Calls for Papers
Special Issue of International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare – Negotiating Belief in Health and Social Care
Deadline: September 15, 2017
This special issue will provide evidence and critical intersectional analysis about specific issues related to religion, belief, nonbelief, and spirituality specifically pertaining to health and social care. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Journal of Gerontological Social Work – Older Adults in Disasters
Deadline: November 30, 2017
The aim of the special issue is to highlight the importance of work with older adults, and inter-professional work in particular, in the area of emergency response and disaster recovery to advance knowledge and innovation in this field and area of practice. Disasters is broadly defined to include natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, droughts, tsunamis, and tornados and other environmental disasters; accidental disasters such as fires, exposure to toxic chemicals or substances, technology failure; and human-made disasters including war, famine, and terrorism. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Early Childhood Research Quarterly – Early Care and Education among Latino Families: Access, Utilization, and Impacts
Deadline: June 1, 2017
Early Childhood Research Quarterly invites manuscripts for a special issue focusing on research examining access, utilization and impacts of early care and education (ECE) programs for Latino children and their families. The goal of this special issue is to advance the research knowledge base and inform programmatic and policy decision making related to ECE for Latino children and their families. Click here for more information.
Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE) review
Deadline: January 4, 2017
Special Issue of Epidemiologic Reviews – Prisoners’ Health
Deadline: March 1, 2017
Special Issue of Journal of Human Rights and Social Work – Human Rights and Older Adults: Ensuring Justice and Security in Later Years
Deadline: January 13, 2017
Special Issue of Families in Society: Journal of Contemporary Social Services – Adoption Competency and Trauma Informed Practice with Adoptive Families
Deadline: November 1, 2016
Special Issue of Clinical Gerontologist – Psychosocial and Clinical Issues in Anxiety in Older Adults
Deadline: October 1, 2016
South Asian Womanhood and Girlhood Conference
Deadline: September 12, 2016
Special Issue of Families in Society – Adoption Competency and Trauma-Informed Practices With Adoptive Families
Deadline: November 1, 2016
The tides of adoption have shifted remarkably for all participants in the lifelong adoption journey. Many of today’s adoption policies, services, and practices lag behind these shifts, resulting in a lack of relevant knowledge, supports, and services. This special issue seeks manuscript proposals that promote a trauma-informed and adop on-competent professional community equipped to support all members of the new family formed by adop on, including biological, adoptive, and fictive kin. Click here for more information.
Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HOMVEE)
Deadline: September 19, 2016
Frontiers in Public Health Services & Systems Research Student Special Issue
Deadline: January 20, 2017
Special Issue of Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership, and Governance – Human Service Agencies and the Question of Impact: Lessons for Theory, Policy, and Practice
Deadline: October 15, 2016
Special Issue of Advances in Social Work – Advanced Practices and Emerging Trends in Trauma: Informed Care and Trauma-Specific Interventions
Deadline: September 30, 2016
This special issue of Advances in Social Work will explore the impact of trauma on children, adults and communities as well as models for trauma-informed care and trauma-specific treatments. Specifically, Advances in Social Work seeks both conceptual and empirically-based contributions exploring the impact of biopsychosocial and spiritual impact of trauma, including historical trauma, perpetuated abuse and oppression, and abuse and neglect across the range of social systems (micro, mezza and macro) and the life span of human development. Articles may focus on any element of the practice landscape including clinical social work, social work education, policy advocacy, community organizing as well as other dimensions of practice. Contributions related to evidence-based trauma-specific interventions are strongly encouraged. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Journal of Intergenerational Relationships – Intergenerational Learning & Education in Schools
Deadline: October 30, 2016
Black LGBT Health in the United States: At the Intersection of Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation
Deadline: March 1, 2016
Special Issue of Best Practices in Mental Health – Military/Veteran-Connected Populations
Deadline: July 31, 2016
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8th Biennial Cancer Survivorship Research Conference – Innovation in a Rapidly Changing Landscape
Deadline: February 8, 2016
Special Issue of Journal of Gerontological Social Work – Indigenous Older Adults
Deadline: February 28, 2016
Special Issue of Journal of Gerontological Social Work – Health Care Reform and Gerontological Social Work Practice
Deadline: March 31, 2016
This section is intended to highlight changes in professional practice with older adults in the last several years that are a result of reforms related to changes in health care policies including integrated care, acute care, long-term services and supports, consumer direction, social care, or other related areas. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Journal of Gerontological Social Work – Communities and Neighborhoods
Deadline: May 31, 2016
This section will focus on understanding the role that communities, neighborhoods and regions play in supporting positive outcomes for older adults. For this issue, communities and neighborhoods are broadly defined to range from densely populated city street blocks to sparsely populated rural areas, from social friendship networks to Internet communities, and from same-age groups to intergenerational relationships. Click here for more information.
Mathematica Policy Research Home Visiting Evidence of Effectiveness (HomVEE)
Deadline: January 4, 2016
Mathematica Policy Research seeks studies for a comprehensive review of the evidence base for home visiting programs. The review is being conducted for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) by Mathematica Policy Research and will be used to help inform policy, new initiatives, and program directions at the federal level. Click here for more information.
Journal of Gerontological Social Work Special Issue on Indigenous Older Adults
Deadline: February 28, 2016
The Journal of Gerontological Social Work is inviting submissions to a special section on Indigenous Older Adults. This section will focus on current and future challenges to and opportunities for Indigenous Elders to be active and engaged members of their families and communities as they grow older. Submissions are encouraged from scholars studying Indigenous older adults in the United States, Canada, Australia, Mexico and other nations with formally recognized Indigenous populations. Click here for more information.
Journal of Gerontological Social Work Special Issue on Health Care Reform and Gerontological Social Work Practice
Deadline: March 31, 2016
Journal of Gerontological Social Work Special Issue on Communities and Neighborhoods
Deadline: may 31, 2016
Sexuality and Social Work Conference 2016 – Transgressing Boundaries and the Intersection of Sexualities in Social Work
Deadline: January 31, 2016
Social Work & Christianity 2016 Graduate Student Paper Award
Deadline: January 31, 2016
The purpose of this Award is to encourage and recognize excellence in scholarly work by a graduate student on issues related to the ethical integration of Christian faith and professional social work practice and other professional concerns that have relevance to the Christian tradition. Click here for more information.
Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN) 2016 Conference – Careers, Care, and Life-Course “Fit:” Implications for Health, Equality, and Policy
Deadline: November 2, 2015
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
Special Issue of the Journal of Teaching in Social Work – Social Work Continuing Education
Deadline: November 30, 2015
Special Issue of Families in Society – Homelessness: Service Needs, Prevention, and Intervention
Deadline: November 1, 2015
Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN) Conference – Careers, Care and Life-Course “Fit:” Implications for Health, Equality, and Policy
Deadline: November 2, 2015
Special Issue of Traumatology – Resilience
Deadline: October 1, 2015
Resilience concepts have gained widespread use in scholarship and practice, yet definitions, measures, and uses of resilience remain complex and multifaceted. Resilience has been described as both an outcome and a process and has been used to refer to both individuals and communities. Scholars have also critiqued resilience theories and practice models as being difficult to define, too heavily focused on individual psychometric properties, and obscuring structural causes of adversity. It is essential that scholars and practitioners from a range of disciplines be at the forefront of critical discourse about resilience theory and practice. Scholars can offer valuable insight into problems of definition and conceptual measurement as well as the ways in which resilience is interpreted within a cultural context. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Social Work & Christianity
Deadline: November 30, 2015
A plethora of studies have been performed over the past decade and have confirmed the effectiveness and significance of spirituality and religion in the healing process of soldiers and veterans who may be seeking to cope with wounds to their body and soul. This special issue invites practitioners, researchers, and educators to submit papers with an emphasis on demonstrating the effectiveness of integrating religious and spiritually-focused interventions with military populations. This special issue of Social Work & Christianity seeks to build upon the current knowledge and interest related to acknowledging the role of religion and spirituality in social work practice with soldiers and veterans. This issue is especially focused on the demonstration of spiritually-focused evidence based practices that have shown to be effective in alleviating the negative effects of the trauma that soldiers and veterans have experienced. In addition, this issue will focus on research that supports the integration of religion and spirituality in the treatment of veterans and military populations. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care
Deadline: August 1, 2015
Ethical practice is a hallmark of excellent palliative care that occurs throughout the illness trajectory and at the end of life. A range of bio-psychosocial elements of the illness experience (diagnosis, treatment, caregiving) can raise ethical issues and problems that affect individuals, their caregivers, family members, friends, and health care professionals. For this special thematic issue, manuscripts are encouraged that report on original research, including systematic literature reviews (topics not previously well-covered in current literature) and meta-analyses, policy analysis, case studies with analysis of ethical problems, innovative educational programs and evaluated individual, family and community interventions. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Journal of Public Child Welfare – Administrative/Big Data Sets and Child Welfare Research
Deadline: October 15, 2015
The special issue on Administrative/Big Data Sets and Child Welfare Research would consist of methods, research and discussion related to administrative/big data sets and its impact on as well as implications for the field of child welfare. This call for papers solicits manuscripts reporting on original studies that illustrate framing the use and implications of administrative/big data sets research in effective child welfare administration, management, decision making, and practice. Clickhere for more information.
International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) Social Dialogue Magazine – Social Work Without Borders
Deadline: June 13, 2015
How can social work be framed within an international context and without borders that is, if the profession looked beyond its past and current careerist trappings, current international context and national professional discourse and concerns, what would it look like (professionally, ideologically and in practice and research). We are looking for contributions, from all regions of the world, in which you share your experiences of practice examples of working without borders or research summary or other relevant student projects or material you would like to be considered for this edition. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions – Substance Use and Violence
Deadline: September 15, 2015
Violence and substance abuse are widespread and interrelated problems that affect the health and wellbeing of individuals, families and communities. Researchers from social work and other disciplines have documented multiple connections between violence and substance use. Much of the early research focused on violence perpetration and alcohol. More recently scholars examine this relationship for a greater variety of substances (e.g. cocaine, and marijuana), wider forms of violence perpetration and victimization (e.g. intimate partner violence/dating violence, sexual assault, community violence, bullying, human trafficking), and populations (e.g. adolescents, adults, community-based samples, clinical samples). Despite growing attention to intersections among these issues, much remains to be learned. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Contemporary Rural Social Work – Raising Awareness of Global Rural Issues and Solutions
Deadline: May 2015
Rural communities around the world face common challenges requiring their own unique focus of social work inquiry and competencies. Some of these interrelated challenges include lack of access to education and services, histories of colonization and exploitation, high levels of disease, poverty, isolation, hopelessness, and civic inertia. Local responses to these challenges offer an array of approaches and interventions which colleagues in other locales may find useful. This Special Issue of Contemporary Rural Social Work will feature practice, policy, theory, and research articles focused on global rural issues and local responses to these issues. International social workers, both scholars and practitioners, are encouraged to contribute. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Journal of Criminology – Trauma and Substance Abuse
Deadline: June 19, 2015
Prior research highlights the complex intersections between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance use disorders (SUD), and involvement with the criminal justice system. Despite growing attention to intersections among these experiences, many issues remain unresolved. We invite investigators and practitioners to contribute original research articles as well as review article that will enrich our understanding of PTSD, problematic substance use, lawbreaking activity, and criminal justice involvement. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of The Journal of the Sociology and Social Welfare (JSSW) – Mind-Body Interventions in Social Work
Deadline: August 8, 2015
Special Issue of The Journal of the Sociology and Social Welfare (JSSW) – The Basic Income Guarantee (BIG)
Deadline: September 30, 2015
Special Issue of Social Work Education: The International Journal – Social Work and Social Media: Best Friends or Natural Enemies?
