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Friday, 07/03/2009

New Publications from RCMAR

Ethnicity & Disease
Vol. 17, No. 1, Supplement 1
The articles in this supplement
represent some of the scientific knowledge available on community-based participatory research (CBPR) at the RCMARs.
Measurement in a Multi-Ethnic Society
November 2006, Volume 44, Issue 11,Suppl 3
Journal of Applied Gerontology
Research on American Indian and Alaska Native Aging. Supplement to Vol. 25 No. 1, February 2006 5S-8S
Beyond Red Lake — The Persistent Crisis in American Indian Health Care
The New England Journal of Medicine. Vol. 353:1881-1883
Pain Medicine
Published on behalf of the American Academy of Pain Medicine
January 2005 - Volume 6 Issue 1
Journal of Aging and Health
November 1, 2004, Vol. 16, Number 5 Supplement

Recruiting and Retaining People of Color in Health Research Studies
Understanding Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life:  A Research Agenda
In and Out of Our Right Minds:  The Mental Health of African American Women
Religion in the Lives of African Americans:  Social, Psychological and Health Perspectives


Funding Opportunities
NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts

NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research (RFA-0D-09-003)

NIH has received new funds for Fiscal Years 2009 and 2010 as part of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), Pub. L. No. 111-5. The NIH has designated at least $200 million in FYs 2009 – 2010 for a new initiative called the NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research.

This new program will support research on topic areas that address specific scientific and health research challenges in biomedical and behavioral research that would benefit from significant 2-year jumpstart funds.


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2008 Archive Index





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October 21, 2008
New York Times
More Alzheimer’s Risk for Hispanics, Studies Find. Mehta, Haan, et. al

      Conferences and Meetings

Summer Training Workshop on African American Aging Research. Wayne State University, Detroit MI
June 1-3, 2009


AARP Diversity & Aging in the 21st Century Conference: The Power of Inclusion.
Chicago, IL
June 8-10

NIH Summer Institute on Community-Based Participatory Research Targeting the Medically Underserved
New Orleans, LA
August 2-7, 2009


Visit the References section of our website for materials from our pre-conference workshops.



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The National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Nursing Research , and the Office of Research in Minority Health created a program to decrease the minority/non-minority differential in health and its social sequelae for older people by focusing research upon health promotion, disease prevention, and disability prevention.

More information in the NIA's mission to address health disparities can be found here.

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