Social Work in Medicine calls for papers / publications

Call for Papers: Journal of Applied Gerontology

The Official Journal of the Southern Gerontological Society

The Journal of Applied Gerontology (JAG) provides an international forum for information that has clear and immediate applicability to the health, care, and quality of life of older persons.
Each issue brings you the latest research and analysis from the field—and helps you apply it to your everyday practice.

Comprehensive Coverage
The Journal of Applied Gerontology publishes articles in all subdisciplines of gerontology whose findings, conclusions, or suggestions have clear and sometimes immediate applicability to the problems encountered by older persons as well as articles that inform research and the development of interventions. With JAG you'll have access to original studies by distinguished authors on a wide range of gerontological issues.

The Journal of Applied Gerontology particularly invites manuscripts featuring the systematic evaluation and outcomes assessment of programs, services, and initiatives targeting older populations.

JAG brings you comprehensive coverage of all areas of gerontological practice and policy, such as:

• Caregiving
• Exercise
• Death and dying
• Physical activity
• Ethnicity and aging
• Technology and care
• Advanced directives
• Housing
• Long-term care
• Mental health
• Retirement planning
• Sexuality
• Volunteering

Call for Papers for a Thematic Issue of Family & Community Health: Faith-Based Initiatives to Promote Health

Social scientists and theologians have noted that churches and other faith-based organizations can have a considerable impact on society and its members. Over the past decade, government-sponsored faith-based initiatives have raised the profile of faith-based organizations as those that can provide services to disadvantaged individuals and communities. During this time, an increasing number of health scientists and public health practitioners have begun to work with faith-based institutions in health promotion and disease prevention efforts designed to improve the health of “hard to reach” or “at-risk” populations. The emergence of these efforts has sparked interests in examining the relationship between faith and health. “Faith” like “health” is a concept with multiple descriptions and applications, making it difficult to specify elements of successful collaboration between scientific and spiritual institutions.

This thematic issue will build on the foundation laid in Volume 32, Issue 4 which highlighted the diversity of faith-based programs and their potential impact for individuals and their communities. We invite investigators to contribute original research as well as review articles that will further broaden the understanding of the relationship between faith and health. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Papers that discuss or refine existing theoretical models undergirding current faith-based research
• Papers that highlight seemingly subtle distinctions (i.e., faith-based orientation vs. church-based orientation) that can lead to considerable differences in approaches and outcomes
• Descriptions of epidemiological studies examining associations between faith and health
• Descriptions of intervention studies in faith settings and/or that incorporate faith-based elements

We especially welcome manuscripts that have leaders of faith-based organizations (e. g., pastors) as contributing authors.

Submissions
Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal’s Author Guidelines, which are located at http://journals.lww.com/familyandcommunityhealth/Pages/informationforauthors.aspx. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal’s system at http://www.editorialmanager.com/fch/ no later than October 1, 2012.

Call for Reflections: Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care

Journal Editor: Ellen L. Csikai, Ph.D
Section Editor: Mercedes Bern-Klug, PhD

We are pleased to be able to offer this opportunity to publish personal accounts of various aspects of social work in end-of-life and palliative care. We hope these entries in the journal will provide an insider’s look into everyday practice or give some inspiration as we assist individuals and families at this crucial time in life.

Description of Section:
Our work in providing end-of-life and palliative care affects us both personally and professionally. This new section of the journal is dedicated to using creative writing to give voice to the personal impact of end-of-life and palliative care social work in clinical practice, community organizing, policy practice, research, and education. Content, reflecting both the art and science of social work, is accepted in three forms: poetry, essays, and case studies.

Authors should submit only material that is original and that has not been previously published. In addition, please do not submit any material that is currently under consideration by another publication source. Do not disclose the identity of living persons without their written permission. If the content of your material can lead to the identification of a colleague, client, family member, or any person other than yourself, please follow your organization’s rules for the protection of human subjects, and indicate in your cover letter that your material conforms to your organization’s guidelines.

