Call For Papers: Special Issue Of The Journal Of Substance Abuse Treatment
Organizational Dynamics Within Substance Abuse Treatment
The Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment is requesting submissions for a special issue of research studies on organizational issues in the delivery of substance abuse treatment services. The DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION is JULY 1, 2011. Interested authors should contact one of the Guest Editors for the special issue: Patrick Flynn, Ph.D. (p.flynn@tcu.edu), Danica Knight, Ph.D. (d.knight@tcu.edu), Hannah Knudsen, Ph.D. (hkknud2@email.uky.edu), or Mark Godley, Ph.D. (mgodley@chestnut.org) for more information. Manuscripts should be submitted via the Elsevier Editorial System’s website for JSAT (http://ees.elsevier.com/jsat/) as a “Special Issue Paper.” Submitted manuscripts will be screened by the guest editors before being sent out for peer review.
Substance abuse treatment occurs within dynamic and multi-level organizational contexts. Interactions among agents within and between the different levels (e.g., management, counselors) can influence organizational health and impact the quality of services provided. Examples of relevant paper topics for the special issue include: examining the role of leadership in promoting innovation adoption, exploring relationships between staff functioning and client engagement, identifying economic factors that impact service delivery, and documenting how staff perceptions of program functioning relate to counselor and client retention.
This special issue aims to bring together current scientific knowledge and reports of empirical findings on organizational factors and substance abuse treatment. The goal is to advance research toward a more holistic systems view of the treatment organization and develop a better understanding of organizational factors that influence service delivery and client outcomes.
Call for Papers: Joint HRSA-CDC-NIH-AHRQ Call for Papers:
Integrating Primary Care and Public Health
Joint HRSA-CDC-NIH-AHRQ Call for Papers: Integrating Primary Care and Public Health
Deadline: August 1
The American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM) and American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) intend to publish a joint theme issue that addresses the question: “How do we improve population health and promote health equity through the effective integration of primary care and public health?” The editors encourage submissions coauthored by professionals in both fields, and they encourage authors to consider the following manuscript categories: Research and Practice, Briefs, Systematic Reviews, Current Issues, Analytic Essays, and Framing Health Matters. Manuscripts are due to AJPH on August 1.
Papers are invited in the following areas:
Science – What factors promote integration? How has integration measurably impacted population health and health equity?
Education – How can integration be promoted during professional training and practice?
Practice – What are promising practices for integration? What are incentives and disincentives to integration?
Policy – What policies are effective in promoting integration? What are opportunities to promote integration in the Affordable Care Act?
Definitions: Primary care is the provision of integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients, and practicing in the context of family and community (Institute of Medicine. Primary Care: America’s Health in a New Era. 1996). Public health is an organized activity of society to promote, protect, improve, and, when necessary, restore the health of individuals, specified groups, or the entire population (Last JM. A Dictionary of Public Health. 2006).
Manuscripts are due to AJPH on August 1 and should be submitted at http://ajph.edmgr.com. All manuscripts will undergo the standard peer review process by AJPH and AJPM editors and peer referees as defined by AJPH and AJPM policy.
The guest editors are:
Dr. Irene Dankwa-Mullan, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health; Dr. Kaytura Felix, Health Resources and Services Administration; Dr. Denise Koo, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Dr. Therese Miller, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
For further information, please contact the guest editors via email at AJPH-AJPMPapers@hrsa.gov.
Link:http://fridayletter.asph.org/article_view.cfm?fl_index=1667&fle_index=15226
Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the Journal for Healthcare Quality:
Safety Net Healthcare
Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the Journal for Healthcare Quality: Safety Net Healthcare
Special Issue: March/April 2012
The Journal for Healthcare Quality is issuing a call for papers for a special issue on safety net healthcare to be published in 2012.
This Journal for Healthcare Quality (JHQ) special issue provides a forum for healthcare professionals to dialogue about the quality of care provided in safety net hospitals and systems and to learn about their efforts to reform the delivery of care in order to continually increase the quality and capacity for providing care to an increasing population post reform. JHQ is seeking manuscripts for applied research and innovative, robust case studies focused on:
Patient safety initiatives directed to reduce harm to patients and improve the culture of safety (such as improved results from the use of the AHRQ Safety Culture Survey)
Healthcare associated infection reduction efforts
Innovative programs delivering care to vulnerable patient populations producing improvements in local population health
Improvement in patient experience
Reduction in avoidable readmissions
Elimination of disparities of care
Community projects producing improvements in local population health
Improvements in efficiency and cost effectiveness
Health information technology (HIT) implementations that have supported improved care delivery
Increased efficiencies in administrative and clinical operational facets.
Please note that case studies must have data demonstrating improvement (such as pre- and post-intervention data or comparison to control) and clearly identifying the limitations and generalization of findings.
The journal’s editors are currently soliciting manuscripts for a timely and relevant issue on the value and quality of the nation’s safety net hospitals and systems and their use and contribution of evidence based practices that quantify and qualify their contribution to practical and applied research findings.
Individuals interested in submitting a paper for publication in this issue should review the JHQ Information for Authors. If you have questions or would like to discuss ideas on a manuscript for possible publication, please contact Maulik Joshi, JHQ Editor in Chief, at mjoshi@aha.org or 312/422.2622.
The deadline for submitting manuscripts is July 15, 2011.
Call for Papers for a Special Issue of The Gerontologist:
Not Your Mother’s Old Age: Baby Boomers at 65
Call for Papers for a Special Issue of The Gerontologist: Not Your Mother’s Old Age: Baby Boomers at 65
This year the first of the Baby Boom cohort reached age 65 and for the next 19 years, close to 10,000 people a day will celebrate their 65th birthday. Baby Boomers redefined each stage of life as they experienced it, modifying fashion design and hair length as well as key societal institutions. They questioned the underlying values and attitudes of society. They influenced education, music, race relations, sex roles, and child rearing. They are about to change what we know about old age.
Although the popular press has been fascinated with the aging of the Boomers, scholarly attention has been more limited. In an effort to further a multidisciplinary dialogue about the nature of aging, we invite authors to contribute original research papers as well as review papers focused on the aging of the baby boom generation. We particularly welcome papers that are conceptually based, methodologically sophisticated, and oriented toward policy and practice. Both papers focused exclusively on Baby Boomers and those contrasting Boomers with earlier cohorts are encouraged. Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods approaches are welcome, from humanities and arts perspectives, as well as those of science, practice, and policy.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, those that address:
* The extent to which Boomers are a homogeneous group and the implications that this has for policy.
* How the Boomers’ experiences with economic upheavals has influenced their aging process.
* How shifts in work and retirement will influence the old age experienced by Boomers.
* The family relationships of Boomers, including examination of patterns of care and assistance to older as well as younger family members.
* Patterns of and experiences with healthcare usage.
