Category Archives: Calls & Consultations

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is currently developing new public health guidance on community-wide action to help prevent obesity. Draft recommendations have been published on the NICE website for public consultation.

The consultation provides an opportunity for public and professional scrutiny of Ministers’ plans for integration of adult health and social care.

On 8th May, the Welsh government launched Together for Mental Health – A Cross-Government Strategy for Mental Health and Wellbeing in Wales and is asking for comments on their strategy for the future of mental health services in Wales.

The Second International Law Conference on Women and Children is the meeting point for policy makers, researchers, repre…

Call for Papers: Tonics, Elixirs and Poisons: Psychoactive Substances in European History and Culture Conference 8-9 September 2012 Wellington, New Zealand Psychoactive substances, whether narcotics, stimulants or hallucinogens, affect their users as individuals, yet their social context informs their cultural significance. At different times and in different places, different substances have become a locus of fascination or anxiety, praise or opprobrium, patriotism or prohibition. We seek papers examining psychoactive substances in a specific cultural context. How, when, and why did …

Call for Papers: International Psychoanalytical Studies Organization 22nd Congress in Conjunction With the 48th Congress of the International Psychoanalytical Association 22nd IPSO Congress Prague, Czech Republic 30 July – 3 August 2013 The overall topic of the joint Congresses will be Facing the Pain: Clinical Experience and the Development of Psychoanalytic Knowledge The aim of the congress is to explore how analysts and patients face psychic pain in the clinical experience and how these encounters inform the ways we develop …

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/hprr Guest editor: Dr. Denise Bortree, Penn State University, U.S.A.

Advances in Social Work invites manuscript submissions for a special issue on “The Impact of Socio-Economic, Cultural, Political, and International Factors on Latinos/Latinas in United States” to be published in Spring 2013. The submission deadline is September 30, 2012. Dr. Irene Queiro-Tajalli will serve as the editor of this issue.

Call for Papers: 23rd Annual Health Economics Conference: Innovation September 27 and 28, 2012 Stanford, California Submission deadline: June 15, 2012 The Department of Health Research and Policy, The Centers for Primary Care and Outcomes Research and Health Policy and The Graduate School of Business’ Program in Healthcare Innovation at Stanford University are pleased to host the 23rd Annual Health Economics Conference (AHEC). We welcome submissions which build on the theme of innovation from a variety of perspectives including, but …

The Department of Health is working with other government departments to develop a strategy on long term conditions and is inviting comments via a new long term conditions website, where you can have your say.

Submission Requirements. Submit manuscripts online at http://jbsw.msubmit.net. Submissions are not accepted via mail or e-mail. To ensure anonymity in the peer-review process, author(s) names and identifying details should appear only in the cover letter and should be excluded from the blinded manuscript. Any self-referential sources cited should not identify the author(s). Label such self-referential sources as “Author,” remove titles, and place them at the beginning of the reference list. This applies to both the primary author and all coauthors. Similarly, …

Call for Papers: 2nd HEC Paris Workshop on Regulation–Regulating Lifestyle Risks in Europe: The Case of Alcohol, Tobacco and Unhealthy Diets September 27-28 Paris, France In September 2011, the UN General Assembly declared that the global burden and threat of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) constituted one of the major challenges for development in the twenty-first century: in 2008, 36 of the 57 million deaths globally (63%) were attributed to NCDs, including cardiovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes. By recognizing …

Call for Abstracts: Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA) 2012 National Conference 36th National Conference November 1-3, 2012 Bethesda, Maryland Deadline for Abstract submissions: May 25, 2012 We invite you to celebrate our 36th anniversary at the Double Tree Hotel in Bethesda, MD on November 1-3, 2012. The conference is notable for its in-depth focus on substance abuse education and the high quality of its workshops and presentations. The objectives of the AMERSA National Conference are …

Work & Well-Being 2012: Call for Student Presentation Proposals We invite students with research on psychologically healthy workplace topics to submit proposals for presentations at the 2012 Work & Well-Being Conference, presented by APA's Psychologically Healthy Workplace Program. These will be brief (ten minute) presentations that will take place Thursday, June 28, 2012 at the Westin O’Hare Hotel in Chicago, IL as part of a special conference session. Topics can include, but are not limited to: workplace wellness and health …

Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) 2013 Convention Call for Presentations and Papers April 3-6, 2013 San Antonio, Texas Deadline for submission – May 23, 2012 Douglas Cheney, Program Chair, cordially invites all interested parties to submit presentation proposals for the CEC 2013 Convention and Expo which will be held in San Antonio, Texas, April 3-6, 2013. Session presentations occur Thursday through Saturday of convention week and are selected from this Call. Submit your proposal online at www.cec.sped.org – all proposals …

Call for Presentations & Posters: American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2013 Annual Meeting March 14 – March 17, 2013 Los Angeles, California The American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry Annual Meeting Program Committee invites you to submit a proposal for consideration at the 2013 Annual Meeting to be held in Los Angeles March 14 – March 17, 2013. The AAGP 2013 conference theme focuses on ensuring that geriatric mental health providers have all of the tools and resources they need to …

CALL FOR . . . REFLECTIONS Journal Editor: Ellen L. Csikai, Ph.D Section Editor: Mercedes Bern-Klug, PhD We are pleased to be able to offer this opportunity to publish personal accounts of various aspects of social work in end-of-life and palliative care. We hope these entries in the journal will provide an insider’s look into everyday practice or give some inspiration as we assist individuals and families at this crucial time in life. Description of Section: Our work in providing …

Call for Presentations: 3rd Cross Cultural Health Care Conference: Collaborative and Multidisciplinary Interventions February 8-9, 2013 Honolulu, O`ahu, Hawai‛i Research topic must have a cultural aspect / theme and address the objectives of the conference which are: Assess the potential challenges healthcare practitioners and researchers face when working with diverse populations Identify the strengths and limitations of existing tools and measures that assess cultural competency / humility; and Develop opportunities to collaborate with researchers and / or practitioners across disciplines …

Call for Papers for a Theme Issue of School Psychology Forum: Evaluations of School-Wide or Large Group Interventions SPF is an excellent forum for large-scale program evaluations. The goal is to publish quality examples of program evaluations. SPF would like to publish papers that use a variety of methods, analysis of systemic issues, or interesting methods of interventions. Examples include: obesity prevention, school-wide positive behavior supports, social skill programs in a Head Start program, and a host of prevention programs. …

Call for Presentations: 2012 Prevention of Youth Substance Abuse in Rural Communities: Reaching Out to Missing Partners August 1-3, 2012 University of South Carolina Lancaster in Lancaster, South Carolina The Coalition for Healthy Youth invites you to submit a proposal for presentation at the 2012 Prevention of Youth Substance Abuse in Rural Communities: Reaching Out to Missing Partners. 2012 Prevention of Youth Substance Abuse in Rural Communities: Reaching Out to Missing Partners is a training conference that emphasizes the unique …

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine:Evaluation of Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) in Health Care Guest Editors: Elske Ammenwerth, UMIT, Hall in Tirol, Austria Nicolette de Keizer, University of Amsterdam, Dept Medical Informatics, The Netherlands Michael Rigby, Keele University, U.K. Pirkko Nykänen, Tampere University Clinical Decision Support Systems (CDSS) in Health Care have a long history going back to the 1970s, with recent reviews showing that their number and uptake increases. CDSS can support …

Call for Abstracts: Annual National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly (NICE) Knowledge Exchange Student Poster Competition The National Initiative for the Care of the Elderly is pleased to sponsor a poster competition for students attending the Annual NICE Knowledge Exchange in Toronto on May 24th, 2012. Submission to the poster competition is open to all students who attend the Annual NICE Knowledge Exchange. Students have the opportunity to participate in a poster competition, presenting their graduate studies and/or …

Call for Papers for a Theme Issue of School Psychology Forum: Providing Educational and Psychological Services for Foster Care and Adopted Students This is a broad category that includes research and novel interventions for counseling and academic issues for international adoptees, students in the foster care system, and specific issues for children who were adopted. Guest Editor: Professor Anna Jankowska Deadline: March 15th, 2013

Call for Poster Abstracts: Conference on Public Participation in Scientific Research August 4-5, 2012 Portland, Oregon With the rapid growth and innovation of public participation in scientific research (PPSR), practitioners are in need of a venue for sharing insights across projects and fields of study. This landmark event will convene science researchers, project leaders, educators, technology specialists, evaluators, and others from across many disciplines (including astronomy, molecular biology, human and environmental health, and ecology) to discuss advancing the field of …