Poem
Poems from 7-15 lines in length are preferable, although longer poems will be considered.

Essay
Essays should be no longer than 1,400 words (about 5 pages double-spaced), although longer lengths may be considered. Essays can reflect the personal meaning-making experience of the author and tap into insights about, for example, ethical dilemmas, the importance of relationships, satisfaction or strain related to work in end-of-life and/or palliative care, gratitude, grief, humility, humor, and hope. The range of potential topics is deliberately broad. They may be written in the first person. Authors are encouraged to seek editorial feedback from a colleague or writing specialist before submitting material for consideration. No references or citations are expected.

Case Study
Case studies that do not exceed 1,400 words (about 5 pages double-spaced) are preferred although longer submissions will be considered. Case studies describe circumstances that are unusual or could be considered outside the experience of many readers by virtue of the characteristics of the client, his or her family system, the community, the social worker, local laws or regulations, or historical events (for example, a natural disaster like a flood, a hurricane, a traffic accident, or an organizational budget cut that affected care). Case studies present an issue that challenges the social worker, describes consideration and weighing of options, and presents the conclusion or clarifies that there was no conclusion. Authors are strongly encouraged to seek editorial feedback from a colleague or writing specialist before submitting material for consideration. References or citations should be included where appropriate, but are not required.

Submissions are online at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/wswe

With your submission please include a cover letter with full author(s) contact information and a statement that the author(s) has followed his/her organization’s IRB procedures as appropriate.

Call for Papers for a Special Thematic Issue of the Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care: Chronic Illness at the End of Life

Deadline: July 15, 2012

The Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care invites manuscripts for a special thematic issue on chronic illness at the end of life.

Appropriate topics may be related to a range of medical diagnoses: Cancer, ESRD, Alzheimer’s, COPD, HIV, etc. and challenges encountered and opportunities presented at the end stages of the disease process. Issues could pertain to the needs of individuals diagnosed with the illness, caregivers (family and professional), health care systems, and policy. Also manuscripts could address: challenges faced by people facing multiple illnesses; challenges, innovations, and interventions in care of persons with chronic illness at EOL; pain management/palliative care issues; and the role of the social worker and the interdisciplinary teams consideration in care of persons with chronic illness at EOL. Manuscripts could focus on a single illness or compare issues/interventions across illnesses. Also, a range of practice settings, hospice, hospital, nursing homes, assisted living could serve as a focus for manuscripts. As always, international perspectives and cross-cultural research are welcome.

Please address questions to Editor-in-Chief, Ellen L. Csikai, PhD at ecsikai@sw.ua.edu<mailto:ecsikai@sw.ua.edu>.

Manuscripts for this issue are due by July 15, 2012 and must be submitted online to ScholarOne:
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/wswe

Editor: Ellen L. Csikai, LCSW, MPH, PhD Professor, School of Social Work
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS
Journal of Social Work in End-of Life and Palliative Care receives all manuscript submissions electronically via the ScholarOne Manuscripts website located at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/wswe. ScholarOne Manuscripts allows for rapid submission of original and revised manuscripts, as well as facilitating the review process and internal communication between authors, editors and reviewers via a web-based platform. ScholarOne Manuscripts technical support can be accessed via http://scholarone.com/services/support/. If you have any other requests please contact the journal’s editor at ecsikai@sw.ua.edu.

Call for Papers on the Topic of Muslims and Ageing for a Thematic Issue of Contemporary Islam: Dynamics of Muslim Life

The international referred journal Contemporary Islam: Dynamics of Muslim Life welcomes and encourages the submission of articles which reflect on ageing, perceptions of it and the impact that it has on Muslim communities both in Muslim majority countries as well as Muslims living in the west.

