The purpose of this FOA is to solicit applications to provide scientific core support to the research projects as part of the consortia on HIV/AIDS and alcohol-related outcomes research. Click here for more information.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Evidence for Action: Investigator-Initiated Research to Build a Culture of Health
Deadline: Rolling
The program aims to provide individuals, organizations, communities, policymakers, and researchers with the empirical evidence needed to address the key determinants of health encompassed in the Culture of Health Action Framework. In addition,Evidence for Action will also support efforts to assess outcomes and set priorities for action. It will do this by encouraging and supporting creative, rigorous research on the impact of innovative programs, policies and partnerships on health and well-being, and on novel approaches to measuring health determinants and outcomes. Click here for more information.
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Calls
REMINDER - EXTENDED DEADLINE
Call for Papers
Special Issue of Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care - Family Caregiving at the End of Life
EXTENDED Deadline: August 1, 2015
Due to the aging of the population, families increasingly provide the bulk of care provided to individuals who are nearing end of life. A range of psychosocial issues can influence the illness experience, not only for those individuals, but also for the family caregivers. For this special thematic issue, manuscripts are encouraged that report on original research, including systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses, policy analysis, program evaluation, innovative educational programs, and evaluated community interventions. Cases may be presented that demonstrate effective interventions. Manuscripts must specifically relate to palliative and/or end-of-life care topics in related to family caregiving and may focus on specific populations or care settings.
Click here for more information. Email questions to Journal editor-in-chief: Ellen L. Csikai, Ph.D: ecsikai@sw.ua.edu.
REMINDER - EXTENDED DEADLINE Call for Papers Special Issue of Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care - Ethical Issues at the End of Life EXTENDED Deadline: August 1, 2015
Ethical practice is a hallmark of excellent palliative care that occurs throughout the illness trajectory and at the end of life. A range of bio-psychosocial elements of the illness experience (diagnosis, treatment, caregiving) can raise ethical issues and problems that affect individuals, their caregivers, family members, friends, and health care professionals.
For this special thematic issue, manuscripts are encouraged that report on original research, including systematic literature reviews (topics not previously well-covered in current literature) and meta-analyses, policy analysis, case studies with analysis of ethical problems, innovative educational programs and evaluated individual, family and community interventions. Click here for more information. Email questions to Journal editor-in-chief: Ellen L. Csikai, Ph.D: ecsikai@sw.ua.edu.
Call for Papers
Special Issue of Social Work - Social Work Practice Innovation and Development
Deadline: September 1, 2015
To celebrate the journal's 60th anniversary, we want to publish articles that discuss the contributions of the social work profession to practice, research, policy, and knowledge development. We will examine questions such as these: How has the profession changed? How has the practice context changed? What will we need to do to further the profession in the future? Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Meeting - Fatherhood Outreach: Implications of Men's Health and Community Engagement in Pregnancy Outcomes
July 28-29, 2015 - Bethesda, MD
The objectives of the upcoming workshop are to: (1) increase awareness of the role of men's health in pregnancy outcomes; and (2) identify potential collaborations between researchers and community organizations and innovative strategies for engaging fathers in research to support healthy pregnancy outcomes. Click here for more information.
APHA Webinar Series - The Impact of Racism on the Health and Well-Being of the Nation
The recent events in Charleston, South Carolina, Baltimore, Maryland, and Ferguson, Missouri, remind us that stigma, inequalities and civil rights injustices remain in our society today.* Unfortunately, skin color plays a large part in how people are viewed, valued and treated. We know that racism, both intentional and unintentional, affects the health and well-being of individuals and communities and stifles the opportunity of many to contribute fully to the future and growth of this nation. Join the leadership of the American Public Health Association in a summer webinar series about racism's impact on health and disparities. Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
OPRE Report - Design for the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation-Strong Start
This report describes the design of the Mother and Infant Home Visiting Program Evaluation - Strong Start. The evaluation seeks to understand the effects of home visiting as a prenatal intervention to prevent and reduce adverse birth outcomes, improve infant and maternal health outcomes, and reduce health care costs for Medicaid and CHIP recipients. The report presents the study's conceptual framework, research goals, and research questions, and discusses the sampling plan, the implementation study, and the measurement and analytic plan for the impact study. Click here for more information.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Brief - How Children's Social Competence Impacts Their Well-Being in Adulthood: Findings from a 20-Year Study on the Outcomes of Children Screened in Kindergarten
A 20-year retrospective study, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and published in the July 2015 issue of the American Journal of Public Health, suggests that kindergarten students who are more inclined to exhibit "social competence" traits-such sharing, cooperating, or helping other kids-may be more likely to attain higher education and well-paying jobs. In contrast, students who exhibit weaker social competency skills may be more likely to drop out of high school, abuse drugs and alcohol, and need government assistance. This brief provides an overview and major findings from this study and implications for further action. Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
July is National Minority Mental Health Month
Mental illness affects one in five adults and one in 10 children in America, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The U.S. Surgeon General reports that minorities are less likely to receive diagnosis and treatment for their mental illness, have less access to and availability of mental health services and often receive a poorer quality of mental health care. Furthermore, mental illness is a leading cause of disability, yet nearly two-thirds of people with a diagnosable mental illness do not seek treatment, and racial and ethnic groups in the U.S. are even less likely to get help, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. During National Minority Mental Health Month, help raise awareness in your organization or community. Encourage your family, friends, loved ones and clients to learn more about improving mental health and illness. Click here for more information.
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