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Project

Targets of Opportunity--Health, Health Care and Family Across the Life Span

Center:

MI-Developmental Disabilities Institute, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2004

Contact Information:

Barbara LeRoy
[email protected]
313-577-0334

Project Description:

Developed a life span approach to evaluation and research of issues impacting families. Pilot studies addressed: Usability enhancement of Web-based health information--navigation aids for older adults; magnetic resonance analysis of cognitive function in adults; development of in vivo high spatial resolution proton spectroscopy techniques to characterize proton metabolites of human muscles; a generalizability theory method for providing causal evidence that social relationships influence affect; the Human Genome Project--What does it mean for families who have children with genetic-related disabilities?; maternal reactions to child handicaps; psychosocial factors influencing patients' health behavior following coronary revascularization; Latino families and hospice utilization; lymphedema prophylaxis utilizing preoperative education; and osteoporosis and women with disabilities.

Keyword(s):

Health issues; aging; disparities

Core Function(s):

Performing Research or Evaluation

Area of Emphasis

Health-Related Activities

Target Audience:

Professionals and Para-Professionals

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Geographic Areas, Urban

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

Single-County