Questions and topics for discussion include, but are not limited to:

- The concept of ageing as discussed among Muslims

- Ageing identity and self among Muslims communities
- Challenges faced by Muslim communities as far as an increased ageing population are concerned
- Changes in the care of the elderly among contemporary Muslim communities
- Problems that elderly Muslims face in the West as far as care and support are concerned
- Ageing and faith
- Relations between the young and the old: inter-generational conflict, respect, and veneration
- Political and social discrimination against elderly Muslims.

The deadline for receipt of submissions is 31 July 2012

For this special issue, please direct all enquiries, requests for further information as well as actual manuscripts to our Assistant Editor: Ms Siobhan Irving siobhan.irving@gmail.com

Some information about Contemporary Islam:

- Contemporary Islam has an acceptance rate of about 33% (applying to original research papers, so excluding book reviews and special issue papers)
- Contemporary Islam has a very fast “time-to-first-decision” of 53 days on average despite submitting manuscripts to a very selective peer-review process (2 or 3 peer-reviewers)
-Thousands of academic institutions worldwide now offer access to Contemporary Islam

For further information about the journal, including a description of the aims and scopes, please see:
http://www.springer.com/journal/11562

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Aging & Mental Health: Asian Families and Well-Being in Later Life

Special issue editors: Sheung-Tak Cheng Kee Lee Chou and Steven H. Zarit

Aging & Mental Health, a leading interdisciplinary journal focused on the aging process and mental health, is calling for papers for a special issue devoted to topics concerning Asian Families and Well-being in Later Life. Papers reporting empirical research on, but not limited to, intergenerational relationships, filial piety, family caregiving, roles of older persons in contemporary families, and generativity in later life are especially welcome. Papers must address the relationships between family functioning and well-being (life satisfaction, emotional well-being, depressive symptoms, etc.) of older adults. Each paper must include explicit data on one or more Asian populations; data on Asian ethnic groups in non-Asian countries are not included in this category.

Authors who are interested in submitting a paper to this special issue are invited to send a proposal to Sheung-Tak Cheng at takcheng@ied.edu.hk by June 15, 2012. The proposal should include a synopsis of no more than 300 words structured into the following sections: Background, Objectives, Methods, Results, and Conclusion and Discussion. In the proposal, please specify whether you intend to submit a regular article (5,000 words) or a brief report (2,000 words).

Upon initial screening by the editors, authors will be invited to submit papers formally to the special issue. Deadline for the full paper will be October 15, 2012. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed and the editors will make the final decision on publication based on recommendations of the peer reviews.

For author guidelines for preparing the full paper, please refer to
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=1360-7863&linktype=44.

Steven H. Zarit, Ph.D.
Professor and Head
Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies
Henderson Bldg. South 211
Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-865-5260
Fax: 814-863-7963

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Aging & Mental Health: Dementia and Dementia Care in Asia

Special issue editors: Sheung-Tak Cheng and Steven H. Zarit

Aging & Mental Health, a leading interdisciplinary journal focused on the aging process and mental health, is calling for papers for a special issue devoted to the topic of dementia and dementia care in Asia. Papers reporting empirical research on, but not limited to, demographic trends of dementia prevalence, diagnostic issues, cognitive deficits, behavioral problems, stigma, caregiver mental health, abuse, management of dementia in residential settings, and bereavement, are especially welcome. Each paper must include explicit data on one or more Asian populations; data on Asian ethnic groups in non-Asian countries are not included in this category.

Authors who are interested in submitting a paper to this special issue are invited to send a proposal to Sheung-Tak Cheng at takcheng@ied.edu.hk by June 15, 2012. The proposal should include a synopsis of no more than 300 words structured into the following sections: Background, Objectives, Methods, Results, and Conclusion and Discussion. In the proposal, please specify whether you intend to submit a regular article (5,000 words) or a brief report (2,000 words).

Upon initial screening by the editors, authors will be invited to submit papers formally to the special issue. Deadline for the full paper will be October 15, 2012. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed and the editors will make the final decision on publication based on recommendations of the peer reviews.