Call for Manuscripts: Springer Series on Human Exceptionality Series Editors Donald H. Saklofske, Ph.D., University of Calgary, Canada Moshe Zeidner, Ph.D., University of Haifa, Israel The Editors of the Springer Series on Human Exceptionality invite you to submit appropriate manuscripts to the editorial office for consideration for future publication. The Springer Series on Human Exceptionality serves as an outlet for the rapid growth of research on the biological, psychological, social, cultural, educational, historical, and legal aspects of human exceptionality. Although …

Call for Proposals: Learning Disabilities Association of America 50th Annual International Conference February 13-16, 2013, San Antonio, Texas LDA’s mission is to create opportunities for success for all individuals affected by learning disabilities and to reduce the incidence of learning disabilities in future generations. LDA believes everyone can succeed at school, at work, in relationships, and in the community–given the right opportunities and supports as needed. Please bring your family, friends and co-workers to the 2013 LDA Conference in San …

Call for Papers on the Topic of Muslims and Ageing for a Thematic Issue of Contemporary Islam: Dynamics of Muslim Life The international referred journal Contemporary Islam: Dynamics of Muslim Life welcomes and encourages the submission of articles which reflect on ageing, perceptions of it and the impact that it has on Muslim communities both in Muslim majority countries as well as Muslims living in the west. Questions and topics for discussion include, but are not limited to: – The …

Appropriate topics may be related to a range of medical diagnoses: Cancer, ESRD, Alzheimer’s, COPD, HIV, etc. and challenges encountered and opportunities presented at the end stages of the disease process. Issues could pertain to the needs of individuals diagnosed with the illness, caregivers (family and professional), health care systems, and policy. Also manuscripts could address: challenges faced by people facing multiple illnesses; challenges, innovations, and interventions in care of persons with chronic illness at EOL; pain management/palliative care issues; …

Call for Submissions for a Poster Session on New and High Impact Reports in Psychology  at the 120th American Psychological Association Annual Convention Aug. 2-5, 2012 Orlando, Florida Submit your proposal by May 15, 2012. Poster Session: New and High Impact Reports in Psychology Friday, August 3, 5:00-6:00 p.m. Proposals related to "late-breaking" psychological reports of current social events occurring nationally and internationally, or new and important research that has been completed since the original convention submission deadline in December …

Call for Abstracts: 5th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights September 19-22, 2012 Windhoek, Namibia The Scientific Committee of the 5th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights is pleased to invite Abstracts (oral presentations and posters) exploring the overall theme of the conference – “Sexual Health and Rights in Africa – Where Are We?” and through the following sub-themes: – Adolescent and Youth Sexuality – Women’s and Girls Sexuality – Disabilities and Sexual Rights – Sexual Rights and …

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Aging & Mental Health: Dementia and Dementia Care in Asia Special issue editors: Sheung-Tak Cheng and Steven H. Zarit Aging & Mental Health, a leading interdisciplinary journal focused on the aging process and mental health, is calling for papers for a special issue devoted to the topic of dementia and dementia care in Asia. Papers reporting empirical research on, but not limited to, demographic trends of dementia prevalence, diagnostic issues, cognitive deficits, …

Call for Submisions for a Special Issue of the Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities on Topics Related to the World Report on Disability The Official Peer-Reviewed Journal of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities (http://www.iassid.org) Published by Wiley Blackwell, with the support of San Raffaele http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=1741-1122&site=1 The World Report on Disability (http://www.who.int/disabilities/world_report/2011/en) issued by the World Health Organization and the World Bank provided a landmark set of recommendations to overcome barriers and create …

CFP: Feminists Face the State: A Berkeley Symposium on Politics, State Power and Gender<br> November 7, 2012&lt…

Call for Presenters: Indian Health Service National Behavioral Health Conference Response Due Date: April 23, 2012 The Indian Health Service (IHS) welcomes and encourages all interested individuals who are committed to strengthening and serving American Indian and Alaska Native communities to submit an abstract to present at the 2012 IHS National Behavioral Health Conference on June 25-28, 2012, in Bloomington, Minnesota. Presentations must support the conference theme “Mobilizing Partnerships to Promote Wellness” and highlight: Community-driven, innovative, multidisciplinary, or holistic approaches …