Deadline: July 31, 2015
This special issue will focus on the rapidly expanding use of online social networking sites and explore the potential impacts of these on social work education and practice. Whilst fear of professional sanctions may discourage the use of social networking sites within social work, there are increasing examples of supportive online communities and ground breaking practice work which engage with the opportunities afforded by social media. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Traumatology – Trauma, Aging, and Well-Being
Deadline: February 15, 2015
In response to a large gap in the literature, Traumatology is pleased to announce a call for papers with a forensic and interdisciplinary focus on the topics of trauma, aging, and well-being, particularly life course and cumulative trauma among older persons from diverse backgrounds and locations. Contributions should target innovation and new possibilities for theory, research, practice, program evaluation, policy, and advocacy in one of the following key areas: causes, correlates and consequences; mediating and moderating mechanisms; prevention, assessment, and intervention; human rights, policy, and advocacy. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of the American Journal of Community Psychology – Child Welfare and Housing: Implications for Policy and Practice
Deadline: March 1, 2015
The special issue of American Journal of Community Psychology aims to inform coordinated
responses to inadequate housing experienced by families involved in the child welfare and other
social service systems. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Social Work & Christianity – Religious and Spiritually-Oriented Interventions with Veteran and Military Populations
Deadline: June 30, 2015
This special issue invites practitioners, researchers, and educators to submit papers with an emphasis on demonstrating the effectiveness of integrating religious and spiritually-focused interventions with military populations. This special issue of Social Work & Christianity seeks to build upon the current knowledge and interest related to acknowledging the role of religion and spirituality in social work practice with soldiers and veterans. This issue is especially focused on the demonstration of spiritually-focused evidence based practices that have shown to be effective in alleviating the negative effects of the trauma that soldiers and veterans have experienced. In addition, this issue will focus on research that supports the integration of religion and spirituality in the treatment of veterans and military populations. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Journal of Criminology – Trauma and Substance Abuse
Deadline: June 19, 2015
Prior research highlights the complex intersections between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), substance use disorders (SUD), and involvement with the criminal justice system. Despite growing attention to intersections among these experiences, many issues remain unresolved. We invite investigators and practitioners to contribute original research articles as well as review article that will enrich our understanding of PTSD, problematic substance use, lawbreaking activity, and criminal justice involvement. Click here for more information.
Mathematica Policy Research HomeVEE
Deadline: January 12, 2015
Mathematica Policy Research is seeking studies for a comprehensive review of the evidence base for home visiting programs. The review is being conducted for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services by Mathematica and will be used to help inform policy, new initiatives, and program directions at the federal level. The purpose of this new Call for Studies is to continue and update the existing evidence review, conducted over the past five years. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of The Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment – Police Shooting of Unarmed African American Males: Implications for the Individual, Family, and the Community
Deadline: January 25, 2015
This interdisciplinary special theme issue of The Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment is dedicated to scholarly contributions, practice wisdom, solution-based, and evidence-based community interventions that are effective in addressing the perennial disproportionality of police brutality, and killings of African American males. The special issue editors welcome manuscript submissions that address police shooting of unarmed African American males and explain how the confluence and intersections of historic, contemporary, socioeconomic, legal, and political factors contribute to social inequities against African American males and their interactions with law enforcement agents. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Children and Youth Services Review – The Economic Causes and Consequences of Child Maltreatment
Deadline: February 20, 2015
The articles included in this issue should empirically address one of three areas: (1) the causal role of income and material resources in child maltreatment behaviors or involvement in the child welfare system at any level; (2) the role of prevention in mediating the effects of poverty on child maltreatment behaviors or involvement with child welfare services; or (3) the effects of maltreatment, child protective services involvement, and/or foster care placement on later educational, employment, and other economic outcomes. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of School Mental Health – Trauma-Informed Schools
Deadline: January 16, 2015
The growing awareness of the prevalence and consequences of adverse childhood experiences has introduced issues of trauma into national conversations focused on educational reform and school safety. The special issue will be framed by an Introduction and two manuscripts focused on the latest research on the impact of trauma on students and emerging practices aimed at integrating trauma-informed approaches into public schools to create safe and supportive school environments that address the needs of students exposed to trauma. Click here for more information.
International Journal of School Social Work (IJSSW)
Deadline: Rolling
Policy Conference 2.0 – Social Work as Action: Confronting Injustice
Deadline: January 15, 2015
The Policy Conference provides a collective space for social work students, faculty, and practitioners with a passion for social policy and policy practice. The following key questions will be explored during the conference: challenges and opportunities in social work policy practice in today’s political climate? ramifications of current human rights and injustice issues for social work? knowledge and skills do our students need to be effective policy practitioners and advocates for social justice? innovative teaching methods are resulting in demonstrated competency in policy practice? Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Epidemiologic Reviews – Gun Violence: Risk, Consequences, and Prevention
Deadline: December 15, 2014
Submission of review articles is now solicited on content and method topics for this theme. Examples include the relationship between gun laws and homicide, the risk attributed to mental illness, suicide risk attributed to availability and accessibility of guns, the role of guns in domestic violence, the relationship between substance abuse and gun violence, trends in emergency medical response and case-fatality rates, risk factors and prevention of mass shooting, peer influences on perpetration and victimization risks, efficacy of law enforcement interventions directed at gun violence, and community and societal characteristics associated with risk for gun violence. Please note that reviews on other epidemiologic aspects of gun violence are also welcome. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Public Health Reports – Health Status and the Military Experience: After the War
Deadline: January 9, 2015
The Guest Editors seek manuscripts that advance scientific knowledge of potential health consequences associated with military service. Information included in this Supplement is expected to assist public health professionals, clinical care providers, and policy makers in their efforts to identify and address risks to health associated with military experience. Preference will be given to manuscripts that explicitly consider the impact of deployment in support of combat operations. Click here for more information.
Contemporary Rural Social Work
Deadline: January 15, 2015
This online journal is devoted to the development of knowledge about rural social work and to the promotion of excellence in rural practice. Feature articles, Practice Notes, Teaching Notes, Book Reviews, and Poetry are considered for publication. Click here for more information.