For author guidelines for preparing the full paper, please refer to
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=1360-7863&linktype=44.

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Research on Social Work Practice on the Topic of A Critical Appraisal of the DSM-5: Social Work Perspectives

Guest Editor: Jeffrey R. Lacasse, Ph.D.

Submission Deadline: March 1, 2013

Research on Social Work Practice (RSWP) announces a call for papers to appear in a special issue of the journal dedicated to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, version 5 (DSM-5). The DSM-5 is scheduled to be released in May of 2013, and will have an important impact on mental health research and practice alike. The journal seeks papers that will contribute to the ongoing scholarly debate regarding the DSM and psychiatric classification and their effects on clients and the public, clinical practice, social/health policy, and mental health research. For this special issue, we are seeking not only empirical work as is usually the custom at RSWP, but also systematic reviews of the empirical literature, critical assessments, and conceptual analyses of the DSM-5. Interdisciplinary-authored papers are welcome.

Suggested topics include:

• The development of the DSM-5, including methodological, political, sociological, and epistemological analyses
• Critical assessment of the concept of mental disorder as defined in DSM-5
• Systematic reviews of the reliability and/or validity of major categories of DSM-5-defined disorders, including any published or unpublished field trials of the forthcoming DSM-5 criteria
• Discussions of categorical versus dimensional approaches to mental disorder;
• Arguments for or against DSM-5 as compared to alternative nosological systems, such as the International Classification of Diseases, Version 10
• Alternatives to the categorical system of the DSM, such as functional analysis used by behavioral practitioners
• The role of supplemental methods of assessment, such as the NASW's Person-in-Environment (PIE) assessment system, the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual, or methods of family assessment

We will also review papers on other topics related to DSM-5.

All papers are subject to blind peer-review. The deadline for paper submissions is March 1, 2013. The issue will be published in late summer/early fall of 2013. Potential authors may contact the guest editor to discuss ideas for submissions. All submissions must be formatted in strict compliance with current APA style, with empirical research papers also being in compliance with the Journal Article Reporting Standards found on pp. 247-248 of the APA Manual.

Contact Information:

Jeffrey R. Lacasse, MSW, Ph.D.
School of Social Work
College of Public Programs
Arizona State University
411 N. Central Avenue
Mail Code 3920
Phoenix, AZ, 85004-0689
jeffrey.lacasse@asu.edu
(602) 496-0067

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics: Aging and Long-Term Care

The deadline for submission for this issue is September 15, 2012.

Guest Editors: Lisa A. Eckenwiler and Carol Levine

The past several decades have seen significant improvement in the health of older adults. In the United States and many other parts of the world, people are living longer and with less chronic disability than ever before. The aging population is burgeoning. While currently the proportion of older persons is 17 percent, by 2050 it is expected to be 26 percent. The oldest old, or those eighty and above, will increase from being just 1.4 percent of the population to 4.3 percent. The elderly, and especially the oldest old, are disproportionately women. Their caregivers are also disproportionately women, as family care is the predominant mode of care. Projections further suggest that elderly populations in many developing countries are growing more rapidly than those in affluent ones. Nearly 250 million of the approximately 420 million people over sixty-five live in developing countries, and expectations are that the majority will live there in coming decades. Compared to wealthier countries, these mostly low and middle-income countries will undergo this demographic shift quite quickly, even as they continue to contend with the burden of diseases like HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, and with considerably less in the way of resources, including human resources.

These changing demographics generate a greater need for long-term care, whether that is provided in the home, in community settings, or in institutions. While there has been considerable debate concerning the nature and extent of future long-term care needs, especially given declining rates of disability in recent decades, the consensus is that they will grow. While governments, global health organizations like the WHO and PAHO, and other agents have acknowledged the importance of addressing current and coming demands related to aging and long-term care, the current state of the dependent elderly and of long-term care systems around the world are, on the whole, fragile and in urgent need of attention. Moreover, analyses and recommendations that are informed by feminist approaches are largely lacking.