* The role of neighborhoods and communities as Boomers age.
* The cross-cultural validity of the construct of “Baby Boomer”
Author Guidelines for The Gerontologist can be found at http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/geront/for_authors/general.html. Manuscript formats include research articles, brief reports, forums, and practice concepts and policy analysis. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tg.
Manuscript Submission Deadline: August 1, 2011
Print Publication Date: Early 2012
Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the Journal of Health Care Finance: Public Health & Health Care Financing
Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the Journal of Health Care Finance: Public Health & Health Care Financing
Guest Editor, Professor M. Z. Younis, Jackson State University
The purpose of the proposed special issue is to examine topics related to public health. This issue is open, but not limited, to theoretical and empirical papers in international health, pharmoeconomics, health economics, health care financing, urban and rural health, health disparities, environmental health, and epidemiological studies.
Subject Coverage
Suitable topics include, but are not limited to:
– Health care administration – Health policy and management
– Health management information – Health informatics
– Pharmoeconomics – Pharmacy administration
– Public health – Epidemiology and environmental health
– International health – Health economics and finance
Paper
Procedure: Notes for Prospective Authors
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers are refereed through a peer rev iew process.
Guidelines for manuscripts submitted for review:
All manuscripts submitted for review should have structured abstract, key words, authors¡¦ name, biographical sketch, and email address). Papers should be double-spaced with standard fonts and margins and formatted according to APA style guidelines. Tables, figures, and graphics should be inserted as in the place they should appear in the
text rather than as an appendix. All author identifiers must be removed from the manuscript before submission; a cover letter with author contact information should be attached as a separate file.
Guidelines for accepted articles:
Accepted articles must be submitted as Microsoft Word documents conforming to the following:
– All text must be fully justified.
– Margins (top, bottom) should be set at 2.0.”
– Margins (left, right) should be set at 2.25.”
– Please use Times New Roman 10 font size for the abstract; Times New Roman font size 12 for all other text.
– All figures, tables, and charts must conform to the margins listed above, and be embedded in the text. All graphics must be in Portrait orientation, and be typed in a font size no smaller than Times New Roman 8.
– Note that the entire submission (manuscript, biographical sketch, abstract, and contact information) must conform to these format specifications.
– All credited authors must complete and return a publication contract.
– References should appear as endnotes at the end of the manuscript.
Important Dates
Deadlines for submission: September 15, 2011
Editors and Notes
You may send one copy (email submission only) in the form of an MS Word file attached to an e-mail (Author) to the following:
Professor M. Z. Younis
Jackson, MS
USA
E-mail: younis99@gmail.com
Call for Papers: JAMA 2012 Theme Issue on Comparative Effectiveness Research
Call for Papers: 2012 Theme Issue on Comparative Effectiveness Research
Robert M. Golub, MD; Phil B. Fontanarosa, MD, MBA
Comparative effectiveness research (CER) has captured the attention of the clinical and research communities and the public. Although various definitions of CER have been promulgated, the common element is the “direct comparison of existing health care interventions, using a variety of data sources and measurement methods to determine which interventions carry the greatest benefits and harms for which patients.”1 Ultimately, the purpose of the evidence generated by CER is “to assist consumers, clinicians, purchasers, and policy makers to make informed decisions that will improve health care at both the individual and population levels.”2
The concept of CER is not new,3 as clinical research and modeling studies such as decision analysis have often addressed the comparative benefits and harms of available or new methods to prevent, diagnose, treat, or monitor clinical conditions and improve patient care. What is novel is the recognition of the importance of CER and the substantial support for generating rigorous evidence essential for delivering care that is consistently patient centered.3 The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 appropriated more than $1.1 billion for comparative effectiveness research. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 created the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to identify and address research priorities for CER,4,5 to develop and improve the methods used for clinical CER,6 and to emphasize the importance of patient-centered medicine as a primary purpose of the CER initiative.1
Of the more than $1 billion in ARRA funding designated to be allocated for CER by September 30, 2010, it is estimated7 that approximately 46% was directed for evidence development and synthesis (including primary research such as interventional or observational studies and secondary research involving data synthesis, such as meta-analysis or cost-effectiveness analysis); 41% was allocated for expanding the capacity to conduct observational CER (including developing methods and expanding infrastructure); and 13% was allocated for other activities, including translation and dissemination, priority setting, and stakeholder engagement.
Given the interest in, importance of, and funding for CER, as well as the potential for CER to affect every specialty and many aspects of clinical medicine, JAMA will publish a theme issue and the Archives Journals will publish articles or theme issues devoted to CER in April 2012.
Authors are invited to submit manuscripts on any topic relevant to CER to be considered for this JAMA theme issue. Rigorously conducted original research, especially multicenter randomized clinical trials and observational studies that present new CER findings for improving outcomes for common clinical conditions, will receive careful consideration, along with systematic reviews and scholarly commentaries. We are particularly interested in receiving manuscripts from investigators who have received funding for CER from the ARRA to demonstrate the types of research and outcomes emanating from this important federal initiative.
However, we are equally interested in scholarly work that addresses the serious challenges surrounding CER research and application. Such topics include, but are not limited to, the barriers to translation of CER into practice (and possible solutions), how to measure meaningful outcomes, relevant but less familiar study designs (such as pragmatic and complex trials, novel observational designs, modeling approaches), ethical issues raised by CER, effective communication of quantitative information to patients, the interface between CER and politics, and the implications of a CER framework for the practice of medicine.
Authors are encouraged to consult the Instructions for Authors’ for guidelines on manuscript preparation and submission. All submitted manuscripts will undergo JAMA ‘s usual rigorous editorial evaluation and review. Good-quality manuscripts not accepted by JAMA, may, with the authors’ approval, be referred to one of the Archives Journals for consideration. Manuscripts received before October 1, 2011, will have the best chance of consideration for inclusion in the 2012 JAMA theme issue on CER.
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Link:http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/305/7/717.full
Call for Manuscripts for a Special Issue of the Journal of Research on Adolescence:
Network and Behavior Dynamics in Adolescence
Guest Editor
René Veenstra, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Guest Consulting Editors
Jan Kornelis Dijkstra, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Christian Steglich, University of Groningen, the Netherlands
Maarten Van Zalk, Orebro University, Sweden
The goal of this special issue (8-10 articles) of Journal of Research on Adolescence is to give an overview of the use of stochastic actor orientated models for analyzing the joint interdependent dynamics of networks and behavior in adolescence. These models can be estimated by software called SIENA, Simulation Investigation for Empirical Network Analysis. It has proven to be a useful analytic tool for questions about selection (friends change but behavior stays similar) and influence (friends stay similar but behavior changes) effects, with as strengths that it models unobserved changes between observation points, controls for network structure effects, and takes dependencies in the data into account.
