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September 16, 2016 || Vol. 8, Issue 38
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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
Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH) (HRSA)
Deadline: November 10, 2016
The purpose of this program is to prepare maternal and child health leaders in adolescent[1] and young adult[2] health within at least five (5) core health disciplines, including medicine, nursing, nutrition, psychology, and social work by providing interdisciplinary leadership training to health professionals at the graduate and postgraduate levels. Click here for more information. Health Promotion Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Males (NIH)Deadline: January 7, 2020This initiative seeks applications that propose to stimulate and expand research in the health of minority men. Specifically, this initiative is intended to: 1) enhance our understanding of the numerous factors (e.g., sociodemographic, community, societal, personal) influencing the health promoting behaviors of racial and ethnic minority males across the life cycle, and 2) encourage applications focusing on the development and testing of culturally and linguistically appropriate health-promoting interventions designed to reduce health disparities among racially and ethnically diverse males age 18 and older. Click here for more information. Symptom Management in HIV-Infected Individuals with Comorbid Conditions (NIH)Deadline: January 7, 2020The FOA invites research applications focused on developing, adapting and testing innovative cost-effective strategies to prevent, identify and manage symptoms of HIV-associated Non-AIDS conditions (HANA) and other comorbidities among older adults with prolonged HIV infection. Click here for more information. Retirement Research Foundation Research GrantsDeadline: December 1, 2016
The Retirement Research Foundation funds research projects that have a regional or national impact on older Americans. Of particular interest are projects that seek causes and solutions to significant problems facing older adults, ages 65 and older, through support of applied and policy research for which federal funding is not available. Click here for more information.
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship in Behavioral Sciences Research in HIV Infection
Deadline: December 1, 2016
This postdoctoral fellowship opportunity provides innovative training in sexuality, gender, and mental health research as applied to HIV prevention and treatment across populations in both national and global contexts. The long-term goal of the program is to develop a diverse and highly skilled workforce of leaders in behavioral and social science research to meet the challenges posed by the evolving HIV/AIDS epidemic. Click here for more information.
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Calls
Call for Papers
South Asian Womanhood and Girlhood Conference
Deadline: September 12, 2016
This interdisciplinary conference will explore the lives of South Asian women and girls belonging to South Asia and the diaspora. The conference theme - Identities in Transition - intends to bring into focus the changing context of South Asian societies from diverse perspectives. Click here for more information.
Call for Book Chapters
The Emerging Integration of Genetics in Social Work Practice and Research
Deadline: October 1, 2016
The role of genetics in relation to the social work profession has evolved from social workers occupying traditional practitioner roles to that of researchers and scientists. Social workers are key actors in public policy forums; setting national and international standards related to the ethical concerns of genomic exploration. As members of interdisciplinary teams, social work researchers examine genetic disclosure distress and measure the risk revealed by genotypes and mental health conditions. This book builds upon previous treatments of the subject by discussing public policy issues, bioethics, gene by environment interactions, epigenetics, established and emerging practice issues, and future frontiers of social workers in the interdisciplinary sphere of genetics. Please submit abstracts of potential chapters (500 words) to geneticsocialwork@gmail.com.
Call for Abstracts
Special Issue of Voluntas - The Organizations of Civil Society
Deadline: November 30, 2016
Organizations play a crucial role as actors in civil society. Organizations also serve as platforms and "transmission units" between individual actors and society. Thus civil society organizations (CSOs) are critically important to safe-guard, shape and develop an active and healthy civil society - but also to understand civil society's role in society. With this special issue of Voluntas, we wish to encourage further theoretical and empirical research on CSOs and their many roles or functions in society. Click here for more information.
Call for Abstracts
National Organization of Forensic Social Work (NOFSW) 2017 Conference - Social Justice Rising
Deadline: January 15, 2017
In the United States, and all across the globe, sociocultural changes are fundamentally altering how people and communities connect to each other to share, discuss, and address social problems. Join us at the 2017 NOFSW Conference to explore how forensic social workers can harness this momentum to lead our communities toward real systemic change. Click here for more information.
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Conferences & Trainings Self-Sufficiency Research Clearinghouse Webinar - Multidimensional Poverty in America
September 20, 2016 - 3:00-4:00 PM EDT
This webinar will focus on examining multidimensional poverty in America through the lens of race/ethnicity and potential policy implications. Click here for more information.
Office of Minority Health Webinar -
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Research Publications & Data Resources
Center for the Study of Social Policy Report - Aligning Resources and Results: Increasing Equity Through the Budget
To ensure equitable outcomes for children and families, it is critical to consider the relationship between the impact of public policy and race, ethnicity and culture. Even when policies do not seem to explicitly address equity issues, they are likely to have a differential impact on the lives of families. Being explicit about equity consequences is an important consideration in assessing public policy and budget decisions and thus in ensuring that the needs of all children, youth and families are equitably met. Click here for more information. OPRE Brief - Using Administrative Data in Social Policy ResearchAdministrative data have the potential to help us answer pressing social policy questions. Government stakeholders and researchers are exploring the promises of using administrative data for research purposes. This brief summarizes an Innovative Methods Meeting that was organized by OPRE in the fall of 2015 that considered the potential benefits and pitfalls of using administrative data for research purposes. Click here for more information. ChildTrends Report - Moving Beyond Trauma: Child Migrants and Refugees in the United StatesThis report gives an estimate of the number of immigrant and refugee children who will enter the United States in 2016, where they come from, and the traumas they face. It includes recommendations for policy and practice. Click here for more information.
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News & Notices
Bloomberg - Worker Hours Are More Unpredictable Than Ever
What a job looks like has changed for many people since the recession. In general, things are looking up: Both unemployment and jobless claims are falling. But a good chunk of job creation has come at the highest and lowest ends of the spectrum, a trend that has only recently started to change with gains for middle-wage earners. Many people who lost well-paying jobs have found work, but for less money, doing hourly retail and food services jobs. These new hourly workers not only make less money, but they have much less predictable schedules than hourly workers had before the recession, according to a new study from the University of California, Davis. Click here for more information. |
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About SWRnet
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