This special issue of IJFAB aims to contribute to the ongoing conversations around ethics and policy in aging and long-term care. We invite essays written from a feminist perspective on any topic related to aging and long-term care. Possible topics include:

What characterizes a feminist approach to aging and/or long-term care and what contributions can it make to theory and policy?

How do feminist views about "family" affect long-term care approaches?

What is the structure of income provision for the aged in a particular country or region and what are its ethical implications?

What are the ethical implications of different kinds of support systems for the dependent elderly?

How is long-term care labor gendered and what ethical concerns does this raise?

How can a feminist vision of long-term care accommodate cultural and religious traditions that place special responsibilities for long-term care on women and girls?

What are the implications of the feminization of labor migration on the provision of long-term care needs around the world?

What is the structure of labor and or economic policy in a given country or region and what are its ethical implications for family caregivers?

How are representations of old age gendered and "performed" in the media and in the arts, and what are the ethical and health implications?

Submission instructions for authors are available at http://www.ijfab.org/style_guidelines.html

Papers should be submitted in Microsoft Word format as email attachments to IJFAB@sunysb.edu.

The submission deadline for this issue is September 15, 2012.

Call for Submissions: Special Issue of the Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services: HIV Care and Prevention in Adolescents and Emerging Adults

Adolescence is a time often marked by experimentation, development of one’s racial and sexual identity, risk taking, and vulnerability. Consequently, emerging adulthood can be characterized as a period of continued change in terms of home, school, work, and relationship domains. Adolescents and young adults (ages 13 to 29) currently account for the largest percentage (39%) of new HIV infections in the United States compared to other age groups. HIV incidence in this group disproportionately affects young gay and bisexual men and young African Americans. Behavioral factors found to be associated with HIV infection in young persons include early age at sexual initiation, older sex partners, history of sexual abuse, sexually transmitted infections, and substance use. Providers may face challenges in delivering developmentally and culturally appropriate interventions for increasing numbers of young persons entering care systems, and providing treatment regimens that are compatible with diverse lifestyles.

The Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services is inviting the submission of papers for a special issue on HIV Care and Prevention in
Adolescents and Emerging Adults.

Papers to be considered for review for this special issue should be submitted beginning April 15, 2012, through August 15, 2012.

Topics of interest include:

. Emergent findings in psychosocial approaches to HIV care and prevention in adolescents and young adults.
. Identifying and addressing special needs of adolescents and emerging adults living with HIV/AIDS, including transitioning to adult HIV care.
. Innovative methods in engaging and retaining young persons in prevention and treatment programming.
. Correlates of adolescents and emerging adults’ sexual risk behavior amenable to service delivery or intervention.
. Developmental approaches to working with adolescents and emerging adults living with HIV/AIDS.
. Innovative programmatic approaches relating to issues of gender, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, and disability.
. Peer-directed programming targeting adolescents and emerging adults living with HIV/AIDS.
. Emergent issues in the intersection of biomedical and psychosocial approaches to HIV/AIDS in adolescents and young adults, including treatment-as-prevention and preexposure prophylaxis.

Douglas Bruce, PhD, MSW
DePaul University
Dexter Voisin, PhD
University of Chicago
Special Edition Editors

The Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services receives all manuscript submissions electronically via their ScholarOne Manuscripts website located at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/whiv. ScholarOne Manuscripts allows for rapid submission of original and revised manuscripts, as well as facilitating the review process and internal communication between authors, editors, and reviewers via a web-based platform. ScholarOne Manuscripts technical support can be accessed via http://scholarone.com/services/support/. If you have any other requests, please contact the journal’s Managing Editor at mikebass@uic.edu.

When you enter your manuscript on ScholarOne, please click on the option that you intend it to be considered for the Special Edition: HIV Care and Prevention in Adolescents and Emerging Adults.