Call for Abstracts: 11th Asia Pacific Congress on Deafness 26th-28th July 2012 Singapore Target Audience: ENT surgeons, Audiologists, Speech Language Therapists, Deaf Educators. The 11th Asia Pacific Congress on Deafness 2012 will he held 26-28 July 2012 (www.apcd2012.com) for the first time in Singapore. This 11th APCD 2012 will be held in conjunction with the 6th National University Singapore – National University Hospital ENT Conference. The theme will be "Changing Perceptions, Increasing Effectiveness, Embracing Advocacy". We are engaging multi-organizational professionals …

Call for Papers: Fourth Summer Annual Conference–From Altruism to Partnership: Crossroads of Knowledge What Challenges for Human Development? Institute for Educational and Social Work August 27th to 31st, 2012 Bouznika, Morocco The 4th International Summer Institute (27th-31 August, 2012) will focus on partnership, through the intersection of knowledge to debate its challenges for human development. In the field of social action, health and humanitarian aid, the challenge of altruism is to take into consideration its close connection with profit sharing, …

Call for Abstracts: World Health Summit The M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centres and Medical Universities is pleased to invite submission of abstracts for presentation at its upcoming 4th World Health Summit. The World Health Summit is one of the world’s foremost gatherings of leaders from academia, politics, industry and civil society to develop joint strategies and take action to address key challenges in medical research, global health and health care delivery with the aim of shaping the political, academic …

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Child Care in Practice: Physical Abuse in High-Risk Families The international literature suggests that around one in nine young adults experienced severe physical violence during their childhood at the hands of an adult. Furthermore, most child maltreatment occurs within the context of high-risk families and it is usually the accumulation of risk rather than the presence of any single risk factor that affects outcomes. Numerous studies have also demonstrated the negative effects …

This consultation is to gather views from all interested parties onn proposals for the remuneration of Safeguarders.

Call for Abstract Submissions: 2012 International Society for Quality of Life Research Annual Conference The Journey of Quality of Life Research: A Path Towards Personalized Medicine The 2012 ISOQOL Annual Conference Scientific Program Committee invites you to submit abstracts for symposia, workshops, and oral or poster presentations for the 19th Annual Conference in Budapest, Hungary, 24-27 October. Our goal is to provide attendees with a conference focused on the most important topics and trends in health-related quality of life research …

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Aging & Mental Health: Asian Families and Well-Being in Later Life Special issue editors: Sheung-Tak Cheng Kee Lee Chou and Steven H. Zarit Aging & Mental Health, a leading interdisciplinary journal focused on the aging process and mental health, is calling for papers for a special issue devoted to topics concerning Asian Families and Well-being in Later Life. Papers reporting empirical research on, but not limited to, intergenerational relationships, filial piety, family …

The Editorial Board of the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing (JCAPN) is proud to announce a special issue of papers presented at the 5th Annual Psychopharmarmacology Institute and ISPN 14th Annual Conference on March 27–31, 2012. To be considered, papers must have been presented at the Conference and submitted electronically to Associate Editor Linda Finke at finkel@ipfw.edu by May 1, 2012. Manuscripts will be peer reviewed and selected papers will be printed in a special issue of the …

The persecution and displacement of children and youth in Europe from 1933 to 1949 have produced an extensive literature in the last three decades. This literature has addressed children’s fates, families and futures, Kindertransports, experiences and memories of exile and refuge, the devastation of children’s lives as a result of persecution, war and genocide, resistance and partisan activities, postwar displacement, and flight to Palestine. Few volumes have addressed individual and group experiences of children from different ethnic backgrounds, nationalities, ages …

Call for Papers: 24th Annual Native Health Research Conference The 24th Annual Native Health Research Conference, “Asking Permission to Come Ashore: Journeys to Indigenous Health and Health Research,” will be held July 16-19, 2012, in Seattle Washington. This conference brings together stakeholders involved in the conception, production, translation, and use of health research in Indigenous communities from across the continent and world. Conference participants include many professions and community members. The conference enhances our collective ability to advance biomedical, behavioral, …

Call for Papers: 1st International Workshop on Mining Scientific Publications June 14, 2012 – Washington, DC Digital libraries that store scientific publications are becoming increasingly central to the research process. They are not only used for traditional tasks, such as finding and storing research outputs, but also as a source for discovering new research trends or evaluating research excellence. With the current growth of scientific publications deposited in digital libraries, it is no longer sufficient to provide only access to …

