HEALTH DISPARITIES BLOG

November 04, 2009

links for 2009-11-04

• Special Issue of Medical Journal Explores Latino Health and Health Care
  The Network for Multicultural Research on Health and Healthcare, a consortium of researchers from major research institutions around the country, examines health care disparities affecting minorities with chronic diseases and has produced a special supplement of the Journal of General Internal Medicine examining Latinos and health care, shedding light on important issues that have been left out of the health care reform debate.
  (tags: Latinos, health care, chronic disease)
• Groups Launch Effort to Promote Smoking Cessation Among American Indians - News digest - Public Health newsroom - Public Health
  The University of Kansas Medical Center has helped develop a program aimed at reducing smoking rates among residents of Native American Indian reservations, Indian Country Today reports.
  (tags: Native Americans, smoking)
• RWJF Awards Funding for Projects Designed to Reduce Care Disparities - News digest - Quality/Equality newsroom - Quality/Equality
  The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has awarded grants of up to $258,500 each to seven organizations to support the development and testing of interventions aimed at reducing racial and ethnic care disparities, AHA News Now reports.
  (tags: health disparities, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)