The 2014 Minority Health and Health Disparities Grantees’ Conference
Abstract
:- State of the Science in Achieving Global Health Equity-Past and Present Advances and Future Directions-highlighting best practices in biomedical, behavioral, population and health policy research that contribute to improvements in US and global health equity among populations who carry the burden of health disparities. Collaborative, sustainable, replicable and culturally appropriate research promoting prevention, reduction and elimination of heath disparities were also discussed;
- Achieving Health Equity Through a Population Health Research Paradigm-highlighting effective population health interventions that are often multi-sectorial and community engaged;
- Transdisciplinary Social, Behavioral and Clinical Approaches for Understanding and Achieving Health Equity in Cardiovascular, Cerebrovascular, and Related Peripheral-Vascular Diseases-highlighting ethnic- and racial-specific variations and determinants underlying health disparities in cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and related peripheral-vascular diseases; and
- Transdisciplinary Collaborations: A Call to Action-highlighting evidenced-based transdisciplinary research approaches to reduce health disparities, and the strategies to promote diversity in the biomedical research workforce.
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Edberg, M.; Hayes, B.E.; Montgomery-Rice, V.; Tchounwou, P.B. The 2014 Minority Health and Health Disparities Grantees’ Conference. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2016, 13, 57. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13010057
Edberg M, Hayes BE, Montgomery-Rice V, Tchounwou PB. The 2014 Minority Health and Health Disparities Grantees’ Conference. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2016; 13(1):57. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13010057
Chicago/Turabian StyleEdberg, Mark, Barbara E. Hayes, Valerie Montgomery-Rice, and Paul B. Tchounwou. 2016. "The 2014 Minority Health and Health Disparities Grantees’ Conference" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 13, no. 1: 57. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph13010057