Social Work & Christianity 2015 Graduate Student Paper Award
Deadline: January 31, 2015
The North American Association of Christians in Social Work is pleased to announce the creation of the annual Graduate Student Paper Award, with the winning paper to be published in Social Work & Christianity and the author to receive an Award Honorarium of $500. The purpose of this Award is to encourage and recognize excellence in scholarly work by a graduate student on issues related to the integration of Christian faith and professional social work practice and other professional concerns that have relevance to Christianity. Proposals should be no longer than 400-600 words and should be submitted by email attachment to David Sherwood, Editor, Social Work & Christianity, david@sherwoodstreet.com
The Society for Prevention Research 23rd Annual Meeting – Integrating Prevention Science and Public Policy
Deadline: November 7, 2014
This year’s conference theme, “Integrating Prevention Science and Public Policy,” offers the opportunity to consider the intersection of prevention science and policy in settings around the world. This theme emphasizes the value of a mutually supportive dialogue that addresses ways prevention science can effectively contribute to advancing evidence-based policy, and opportunities for policy issues to drive a pragmatic science agenda. Both researchers and policymakers have long suggested that high-quality research could and should be used to inform and shape policies and practice. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of eGEMs – Evidence into Action: Improving User Interface to Improve Patient Outcomes
Deadline: September 30, 2014
This special issue invites papers on the following topics: 1) Proposed conceptual models, frameworks, or protocols for developing of user-friendly health information technology (HIT) interfaces OR that describe innovative methods for usability testing, electronic health records (EHR)-based tools, webpages, mobile applications or databases; 2) Research case studies demonstrating the impact of a tool with high adoption rates on patient outcomes OR the impact of a user interface that demonstrates improved process outcomes (adoption, satisfaction) as a result of pilot or usability testing; and 3) Comparative case studies demonstrating the impact of various tools and comparing implementation approaches across sites. Click here for more information.
1st Pan-American Interdisciplinary Conference, PIC 2015
Deadline: January 25, 2015
We have the pleasure of inviting you to submit your scientific work for the 1st Pan-American Interdisciplinary Conference, PIC 2015 which will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The conference will gather researchers from all around the globe who will present their scientific attainments in various academic disciplines. The event has an interdisciplinary concept and calls upon authors from all scientific fields to take part with their research papers. The Forum will be a great experience for its participants and a good opportunity to discuss their topics of interest, to present their personal opinions and academic achievements, as well as to transfer knowledge and best practices. It will be an opportunity to find new scientific collaborations and publish scientific papers in the conference proceedings and special edition of highly reputable scientific journal. Click here for more information.
Social Work & Christianity 2015 Graduate Student Paper Award
Deadline: January 31, 2014
The North American Association of Christians in Social Work is pleased to announce the creation of the annual Graduate Student Paper Award, with the winning paper to be published in Social Work & Christianity and the author to receive an Award Honorarium of $500. The purpose of this Award is to encourage and recognize excellence in scholarly work by a graduate student on issues related to the integration of Christian faith and professional social work practice and other professional concerns that have relevance to Christianity. Proposals should be no longer than 400-600 words and should be submitted by email attachment to David Sherwood, Editor, Social Work & Christianity, david@sherwoodstreet.com
Health Affairs
Deadline: Ongoing
Health Affairs encourages submissions from authors on topics surrounding the care of older adults, including new models of care and the management of multiple chronic conditions among this population. We are interested in work that spans the full range of care settings, including primary care and specialty practices, hospitals, nursing homes and other long-term care settings. Likewise, in addition to exploring topics that are directly related to the provision of care, we also welcome papers on a broad array of related dimensions that affect care, access, and affordability, such as financing models, coverage, and size and composition of the workforce. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Evaluation Review: External Validity and Policy
Deadline: September 15, 2014
This Special Issue of Evaluation Review seeks papers that are informative about this translation of specific evaluation results to other contexts. Topics of interest include external validity, generalizability, and replicability. Particularly of interest are contributions that have practical application to the work of evaluators, policy makers at various levels, and decision-makers tasked with determining an EBP’s appropriateness for the context of their setting and population. The Special Issue seeks (i) general papers on these topics; (ii) discussions of how these topics relate to the policy challenges of EBP; and (iii) case studies of how these issues have been addressed-especially, but not exclusively, by official systematic evidence reviews. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Journal of Public Child Welfare – Defining the Evidence Base for
In-Home Child Welfare Services
Deadline: November 15, 2014
This special issue of Journal of Public Child Welfare seeks to stimulate intentional thinking about how child welfare systems – the public sector and allied formal and informal community resources – are currently working toward improving outcomes when children are at home and to help keep children at home. The issue strives to inform the field of practices with the strongest evidence base that have been applied to in-home child welfare services. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Social Work Education: The International Journal– Environmental Justice, Green Social Work or Eco Justice: Preparing for Social Work’s Growing Involvement
Deadline: January 15, 2015
This special issue seeks to capture the efforts of social workers who are embedded in the realities of environmental degradation and its impact on the well-being of individuals, families, and communities across the globe. Manuscripts that provide documentation of the issue, evidence of an attempted intervention at any system level and the outcome (if it worked or not) are welcomed. Conceptual manuscripts of how to integrate and frame environmental concerns and consequences for vulnerable populations, particularly to students in educational settings, are also invited. Finally, manuscripts with evidence of successful curriculum adaptations to include environmental concerns are welcomed. All manuscripts must provide implications to the education of social workers and the profession, as well aid the international readership of this journal and their understanding of this common problem. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Transnational Social Review (TSR) – Transnational Childhoods
Deadline: August 31, 2014
We invite proposals which pay credit to children’s experiences in, and with, transnational worlds as well as the informal and formal social support they are experiencing within them. We expect a broad range of topics to be addressed within this framework. These may include issues of children moving between national states (i.e. due to economic migration, transnational adoption, as refugees or through child trafficking), the transnational movement of child related practices and knowledge (i.e. of intervention programs like “Families First”), child related organisations operating between majority and minority worlds (i.e. UNICEF or small translocal child care initiatives) as well as culture and media (i.e. children adopting products of consumption culture locally or connecting virtually to others by the internet). Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Journal of Community Practice – Moving Beyond the Great
Recession: Innovative Programmatic and Policy Responses to Poverty
Deadline: August 31, 2014
We are interested in scholarly papers focused on innovative programmatic and policy responses aimed at reducing poverty locally, nationally, and globally. We are particularly interested in papers that focus on the implications of the Great Recession on practice, policy and research on poverty. As an interdisciplinary journal grounded in social work, we encourage papers that demonstrate
