The PRI Library has received a conference announcement from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and the Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research for their 2007 ECLS-B conference.

The NHANES Social Support (PDF) Questionnaire files for 2003-2004 are now available on SodaPop and PopNet.

Ugandan children who do well in primary school can take advantage of a new government offer to pay their fees for secondary school. Less than half of Ugandan primary school graduates enroll in secondary school, and many drop out because of the fees. (BBC News)

Alan Berube’s testimony before the Ways and Means Committe on the changing geography of poverty and its implications for economic mobility and well-being is available from the Brookings Institution Web site.

Marriage historian Stephanie Coontz, in the Boston Globe Magazine, argues that well-educated, highly successful women now “triumph” in marriage, contrary to popular belief.

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

Funding for Faculty Investigators

2007 and 2008 Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country Solicitation - Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)

Diet Composition and Energy Balance (R01) - National Cancer Institute (NCI) - National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) - National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) - National Institute on Aging (NIA) - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) - Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

Indo-US Program on Contraceptive and Reproductive Health Research (CRHR) (R03) - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Indo-US Program on Maternal and Child Health and Human Development Research (MCHDR) (R03) - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Research Education Grants in Drug Abuse and Addiction (R25) - National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

The Kaiser Family Foundation updated its fact sheets on HIV/AIDS in December 2006:

• Black Americans and HIV/AIDS
• Latinos and HIV/AIDS
• Women and HIV/AIDS in the United States

New reports from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured:

• Resuming the Path to Health Coverage for Children and Parents: A 50-State Update on Eligibility Rules, Enrollment and Renewal Procedures, and Cost-Sharing Practices in Medicaid and SCHIP in 2006
• Profiles of Medicaid’s High Cost Populations
• Changes in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Sponsorship, Eligibility, and Participation: 2001 to 2005, Full Report

Overlooking Young Men in HIV/AIDS Prevention: Uganda (PDF) is a new “In Brief” report from the Guttmacher Institute.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released two companion reports, the National Healthcare Quality Report, 2006 and the National Healtchare Disparities Report, 2006.