Call for Submissions for a Special Issue of Disability Studies Quarterly: Improving Feminist Philosophy and Theory by Taking Account of Disability Guest editor: Shelley Tremain, PhD Submissions should be no more than 8,000 words in length, inclusive of notes and bibliography, and should be prepared for anonymous peer review, with no identifying elements in the text or reference material, and accompanied by an abstract of 200 words. Submissions and all inquiries about the issue should be sent to Shelley Tremain …

Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice University of Minnesota CONFERENCE ANNOUCEMENT AND CALL FO…

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Research on Social Work Practice on the Topic of A Critical Appraisal of the DSM-5: Social Work Perspectives Guest Editor: Jeffrey R. Lacasse, Ph.D. Submission Deadline: March 1, 2013 Research on Social Work Practice (RSWP) announces a call for papers to appear in a special issue of the journal dedicated to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, version 5 (DSM-5). The DSM-5 is scheduled to be released in May of …

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the Journal of the Department of Behavioural Sciences: Health, Well-Being and Development in the Caribbean This special Issue of the Journal of the Department of Behavioural Sciences (JDBS) invites submissions from across disciplines that address the theme "Health, Well-Being and Development in the Caribbean". A broad definition of health including both physical and mental health will be considered. Health has important consequences for people's social functioning and their quality of life. Understanding …

Call for Proposals for a Special Issue of Gerontology & Geriatrics Education: Service Learning The peer reviewed, official journal of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, will produce a special issue on service learning and is seeking proposals from interested individuals. Service learning is a type of educational experience that combines community service with academic components including topical content (e.g., gerontology) and reflection. Service learning in the areas of gerontology and geriatrics has undergone an …

Call for Papers: World Health Organization Roundtable on Violence Against People with Disabilities Violence against people with disabilities is an important public health and human rights concern. There is increasing attention to violence against people with disabilities in the United Kingdom and other countries around the world, with increased media reporting on the topic and growing public awareness of hate crime. Additional research is required to better understand the issue. In line with a public health approach to violence prevention, …

The Humanities Research Institute at the University of Newcastle invites academics from a wide a variety of disciplines …

The world is experiencing an era of immigration, in which, in the course of the last four decades, the global number of people living outside their heritage country has more than doubled to a number higher than at any time in history. One result of this massive immigration is societies becoming ethnically more plural and culturally more diverse. One question arising out of this reality is: How do, or should, people of different cultural backgrounds live together? Deadline for submission …

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the Journal of Media Psychology: The Role of Media in Health Communication Deadline for submissions is June 30, 2012. Guest Editors: Dagmar Unz (Communication in Social and Economic Contexts, Berlin University of the Arts, Germany) Bettina Friedrich (Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, UK) The Journal of Media Psychology is calling for papers for a special issue about the role of media in health communication. Media is a powerful tool to communicate …

This fourth annual gathering will provide a unique opportunity to present adn to form working relationships with others working as academic researchers, victim service providers, law enforcement officials, government officers, and foundations that support anti-trafficking work. The conference will address the theme, “What we know, and what we need to know.”  Abstracts must be submitted by April 15, 2012.  The conference will take place October 11-13 in Lincoln, NE. 

Call for Papers for Two Special Issues of Palliative Medicine Call for papers for two forthcoming special editions: 1. Family Carers in Palliative care Guest edited by Prof Sheila Payne and Prof Gunn Grande It is widely recognised that family, friends and significant others (hereafter called ‘family carers’) provide care to patients during advanced illness and through the process of dying. They have an essential role in providing physical care, emotional and social support, financial resources, advocacy and anticipatory care, …

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Special Issue of Pimatisiwin: A Journal of Indigenous and Community Health: Prioritizing Indigenous Maternal and Infant Health Deadline for Submission is June 30th, 2012 Indigenous communities continually experience poorer health outcomes than the general populations of the countries they live in. Maternal and infant outcomes are a fundamental indicator of the health of populations, and the differences between Indigenous and non-Indigenous outcomes are marked. Indigenous communities also experience higher birth rates, younger …

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Developing World Bioethics: Ethical Considerations in the Use of Anti-Retrovirals for HIV Prevention Deadline for submissions: 31 July 2012 Guest Editors: Ronald Bayer, Quarraisha Abdool Karim Evidence-based approaches to reducing sexual transmission of HIV has remained a major challenge in responding to the HIV pandemic. The past 18 months has witnessed a substantial shift in this landscape. Controlled trials have demonstrated that the treatment of individuals with HIV infection reduces the risk …

