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July 31, 2015 || Vol. 7, Issue 31
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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
Research and Methods in Health Statistics (CDC)
Deadline: October 7, 2015
This initiative invites investigator-initiated research grant applications for projects involving the development and testing of statistical and survey methodology relevant to the conduct, analysis and reporting of health surveys and vital records. Existing NCHS data sets alone or in conjunction with other data sets may be used to develop and test new survey methodology, statistical analytical approaches or methods of displaying data. Click here for more information.
Simmons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) Bridge to Independence Award
Deadline: August 28, 2014
The autism research community has expanded substantially in recent years. SFARI has contributed to this change by attracting outstanding established scientists to the field of autism. Grants awarded through the Bridge to Independence Award program are intended to invest in the next generation of top autism investigators by identifying talented early-career scientists interested in autism research and facilitating their transition to an independent research career. This request for applications (RFA) is aimed at senior postdoctoral fellows who intend to seek tenure-track faculty positions during the 2015-16 academic year. Click here for more information.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Data Across Sectors for Health: Empowering Communities Through Shared Data and Information
Deadline: October 21, 2015
Data Across Sectors for Health: Empowering Communities Through Shared Data and Information would provide grants to community collaborations and initiatives that have used shared data and information to increase their capacity for planning, implementing, and evaluating health improvement activities. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Nominations
CSWE Career Achievement Award in Child Welfare
Deadline: August 1, 2015
This award is presented to a faculty member who has dedicated his/her career to teaching, service, and research related to improving (a) the lives of children, youth or families involved in the child welfare and/or (b) the effectiveness of a child welfare agency and its workforce. The awardee has a lifetime portfolio of dynamic instruction, innovative service, and inspiring scholarship and research in the field of child welfare. Click here for more information.
Call for Nominations
CSWE Transforming Child Welfare Dissertation Award
Deadline: August 1, 2015
This award is presented to a student whose completed dissertation demonstrates quality research, makes a substantial contribution to child welfare knowledge, and/or has the potential to advance child welfare practice. The awardee will give a 20-minute presentation of his/her research at the CSWE APM CW Track Meeting on October, 15, 2015. The presentation should be focused on its implications for transforming the lives of children, youth and families involved in the child welfare system, while also discussing implications for education and training of social workers in the field of child welfare. Click here for more information.
Call for Proposals
The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) 2016 Annual Conference - The Future is Now: Integrating MCH Transformations
Deadline: September 4, 2015
The AMCHP Annual Conference is the ideal venue to present your ideas, research, innovative programming, best practices, and effective outreach strategies to MCH and other public health practitioners, directors of state programs, federal officials, advocates, family leaders, researchers, and healthcare providers. Click here for more information.
Call for Papers
Special Issue of Traumatology - Resilience
Deadline: October 1, 2015
Resilience concepts have gained widespread use in scholarship and practice, yet definitions, measures, and uses of resilience remain complex and multifaceted. Resilience has been described as both an outcome and a process and has been used to refer to both individuals and communities. Scholars have also critiqued resilience theories and practice models as being difficult to define, too heavily focused on individual psychometric properties, and obscuring structural causes of adversity. It is essential that scholars and practitioners from a range of disciplines be at the forefront of critical discourse about resilience theory and practice. Scholars can offer valuable insight into problems of definition and conceptual measurement as well as the ways in which resilience is interpreted within a cultural context. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
Child Care Search and Decision-Making with Hispanic Families: New Findings and New Horizons
August 11, 2015, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
The webinar will feature two researchers, Colleen Vesely (George Mason University) and Yoonsook Ha (Boston University), both whom have conducted research efforts studying the child care search and decision-making issues within Hispanic and/or immigrant populations. Their presentations will use their respective research efforts as illustrative examples to stimulate an interactive discussion about a range of conceptual and methodological issues related to building a research agenda that is responsive to the needs of the growing population of Hispanic children and families served by publicly funded ECE programs. Click here for more information.
Widener University Sexuality and Aging Institute
August 14, 2015 - Chester, PA
Today, one in three Americans is age 50 or older; by 2030, one in five will be 65 or older. How can we protect the sexual rights of older adults when prevailing myths tell us they aren't sexual any longer? Learn to dispel these myths while learning about the exciting developments being made in research at the intersection of sexuality and aging. Click here for more information.
2015 AHRQ Research Conference
October 4-6, 2015 - Crystal City, VA
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. In its return, 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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Research Publications & Data Resources
DOJ Report - Tackling Urban Inequalities: A Process Evaluation of the Boston Defending Childhood Initiative
Led by the Boston Public Health Commission, the Boston Defending Childhood Initiative (Boston DCI) implemented a variety of strategies that targeted the highest risk neighborhoods in the city. Working predominantly with communities of color, Boston DCI developed a model for centralizing the importance of racial/social justice and health equity during both planning and implementation in nearly every approach for addressing children's exposure to violence. Click here for more information.
Annie E. Casey Foundation 2015 KIDS COUNT Data Book
The KIDS COUNT Data Book is an annual publication that assesses child well-being nationally and across the 50 states, as well as in the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Using an index of 16 indicators, the report ranks states on overall child well-being and in economic well-being, education, health and family and community. Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
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About SWRnet
Formerly known as the IASWR Listserv, SWRnet (Social Work Research Network) was launched in October 2009 to continue serving the social work research community by providing regular updates on funding opportunities, calls for papers, conference deadlines and newly published research.
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