interdisciplinary collaboration and community-based scholarship. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Public Health Reports – Implementation of Routine HIV Screening in Clinical Settings
Deadline: September 15, 2014
The Guest Editors are interested in manuscripts that describe experiences implementing routine HIV screening in clinical settings, especially those that directly address reaching scale in making HIV screening a routine practice in these settings. Ideally, this Supplemental Issue will include manuscripts that provide evidence about the outcomes of implementing different approaches to routine HIV screening in these settings. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Public Health Reports – Health Status and the Military Experience: After the War
Deadline: January 9, 2015
The Guest Editors seek manuscripts that advance scientific knowledge of potential health consequences associated with military service. Information included in this Supplement is expected to assist public health professionals, clinical care providers, and policy makers in their efforts to identify and address risks to health associated with military experience. Preference will be given to manuscripts that explicitly consider the impact of deployment in support of combat operations. Manuscripts may be analytic or descriptive in format and should report on health following separation from active-duty service. Manuscripts reporting on results from original research, surveillance, reviews of prominent issues, evaluation of innovative programs, or commentaries related to existing or proposed policies will be considered. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Social Work Education: The International Journal – Environmental Justice, Green Social Work or Eco Justice: Preparing for Social Work’s Growing Involvement
Deadline: January 15, 2015
This special issue seeks to capture the efforts of social workers who are embedded in the realities of environmental degradation and its impact on the well-being of individuals, families, and communities across the globe. Manuscripts that provide documentation of the issue, evidence of an attempted intervention at any system level and the outcome (if it worked or not) are welcomed. Conceptual manuscripts of how to integrate and frame environmental concerns and consequences for vulnerable populations, particularly to students in educational settings, are also invited. Finally, manuscripts with evidence of successful curriculum adaptations to include environmental concerns are welcomed. All manuscripts must provide implications to the education of social workers and the profession, as well aid the international readership of this journal and their understanding of this common problem. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Critical and Radical Social Work – Racism, Islamophobia, and Social Work
Deadline: October 15, 2014
Authors are encouraged to (but not limited to) submit on the following themes: recording levels of racism, through voting patterns, racist incidents, growth of right wing populist and fascist organizations; movements against racism; Islamophobhia; implications for social workers working with minority communities (refugees/migrants/traveller communities etc); varying settings/environments, e.g adult care homes, prisons, adoption/fostering; and changing attitudes to racism and what this means for social work practice and theory. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Journal of Social Service Research: Integrated Primary and Behavioral Health
Deadline: September 1, 2014
Journal of Social Service Research seeks multidisciplinary research-related manuscripts for a special issue on research that examines primary and behavioral health care (PBHC) integration as a means for delivering quality care and improving overall health outcomes among vulnerable populations, with emphasis on persons with mental disorders, substance use disorders and co- occurring mental and substance use disorders. A considerable amount of evidence shows that higher levels of PBHC collaboration and integration are associated with more positive health outcomes; yet the knowledge base in social work lags far behind that of other disciplines, such as medicine, nursing, and public health. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development – Social Inclusion: The Asian Experience
Deadline: September 30, 2014
Health and social care services in Asia and Oceania are often characterized by a lack of adequate resources and an adherence to medical models. Social exclusion and discrimination are widespread. This special issue intends to bring readers to some of the latest reports on social inclusion research in Asia and Oceania and to investigate the nature of social inclusion in this context. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Qualitative Social Work: Research and Practice
Deadline: September 30, 2014
This special issue of Qualitative Social Work: Research and Practice will address teaching approaches and methods addressing the knowledge, values, ethical issues and skills needed to do various kinds of qualitative research and practice. Approaches to joining qualitative research courses or modules with content on epistemologies, values, technologies and other forms of research and inquiry are also encouraged. The perspectives of both teachers and learners are sought. Papers on technological innovation in teaching qualitative research are very welcome. The guest editor is James Drisko, Smith College School for Social Work. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of the Journal of Social Work Education –
Deadline: August 15, 2014
This special issue of the Journal of Social Work Education will provide a forum for a strategic advancement of the education and training of social work students for practice in the rapidly evolving field of child welfare. With growing attention to evidence-based practices, the effects of trauma, an emphasis on leadership at multiple levels, and a federal commitment to child well-being, there are multiple opportunities to strengthen child welfare competencies through innovative teaching, training, and partnerships in social work education. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Evaluation Review – Systematic Reviews and Public Policy
Deadline: July 15, 2014
There has been increasing political and fiscal investment by the federal government in evidence-based policy. To support this work there has been a dramatic increase in the number of federal and non-federal systematic reviews of evidence. The overarching goal of many of these reviews is to provide transparent, systematic assessments of the quality of the available evidence of effectiveness of various social, behavioral and medical interventions. These reviews vary in their goals, purpose, procedures, and information included. For this special issue of Evaluation Review, we are seeking papers that focus on systematic reviews in social policy. Click here for more information.
The SAGE Encyclopedia of World Poverty, 2nd Edition
Deadline: July 21, 2014
This completely updated five-volume reference will provide extensive and current information on the changing world of poverty, as well as insight into the contemporary debates. Over 850 signed articles will explore poverty in various regions of the world, and examine the difficulties associated with the definition and measurement of poverty, along with its causes and effects. This comprehensive project will be published by SAGE Reference in 2015 and will be marketed to academic and public libraries as a print and digital product available to students via the library’s electronic services. Click here for more information.
George Warren Brown Center for Social Development –
A Convening on Financial Capability and Asset Building: Advancing Education, Research and Practice in Social Work
Deadline: July 31, 2014
The convening will bring together scholars and educators to examine research and education, and develop the social work agenda in financial capability and asset building (FCAB). Scholarly papers are invited that assess practice and policy roles of social workers in FCAB, examine approaches to teaching FCAB in social work, and inform understanding of reaching vulnerable populations with FCAB policies and programs. Papers should discuss theoretical and practical implications for social work education, practice, and research related to FCAB in financially vulnerable households and communities. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Advances in Social Work – Technology, the Internet & Social Work Practice
Deadline: September 30, 2014
This special issue of Advances in Social Work will explore the themes of changing technology and media and their impact on social work practice. Taking a broad stance on defining practice, articles may focus on any element of the practice landscape including: clinical work, social work administration, policy advocacy, community organizing, and others. Both in the practice and policy arenas technological innovation is changing the way that social workers do business. Click here for more information.
