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December 18, 2015 || Vol. 7, Issue 51
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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 on Measurement of Teen Dating Violence (NIJ)
Deadline: March 9, 2016
NIJ is seeking proposals for measurement research related to teen dating violence (a.k.a. adolescent relationship abuse). In particular, NIJ is seeking proposals that advance the accurate and developmentally appropriate measurement of dating violence perpetration and victimization among adolescents and young adults. Click here for more information. Applied Research Toward Zero Suicide Healthcare Systems (NIH)
Deadline: November 2, 2016
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is intended to support applied research that advances the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention's Zero Suicide goal of preventing suicide events (attempts, deaths) among individuals receiving treatment within health care systems. Zero Suicide is a commitment to the prevention of suicide among individuals served by health care systems and is also a specific set of health care strategies and tools intended to eliminate suicide events.Research is needed to implement effective and comprehensive suicide prevention strategies in a variety of settings, including behavioral health and substance abuse outpatient clinics, emergency departments and crisis care programs and centers, hospitals, and integrated primary care programs. Click here for more information
Mechanism for Time-Sensitive Drug Abuse Research (NIH)
Deadline: November 8, 2018
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will support pilot, feasibility or exploratory research in 5 priority areas in substance use epidemiology and health services, including: 1) responses to sudden and severe emerging drug issues (e.g. the ability to look into a large and sudden spike in synthetic cannabinoid use/overdoses in a particular community); 2) responses to emerging marijuana trends and topics related to the shifting policy landscape; 3) responses to unexpected and time-sensitive prescription drug abuse research opportunities (e.g.,new state or local efforts); 4) responses to unexpected and time-sensitive medical system issues (e.g. opportunities to understand addiction services in the evolving health care system); and 5) responses to unexpected and time-sensitive criminal or juvenile justice opportunities (e.g. new system and/or structural level changes) that relate to drug abuse and access and provision of health care service. Click here for more information. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant - Systems for Action: Systems and Services Research to Build a Culture of Health
Deadline: January 12, 2016
Systems for Action (S4A) uses rigorous methods to test strategies for improving the reach, quality, efficiency, and equity of services and supports that promote health and well-being on a population-wide basis. S4A uses a wide research lens that includes and extends beyond medical care and public health systems to incorporate sectors such as housing, transportation, social services, community services and supports, education, criminal and juvenile justice, and economic and community development. Click here for more information.
Laura and John Arnold Foundation Low-Cost Randomized Controlled Trials to Drive Effective Social SpendingDeadline: March 1, 2016
The Laura and John Arnold Foundation is expanding its investment in low-cost randomized controlled trials (RCTs) designed to build policy-important evidence about "what works" in U.S. social spending. Click here for more information
Russel Sage Foundation Grant - The Social, Economic, and Political Effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Deadline: March 30, 2016This Russell Sage Foundation initiative will support innovative social science research on the social, economic and political effects of the Affordable Care Act. We are especially interested in funding analyses that address important questions about the effects of the reform on outcomes such as financial security and family economic well-being, labor supply and demand, participation in other public programs, family and children's outcomes, and differential effects by age, race, ethnicity, nativity, or disability status. We are also interested in research that examines the political effects of the implementation of the new law, including changes in views about government, support for future government policy changes, or the impact on policy development outside of health care. Click here for more information. University of South Florida (USF) Post-Doctoral Research FellowshipDeadline: January 31, 2016
The Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute (FMHI), College of Behavioral and Community Sciences, University of South Florida (USF) invites applications for a postdoctoral research fellowship. Click here for more information.
DOCTORAL STUDENT OPPORTUNITY
Influencing Social Policy (ISP) Robert L. Schneider Dissertation AwardDeadline: April 30, 2016
ISP sponsors annual contests (complete with cash awards) for students engaged in policy advocacy and their faculty mentors. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Special Issue of Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care - Pain Issues in Palliative Care and End of Life: Expanding the Social Work Role
Deadline: January 15, 2016
Pain and/or the fear of pain is often experienced by patients receiving palliative care and those facing end of life. Failure to address the multidimensional sources of pain and related suffering can produce emotional and moral distress for both personal and professional care providers. Disparities continue in access to quality pain management, and too few providers feel well-prepared to care for those with complicated pain concerns. 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. Manuscripts must specifically relate to palliative and/or end-of-life care topics in pain/symptom management for serious illness. Click here for more information.
Call for Proposals
Policy Conference 2.0 - Race and Inequality: Policy & Advocacy for Structural Change
Deadline: January 15, 2016
Policy Conference 2.0 is designed to provide a collective space for social work students, faculty, and practitioners with a passion for social policy and policy practice. This year's Policy Conference 2.0 will include a special research panel showcasing rigorous scholarship on issues of race and social justice and examining the role of policy in addressing inequities, discrimination, and oppression. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings
NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Lecture Series - Cultural Neuroscience: Closing the Gap in Population Mental Health Disparities
January 8, 2016, 2:00-3:00 PM EDT Mental health disorders pose a significant global financial burden in treatment annually. A key challenge facing global mental health is to understand the etiology and treatment of mental health disparities, including the mechanisms of population disparities in mental health. Cultural neuroscience is a research field that examines the cultural, environmental and genetic factors that shape psychological and neural processes underlying behavior. Recent advances in cultural neuroscience demonstrate the relevance of culture in modulating brain and behavior. This talk will provide an overview of advances in cultural neuroscience, with discussion of the implications of this research for closing the gap in population mental health disparities. Click here for more information.
2016 START National Training Institute - It Takes a Village: The Value of Community NetworksMarch 14-16, 2016 - Atlanta, GA
In order to effectively support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and co-occurring mental health conditions, professionals across disciplines must work collaboratively.
The START National Training Institute will feature nationally recognized keynote speakers and presenters, networking opportunities, interactive sessions, and panel discussions that will provide information for practice change to improve the lives of persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and behavioral health needs. Click here for more information.
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Research Publications & Data Resources
Commonwealth Fund Report - Aiming Higher: Results from a Scorecard on State Health System Performance
Echoing the past three State Scorecards, the 2015 edition finds extensive variation among states in people's ability to access care when they need it, the quality of care they receive, and their likelihood of living a long and healthy life. However, this Scorecard-the first to measure the effects of the Affordable Care Act's 2014 coverage expansions-also finds broad-based improvements. On most of the 42 indicators, more states improved than worsened. Click here to view the full report.
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News & Notices
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About SWRnet
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