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August 28, 2015 || Vol. 7, Issue 35
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Funding Opportunities
CAPSTONE Centers for Multidisciplinary Research and Training in Child Abuse and Neglect (NIH)
Deadline: November 19, 2015
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) will use the specialized research center mechanism (P50) to call for multidisciplinary centers to serve as the CAPSTONE for research and education n child maltreatment and as a resource for the field. The Center(s) will conduct innovative and high quality research including: 1) trials testing the efficacy and effectiveness of clinical interventions; 2) longitudinal prospective studies examining the long term impact of specific and understudied types of maltreatment including abusive head trauma, medical neglect, sexual abuse; 3) studies examining the neurobiology of abuse and neglect and implications for health outcomes; and 4) studies testing the development of screening tools and clinical assessment measures for early identification and treatment of specific types of abuse and neglect to decrease morbidity and mortality and to identify potential comorbidities. Click here for more information.
Exploratory Multi-site Palliative Care Research in Diverse Populations Utilizing the Palliative Care Research Cooperative (PCRC) Group (NIH)
Deadline: November 30, 2015
The purpose of this initiative is to stimulate research that enhances the knowledge-base of palliative care science across diverse populations receiving end-of-life and palliative care (EOLPC) through multi-site clinical research that utilizes the infrastructure and resources of the Palliative Care Research Cooperative (PCRC) Group. The aim of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to increase the knowledge of EOLPC science across diverse populations; add to the common data core regarding EOLPC; and build collaborative, interdisciplinary science. Click here for more information.
Ethical, Legal and Policy Issues in HIV Research with Key Populations (NIH)
Deadline: September 7, 2018
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages applications to analyze and address ethical, legal, or policy challenges specific to work with key populations in HIV research or health care. Proposed projects should be focused on ethical, legal or policy challenges in relation to research studies or program implementation for HIV or associated co-morbidities, affecting one or more of the following key populations: (1) men who have sex with men; (2) people who inject drugs; (3) people in prisons and other closed settings; (4) sex workers; (5) transgender people or (6) adolescent girls and young women at high risk of HIV acquisition or who are living with HIV. This FOA encourages both empirical and conceptual research projects addressing these topics. Click here for more information.
Russell Sage Foundation Future of Work Grants
Deadline: September 14, 2015
The Russell Sage Foundation's program on the Future of Work supports research on the causes and consequences of changes in the quality of jobs for less- and moderately-skilled workers in the United States. We seek research proposals that will broaden our understanding of the role of changes in employer practices, the nature of the labor market and public policies on the employment, earnings, and the quality of jobs of American workers. We are especially interested in funding analyses of original qualitative and quantitative data sources, and novel uses of existing sources of data to address important questions about the interplay of market and non-market forces in shaping the wellbeing of workers, today and in the future. Click here for more information.
Arizona State University Post-Doctoral Research Training in Drug Abuse/HIV Prevention and Implementation Science Deadline: Until Filled
ASU invites applications for our NIDA-funded T32 post-doctoral training program in focusing on closing the research-practice gap in drug abuse and HIV prevention. Training is delivered through individually-tailored programs of coursework in drug abuse, HIV, and implementation science and mentored research experience. Emphases include implementation science for the adoption and sustainability of preventive interventions in natural service delivery settings, interventions for ethnically diverse populations, and quantitative methods in prevention science. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Nominations
Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) 2016 Policy Award
Deadline: September 30, 2015
The Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Policy Award was established in July 2015 to honor social work researchers who have made outstanding contributions to policy and policymakers and leaders who have made extensive use of social work/social welfare research in the policy process. Nominees for the Policy Award may be, but are not limited to, individuals who are: faculty members at schools of social work or social work researchers involved in significant policy research; policymakers who have extensively utilized social work/welfare research findings in their policy decisions or; highly influential leaders advocating for the use of social work/social welfare research in policy debates and decision-making. Click here for more information.
Call for Papers
Special Issue of Families in Society - Homelessness: Service Needs, Prevention, and Intervention
Deadline: November 1, 2015
The American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare recently issued a grand challenge calling upon the social work profession to end homelessness. Yet, while homeless people are those at highest risk across categories of concern, they remain outside of core service delivery. Both practice wisdom and research are key to better understanding the service needs of people who are marginally housed and homeless. Policy, program, and practice solutions can then be developed to respond to service needs, resulting in more stabilized functioning and well-being. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
Drexel University School of Public Health Symposium - Reimagining Health in Cities: New Directions in Urban Health Research and Action
September 10-11, 2015 - Philadelphia, PA
The symposium will bring together researchers, practitioners, and policy makers focused on health in cities to energize work on urban places and health, generate novel ideas for research, and stimulate debate on policy implications. Participants will reflect critically on the links between urban environments and health, identify new opportunities for research (including novel data and methodological approaches), and consider implications for community action and policy. Click here for more information.
Association for Community Health Improvement 2016 National Conference - From Health Care to Healthy Communities
March 1-3, 2016 - Baltimore, MD
Myriad factors affect the health of a community. Access to care, while essential, is only one component. Our challenge as community health stakeholders is to go beyond providing care to also addressing the social, economic, environmental and behavioral factors that affect health. This task cannot be done with a prescription nor achieved alone. The journey from health care to healthy communities requires collaboration among health care systems, public health and community development organizations, and businesses, and must be supported by policies that enable all individuals to reach their highest potential for health. The 2016 Association for Community Health Improvement National Conference aims to catalyze this shift From Health Care to Healthy Communities by disseminating innovative approaches to improve community health and providing opportunities for diverse community health stakeholders to network and share ideas. Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families Brief - Integrated Data Systems: An Emerging Tool to Support Services for Low-Income Hispanic Families with Young Children
This brief explores how integrated data systems (IDS) data may be an important and cost-efficient resource for better understanding public service use among low-income Hispanics in the United States. Click here for more information.
Rural and Remote Health Report - Grandparent Caregiving Among Rural African Americans in a Community in the American South: Challenges to Health and Wellbeing
An increasing number of grandparents in rural USA are serving as primary caregivers for their grandchildren because of parental incarceration, addiction, joblessness, or illness. Low-income, African American women from the South are overrepresented in this growing population. There is a paucity of research exploring the challenges faced by rural grandparent caregivers, and past studies have not explicitly addressed the potential consequences of rural grandparent caregiving for health. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore grandparent caregiving among rural, low-income, African American grandmothers in a community in the American South, and to identify challenges to health that arose in that context. McLeroy's social ecological model (SEM) was used to examine these challenges at multiple levels of influence. Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
PBS - Many Rural Hospitals Remain at Risk Nationwide
There are approximately 2,300 rural hospitals in the U.S., most of them concentrated in the Midwest and the South. For a variety of reasons, many of them are struggling to survive. In the last five years, Congress has sharply reduced spending on Medicare, the federal health insurance program for the elderly, and the patients at rural hospitals tend to be older than those at urban or suburban ones. Rural hospitals in sparsely populated areas see fewer patients but still have to maintain emergency rooms and beds for acute care. They serve many people who are uninsured and can't afford to pay for the services they receive. Click here for more information.
New York Times - Gay Couples Are Eligible for Social Security Benefits, U.S. Decides
Same-sex married couples who were living in states that did not recognize their unions and who previously filed claims for Social Security benefits will be able to collect those payments, the government said on Thursday. Click here for more information.
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