Learning about Infant and Toddler Early Education Services (LITES): Identifying What Works and Advancing Model Development
Deadline: July 11, 2014
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeks information on models of infant/toddler early care and education (ECE) services that are compelling to the field, but currently lack research examining impacts on children’s outcomes. Eligible models will be profiled as part of the HHS-funded project, Learning about Infant and Toddler Early Education Services (LITES): Identifying What Works and Advancing Model Development. A separate systematic review is being conducted by LITES to identify models with rigorous research and evidence of effectiveness on children’s outcomes. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Traumatology: An International Journal – Trauma, Aging, and Well-Being: Invoking Human Rights, Intergenerational Family Justice, Peace, and Freedom
Deadline: August 31, 2014
In response to a large gap in the literature, Traumatology is pleased to announce a call for papers with a forensic and interdisciplinary focus, on the topics of trauma, aging, and well being, particularly life course and cumulative trauma among older persons from diverse backgrounds and locations. We are seeking manuscripts that demonstrate courageous scholarship that examine trauma, aging, coping resilience, and well-being from a human rights and social justice perspective. These contributions should target innovation and new possibilities for theory, research, practice, program evaluation, policy, and advocacy in one of the following key areas: Causes, Correlates, and Consequences; Mediating and Moderating Mechanisms; Prevention, Assessment, and Intervention; or Human Rights, Policy, and Advocacy. Click here for more information.
DOCTORAL STUDENT OPPORTUNITY
Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago Mentoring Workshop for Recent Ph.Ds. and Ph.D. Students in Child Well-being
Deadline: June 15, 2014
This Ph.D. workshop offers the opportunity for doctoral students to discuss their Ph.D. projects with international experts in the fields of qualitative and quantitative research about children’s well-being. Child well-being is broadly defined. Possible topics include, but are not limited to, racial and ethnic disparities, child poverty, subjective well-being, immigrant families, and family violence. Presentations that include innovative research methods, theoretical debates, and how research can inform policy and practice are also encouraged. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of the Journal of the Society for Social Work Research: Social work Intervention Research
Deadline: November 1, 2014
The Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research (JSSWR) announces a special issue dedicated to studies of social work interventions. This issue will broadly define social work interventions to include intentional action strategies designed to promote positive outcomes (or prevent adverse outcomes) among individuals, groups, organizations or communities served by the social work profession. Click here for more information.
The International Journal of Migration and Border Studies
Deadline: July 1, 2014
IJMBS aims to bring together a diverse range of scholars and practitioners to advance knowledge and improve practice and methodologies in a broad range of issued related to migration and borders studies. Broadly speaking, it seeks to provide different perspectives to its readership ranging from exclusion to integration of permanent, temporary and irregular migrants as well as asylum seekers. Articles covering a large spectrum of topics addressing the development of international, transnational and national immigration policies viewed in a broad sense are welcome. What could be the best practices regarding inclusion? Which measures have exclusionary effects? Some examples of themes this journal intends to cover are listed below. Click here for more information.
Ninth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
Deadline: March 28, 2014
The International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences examines the nature of disciplinary practices, and the interdisciplinary practices that arise in the context of ‘real world’ applications. It also interrogates what constitutes ‘science’ in a social context, and the connections between the social and other sciences. The focus of papers ranges from the finely grained and empirical(research practices and results exemplifying one or more disciplines), to wide-ranging multi-disciplinary and transdisciplinary practices, to perspectives on knowledge and method. Click here for more information.
26th National Symposium on Doctoral Research in Social Work
Deadline: April 30, 2014
The Ohio State University College of Social Work announces the Call for Papers for the 26th National Symposium on Doctoral Research in Social Work to be held September 19, 2014, on the campus of the Ohio State University. The symposium showcases dissertation research of recent Ph.D. and D.S.W. recipients. Dissertations completed between January 2013 and May 2014 are eligible for consideration; selected presenters will receive a $250 honorarium. Click here for more information and submission guidelines.
Special Issue of Clinical Social Work Journal (CSWJ) – Mental Health and Social Work Services in the Aftermath of Disasters
Deadline: April 15, 2014
The Special Issue of Clinical Social Work Journal (CSWJ) will explore the topic of disaster behavioral health and traumatic stress response work. This is a timely issue given the increase in weather related disasters, the record number of school shootings in the U.S., and the increase of terrorist attacks and armed conflict worldwide. This issue will present the available research on both current concepts and trends in the disaster literature, the immediate, short-and long-term sequelae, and treatment and screening options for each respective disaster phase. This issue will also cover resilience building, addressing the needs of disaster-affected children, secondary traumatic stress, and other issues related to disaster responders and humanitarian workers. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and and Public Health – Eliminating Health Disparities to Achieve Health Equity
Deadline: July 31, 2014
The purpose of this special issue is to highlight the latest interdisciplinary and innovative research, tools, methods and approaches to assess, reduce and prevent environmentally driven social, racial and ethnic health disparities. We welcome manuscripts that link environmental, health and these factors including, but not limited to, spatial dimensions of health disparities, community capacity building for environmental justice and community based participatory research. Additionally, .we also encourage submissions on policy analysis/policy decision making that address social determinants of environmental health, and on analytical approaches that inform decision making for policy and program development/implementation to reduce/prevent environmental health disparities. Our aim is to advance health disparity research into the arena of environmental health and help accelerate efforts designed to improve access to healthy environments for vulnerable populations. Click here for more information.
St. Edward’s University Policy Conference 2.0
Deadline: February 1, 2014
Policy Conference 2.0 will bring together social work educators, students, and practitioners from across the country to share their work in policy and policy practice, and to develop strategies for maximizing social work’s involvement in social policy at the local, state, and federal levels. Presentations may focus on the current state of policy practice, polices important to social work and its clients, innovative teaching methods, strategies for assessing policy competencies and practice behaviors, specific advocacy efforts, or new directions in policy research. All presentations will be considered for inclusion in a special issue of The Journal of Policy Practice. Click here for more information.
2014 JAMA Theme Issue – HIV/AIDS: Building on Progress, Acquiring New Knowledge
Deadline: February 14, 2014
As in previous years, in July 2014 JAMA will publish a theme issue dedicated to HIV/AIDS research, which will coincide with the 20th International AIDS Conference to be held in Melbourne, Australia.6 Authors are invited to submit evidence-based manuscripts on topics of HIV-related prevention and treatment for consideration for publication in this issue. Original research, especially randomized clinical trials of HIV treatment, will receive the highest priority for publication. Click here for more information.