For this special issue we invite authors to look at selection and influence dynamics and its applications for adolescent adjustment. We seek contributions that derive testable hypotheses from different theoretical approaches and test these hypotheses empirically using innovative designs (longitudinal network data) and analyses (multivariate models). Besides questions about selection and influence dynamics, we hope that the authors also address additional questions, such as questions de-selection dynamics and questions about moderation and mediation processes in network and behavior dynamics. To provide a coherent focus to the special issue, we would like that authors build upon two recent review articles in this area:
• Brechwald, W. A., & Prinstein, M. J. (2011). Beyond homophily: A decade of advances in understanding peer influence processes. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 21, 166-179.
• Veenstra, R., & Dijkstra, J. K. (2011). Transformations in adolescent peer networks. In B. Laursen & W. A. Collins (Eds.), Relationship pathways: From adolescence to young adulthood (chapter 7). New York: Sage (available at www.gmw.rug.nl/~veenstra/CV).
Deadlines and Procedures
By June 1, 2011, potential contributors should submit a brief letter of intent (no more than 2 pages) that includes the following information:
(1) Tentative title, names and affiliations of anticipated authors, and contact information for corresponding author;
(2) Basic information about the proposed manuscript as follows:
a) Brief explanation (300 words) of the main research question, theoretical background, and hypotheses;
b) Sample composition and study design (number of cases, number of waves, mean age at the first wave);
c) Description of the behavior measures and the network (e.g., limited versus unlimited nominations, nominations for classmates, grade-mates, school mates);
d) If already possible: Brief summary of manuscript content (e.g., key findings or conclusions).
By July 1, 2011, authors will be informed of the outcome of the initial review by the guest editors. A subset of authors will be invited to submit full manuscripts for additional consideration.
By December 1, 2011, potential contributors will submit completed manuscripts. Submissions will be made through JRA’s online submission portal, and manuscripts will be reviewed following the journal’s usual process. It is anticipated that the special issue will be published in 2013 (the early view version may already be online in 2012).
Inquiries regarding the Special Issue may be directed to d.r.veenstra@rug.nl.
Link:http://www.s-r-a.org/announcements/2011-04-19-jra-special-issue-network-and-behavior-dynamics-adolescence-call-manuscript
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Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Progress in Community Health Partnerships:
Research, Education, and Action on the Topic of the Science of Community Engagement
Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action on the Topic of the Science of Community Engagement
We are issuing this Call for Papers for a special issue of Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, & Action, which will focus on the “Science of Community Engagement.” Our goal is to highlight concepts that form the foundation for assessing the impact of community engagement across all forms of research conducted with the intention of improving the health of those same communities. We are particularly interested in augmenting concepts and definitions with rigorous empirical studies that elucidate, operationalize and/or assess community engaged research, and the contribution (potential and actual) of community engaged research to comparative effectiveness research.
Manuscripts can be submitted for peer review in any of the following categories:
Original Research Works-in-Progress and Lessons Learned Community Perspectives
Policy and Practice Theory and Methods Education and Training
Practical Tools Systematic Reviews Brief Reports
Social scientists studying the human condition have long engaged the challenge of explaining subjectivity in ways that clinical and translational researchers conditioned by the controls available in the laboratory are now starting to seriously engage. As anthropology in the 1990s studied aspects of contemporary culture, other scientific disciplines examining social problems have also sought to incorporate within their research an understanding of the dynamic between the observer and the observed. Over the past two decades, it has become increasingly clear that objectivity has its limits and that research into health should not mistake objectivity for generalizability.
In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) promoted the involvement of communities in research with its publication of the Principles of Community Engagement (1997). The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Roadmap’s commitment to translational research, characterized as moving “from bench to bedside” is also pushing researchers and academic institutions to create and expand partnerships with communities and to develop new skills, knowledge and methodological approaches. Founded in 1996, Community Campus Partnerships for Health has fostered conversations among academics and communities about the importance of community-based participatory research (CBPR). In recent years, CBPR has emerged as a central paradigm, emphasizing the value of involving communities and researchers fully and equally in every facet of research. Indeed, the emergence of this journal is itself further indication of interest in understanding the role of partnerships for advancing health research, and for the subsequent application of knowledge and formulation of policy. While there is a clear commitment to studying health through academic and community research partnerships, more work is needed to elucidate the viability and practicality of fully engaging communities in identifying important research questions, developing clinical research proposals, implementing protocols, interpreting data, and disseminating findings.
Studies of community engagement and health promotion activities must not only examine and interpret human beings in relation to lived contexts and environments, but also as persons who also directly constitute a context. In seeking to enhance our ability to understand community health and community health improvement efforts, we must cultivate an awareness of how social bonds (or their absence) inform and influence behaviors, interactions and health. In addition, we need a better understanding of community characteristics (e.g., the built environment, the availability of health care and social services, economic and business interests, arts and cultural activities) as contributors to health outcomes, so that we might better understand how such factors may shape the generalizability of new knowledge and its dissemination and implementation. These contextual factors are particularly important for improving population health. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) emphasizes the importance of including diverse populations, patient subgroups, and clinical settings in comparative effectiveness research, particularly those populations that are often underrepresented in research and for whom little evidence on best clinical practices exists.
This special issue seeks to advance the “Science of Community Engagement” by inviting studies from large-scale community-academic joint ventures, particularly Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) recipients and Practice-Based Research Networks (PBRNs). Studies of community engagement should focus on the identification of a shared set of outcomes and measurement strategies. We seek a wide range of community-engaged research, including CBPR and research that engages a wide range of communities (e.g., clinicians, priority populations). Studies of community engagement that examine aspects of the social context including an understanding of the role of human social dynamics within the research process are particularly welcome. The following topics are of high priority for this special issue:
- Developing shared approaches to measuring aspects of the impact of different types of community engaged research on improving health outcomes, as well as spreading and sustaining effective practices;
- The unique contributions of community engaged research to better understand the effect of context and heterogeneity in comparative effectiveness research;
- Articulating the role of community engagement for conducting comparative effectiveness research and for informing policy;
- Identifying common contextual variables and parameters that facilitate comparison and contribute to dissemination and implementation research; and
- Recognizing, documenting and addressing community benefits, needs, risks, and other ethical issues associated with collaborative community-based research activities.
- Examples of well-designed research for translating interventions across different communities, including a means for evaluating the translational process between community interventions, and documenting the impact of community engagement on several dimensions, including the research process (eg., recruitment), health care service delivery (eg., uptake of clinical innovations) and population health outcomes (measures of morbidity and mortality).
The deadline for submitting papers is Monday, August 1, 2011.
Instructions for specific types of articles and submitting manuscripts can be found at: http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/progress_in_community_health_partnerships/guidelines.pdf.
