Today’s New York Times reports that sub-Saharan Africa is the only region in the world where the number of child workers is growing.

The 2005 ACS guide includes a list of data products, a list of geographical areas for which data are available, and step-by-step instructions for accessing the data on the Census Bureau’s American FactFinder (AFF) site.
A similar user guide for the Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS) will be released in Spanish in the next few weeks.

The Census Bureau released 2005 ACS estimates for all 50 states including Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.

Charter school mean scores in reading and mathematics were lower, on average, than those for traditional public schools. The NCES report uses HLMs to examine differences between the two types of schools.

The following grant announcements are new this week on the Population Research Institute Funding Announcements web page.

Funding for Faculty Investigators

American Fellowships: Summer/Short-Term Research Publication Grants - American Association of University Women (AAUW)

Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R03) - National Cancer Institute (NCI) - National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) - Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R21) - National Cancer Institute (NCI) - National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) - Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

Effectiveness, Practice, And Implementation In CMHS’ Comprehensive Community Mental Health Services Program for Children and their Families Service Sites (R01) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Independent Scientist Award (K02) - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) - National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) - National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) - National Institute on Aging (NIA) - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) - Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

Loan Repayment Program for Health Disparities Research (LRP) - National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD)

Research Grant Programme - World Cancer Research Fund International

Research on Data Confidentiality - National Science Foundation (NSF)

Translational Research in Eating Disorders (R01) - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) - National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Funding for Students (Pre-Doctoral Or Dissertation)

American Fellowships: Dissertation Fellowships - American Association of University Women (AAUW)

Post-Doctoral Opportunities

2003 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship - National Academy of Education

American Fellowships: Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship - National Academy of Education

This NCHS site offers step-by-step instructions for data retrieval and analysis, information about the database and the analysis technique required to properly analyze this complex dataset, and analytic nuances and sample program code.

This is the first phase of the tutorial. The targeted completion date for the entire tutorial is January 2007.

This CDC MMWR is based on the 2004 School Health Profiles Survey for public secondary schools. The report summarizes the results of the Survey, which indicated that in 2004, approximately one half to three fourths of schools in the participating states and school districts taught all 15 nutrition and dietary behavior topics. The topics are intended to encourage a healthful diet and to engage in physical activity.

Today’s New York Times includes a feature story on the increasing number of transracial adoptions.

A new report from the Institute of Medicine calls for transdisciplinary research to better understand how genetic, social, and environmental factors affect health. The report includes recommendations for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and academic research centers to revise funding and reward mechanisms to encourage this kind of research.

The New York Times reports that the new head of the National Cancer Institute plans to phase out some programs because of budget shortfalls. Appointee Dr. John E. Niederhuber did not specify which programs might be phased out, but said that he intended to continue funding university cancer centers.