Nordic Social Work Research Special Issue – Social Work and Sociology: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Deadline: April 10, 2014
This special issue will explore the relationships between social work and sociology from historical and contemporary perspectives. Whereas social workers and sociologists have long worked together to educate future social workers, sociology often is perceived as a theoretical discipline distanced from the everyday problems of social workers and of little relevance with respect for action. Social work, on the other hand, is often viewed as a practice-oriented profession having fewer theoretical concerns. Given these kinds of stereotyped understandings, how is it possible to avoid producing dichotomized views of theory and practice? Click here for more information.
The Network for Social Work Management 25th Annual Conference – Social Work Management in the Age of Innovation
Deadline: March 1, 2014
The Network is dedicated to enhancing the leadership of human service organizations. The conference will bring together prominent managers and leaders, researchers, professors, practitioners, and emerging leaders to share ideas, reflect on research, discuss challenges and enhance skills that strengthen social sector management. The conference will disseminate emerging practices, explore the latest research, strengthen collaborations, and support aspiring leaders. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Traumatology – Trauma Aging and Well-Being: Invoking Human Rights, Intergenerational Family Justice, Peace, and Freedom
Deadline: August 31, 2014
In response to a large gap in the literature, Traumatology is pleased to announce a call for papers with a forensic and interdisciplinary focus, on the topics of trauma, aging, and well-being, particularly life course and cumulative trauma among older persons from diverse backgrounds and locations. Click here for more information.
Society for the Study of Social Problems
Deadline: January 31, 2014
The 2014 annual meeting theme is: Fifty Years Later: From a War on Poverty to a War on the Poor. As we convene our 2014 meetings in San Francisco, we invite scholar-activists and practitioners to once again look critically at the issue of poverty in America and beyond, examining the successes, failures and limitations associated with 50 years of anti-poverty strategies with fresh eyes. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Clinical Social Work Journal (CSWJ): Has the Train Left the Station? Cyber Technology in Social Work Practice and Education
Deadline: January 15, 2014
This issue will explore the increasing use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in social work practice and education. The digital age has revolutionized how individuals of all ages interact. It is essential for social work practitioners and educators to understand the benefits and risks and learn how to adapt to this change, as ICT is increasingly becoming an inevitable component of social work practice and education. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Journal of Family Strengths: Family Engagement, Support, and Capacity Building for the 21st Century
Deadline: July 1, 2014
Families do 90% of all counseling, education, caregiving, health care and norm enforcement for their members. While a vital backbone for services provided to their members across the lifespan, families often lack requisite skills, resources and supports. When challenged or overwhelmed, they may be blamed for poor outcomes. The Children’s Bureau in its centennial year was heralded for its attention to families and for leading the nation in promoting more family supportive practices and policies. Building on this theme of more 21st century family-centered capacity building, there is a need to generate more evidence-based policy and practice knowledge. This special issue builds on such family strengthening agendas by seeking manuscripts which offer an array of contributions to advance an evidence base for practice and policy. To that end, we seek manuscripts which address prevention and early intervention with diverse families in diverse communities. Click here for more information.
National Addiction and HIV Data Archive Program Student Research Paper Competition
Deadline: January 31, 2014
The National Addiction and HIV Data Archive Program (NAHDAP) is expanding its Research Paper Competition to allow submissions from PhD students. Eligibility criteria now includes: current PhD students or recent graduates who graduated on or after April 1, 2013. The paper must be on the topic of drug addiction or HIV, and students are encouraged to use data released by the National Addiction and HIV Data Archive Program. The purpose of the competition is to highlight exemplary research papers on topics related to addiction and HIV that are based on quantitative analysis. Click here for more information.
Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research 2014
Deadline: January 20, 2014
The 2014 volume of CPFR will focus on the theme of “Family and Health: Evolving Needs, Responsibilities, and Experiences.” Around the globe, families are often faced with a variety of health issues, often as a result of social, political, religious, and economic forces. Health issues affect not only individual family members, but also impact family relationships and structures. This multidisciplinary volume of CPFR will address topics such as: caring for aging parents, illness in adults and children, addiction, obesity, wellness and nutrition, pregnancy and childbirth, healthcare reform, access to healthcare, advances in medical research, mental health, environmental health, the demographics of health, and the role of healthcare professionals from varying global perspectives. Click here for more information.
Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research (JBHS&R) Special Issue: “Empirically-based Interventions for Emerging Adults with Serious Mental Health Conditions”
Deadline: February 15, 2014
With growing awareness of the poor outcomes for older adolescents and young adults who experience serious mental health conditions, researchers and service providers are working to develop and test interventions designed to be engaging and effective. This Special Issue will highlight studies that offer evidence about what works, with particular attention to interventions or approaches informed by theories of positive development and designed specifically for young people (ages 14-30) with serious mental health conditions. Click here for more information.
Special Edition of Social Work and Christianity: Trauma, Impact and Responses
Deadline: March 1, 2014
This special issue of Social Work and Christianity will contribute to the understanding of trauma, the impact of various types of trauma on the lives of individuals, families, and communities, and responses that can promote healing from trauma. Traumatic life events can take many forms, including physical violence and abuse, natural disasters, terrorists acts and war. Social workers in many settings are especially likely to encounter people and communities who are experiencing the impact of trauma. As a result, understanding the nature of trauma and ways to promote healing are essential tools for social work practice. Given the focus of Christianity and Social Work, manuscripts that address linkages between trauma and religion and spirituality are especially welcome. Click here for more information.
Journal of Social Service Research Special Issue on Integrated Primary and Behavioral Health
Deadline: September 1, 2014
The Journal of Social Service Research seeks multidisciplinary research-related manuscripts for a special issue on research that examines primary and behavioral health care (PBHC) integration as a means for delivering quality care and improving overall health outcomes among vulnerable populations, with emphasis on persons with mental disorders, substance use disorders and co- occurring mental and substance use disorders. A considerable amount of evidence shows that higher levels of PBHC collaboration and integration are associated with more positive health outcomes; yet the knowledge base in social work lags far behind that of other disciplines, such as medicine, nursing, and public health. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of The United States Army Medical Department (AMEDD) Journal: Military Behavioral Health
This special edition of the AMEDD Journal will feature original research, theoretical articles, and substantive reviews of behavioral health services provided to active-duty Service Members, Veterans, and their Families across a broad spectrum. Click here for more information.