In accordance with the mission of Progress in Community Health Partnerships, papers that reflect community voices and collaborations with community members will be prioritized. We encourage community authored and co-authored manuscripts, as well as those reflecting collaborations across multiple CTSAs and research from community-engaged practice based research networks (PBRNs).
Link:https://www.ctsi.ufl.edu/2011/04/11/ctsa-announces-a-call-for-papers-for-special-issue-of-progress-in-community-health-partnerships-research-education-action/
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Call for Manuscripts for a Special Issue of the Howard Journal of Communications:
Health Communication and Health Disparities
Deadline: August 15, 2011
The Howard Journal of Communications invites manuscripts for a special issue addressing health communication and health disparities. Access to good health care is an important civil right related to a person’s life expectancy and a person’s quality of life. Previous research has demonstrated that there are many contributors to health inequalities, with poor access to good health information chief among them.
We invite manuscripts that address issues of health communication with vulnerable populations. Manuscripts should aim to advance our theoretical or conceptual understanding of these issues. Articles may consider addressing advances in health communication campaign research, message design, our understanding of sociocultural variables and their relationship to processing communication, patient-provider communication, health journalism, health literacy, or ethnic media’s role in disseminating health information.
Submissions from a broad range of methodological approaches are encouraged, including, but not limited to, ethnographies, cultural studies, critical approaches, histories, and quantitative approaches. The Guest Editor of the special issue will be Dr. María E. Len-Ríos, University of Missouri. The special issue will include five peer-reviewed manuscripts. Manuscripts should conform to APA style.
Manuscripts should be sent via e-mail to Dr. Carolyn Stroman, The Howard Journal of Communications Editor, at hjcomm@gmail.com, by August 15, 2011. It is preferred that manuscripts be provided as both Microsoft Word (.doc, not .docx) and PDF documents. Journal publication is projected for late 2011.
Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the Journal of Rehabilitation:
Professional Practice in Vocational Rehabilitation
The Journal of Rehabilitation is pleased to announce a call for papers for a Special Issue on Professional Practices in Vocational Rehabilitation for People with Disabilities, intended for publication in late 2011.
We are seeking manuscripts that describe highly effective programs in vocational rehabilitation. This would include evidence-based practices in service delivery, standardized outcome measurement with national and international benchmarks, and other professional practices in leadership, management, training and workforce development that support the outcomes attained and the effective practices identified. Although efficacy trials, effectiveness studies, and reviews are preferred, consideration will also be given to conceptual papers that contribute to the delineation of professional issues in the delivery of evidence-based practices. Two key questions we are seeking to answer are: (1) What are the evidence-based practices and forms of outcome measurement used within different specialties of vocational rehabilitation? and (2) What kind of professional organization and structure is needed to support the use of the best available evidence-based practices in each specialty area? While we wish to focus on services that provide intensive levels of assistance, we encourage papers from all specialty areas such as disability-specific services, supported employment, supported education, school to work transitions, veterans vocational rehabilitation, insurance-based vocational rehabilitation, and public funded vocational rehabilitation services.
Completed manuscripts should follow the 6th edition of the APA Publication Manual. Deadline for submissions has been extended to June 1, 2011. Questions and requests for additional information should be directed to the Special Issue Co-Editors:
Dr. Geoffrey Waghorn – geoff_waghorn@qcmhr.uq.edu.au
Dr. Wendy Parent – wparent@ku.edu
Manuscripts should be original work not currently being considered by any other publishing source. Manuscripts must be submitted in Microsoft Word. Submission as an attachment to the email address below is required. Authors should remove any identifying information from the manuscript beyond the title page and include a cover page that includes the corresponding author’s name, address, phone number and email address.
Paul B. Alston & Paul J. Toriello, Co-Editors
Journal of Rehabilitation
Department of Rehabilitation Studies
College of Allied Health Sciences
East Carolina University
Greenville , NC 27858-4353
Phone: 252-744-6300
Fax: 252-744-6302
Email: JR@ecu.edu
Link:http://www.nationalrehab.org/cwt/external/wcpages/index.aspx
Call for Papers: International Journal of Positive Behavioural Support
Call for Papers: International Journal of Positive Behavioural Support
The British Institute of Learning Disabilitiesis proud to announce the launch of a new Journal – its first new Journal for many years: the International Journal of Positive Behavioural Support. The first edition will be published in September 2011. From 2012 it will be published twice yearly.
Positive behavioural support (PBS) combines the conceptual framework of applied behaviour analysis with the values base of social role valorisation and framework of person-centred approaches. The International Journal of Positive Behavioural Support is a peer-reviewed publication that aims to:
• define and promote good practice in relation to the use of PBS
• add to the evidence base regarding such interventions
• demonstrate how PBS interventions can support people to change their challenging behaviours, improve their quality of life, and result in reductions in the use of restrictive procedures (such as physical intervention, seclusion and as required medication)
• bridge the gap between academic research and service practice
The Journal therefore welcomes contributions in the form of:
• single-case studies
• group studies
• accounts of wider organisational change
All submissions should include data that evidence the impact of described interventions. In addition to papers describing more traditional experimental methodologies, manuscripts that report routine data collected by services or as part of dedicated audits are welcome. The Journal will feature both quantitative and qualitative studies.
Theoretical papers will also be considered providing these demonstrate a clear link to evidence in the existing literature or propose extensions to current practice. The Editors will also commission research reviews from time to time.
Papers should generally be between 3-5,000 words in length; brief reports of 1-2,000 words will also be considered.
While the primary focus of the Journal is the use of PBS approaches in supporting children and adults with intellectual disability, manuscripts demonstrating their use with other populations will also be considered.
Joint editors:
- David Allen is Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Associate Clinical Director for Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board and Professor in the Clinical Psychology of Intellectual Disabilities at the Welsh Centre for Learning Disabilities, Cardiff University. He is a fellow of both the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities (IASSID) and the British Psychological Society. He is also co-chair of the Challenging Behaviour and Mental Health Special Interest Research Group of IASSID, Chair of the Challenging Behaviour and Mental Health Research Advisory Group of the Learning Disability and Autism Research Network for Wales, and a member of the Welsh Assembly Government’s Learning Disability Advisory Implementation Group.
- Dr Peter Baker is Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Tizard Centre, University of Kent
The Journal editors welcome enquiries about submitting papers. If you wish to make an enquiry, please contact us at ijpbs@bild.org.uk
Link:http://www.bild.org.uk/03journals_ijpbs.htm
Call for Submissions: Health and Interprofessional Practice
ealth and Interprofessional Practice is a peer-reviewed, open access journal dedicated to increasing the availability of high-quality evidence to inform patient care and practitioner education from an interprofessional perspective. HIP is aimed at academics, practitioners and student-practitioners who seek to become more knowledgeable and skilled at working with providers in other health disciplines for the purpose of providing compassionate, quality, integrated care to diverse patient populations.
