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The Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research (IASWR) developed the Directory of Social Work Research Grants Awarded by the National Institutes of Health for the purpose of having the ability to quickly and readily identify the Principal Investigators (PIs) who are social work researchers funded by NIH, the topics being studied and the funding mechanisms that are being used. The directory demonstrates the expansion of the number of social work researchers receiving grants, as PIs, over the past decade and a half. IASWR undertook this time consuming endeavor to create a national resource directory because there is no other specific data source in existence that strictly identifies social work researchers. In addition, IASWR wanted this directory to demonstrate the breadth and scope of social work research studies which have made significant contributions to the continual addressing of our nation’s public health priorities. This directory aims to be a significant resource for NIH, the social work community, and for prospective and current researchers in social work and other disciplines.
IASWR appreciates the input provided by the field so we could complete this 2009 update. If you are an NIH Funded Social Work Principal Investigator please let us know! We want your information to be added to the directory if it is not already. If you have received research funding from NIH or know a social work researcher that has, please complete NIH Funded Social Work Researcher form. IASWR hopes that this will be a resource to the field. It provides important information about the depth and breadth of social work research and the issues that social workers examine. Click here to print directory.
Partnerships to Integrate Evidence-Based
mental health Practices into
Social Work Education and Research
 IASWR is pleased to have collaborated with the National Institute of Mental health (NIHM) to launch this initiative focused on enhancing partnerships to integrate evidence-based mental health practices into social work education and research. The purpose of the workshop that was held on April 12, 2007 in Bethesda, Maryland was to develop strategies to accelerate integration of evidence-based mental health practices (EBPs) into social work practice via academic social work programs. This report is just one part of a multi-faceted effort within the social work profession to bridge research and practice with IASWR as a key player in these efforts. The reports outlines current efforts and identifies a series of actionable items that can be taken my multiple stakeholders to expand research and to further integrate both the evidence-based practice process and specific evidence-based mental health treatments into education and practice. Click here to print report.
IASWR 2007-2008 Annual Report
The 2007-2008 IASWR Annual Report highlights important outcomes of our work related to  developing research capacity, influencing science and science policy and evidence-based practice. Recent IASWR publications and information on IASWR contributors is also provided. We hope that this Annual Report will serve as a guide to the breadth of IASWR’s work and help facilitate ways that a broad range of stakeholders can be involved in helping IASWR achieve its mission on behalf of the social work profession.
IASWR's News and Notes from Washington
IASWR publishes a semi-annual newsletter that provides information on emerging issues to the social work research community and promotes awareness of key reports.
IASWR UPDATE - January 2008 Issue
IASWR UPDATE - June 2007 Issue
 On June 23-24, 2005, IASWR convened a symposium entitled Enhancing the Health and Well-Being of LGBT Individuals, Families, and Communities: Building a Social Work Research Agenda and supported by the Gill Foundation. Haworth Press supported a reception. The symposium addressed State of the Science, Methodology, Theory and Ethics through presentations by experienced LGBT researchers. A final panel of representatives from federal agencies discussed funding opportunities and dissemination avenues for LGBT research. The symposium report includes summaries of presentations as well as a list of recommendations for Methodological Advancement, Ethical Imperatives, Theory Formation, and Research Support Development. The report includes an extensive bibliography of publications by the symposium presenters. To read the symposium report CLICK HERE...
To see Power Point presentations from the symposium CLICK HERE...
 IASWR Child Welfare Workforce Initiative
The Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research launched its Child Welfare Workforce Initiative, in January 2004 with support from the Human Services Workforce Initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Fostering Results at the University of Illinois School of Social Work’s Child and Family Research Center.
(NEW) IASWR has just released Factors Influencing Retention of Child Welfare Staff: A Systematic Review of Research. The study, undertaken in collaboration with the University of Maryland School of Social Work, examined the personal and organizational conditions and strategies, i.e. Title IV-E educational partnerships that impact retention. The full report and executive summary are available. The project also developed three issue briefs. IASWR Research Brief 1 – Retaining Competent Child Welfare Workers: Lessons from Research provides an overview of the 25 studies included in the review and the conclusions drawn from that. IASWR Research Brief 2 – Professional Education for Child Welfare Practice: Improving Retention in Public Child Welfare Agencies details the findings and implications of the seven studies that specifically looked at the impact of Title IV-E educational partnerships on retention in child welfare. IASWR Research Brief 3 – Understanding Retention in Child Welfare: Suggestions for Further Research and Evaluation provides specific recommendations and guidance for future research studies on recruitment and retention.
In January 2004 IASWR hosted a meeting, “Developing and Sustaining a High Quality Child Welfare Workforce.” Representatives from national level organizations came together to discuss workforce issues, including the impact of recruitment and retention, education and training, and workload issues on child and family outcomes as well as on staff well-being; opportunities for cross-organizational exchange; and identification of areas for further research. To read more about IASWR’s initiative and the meeting, CLICK HERE...
In August 2004, in collaboration with the National Association of Social Workers, IASWR hosted a meeting, Workforce and Accountability: Child and Family Services Reviews—Implications for Child Welfare Practice to examine the implications of the findings from the Child and Family Service Reviews (CFSRs) regarding child welfare practice and workforce issues. To review the report from the meeting and an overview of resources about the CFSRs, CLICK HERE...
