November 27, 2012
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In 2010, the National Urban League launched an initiative to address childhood obesity through policy and program activities both on the national level and through its local affiliates.
May 2, 2012
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A professor at the University of Virginia conducted research on African Americans in the health professions to make available resources that scholars and educators could use to encourage more young African Americans to pursue health careers.
December 12, 2011
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Researchers at the Pew Hispanic Center and a multicultural research network managed by the University of California, Los Angeles, studied disparities in health and access to care in Latino and other minority populations.
December 23, 2009
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The commission sought to influence drug policies and practices, held African-American drug policy summits, worked in communities around the country on drug policy issues and disseminated the commission's policy recommendations.
June 3, 2009
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Researchers at Harvard University School of Public Health conducted two telephone surveys of randomly selected U.S. adults representing 14 racial and ethnic minority groups, plus White Americans, in 2006 and 2007.
February 23, 2009
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The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies issued Aging Out of the Foster Care System to Adulthood: Findings, Challenges, and Recommendations, a report on the unmet needs of youth in America.
December 1, 2006
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David Barton Smith, PhD, studied the historical link between racial segregation and discrimination in health care and examined possible approaches to address certain continuing discrepancies and the persistence of segregation.
December 1, 2005
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Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C., sponsored a conference in Atlanta entitled "The Last Miles of the Way Home: A National Conference to Improve End-of-Life Care for African Americans."
October 1, 2005
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The University of Michigan Institute for Social Research conducted a national survey on Americans' knowledge, attitudes, values and behavior regarding genetic testing and compared results to public opinion surveys from 1990.
May 1, 2004
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Pyramid Communications assessed literature reviews to clarify the barriers and opportunities to developing effective programs to improving physical activity and eating habits among people in the African American, Latino and Native American communities.