HIP is a quarterly journal published by Pacific University | ISSN 2159-1253
Aims & Scope
HIP seeks to publish original research (both quantitative and qualitative), reviews and educational materials that directly address the practical challenges and opportunities of interprofessional care and education. Work published in Health and Interprofessional Practice should have immediate practical application for clinicians and educators who value interprofessional teamwork, evidence-based practice and culturally competent care. Articles that indicate methods of navigating interdisciplinary conflicts/disagreements (e.g. scope of practice issues) in the service of high quality patient care are of particular interest.
The editors recognize that the value of evidence is largely determined by its accessibility, both in format and presentation. As such, Health and Interprofessional Practice encourages applied research and writing that focuses on implications of findings for practice. Articles that address only one profession’s work may be submitted if the content of the work is such that it provides insight into that profession (or into a disease/condition) that would be valuable within the context of interprofessional practice or education. Authors are encouraged to submit work for publication in the sections below.
Original Theory & Research
Articles devoted to theory or research may focus on clinical, professional or educational issues. For the purposes of the journal, “original theory” includes the exploration of a new model, framework or theory or a new approach to/use of an existing model, framework or theory. “Original research” is defined as the collection of original data or the original analysis of archival data in a systematic and methodologically sound attempt to either test a hypothesis or answer a research question. Both quantitative and qualitative methodologies are encouraged, as appropriate for the topic under consideration. All research articles must adhere to the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts outlined by ICMJE.
Case-Based Learning
Submissions to this section may include either case reports or case conferences. Case reports should focus on interprofessional care experiences and suggest strategies for successful interprofessional treatment of specific conditions. Case conferences should present cases relevant materials necessary for the presentation of an interactive case conference. Case conferences should necessitate the involvement of at least three (3) health professions.
Cross-Cultural Issues in Care
Articles that address cross-cultural competencies relevant for multiple professions, but which do not qualify as original research/theory or review articles, should be submitted for this section.
Review Articles
Systematic reviews or meta-analyses may be submitted for this section. Reviews should adhere to the guidelines outlined by the PRISMA Statement.
From the Field: Student Experiences
Submissions to this section should be brief narrative communications from students relating their experiences working in interprofessional teams as part of rotations or other clinical activities during the course of their education. Submissions should focus on what the student has learned about another profession as a result of their experience, or about what challenges/opportunities were presented by working in an interprofessional capacity.
Book/EBP Resource Reviews
Appropriate submissions include critical reviews of books addressing interprofessional education or practice, health services research methods or cross-cultural care. Critical reviews of online evidence-based resources (e.g. new indexes, databases, information systems, point of care resources, etc.) are also encouraged. Only online resources with practical application to education or care should be reviewed.
Book reviews will be published as both text and podcasts. Authors may submit their own podcast but if they do not, a podcast of their written submission will be created by the journal.
Commentary
The editorial staff welcomes contributions that comment on the challenges and opportunities of interprofessional care or education, on scope of practice issues, on the delivery of culturally competent care or other relevant topics. Submissions should reflect the views of the author, but should also be substantiated with citations to relevant literature as appropriate.
Link:http://commons.pacificu.edu/hip/
Call for Manuscripts for a Special Issue of the Journal of Family Social Work:
Evidence-Based Social Work Practice with Older Adults and Their Families
Co-Editors
Etty Vandsburger and Alice King Ingham
The Journal of Family Social Work announces a Call for Papers for a Special Issue on ‘‘Evidence-Based Social Work Practice with Older Adults and Their Families.’’ With the exponential increase of the older adult population projected in the near future, greater knowledge on how best to serve older adults and their family members is clearly needed. Furthermore, a significant need exists for professionals to be equipped with particular skills to work with this population. Although social workers are aware of future demographic predictions and the attendant challenges and opportunities, social work students seem reluctant to specialize in working with older adults. The goal of the Journal’s special edition is to address both needs.
We call for papers that:
1.) Contain empirical data on family-focused interventions with older persons and their family 2.) Evaluate teaching methodologies for family-focused interventions with older persons
The Journal of Family Social Work is a scholarly journal devoted to creating an evidence base for a wide range of social work issues on behalf of families across the life-span, including preparing professionals for effective practices with older adults. Manuscripts must be submitted by May 15, 2011, to the Editor, Pat Conway at jfsw@medicine.nodak.edu.
Articles should adhere to the APA Publication Manual, 6th ed., up to 6,000 words, and figures and tables should be camera ready. For information regarding the Special Issue, please contact the Guest Editors, Etty Vandsburger (evandsbur@radford.edu) or Alice King Ingham (akinging@radford.edu). For general author instructions and access to the Manuscript Submission & Limited Copyright transfer form, go to Taylor & Francis at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/copyright.asp. For information regarding the Journal of Family Social Work, contact the Editor, Pat Conway at jfsw@medicine.nodak.edu.
Journal of Family Social Work
Editor-in-Chief: Pat Conway, PhD, LCSW
North Dakota State University
Link:http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/WFSW
Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Child Abuse Review: Fathers
Fathers are key actors in the lives of children at risk, both as ‘risks’ and ‘resources’ (Featherstone, 2009). However, there is widespread recognition in the literature of knowledge gaps surrounding working with fathers in child protection/safeguarding. It is now commonly acknowledged that fathers are too often ignored by health and social services providers and that fathers tend to avoid involvement with them. Parenting still tends to be regarded as synonymous with mothering, and it is with women, and to a lesser extent children and young people, that professional relationships are formed. The invisibility of fathers is also found in research which focuses on mothers while the presence or absence of fathers is not remarked upon, and in analyses of policy and practice where general comments about ‘parents’ fail to distinguish between mothers and fathers. Often this is not because men are never there – they are – but because of a failure to recognise or evaluate the implications of their presence. On the other hand, in recent years, important research and scholarship about interventions with fathers and masculinities has been going on and there is an emerging theoretical literature and the beginnings of an evidence base on working with fathers. The aim of this special issue is to contribute to advancing knowledge in this area.
Papers are invited that examine any aspect of theory and practice in working with fathers in child protection/safeguarding. This could include examples of research, policy and practice from a range of settings – health, social care, education, youth and criminal justice and from the non-statutory sector; or papers based on theoretical development in relation to any area relevant to fatherhood – for instance, men as carers, gender relations and masculinities. International contributions are welcomed.
If you would like to discuss a possible contribution, please contact the editor for this special issue, Harry Ferguson, Centre for Social Work, University of Nottingham, at: julia.walsh@southwarkpct.nhs.uk
Papers will be subject to Child Abuse Review’s normal peer review procedures. Instructions for authors can be found on the inside back cover of the journal and at the website http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1099-0852/homepage/ForAuthors.html
Papers should be submitted to Julia Walsh, Editorial Manager, Child Abuse Review, NHS Southwark, Governance, PO Box 64529, Hub 1, First Floor, 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 5LX, UK by email to julia.walsh @southwarkpct.nhs.uk by 5th September 2011.
