Bridging The Gap In Health Disparities
A farmer's market for rural residents who don't have access to fresh produce is among the projects to be funded through a $5.3 million CDC grant to UAB's Center for Health Promotion, housed in the university's School of Public Health. "The award will fund 18 new and continuing projects collectively aimed at reducing the disproportionate rate of disease and death among minority groups in the rural South," says James Raczynski, Ph.D., center director. Specific projects will focus on oral health, transportation, physician training, cancer screening, healthcare for HIV-infected mothers and their infants and vaccinations for older adults. Of 26 health promotion centers funded by the CDC, UAB received the most money to fund the most number of projects.
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