National Organization of Forensic Social Work Conference – 21st Century Forensic Practice: Moving Beyond Cultural Competence
Deadline: December 15, 2013
The conference planning committee invites presentations, workshops, symposia, posters, and advanced or innovative research and practice solutions that address the psychosocial determinants of health, well-being, and legal/justice involvement for individuals, families, and communities. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Sexuality and Disability
The Intersection of Sexuality and Disability: Implications for the Social Work Profession
Deadline: January 1, 2014
From the inception of the social work profession until present, social workers have engaged with clients with disabilities in practice settings and have ensured to deliver services that promote social justice, equality, inclusion, and diversity. However, an examination of the social work curriculum demonstrates that the topics of disability and sexuality are often ignored, which is antithetical to the profession’s goals, values, and core competencies. This special theme issue will explore the importance of teaching social workers about the history, theories, policies, and practices of sexuality and disability. Click here for more information.
Special Issue of Voluntas
Deadline: April 1, 2014
2014 Southwestern Social Science Association Annual Meeting: The Evolving and Everlasting Social Sciences
Deadline: November 15, 2013
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Georgetown Public Policy Review
Deadline: December 9, 2013
The Georgetown Public Policy Review is the student-run, peer-reviewed academic journal of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute. Each issue explores various themes in public policy through well-researched articles, interviews, book reviews, and essays. The Review is currently seeking submissions for the Spring 2014 edition. Click here for more information.
National Organization of Forensic Social Work Annual Conference
Deadline: December 15, 2013
This year’s NOFSW conference will feature inter-professional learning opportunities on how to integrate cultural competence with justice in clinical, organizational, community, and policy practice. The conference planning committee invites presentations, workshops, symposia, posters, and advanced or innovative research and practice solutions that address the psychosocial determinants of health, well-being, and legal/justice involvement for individuals, families, and communities. Click here for more information.
Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences
Deadline: January 24, 2013
The Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences encourages submissions of research papers, abstracts, student papers, and case studies from all areas of social science. Click here for more information.
9th International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
June 11-13, 2014 – Vancouver, Canada
Deadline: October 8, 2013
The International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences examines the nature of disciplinary practices, and the interdisciplinary practices that arise in the context of ‘real world’ applications. It also interrogates what constitutes ‘science’ in a social context, and the connections between the social and other sciences. The focus of papers ranges from the finely grained and empirical(research practices and results exemplifying one or more disciplines), to wide-ranging multi-disciplinary and transdisciplinary practices, to perspectives on knowledge and method. Click here for more information.
Work and Family Researchers Network 2014 Conference: Changing Work and Family Relationships in a Global Economy
June 19-21, 2014 – New York, NY
Deadline: October 18, 2013
We seek fresh and innovative scientific contributions on work and family issues from investigators in diverse disciplines. The voices of all stakeholders are needed to understand and address work and family issues to advance knowledge and practice. We also encourage policy advocates, policy makers, and work-life practitioners to submit evidence-based contributions. Click here for more information.
National Symposium on Doctoral Research in Social Work
September 19, 2014 – Columbus, Ohio
Deadline: Spring 2014
The College of Social Work and the Doctoral Student Organization (DSO) at The Ohio State University invites recent Ph.D. and D.S.W. recipients in social work to submit abstracts describing their dissertation research. Click here for more information.
Work and Family Researcher’s Network Conference: Changing Work and Family Relationships in a Global Economy
Deadline: October 18, 2013
The Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN) invites submissions for the 2014 Conference, Changing Work and Family Relationships in a Global Economy, to be held June 19-21, 2014 at the Millennium Broadway Hotel in New York City. We seek fresh and innovative scientific contributions on work and family issues from investigators in diverse disciplines. Click here for more information.
Association for Practical and Professional Ethics 2014 Annual Meeting
Deadline: November 1, 2013
This call invites individuals from all disciplines and professions interested in advancing understanding of practical and professional ethics. Submissions are invited on ethical issues in all fields, including: Business, Engineering, Government, Journalism and Media, Law, Medicine, Social Work as well as interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary topics that cut across professions such as Action Research, Biomedical, Education Environmental, Public Health, and Research Ethics. Click here for more information.
Anxiety and Depression Association of America Conference 2014
Deadline: December 4, 2013
The Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) leads the way in bringing together a multidisciplinary community of basic and clinical researchers and clinicians with diverse backgrounds. Submissions are welcome on a broad range of research and practice topics relating to these disorders. The conference creates an essential bridge between clinicians and researchers. The overall goal is to improve patient outcomes by advancing dissemination and implementation of research and providing experiential learning about evidence-based treatments and best practices in real-world settings.
The theme focuses on personalized treatments for anxiety and mood disorders in children and adults. Click here for more information.
4th International Conference on Families with Parental Mental Health Challenges
Deadline: September 30, 2013
The Fourth International Conference on Families with Parental Mental Health Challenges (Fri April 25th – Sun April, 27th) is calling for papers. The conference will bring researchers, educators, policy-makers and providers from across disciplines together with members of the judiciary and those with lived experience. The primary aim is to advance the rights and highlight the needs of families striving to live well with parental mental health challenges. Click here for more information.
Journal of Public Child Welfare: Building, Implementing, & Sustaining Effective Child Welfare Practice
Deadline: December 1, 2013
This Journal of Public Child Welfare Special Issue invites articles that address Building, Implementing, & Sustaining Effective Child Welfare Practice.This call for papers recruits manuscripts reporting on original studies that illustrate at least one phase of the framework to design, test, spread, and sustain effective child welfare practice: (1) develop and test interventions that target specific child welfare populations resulting in a stable, replicable intervention that shows promise for more rigorous testing, (2) implement rigorous evaluation designs that arrive at conclusions about whether a specific, stable intervention is more likely to improve outcomes than one or more alternatives, (3) test strategies for adapting and implementing efficacious interventions in a different context, to different groups, in different locations, and/or under different circumstances, (4) evaluate efforts to spread and sustain promising interventions in the real world of child welfare with a goal of improving agency decision-making, performance, and child and family outcomes. Click here for more information.