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October 2, 2015 || Vol. 7, Issue 40
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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
Centers in Self-Management of Symptoms: Building Research Teams for the Future (NIH)
Deadline: November 30, 2015
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications to build P20 Centers in the self-management of symptoms and build research teams for the future. The purpose of NINR P20 Centers is to plan and build new research teams in interdisciplinary, biobehavioral research for scientists conducting self-management of symptoms. Click here for more information.
Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) Research Program Grants (NIH)
Deadline: January 19, 2016
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications to participate in a research program cooperative agreement to support the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN). The Network will have the capacity to develop and conduct innovative behavioral, community-based, translational, therapeutic, microbicide and vaccine trials in HIV-at-risk and HIV-infected youth ages 12 to 24 years, with a focus on the inclusion of minors. Investigators with innovative thinking and novel approaches to address the public health issues facing adolescents are encouraged to apply. Click here for more information.
Health Disparities and Alzheimer's Disease (NIH)
Deadline: September 7, 2018
This FOA invites applications proposing to study health disparities in Alzheimers disease (AD) and related disorders. Health-disparities research related to AD should include the study of biological, behavioral, sociocultural, and environmental factors that influence population level health differences. Research approaches of interest include 1) improving recruitment and retention of populations underrepresented in AD research, 2) identifying priority factors or locating pathways and mechanisms that create and sustain AD health disparities, 3) addressing the challenges faced by informal/family caregivers from diverse racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds that are associated with the growing population of individuals with Alzheimers Disease, and 4) understanding the disparities in access to and utilization of formal long-term supports and services for those with dementia. Click here for more information.
Research on Informal and Formal Caregiving for Alzheimer's Disease
Deadline: September 7, 2018
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites applications for basic and translational research on caregiving for individuals with Alzheimers disease (AD), at the individual, family, community, and population level. The scope of this funding opportunity includes support for applications that propose the following: early-stage development of interventions to reduce caregiver burden and improve patient outcomes across various settings; population- and community-based research on the scope and impact of AD caregiving; improved characterization of informal and formal caregiving and the burden of caregiving across the full spectrum of the disease, including differences among socioeconomic, racial/ethnic and geographic sub-populations; and research addressing the unique challenges related to the provision of advanced AD care, including disparities in access to care. Click here for more information.
Network for Social Work Management (NSWM) Policy Fellows Program
Deadline: October 8, 2015
The aim of this program is to encourage social workers in management to be at the forefront of policy. Social workers should engage proactively with policies that directly affect the individuals, families and communities they serve - either to redress those policies that now produce a negative impact, or to promote policy solutions in response to issues made evident in the course of doing work. The Policy Fellows program offers practical training in social work management for emerging and mid-career leaders seeking new experiences and skills. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Book Chapters
Black Women's Health Imperative - Black
Women's Mental Health: Balancing Strength and Vulnerability
The Black Women's Health Imperative invites chapters that address mental wellness as personal, interpersonal, social, political, clinical, historical, and global phenomenon and that explore dimensions of holistic mind, body, and spiritual health. For more information, contact Stephanie Y. Evans at contact@professorevans.net
Call for Papers
Deadline: November 2, 2015
We seek fresh and innovative scientific contributions on work and family issues from investigators in diverse disciplines. We value all disciplinary perspectives on the issues, including, but not limited to, anthropology, business and management, economics, family studies, gender studies, history, political science, philosophy, psychology, public health, social work, sociology, and related fields. Fresh and innovative submissions responsive to the conference theme are especially encouraged. We want to showcase the fact that individual, family, organizational, state, national and international research - qualitative and quantitative - has implications for workers' and working families' life quality as well as for understanding gender and other inequalities at all stages of the life course. Click here for more information.
American Men's Studies Association (AMSA) 24th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference - (Un)Masking Masculinities: Constructing and Deconstructing Representations of Masculinities
Deadline: December 15, 2015
We all incorporate into our individual identities features of various culturally gender constructed identities. In particular, children and others struggling to come to terms with their sexuality may well be confused by the many and often conflicting representations of gender that they encounter throughout the broader culture. How are these "masks" of gender identity constructed? Which masks distort or corrupt the individual who wears them? Do some masks actually elevate the individual and help him become increasingly healthy and productive? In order to answer these and other questions, the American Men's Studies Association (AMSA) invites you to participate in our 24th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference March 31- April 3 at the University of Michigan. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
2015 Addiction and Health Services Research (AHSR) Conference: Navigating a Changing Healthcare Landscape
October 14-16, 2016 - Marina del Rey, CA
The UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP) in collaboration with the Pacific Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center (PSATTC) is pleased to announce the 2015 Addiction Health Services Research (AHSR) Conference. Researchers, clinicians, treatment providers, and policymakers are encouraged to attend. Click here for more information.
National Association of State Health Policy (NASHP) 2015 Conference - Blazing New Trails: Innovations in State Health Policy
October 19-21, 2015 - Dallas, TX
Click here for more information. 28th Annual National Conference on Social Work and HIV/AIDS - The Social Work Response: This is What We Are About: Champions for HIV Care May 26-29, 2016 - Minneapolis, MN There will be over 125 presentations to be delivered in Minneapolis that will address all areas of contemporary HIV/AIDS social work practice. We will also put forth a strategy that envisions our professional HIV social work identity as champions for HIV care. Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
World Family Map 2015: Mapping Family Change and Child Well-Being Outcomes
The World Family Map report monitors the global health of families by tracking 16 indicators in 49 countries, representing all regions of the world. This year's report includes an essay examining how parents divide labor-force participation, housework, and child care. Click here for more information.
Economic Foundations for Creative Ageing Policy, Volume I
Ageing populations are a major consideration for socio-economic development in the early twenty-first century. This demographic change is mainly seen as a threat rather than as an opportunity to improve the quality of human life, especially in Europe, where ageing has resulted in a reduction in economic competitiveness. Economic Foundations for Creative Ageing Policy constructs positive solutions for an ageing population and covers theoretical analyses and case study descriptions of good practices to suggest strategies that could be internationally popularized. Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
NPR - Children In Foster Care Aren't Getting To See The Doctor
On any given day, about half a million children are living in foster care. They've been removed from violent or abusive households; many suffer physical and mental health problems that have gone untreated. Their need is acute but the response is often dangerously slow, according to a policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Click here for more information.
The Atlantic - Moynihan, Mass Incarceration, and Responsibility
Good intentions and deep sympathies cannot counter corrosive doctrines and destructive policy. Click here for more information.
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