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November 6, 2015 || Vol. 7, Issue 45
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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
Services Research for Autism Spectrum Disorder across the Lifespan II (ServASD II): Pilot Research on Services for Transition-Age Youth (NIH)
Deadline: February 3, 2016
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support research to develop and pilot test strategies to assist transition-age youth with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families or caretakers in planning for and smoothly transitioning into adult functioning and adult services.The ultimate goal is to develop models for transition to adult supports and services that effectively prevent lapses in services and supports; enhance functioning in community settings such as educational, social, familial, and other settings; maintain or improve health, safety, and quality of life; and reduce or maintain reductions in ASD-related symptoms. Click here for more information.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Evaluating High-Value Innovations from Low-Resource Communities
Deadline: December 10, 2015
Through this call for proposals the Foundation intends to pursue several objectives: (1) to identify promising innovations to improve health being implemented in low-resource communities, (2) to evaluate whether the innovations improve health care quality and health without increasing costs; and (3) to disseminate these innovations as examples for other communities to implement. Click here for more information.
HIV/AIDS High Priority Drug Abuse Research (NIH)
Deadline: September 7, 2018
The National Institutes of Health has recently announced the HIV/AIDS research priorities for the next three to five years. The goal of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to stimulate high priority research relevant to drug abuse and HIV/AIDS. Click here for more information.
The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy
Deadline: January 31, 2016
The Foundation makes targeted grants for work in all major areas of the social sciences, including anthropology, area studies, economics, political science, psychology, sociology, and urban studies, as well as newer areas such as evaluation research. Preference is given to projects that address contemporary issues in the social sciences and issues of policy relevance. Click here for more information.
REMINDER
University of Michigan School of Social Work Postdoctoral Fellowship
Deadline: March 1, 2016
The Vivian A. and James L. Curtis Research Center
is a multidisciplinary research support and program evaluation unit with a special emphasis on traditionally underserved populations.
This program emphasizes the training and development of social work academicians who will assume leadership roles in research, evaluation, teaching, and service. The Curtis Center will accept applications from candidates with proposed research agendas in the areas of: (1) integrated health, mental health, and behavioral health; (2) disease management (e.g., cancer, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, etc.); (3) geriatric social work or aging; or (4) palliative care. Click here for more information.
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Calls
REMINDER
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
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Conferences & Trainings
County Health Rankings and Roadmaps Webinar - Housing and Health - What's the Connection and What Can You Do About It?
November 17, 2015, 3:00-4:00 PM EST
In this webinar we will explore why housing matters to our health and what our Rankings data tells us about housing in your community. We'll also explore some of the strategies from What Works for Health that communities can use to improve housing. Click here for more information.
University of North Carolina Minority Health Conference - In Solidarity: The Role of Public Health in Social Justice
February 26, 2016 - Chapel Hill, NC
The 2016 conference will explore the intersection of public health and social justice. The conference will highlight opportunities for public health researchers and practitioners and social justice advocates to learn from each other to identify best practices for prioritizing minority health and fostering inclusive strategies for change. Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
Commonwealth Fund Brief - Models of Care for High-Need, High-Cost Patients: An Evidence Synthesis
This brief analyzes experts' reviews of evidence about care models designed to improve outcomes and reduce costs for patients with complex needs. It finds that successful models have several common attributes: targeting patients likely to benefit from the intervention; comprehensively assessing patients' risks and needs; relying on evidence-based care planning and patient monitoring; promoting patient and family engagement in self-care; coordinating care and communication among patients and providers; facilitating transitions from the hospital and referrals to community resources; and providing appropriate care in accordance with patients' preferences. Click here for more information.
ChildTrends Report - Parents Behind Bars: What Happens to Their Children?
Children do not often figure in discussions of incarceration, but new research finds more than five million U.S. children have had at least one parent in prison at one time or another-about three times higher than earlier estimates that included only children with a parent currently incarcerated. This report uses the National Survey of Children's Health to examine both the prevalence of parental incarceration and child outcomes associated with it. Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
Opportunity for Public Comment - Soliciting Input for the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) FY 2016-2020 Strategic Plan
The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to solicit broad public input on the core scientific and policy areas of basic and applied behavioral and social sciences research that hold extraordinary opportunities to achieve the stated mission of the OBSSR and NIH. Click here for more information.
Opportunity for Public Comment - The National Institutes of Health FY 2016-2020 Strategic Plan To Advance Research on the Health and Well-Being of Sexual and Gender Minorities (SGM)
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is developing a strategic plan to guide the agency's efforts and priorities in SGM research over the next five years (2016-2020). The purpose of this notice is to seek input from researchers in academia and industry, health care professionals, patient advocates and health advocacy organizations, scientific or professional organizations, public agencies, and other interested members of the public about proposed goals and objectives for advancing research and other research-related activities with SGM populations. Click here for more information.
November 19 is National Rural Health Day
Today more than ever, rural communities must address accessibility issues, a lack of healthcare providers, the needs of an aging population suffering from a greater number of chronic conditions, and larger percentages of un- and underinsured citizens. Click here for more information.
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About SWRnet
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