Link:http://www.baspcan.org.uk/child-abuse-review.php
Call for Papers: The Care Span–a New Section of Health Affairs
Health Affairs has launched The Care Span, a new ongoing section of the journal, in its March 2011 edition. The Care Span will examine the topics of aging and disability, not as isolated experiences but as part of the full span of life. Toward this end, the journal aims to bring together the best current thinking on how to advance the development of a sustainable continuum of quality care for seniors and the disabled, and to highlight important trends and developments. We particularly want to surface key issues and proposals for consideration by policy makers at the local, state, federal, organizational, and industry level.
All papers submitted for this section should be original submissions and will undergo peer review. Papers for The Care Span should be submitted via Health Affairs’ online manuscript submission system. Further details on The Care Span can be found on the Health Affairs website or by contacting Donna Abrahams, dabrahams@projecthope.org. Additional help for authors and style guidelines are also available on the Health Affairs site.
The Care Span is published with the support of a grant from The SCAN Foundation.
Scope and Topics. By covering a wide variety of issues under its new The Care Span rubric, Health Affairs will examine policy integration at the whole system level. Within the traditional health care sector, The Care Span will consider ambulatory and inpatient care delivered in diverse settings. In addition, it will look at such issues as care workforce education and expansion, integration and continuity of care, and consumer choice. The Care Span will also explore issues that span related disciplines such as ambulatory care and public health, as well as issues from other policy spheres that affect the continuum of care, including housing, transportation, and immigration.
Appropriate topics for The Care Span should fall within the following broad areas of interest: long-term services and supports, aging, disability, chronic disease (including multiple morbidities), end-of-life/palliative care, community-based care, the continuum of care, and related areas. At the same time, topics should be consistent with the section’s main goals and objectives.
Link:http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2011/03/15/call-for-papers-the-care-span/
Call for Papers: Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Aging
Dear Colleagues,
I have been invited to edit a special issue of the Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Aging on religion and spirituality among older LGBTQ adults. I am seeking original research articles for this issue, but will also consider reviews, more theoretically-oriented works, or manuscripts that address pastoral or practice issues.
We are planning for this issue to be published in 2012, so manuscripts would need to be submitted by October, 2011 in order to allow time for peer review.
If you are interested in contributing an article for this special issue, please email me back-channel at mbrennan@acria.org with an abstract of your proposed submission.
Best regards,
Mark Brennan
Mark Brennan, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA)
ACRIA Center on HIV and Aging
230 West 38th Street, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10018
(212) 924-3934 ext. 131
(212) 924-3936 [fax]
mbrennan@acria.org
http://www.acria.org
Link:http://psyaging-l.blogspot.com/2011/03/info-call-for-papers-journal-of.html
Call for Abstracts: Protecting Children
The American Humane Association’s quarterly journal, Protecting Children, is seeking abstracts on current methodologies in child welfare research, with the intent of advancing knowledge about cutting-edge techniques, processes or systems of research related to child welfare. Original, conceptual, practice-based or empirical papers are invited.
Abstracts are due by May 9, 2011. If accepted, full papers will be due by Sept. 12, 2011.
Original conceptual, practice-based or empirical papers are invited. Submitted abstracts should address one of the following areas:
• The use of latent class analysis in child welfare research
• The use of structural equation modeling in child welfare research
• The use of completing risk modeling in child welfare research
• Simulation in child welfare research, as it relates to foster care and other situations
• The use of propensity score analysis in child welfare research
• The use of Atlas.ti or other qualitative/coding techniques in child welfare research
For additional information on American Humane Association, please visit http://www.americanhumane.org.
If you have questions regarding the appropriateness of content for submission, please email Katherine Casillas at katherine.casillas@americanhumane.org.
Link:http://www.americanhumane.org/children/professional-resources/protecting-children-journal.html
Call for Papers for the International Journal of Public Health on the Topic of
Life Course Influences on Health and Health Inequalities:
Moving Towards a Public Health Perspective
The International Journal of Public Health is happy to announce that a new Call for Papers entitled “Life course influences on health and health inequalities: moving towards a Public Health Perspective” has been opened.
Life course influences are increasingly seen to hold the key to a better understanding of disease aetiology and the processes that lead to social inequalities in health. Even though the life course perspective has been a rapidly emerging area of research, the further development of theoretical models that elucidate the underlying biological, psychological and social pathways over the life span remains a strong challenge. Another challenging issue refers to the translation of life course findings into public health policy action. The aim of this call is to contribute to the further development of a holistic and theory-driven view of the life course, which takes into account the full range of explanatory factors – spanning multiple domains, levels and time – as well as their practical consequences.
The International Journal of Public Health invites authors to submit original papers (Original articles, Brief reports, Hints and Kinks, Reviews) dealing with theoretical and statistical challenges for the development of an interdisciplinary life course perspective in Public Health. Findings, which add to our understanding of how life course research contributes to prevention and health promotion will be welcome as well.
The call will be edited by Professor Matthias Richter (Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern) and Professor David Blane (School of Public Health, Imperial College London) and interested authors are welcome to submit their work until August 31st 2011.
Link:http://blogs.springer.com/ijph/international-journal-of-public-health/call-for-papers-life-course-influences-on-health-and-health-inequalities-moving-towards-a-public-health-perspective/
Call for Papers: Public Management Review Symposium on Crisis and Disaster Management
Guest Editors: Dr. Naim Kapucu, Professor of Public Administration, University of Central Florida, (nkapucu@mail.ucf.edu) and Dr. Arjen Boin, Professor of Public Governance and Crisis Management, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, (a.boin@uu.nl)
This symposium focuses on the topic of emergency, disaster, and crisis management in the public sector. A wide range of natural hazards, ranging from earthquakes, tornados, tsunamis, and floods to global climate change, environmental degradation and deforestation pose a major risk to the lives and livelihoods of large populations around the world. Man-made disasters that are caused by technological failures (industrial accidents, spillages, explosions and fires) compound the threat. In the post-9/11 context, security threats based on violence (terrorism, insurgency, and civil strife) have attracted much of government’s attention and resources. The scale, frequency, and intensity of emergencies, disasters, and crises have dramatically increased over the last decade. After the failures of Katrina, there is a critical need for a careful stocktaking. What have we learned? What has changed in the management of crises and disasters? What do we know about the causes, patterns, and consequences of these events? The aim of this symposium is to discuss the theory and practice of crisis and disaster management from global perspectives (by focusing on response and recovery systems, processes, and actors). The editors welcome paper proposals that are either empirical or conceptual and that focus on new areas of research or evaluations of existing streams of research. The editors welcome proposals on the following topics (and prefer comparative or multi-country analysis):
Stakeholders and the crisis and disaster management networks
Leadership in times of adversity
Organizational structures of effective response and recovery operations
Complexity theory: can it explain the causes of crises and disasters?
