The Uninsured and the Affordability of Health Insurance Coverage is a Web exclusive from Health Affairs. The report uses data from the Current Population Survey (CPS) to estimate what share of uninsured Americans are eligible for coverage through Medicaid or SCHIP, and what share need assistance to purchase health insurance.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), a regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO), has published Basic Indicators: Health Situation in the Americas 2006 (PDF). The report provides demographic, socioeconomic, mortality, morbidity, and access indicators for North and South America and Latin America and the Carribean.

The Report on the Extent and Effect of Sex Tourism and Sexual Exploitation of Children on the Kenyan Coast, just released by UNICEF, reveals that up to 30% of teenage girls in some coastal areas have sex for money.

The PRI Library has received an announcement from the World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-WIDER) for a two day conference on the economic and social vulnerability of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries classified as fragile states.

HRS has announced the following data:

2005 Consumption and Activities Mail Survey (CAMS)
Imputations for Pension Wealth
HRS 2002 Exit

PRI Affiliates may request these data from the Data Archivist.

NCHS has announced the Early Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data From the January-June 2006 NHIS.

The 15 measures included are lack of health insurance coverage and type of coverage, usual place to go for medical care, obtaining needed medical care, receipt of influenza vaccination, receipt of pneumococcal vaccination, obesity, leisure-time physical activity, current smoking, alcohol consumption, human immunodeficiency virus testing, general health status, personal care needs, serious psychological distress, diagnosed diabetes, and asthma episodes and current asthma.

The PSID 1997 CDS has revisions for the following files:

Fathers Outside the Home Child File
Fathers Outside the Home Household File
Preschool/Daycare Teacher File
Preschool/Daycare Administrator File
Elementary/Middle School Administrator File
Home-Based Care Provider File

PRI Affiliates may request these data from the Data Archivist.

The CPS ASEC 2006 is now available on both SodaPop and PopNet (as previously announced).

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

Funding for Faculty Investigators

2007 Census of Public Defender Offices – Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

Academic Policy Research Conferences – German Marshall Fund of the United States

Behavioral and Social Research on Disasters and Health (R01) – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) – National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) – National Institute on Aging (NIA) – Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)

Building Translational Research in Integrative Behavioral Science (R01) – National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Health Disparities Among Minority and Underserved Women (R01) – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) – National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) – National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) – Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH)

Mechanism for Time-Sensitive Research Opportunities (R01) – National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

Mini-Grants – Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Reducing Mental Illness Stigma And Discrimination (Collaborative R01) – National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Reproductive Health & Rights Program – General Service Foundation

Research Grants – Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Research on Pathways Linking Environments, Behaviors and HIV/AIDS (R01) – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) – National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) – National Institute on Aging (NIA) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Individual Senior Fellows (F33) – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

School-Based Interventions to Prevent Obesity (R01) – National Cancer Institute (NCI) – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) – National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) – National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) – Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)

Secondary Data Analyses Based on the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (R01) – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

The Influence of Religiosity and Spirituality on Health Risk Behaviors in Children and Adolescents (R01) – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) – National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

The Science and Ecology of Early Development (SEED) [R01] – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Understanding Mechanisms of Health Risk Behavior Change in Children and Adolescents (R01) – National Cancer Institute (NCI) – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) – National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) – Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) – Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

W. E. B. Du Bois Institute Fellows Program – W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research (Harvard University)

Women’s Mental Health and Sex/Gender Differences Research (R01) – National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Funding for Students (Pre-Doctoral Or Dissertation)

AERA Minority Fellowships in Education Research – American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellowships (F31) to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research – American Educational Research Association (AERA)

Post-Doctoral Opportunities

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Individual Postdoctoral Fellows (F32) – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Funding Opportunities Open To Faculty And Students

Fichter Research Grant Competition 2007 – Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR)

The 2006 ASEC CPS is now available to PRI Affiliates on PopNet Unix. This data will soon be available in SodaPop.