Call for Late-Breaking Research Abstracts: 74th Annual Meeting – College on Problems of Drug Dependence June 9-14, 2012 Palm Springs, California A limited number of abstracts will be accepted for presentation as 5-minute talks in a session devoted to important late-breaking findings (i.e. after December 1, 2011) at the Annual Meeting. A member of CPDD must be a co-author. Although only 1 abstract of this type is allowed, that author may have submitted another abstract under the earlier deadline. Subject …

Call for Papers for a Special Section of Translational Behavioral Medicine on the Topic of Multiple Health Behavior Change Research Advances and Challenges Submission Deadline: August 15, 2012 In 2008, the Multiple Health Behavior Change Special Interest Group of the Society of Behavioral Medicine published a Special Issue of Preventive Medicine that outlined how Multiple Health Behavior Change (MHBC) research represents a major opportunity for the future of preventive medicine and health promotion. Since the publication of that special issue, …

The main purpose of this consultation is to seek views on the aims of the Data Linkage Framework and a draft set of guiding principles.

4th International Conference Well-Being in the Information Society (WIS 2012) – Exploring the Abyss of Inequalities The 4rd International Conference “Well-being in the Information Society (WIS 2012) – Exploring the Abyss of Inequalities” will take place on 22-24 August 2012 in Turku, Finland. The conference will be organised by University of Turku – Turku School of Economics and Baltic Region Healthy Cities Association. The core topic of WIS 2012 is health-related inequalities in daily life. Among others, vision-, hearing- and …

Call for Abstracts: North American Quitline Consortium Conference 2012 The call for abstracts for NAQC’s upcoming conference has been extended by one week and will now close on April 9, 2012. We know that these past few weeks have been busy preparing for and responding to the CDC’s National Tobacco Education Campaign and we want to make sure that you have ample time to submit your abstracts for our upcoming conference. Should you have questions or concerns about the conference …

Call for Applications: 2012 NIH Summer Institute on Social and Behavioral Intervention Research Deadline to submit applications: 11:59 PM Eastern on Friday, April 27, 2012 Date July 9-13, 2012 Location Columbia University School of Social Work 1255 Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY 10027 Course Objectives The NIH Summer Institute will address essential conceptual, methodological, and practical issues involved in planning and carrying out research on the impact of behavioral and social interventions on health outcomes, health behavior, and treatment. Such …

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the Journal of Social Research & Policy: the International Wellbeing Index Guest editor: Graciela Tonon, Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora, Universidad de Palermo, Argentina The Journal of Social Research & Policy invites original paper submissions for a special issue on “International Wellbeing Index”, to bring together papers exploring the application of this instrument in different regions of the world and with different populations. The study of quality of life refers to …

Call for Papers: Social Care and Neurodisability We invite you to submit papers to be considered for publication in Social Care and Neurodisability journal. Publication with us has the following benefits: Dissemination of your research to an audience of researchers, practitioners and service providers, allowing you to demonstrate the social impact of your work Suggestions fed back to you via the peer review process Prompt turnaround to publication (typically less than a year) Social Care and Neurodisability is a vital …

2012 Call for Abstracts: American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) 23rd Annual Meeting and Symposium December 6-9, 2012 Turnberry Isle Hotel Miami Aventura, Florida The AAAP 23rd Annual Meeting and Symposium will be held December 6-9, 2012 at the Turnberry Isle Hotel Miami in Aventura, Florida. This meeting will provide clinicians and researchers the latest developments in treating mental health and substance use disorders. Meeting highlights will include: symposia, workshops, poster sessions showcasing new research in the field, Breakfast for …

Call for Posters: ICare4Autism International Autism Conference August 1-2, 2012 Autism: A Global Perspective at the International Conference Center (ICC) in Jerusalem, Israel Following the overwhelming success of the past conferences at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in NYC in 2011 and in Jerusalem, Israel in 2010, ICare4Autism is once again bringing together top leading medical and educational professionals and researchers working in autism. The purpose of the ICare4Autism conferences are to share current groundbreaking research into the causes …

The Health and Social Care Information Centre is consulting on what measures and administrative breakdowns should be provided in regular statistics and data extracts from the Mental Health Minimum Dataset (MHMDS). A new version of MHMDS (version 4) provides a richer data source than before, with potential for new analyses, and The Health and Social Care Information Centre are seeking to find out what users of the data would find most useful. Complete the consultation online here.