Ethics, professionalization, and accountability for crisis managers
Uses of program evaluation and policy analysis in critical decision-making
Normative assessment: what is good crisis management?
Government and civil society capacity in managing disasters and crises
Multi-level governance and crisis and disaster management
Organizing for transboundary crises: Are new forms of government necessary?
International cooperation: Towards a new era?
Single spaced papers of no more than 7000-8000 words (approximately double spaced 20 to 25 page) should be sent to Professor Naim Kapucu (nkapucu@mail.ucf.edu) by August 1, 2011. Empirical papers should clearly specify research question, research design, methods, data, findings, and implications for
theory and practice. For conceptual papers authors should identify foundational assumptions and key concepts, develop an internally consistent logic or model of causation, and result in specific propositions or testable hypotheses. Authors will be notified of acceptance decisions after a review procedure. The symposium edition of Public Management Review is anticipated to be published in 2013.
Link:http://emdispatch.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/call-for-papers/
Call for Papers for a Special Issue of JORSEN (Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs):
Mediating Disability in the Digital Era: The Mass Media and Equality in Education
Call for Papers for a Special Issue of JORSEN (Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs): Mediating Disability in the Digital Era: The Mass Media and Equality in Education
Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs (JORSEN) is an established online forum for the dissemination of international research on special educational needs.
A special issue of JORSEN in conjunction with the Cultural Disability Studies Research Network planned for 2012
This special journal issue seeks to offer the space for those committed to social justice through inclusive education to reflect upon the presence of digital media in the classroom and professional practice.
Digital media here is taken to include traditional media forms that are being digitised or are now produced in digitised forms and what has been termed ‘new media’ e.g. social networking sites.
In Cultural Locations of Disability Snyder and Mitchell note that “we primarily come to know disabled people, both historically and in our own moment, through representations of their lives, experiences, and bodies that have been manufactured by those outside of the immediate disability experience” (2006:19). Furthermore, this is done without consideration of how the mode of mediation constructs how we can know the disability experience being represented. In view of this, this journal issue asks educators, practitioners and pedagogic, disability and cultural researchers to consider the changes that access to, and dissemination through, digital mediums have afforded for how we can understand the experience and cultural construction of disability.
Topics may include but are not limited to:
How digital media has helped to reveal exclusionary practice within educational settings;
How digital media has afforded voices to those previously only addressed as anonymised research subjects;
How digital media enables the inclusion of marginalised perspectives within the inclusive education agenda;
How digital media has afforded knowledge exchange across transnational borders;
The use of advocacy and activist websites, blogs and forums in classroom practice;
The impact of social networking sites on the awareness and rise of sexual rights for those previously excluded from access to sexual citizenship;
The representation of disability in digitised forms;
The impact of increased accessibility to media coming from a social model perspective.
This issue will be jointly edited by Sue Ralph (University of Northampton) Email: jorsen@nasen.org.uk, Irene Rose (Liverpool John Moores University) Email: I.E.Rose@ljmu.ac.uk and Laura Waite (Liverpool Hope University) Email: wiatel@hope.ac.uk
Please submit articles to by email to Sue Ralph, Editor, JORSEN by 1st August 2011
Prof. Sue Ralph. Visiting Professor in Special and Inclusive Education. CeSNER, University of Northampton, Park Campus, Boughton Green Road, Northampton NN2 7AL. Email: jorsen@nasen.org.uk
Link:http://associazionefichu.wordpress.com/2010/09/18/call-for-articles-mediating-disability-in-the-digital-era-journal/
Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Health Sociology Review:
Lifestyle Science: Self-Healing, Co-Production and DIY
Deadline for Papers: 1st September 2011
Editors:
Rick Iedema, Centre for Health Communication, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Irena C Veljanova, School of Social Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Australia
The purpose of this special issue of Health Sociology Review (2012, issue 21/3) is to bring together international viewpoints and analyses addressing the rise in self-care, self-management and co-production of health care. While in health policy circles self care and co-production are strongly promoted, the obstacles to and social determinants of patient participation in self healing and self care practices are less frequently addressed.
The Guest Editors of this issue of Health Sociology Review wish to bring together papers from international scholars to open up debate about this phenomenon with an eye to critically informing future policy and health service design thinking.
This special issue invites theoretical and empirical papers addressing topics such as:
1. Alternative and self-healing practices that go beyond conventional medicine and publicly available, government-funded services;
2. The empowering effect of free and open source technology vis-à-vis the status of the individual as knowledgeable agent;
3. The effect of DIY practices on health care industries and services;
4. The embeddedness of these practices in everyday life;
5. The responses that are being mobilised by establishment science;
6. The consequences of these movements for economic relations determining the health care industry;
7. Knowledge ‘anarchy’ – knowledge production by non-experts and whether and how this informs prevailing science and medicine;
8. The relevance of these movements in relation to theories of medical power.
Abstracts should be submitted via email no later than 1 June 2011. Authors are invited to contact the Guest Editors to discuss their approach in advance of submitting papers.
email: r.iedema@uts.edu.au and I.Veljanova@uws.edu.au
Manuscripts will be submitted to HSReditorial@e-contentmanagement.com by
01 September 2011.
Guidelines for manuscript preparation are available at:
www.healthsociologyreview.com/author-guidelines.php
URL:http://hsr.e-contentmanagement.com/archives/vol/21/issue/3/call/
Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Family & Community Health:
Community Lay Health Promoters/Community Health Workers
Issue 35.2
The interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal Family & Community Health will produce an issue on lay health promoters/community health workers (LHP/CHW) also known as lay health workers, village health workers, promotoras, etc. The issue Co-Editors are Elizabeth Reifsnider, Elnora (Nonie) P. Mendias, and Yolanda R. Davila, at the University of Texas Medical Branch School of Nursing in Galveston, Texas. Please submit manuscripts for consideration electronically to elreifsn@utmb.edu by August 2, 2011. Articles are being solicited on topics as follows:
• Building infrastructure that supports LHP/CHW
• Lay health promoters/CHW and environmental health
• Building community partnerships for LHP/CHW
• Using LHP/CHW with vulnerable populations
• Research
o Examples of research using LHP/CHW
o Evaluation research using LHP/CHW
• Historical development or current trends and definitions of LHP/CHW
• Concept analyses or systematic/ integrative reviews related to LHP/CHW
Family & Community Health (FCH) focuses on healthcare practitioners regardless of area of practice. The journal’s overall goal is to provide a forum to discuss a holistic approach to family and community healthcare and primary healthcare, including health promotion and disease prevention. Each issue of FCH focuses on a specific topic that can be used by faculty, practitioners, and students in a range of healthcare disciplines.
