Data from the Protecting the Next Generation: Understanding HIV Risk among Youth study in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Malawi and Uganda project are now available to the public. A link to website has been added to PRI’s links to data resources page.

The State of the World’s Children 2007: Women and Children: The Double Dividen of Gender Inequality, new from UNICEF, says that gender bias increases poverty and leads to poorer health for children (BBC News).

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

Funding for Faculty Investigators

Centers Program for Research on HIV/AIDS and Mental Health [deadline extended; competing continuation applications only] – National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Chronic Illness Self-Management in Children and Adolescents (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 Dietary Supplements (ODS)

Chronic Illness Self-Management in Children and Adolescents (R03) – 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 Dietary Supplements (ODS)

Chronic Illness Self-Management in Children and Adolescents (R21) – 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 Dietary Supplements (ODS)

Co-Occurring Mental Illness, Alcohol and/or Drug Abuse & Medical Conditions (R01) – National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Cross-Disciplinary Translational Research at NIH (R01) – National Cancer Institute (NCI) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Drug Abuse as a Cause, Correlate, or Consequence of Criminal Justice Related Health Disparities among African Americans (R01) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Drug Abuse Prevention Intervention Research (R01) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Economics of Prevention and Treatment Services for Drug and Alcohol Abuse (R01) – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

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)

Epidemiology of Drug Abuse (R01) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Health Disparities in HIV/AIDS: Focus on African Americans (R01) – National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Health Services Research on the Prevention and Treatment of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (R01) – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity – Round 2 – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

HIV/AIDS, Severe Mental Illness and Homelessness (R01) – National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

MDMA: Research Areas Needing More Emphasis (R01) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Non-injection Drug Abuse and HIV/AIDS (R01) – National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Research on Rural Mental Health and Drug Abuse Disorders (R01) – National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Social and Behavioral Interventions to Increase Solid Organ and Tissue Donation – Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

Specialized Cooperative Centers Program in Reproduction and Infertility Research (U54) – National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

The Genes, Environment, and Development Initiative (U01) – National Cancer Institute (NCI) – National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Wayne F. Placek Grants – American Psychological Association (APA)

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that Congress has passed the first bill reauthorizing the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in more than a decade. The final bill does not include a controversial requirement that half of NIH budget increases go to fund interdisciplinary research.

The Chronicle article is available online to subscribers. PRI affiliates can read the Chronicle in the PRI Library or request online access from library@pop.psu.edu.

The NCHS has released new lab data and an update for the NHANES dataset.

New data:
2003-2004 Lab 35 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus SodaPop | PopNet Unix

Documentation Update:
2001-2002 PHPYPA Urinary Phthalates SodaPop | PopNet Unix
Updated to remove incorrect statements regarding polyaromatic hydrocarbon analytes and variable detection limits. In fact, for all polyaromatic hydrocarbon analytes in this data set, the detection limit was constant.

The latest issue (volume 6, number 4) of The Stata Journal is now available online to PRI affiliates. To access the journal, log in with your POP username and password.

The Census 2000 Summary File 1 supplement files for all states are now available on Popnet Unix.

A Supplemental file to the Cycle 6 NSFG public use file based on household roster variables is now available on Sodapop.

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

Funding for Faculty Investigators

2007 National Spatial Data Infrastructure Cooperative Agreement Program – U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

BARD Senior Research Fellowships – BARD (The United States – Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund)

Building Human Capital – Junior Investigators – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Building Human Capital – Senior Consultants – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Methods of Analysis of Gene-Environment Interactions in Complex Diseases: The Genes and Environment Initiative (R01) – National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Funding for Students (Pre-Doctoral Or Dissertation)

BARD Graduate Student Fellowship Program – BARD (The United States – Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund)

Post-Doctoral Opportunities

Vaadia-BARD Postdoctoral Fellowships – BARD (The United States – Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund)

The PRI Library has received an announcement from the Chicago Center on Aging for their National Institute of Health (NIH) Postdoctoral Fellowship program.