Call for Papers: Brain Matters 3: Values at the Crossroads of Neurology, Psychiatry, and Psychology October 24-25, 2012 Cleveland, Ohio Deadline for abstract submissions: May 15, 2012 Abstracts are now being accepted for Brain Matters 3: Values at the Crossroads of Neurology, Psychiatry and Psychology on October 24th-25th, 2012, a conference hosted by the Cleveland Clinic NeuroEthics Program. Symposium Organizers: Paul J Ford, PhD & Imad Najm, MD, PhD Brain Matters 3 follows in the tradition of the two previous …

Call for Papers: Shared Traumas, Silent Loss, Public and Private Mourning Summer Symposium, Brandbjerg, Denmark, July 27th – August 3rd 2012 This is an interdisciplinary conference – we invite theoretical contributions and historical, literary or clinical case studies on these and related themes from philosophers, sociologists, psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, literary theorists, historians and others. Perspectives from different psychoanalytic schools will be most welcome. Presentations are expected to take 25-30 minutes; another 15-20 minutes is set aside for discussion. Please send an …

“eLearning Papers”, a European Commission’s online publication promoting the use of ICT for lifelong learning in Europe, seeks submissions for its issue number 29, which will be dedicated to Active Ageing.

Call for Papers: Andhra Pradesh Journal of Psychological Medicine The Andhra Pradesh Journal of Psychological Medicine is an anonymous double-blind peer-reviewed open-access official journal published on behalf of Indian Psychiatric Society, Andhra Pradesh branch. The journal publishes manuscripts on the subject of psychiatry, psychology, and related behavioural sciences. The journal has been in print since 1988. The journal is indexed in IndexCopernicus. Manuscript submission guidelines are available from the editor. Please send your manuscripts to the editor: editor.apjpm@gmail.com. Deadline of …

Indiana State University Office of Diversity will showcase interdisciplinary research in the areas of diversity during t…

Call for Papers on Childhood Obesity for the Journal of School Health The American School Health Association and the Editorial Board of the Journal of School Health issue a call for papers anticipated to appear in the March 2013 issue of the journal sponsored by United Healthcare and be devoted primarily to original research reporting evidence-based interventions for the prevention of overweight and obesity in children and youth of school age (pre-K through grade 12). Interventions may be school-based or …

Call for Papers: Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care We invite you to submit research papers to be considered for publication in Ethnicity and Inequalities and Health and Social Care journal. Publication with us has the following benefits: Dissemination of your research to a wide audience of researchers, practitioners and service providers, allowing you to demonstrate the social impact of your work Suggestions fed back to you via the peer review process (if you choose this route) Prompt …

Call for Papers: Theorizing Normalcy and the Mundane 3nd International Conference 'Theme: Cripping the Norm' 26th- 27th June 2012 University of Chester, United Kingdom A conference jointly-hosted by University of Chester in association with Critical Disability Studies (Manchester Metropolitan University) (MMU) and the Disability Research Forum (Sheffield Hallam University). This 3rd international conference builds on the success of the Normalcy2010 and Normalcy2011 conferences held in Manchester and seeks, again, to bring together an international group of disability studies researchers. Our conference …

Call for Papers: Pain and Old Age: 3 Centuries Of Suffering In Silence? Public Conference: 27 October 2012 The Birkbeck Pain Project and the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities Birkbeck College, University Organised by Visiting Fellow to the Birkbeck Pain Project, Prof. Lynn Botelho (Department of History, Indiana University of Pennsylvania) According to the British Pain Society, ‘pain is not a normal part of ageing’ (2008). Yet for generations of older people, pain was something that was intimately tied to …

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the Journal of Aging & Social Policy: Age‐Friendly Cities Issue Editors: Frank Caro, PhD and Kelly Fitzgerald, PhD Contact: Editors can be reached via email at frank.caro@umb.edu and kellyfitzgerald@hotmail.com Deadline for One‐Page Prospectus : April 30, 2012 Deadline for Completed Papers: December 31, 2012 The Journal of Aging & Social Policy is proposing a special issue concerned with age‐friendly cities. The journal’s interest in this topic stems from a variety of national …