FCH is indexed in the Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL); Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences; Research Alert; Social SciSearch; Family Studies Database; Health Promotion and Education Database; Cancer Prevention and Control Database; Nursing Abstracts; Psychological Abstracts; PsychINFO; PsysLIT; Journals@ovid; Sociological Abstracts; Social Planning/Policy & Development Abstracts; MEDLINE; MEDLARS; and Index Medicus.
For further information about the journal or to access the Author Guide on the Family & Community Health website at http://www.familyandcommunityhealth.com
Link:http://journals.lww.com/familyandcommunityhealth/pages/default.aspx
Call for Papers: Journal of Child Language Special Issue on Atypical Language Development
This is a call for papers for a special issue of JCL, focusing on Atypical Language Development.
Such papers would include theory and data on children who are acquiring their first language in atypical ways, attributable to either developmental (i.e., genetic, including but not limited to children with autism, Williams Syndrome, Down Syndrome, fragile X syndrome, Specific Language Impairment) or acquired (e.g., neonatal or early experienced brain damage or maltreatment) etiologies.
Highest priority will go to papers which are not just descriptions of the problem in various clinical populations, but test theories and/or compare children cross-linguistically.
Relevant questions could involve what the attested language delays and deficits reveal about:
The processes of language acquisition: For example, which processes of language development proceed similarly to the typical case? Are some aspects of language development delayed because of deficits in other aspects that need to be acquired first?
The representation & organization of language: For example, do the delays/deficits adhere to/follow the subcomponents of language? To what extent do the delays/deficits reveal how language relies on non-linguistic cognition?
The biology/neuropsychology/genetics of language: For example, what is the relationship between the timing of typical and atypical language development and different aspects of brain development? How can we tie together processes at the gene, neural, and behavioural levels?
Papers should be a maximum of 10,000 words, but shorter papers would be preferred. The deadline for submission is June 24th 2011.
Submissions should be made on Manuscript Central: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jcl
Link:http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displaySpecialPage?pageId=2480
General Call for Papers: Medicare & Medicaid Research Review
Date:12/31/2011
Ongoing Submissions Accepted Medicare & Medicaid Research Review (MMRR) is soliciting studies, policy analyses, and program evaluations that use rigorous, scientific research methods.
We are interested in papers addressing changes in coverage, quality, access, the organization and delivery of health services, payment for health services, and innovative methods. Do not presume from the title that the scope is narrowly defined to include only research directly involving the Medicare, Medicaid, or the Children’s Health Insurance (CHIP) programs. It is not. However manuscripts should have results or conclusions that pertain at least indirectly to these programs.
Illustrative examples of topics include but are not limited to:
• Development, use, and effects of quality-based and bundled-service payment models, • Impact of changes in cost sharing and coverage on care utilization patterns and outcomes, • Impact of Medicaid eligibility changes on the organization and delivery of care, • Descriptive analyses of longitudinal utilization and cost patterns among Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP beneficiaries, • Impact of changes within the private health care system on Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP, • Analyses of the types of health research questions amenable to quick study and implementation, and those questions that are not.
Submitted manuscripts must report the results of original scholarship. Manuscripts that are primarily editorial or opinion-based will not be considered. Manuscripts with results that directly support actionable recommendations will receive priority for publication.
All manuscripts must be submitted by email to MMRR-Editors@cms.hhs.gov according to the “Information to Authors and Electronic Submission Guidelines1.” Criteria for selection of manuscripts include: (1) quality, rigor, and originality, (2) significance and usefulness for informing the future of Medicare, Medicaid & CHIP; and (3) clarity of writing and presentation. “Peer Reviewer Guidelines2” are also available.
For questions:
Please contact David Bott, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief, MMRR-Editors@cms.hhs.gov.
Link:https://www.cms.gov/MMRR/
Call for Papers for a Special Section of the Journal of Experimental Psychology:
Learning, Memory, and Cognition: Theory and Data in Categorization:
Integrating Computational, Behavioral, and Cognitive Neuroscience
Submission deadline: June 1, 2011
The Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition (JEP:LMC) invites manuscripts for a special section on approaches to categorization, to be compiled by guest editors Stephan Lewandowsky and Thomas Palmeri working together with journal Associate Editor Michael Waldmann.
The goal of the special section is to showcase high-quality research that brings together behavioral, computational, mathematical, neuropsychological, and neuroimaging approaches to understanding the processes underlying category learning.
There has been some divergence between approaches recently, with computational-mathematical models emphasizing the unity of category-learning processes while neuropsychological models emphasize the distinction between multiple underlying memory systems.
We are seeking articles that integrate cognitive neuroscience findings in designing models or interpreting results, and behavioral studies and modeling results that constrain neuroscientific theories of categorization.
In addition to empirical papers, focused review articles that highlight the significance of cognitive neuroscience approaches to cognitive theory—and/or the importance of behavioral data and computational models on constraining neuroscience approaches—are also appropriate.
The submission deadline is June 1st, 2011.
The main text of each manuscript, exclusive of figures, tables, references, or appendixes, should not exceed 35 double-spaced pages (approximately 7,500 words).
Initial inquiries regarding the special section may be sent to Stephan Lewandowsky, Tom Palmeri, or Michael Waldmann.
Papers should be submitted through the regular submission portal for JEP:LMC with a cover letter indicating that the paper is to be considered for the special section.
URL: http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/xlm/call-for-papers-categorization.aspx
Call for Papers: the Journal of Criminal Psychology
Date:09/01/2011
The Journal of Criminal Psychology is a peer-reviewed international academic journal dealing with issues surrounding criminal aspects of psychology.
The Journal of Criminal Psychology exists for the purpose of advancing and stimulating research in the field of criminal psychology.
The Journal of Criminal Psychology encourages submissions of papers from all fields including the social, cognitive, personality, and biological domains that are relevant to the theoretical, research, or clinical aspects of criminal psychology.
The journal publishes papers based on quantitative and/or qualitative research design. Original conceptual papers and brief research reports will also be considered for publication.
Daniel Boduszek, Founding Editor
School of Psychology, University of Ulster
Londonderry, UK
daniel@jcriminalpsychology.com URL: http://www.jcriminalpsychology.com/
Call for Papers: Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Research and Practice Journal
Date:09/01/2011
Papers can be long or short articles, reviews, or ‘Points of View’ articles relating to mental health or learning disability research, service or educational developments. We welcome articles from practitioners, managers, researchers, academics, service users and carers.
If you would like more information please contact: the Journal Administrator, Alison Holmes E-mail: a.holmes@hud.ac.uk or Virginia Minogue Editor, E-mail: Virginia.minogue1@nhs.net or see the Journal’s homepage. http://www2.hud.ac.uk/hhs/mhrg/journal/index.php
URL:http://www2.hud.ac.uk/hhs/mhrg/journal/call.php
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