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. 2004 Jan;94(1):22-8.
doi: 10.2105/ajph.94.1.22.

Social science and health research: growth at the National Institutes of Health

Christine A Bachrach  1 , Ronald P Abeles
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Social science and health research: growth at the National Institutes of Health

Christine A Bachrach et al. Am J Public Health. 2004 Jan.

Abstract

Programs within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have recently taken steps to enhance social science contributions to health research. A June 2000 conference convened by the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research highlighted the role of the social sciences in health research and developed an agenda for advancing such research. The conference and agenda underscored the importance of research on basic social scientific concepts and constructs, basic social science research on the etiology of health and illness, and the application of basic social science constructs in health services, treatment, and prevention research. Recent activities at NIH suggest a growing commitment to social science research and its integration into interdisciplinary multilevel studies of health.

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