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Call for Papers: Planning and Ageing: Think, Act and Share Age-Friendly Cities May 18, 2012 Oporto, Portugal Deadline for the submission of abstracts: 23th of March 2012 “Planning and Ageing: Think, Act and Share Age-friendly Cities”– is the topic of the next conference organized by CITTA – Research Centre for Territory, Transport and Environment, held at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Oporto on the 18th May, 2012. Theme of the conference The populations of the world are …

The US Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), National Institute of Justice (NIJ), is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications for funding under the W.E.B. Du Bois Fellowship for Research in Race, Gender, Culture, and Crime program.  This Fellowhip program futhers the Department’s mission by sponsoring research to provide objective, independent, evidence-based knowledge and tools to meet the challenges of crime and justice, particularly at the State and local levels. For more information please click on …

Call for Papers on the Topic of Mental Health & Disability in Development for the Journal for Disability and International Development Behinderung und internationale Entwicklung Journal for Disability and International Development C/o Bezev, Wandastr. 9, 45136 Essen, Germany Whilst psycho‐social interventions in response to psycho‐traumata and PTSD in the aftermath of disasters are not new and well documented, the wider field of mental health & disability in development has only recently been paid more attention to. Global level interventions and …

Call for Papers: Kavod – Honoring Aging Survivors Deadline: May 4, 2012 Kavod – Honoring Aging Survivors A Professional Journal for Care Providers and Families The Claims Conference seeks professional articles for the third issue of Kavod, an electronic journal designed for academics working in the field of Shoah Studies as well as care providers, including social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists, doctors, and family members of aging Holocaust survivors. The purpose of Kavod is to reach out to the caregiving community …

The Sociology Programme at St Marys University College and the Department of Social Sciences, University of Roehampton, …

Call for Papers: Disability And Development: Rights, Politics and Practice The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights together with the Harvard Law School Project on Disability hereby call for papers to an international conference on disability rights and development to be held in Oslo, Norway, on 11-12 October 2012. Disability rights have long been under-prioritised in the field of development despite the challenges faced by persons with disabilities in tackling poverty and social exclusion. The adoption of the UN Convention on …

Call for Papers: Psychiatric Treatments and Patients on Screen The main language of the conference that I am co-organizing with Jean-Christophe Coffin (Université Paris Descartes) and Alessandro Manna (IRIS-EHESS) will be French but we might include a few papers in English. This conference might be of interest to some of you because we'd like to analyze how biographical narratives dealing with intimate experiences of madness and psychiatric treatments are adapted on screeen in order to reflect communitarian and militant processes …

Call for Manuscripts for a Special Issue of the Californian Journal of Health Promotion: Obesity Prevention and Intervention Approaches Across the Lifespan A 2012 special issue of the Californian Journal of Health Promotion (CJHP) seeks to highlight innovative, community-based obesity prevention and intervention programs including empirical articles and brief reports that contribute to the understanding of health behaviors and related risks for obesity across the lifespan. We invite contributions from a variety of scientific disciplines, medical practitioners, and community organizations. …

Call for Abstracts: Family-Based Prevention Conference June 8-10, 2012 Ljubljana, Slovenia The Family-Based Prevention Conference 2012 will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia. This exciting event will bring together experts from around the world to exchange information on the latest research, policy and practice on promoting effective family-based preventive interventions and positive parenting. The Family-Based Prevention Conference 2012 will focus on the wide range of issues that affect the physical and mental health and well-being of families. This includes: alcohol, tobacco …

Call for Abstracts: Latino Health Equity Conference The Latino Health Equity Conference is held on May 17, 2012 at Town Hall, Kaiser Permanente Northwest in Portland, Oregon. The conference is organized by Familias en Acción. The conference focuses on workforce development and health disparities research impacting the Latino population. Participants are welcome to submit abstracts for poster presentations in the following topics: Health promotion Health policy / health services Career development / training programs Health disparities Healthy communities Abstracts must …

Call for Papers for a Theme Issue of the Journal of Medical Internet Research: Internet of Things: Towards a Mobile and Ubiquitous Healthcare and Prevention The Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) is the leading international peer-reviewed and open access journal dealing with issues related to health, health care and medicine in the Internet age. JMIR is the most cited journal on medical informatics, according to the Thompson Reuters Journal Citation Reports (JCR) index, with an Impact Factor of 4.7. …