June 1, 2001
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Morse Enterprises organized a series of three, day-long invitational conferences to raise the issue of tobacco divestment among African-American leaders.
June 1, 2001
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In 1999, the Center on Self-Determination of the Oregon Institute on Disability and Development at Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, supported a 120-person summit conference.
June 1, 2001
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In 1998, a first-of-a-kind conference met to address cultural and ethnic diversity issues related to health care quality and access.
June 1, 2001
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The University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine prepared a background paper on the risks and benefits of using nicotine replacement therapies and other smoking-cessation aids approved by the Food and Drug Administration to treat pregnant smokers.
June 1, 2001
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The Center for the Advancement of Health hosted a series of meetings on medical self-care and the elderly that drew together researchers and representatives from managed care and health professional organizations.
June 1, 2001
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Drug Strategies, a nonprofit research and education institute, created profiles of substance abuse problems in three cities and developed a how-to manual to assist other communities to produce their own profiles.
June 1, 2001
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FACCT developed sets of quality measurements for End-of-Life care and care of children with chronic conditions. They also developed and tested consumer information materials on health care quality.
June 1, 2001
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In 1999, Health Affairs published a thematic issue that focused on the future of the employer-based health insurance system.
June 1, 2001
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Spectrum Unlimited of New Orleans, La., published an expanded distribution of a 1996-97 special edition of the Journal for Minority Medical Students called "Keepsake: A Guide for Minority Premed Students," to 3,000 premedical minority students.
June 1, 2001
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The National Black Women's Health Project organized and mobilized students at historically black colleges so the students would become active in prevention and intervention strategies on their campuses and in the surrounding communities.