 Evaluating Social Work Services in Nursing Homes: Toward Quality Psychosocial Care and Its Measurement
In December 2004 the Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research convened leaders from policy, government, social work, psychiatry, and nursing to develop a blueprint for improving psychosocial care in nursing homes, a critical component of overall nursing home quality. Despite nursing home reform efforts and social work service provision directed toward meeting residents’ psychosocial needs, there is insufficient attention to measuring and monitoring those services, and psychosocial and mental health needs are not adequately met. The working conference, Evaluating Social Work Services in Nursing Homes: Toward Quality Psychosocial Care and Its Measurement, organized by the Institute for the advancement of Social Work Research (IASWR) in collaboration with the University of Maryland School of Social Work and the Institute for Geriatric Social Work (IGSW) at Boston University was funded by a grant to IASWR from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) (Grant # 1R13HS015505-01). The final report, a Report to the Profession and Blueprint for Action, provides detailed recommended actions steps targeted to practice, education and research and suggestions for partnership activities. A summary of the issues and the agenda for future actions can be found in the Winter 2005 IGSW Issue Brief. A comprehensive Briefing Book that served as background for the meeting is available with important resource information on the dimensions of both social work and psychosocial care in nursing homes. A compilation of Web Resources is also provided.
 IASWR Tenth Anniversary Report
A Report to the National Cancer Institute from IASWR
IASWR developed Social Work^s Contribution to Research on Cancer Prevention, Detection, Diagnosis, Treatment and Survivorship. The report describes the linkages between NCI priorities and social work research and identifies potential strategies and next steps to increase social work participation in cancer research. IASWR is grateful to the National Cancer Institute for its partial support of the development of this report (Contract #263 MQ 218847).
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Case Management The SAFe Way
 Project SAFe tested a systematic evidence-based case management approach to improve patient cancer screening follow-up adherence for a target population of medically under-served low-income, ethnic minority women with abnormal breast and cervical screens. Materials and tools can be used as resources to adapt or modify case management materials already in use. For more information or to download a copy, click on Project SAFe. (This project was funded under CDC Cooperative Agreement U57/CCI3155111 to IASWR, Principal Investigator, Kathleen Ell, ell@usc.edu)
The Austin Report
The Task Force on Social Work Research presented its Report to the National Advisory Mental Health Council of the National Institute of Mental Health in 1991. This "A Report on Progress" (The Austin Report) is an overview of the very important expansion of research resources within social work that has taken place since 1991, and an examination of issues that still require action. Current research initiatives within social work deal with some of the most critical human problems in this society.
A Symposium on Psychosocial Intervention Research:
Social Work's Contribution - (September 1996)
 Social Work Contributions to Public Health: Bridging Research & Practice in Preventing Violence - Lessons from Child Maltreatment & Domestic Violence
IASWR has undertaken this special effort to identify and document contributions from social work research in violence prevention, especially in the areas of child maltreatment and domestic violence. The goals of this endeavor are to identify how social work researchers and social work institutions (organizations and academia) can contribute through research and (the translation of research into practice) to the endeavors of public health agencies and other state-based agencies to prevent violence. This report has four major sections: Part One provides information about the social work profession, and an overview of its involvement with the Injury Center public health priorities and violence prevention. Part Two identifies specific Injury Center priority areas and provides a snapshot of social work research and training activities in those areas. Part Three identifies strategies and recommendations for strengthening CDC and social work collaboration. Part Four includes detailed appendices about research efforts, centers within social work education programs, key social work organizations, report from the July 2003 IASWR/CDC meeting, and other relevant resources and websites. For a complete copy of the report, CLICK HERE... (IASWR is grat+-eful to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Injury Prevention and Control for its support of the development of this report (order #0000264938)).
 Challenges and Opportunities for Promoting Federally Funded Research in Social Work Programs
The Task Force on Administrative Research Infrastructures within Social Work Programs was appointed by the National Association of Deans and Directors (NADD) and sponsored by the Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research (IASWR), with funding from the National Institute of Mental Health. Its purpose was to develop recommendations for administrative strategies and models in social work programs to support federally funded research productivity and quality research career development. This report identifies administrative supports and organizational arrangements that are currently being used to build research infrastructure and support research development within social work education programs nationally. These administrative approaches aim to assist social work faculty in securing external federal research funding and to support research careers.
 Building Social Work Knowledge for Effective Services and Policies: A Plan for Research Development: A Report of the Task Force on Social Work Research (November 1991)
This seminal report, the product of the inquiry of the Task Force on Social Work Research over a three year period (1988-1991) examined the status of research and research training in the social work profession. The Task Force, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, and advocated for by the National Association of Social Workers, declared “a crisis in the current development of research resources in social work.” Spurred on by the declaration of the crisis, the social work profession has continued to make major investments in developing social work research efforts and infrastructure including creating and ongoing support for the Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research (IASWR) as well as efforts to strengthen research/practice bridges. This report continues to provide an important blueprint for actions that government agencies, foundations and the profession itself can use to develop practice-relevant research and research capacity. Click here to print report.
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