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February 2006
Item Response Theory Workshop
This introductory workshop included a discussion of the basics of item response theory (IRT) modeling, including discussions of defining model parameters, model assumptions, item and test characteristic and information curves, frequently-used IRT models, and differences between traditional and IRT methods. Also included were discussions of the role of IRT modeling in health outcomes research of evaluating and developing questionnaires, identifying differential item functioning, linking instruments, developing item banks, and assessing change and critical issues for applying this methodology in health outcomes research.
Find out more »November 2005
Hurricane Katrina: Bringing the People and the Issues Home
A Public Educational Forum on Natural Disasters, Social Justice and the Law Presented by the UCLA School of Law Critical Race Studies
Find out more »October 2005
Ethnic Identity among Immigrant Youth: A Cross National Perspective
In this presentation, Dr. Phinney will discuss results from an international study of over 5000 immigrant youth who were surveyed in 13 immigrant-receiving countries. The study explored the relationship of ethnic identity to national identity and to acculturation, the role of ethnic identity in psychological adaptation, variation in individual profiles of identity, and similarities and differences across countries and ethnic groups. The results suggest four different profiles of cultural identity, including bicultural, ethnic, national, and diffuse. These profiles vary in their relationship to adaptation and in their distribution across contexts. Ethnic identity among immigrant youth can best be understood in terms of complex interactions among the attitudes and characteristics of immigrants and the contexts in which they live.
Find out more »Little Legs with Big Hearts
This is a mile run/walk for kids between the ages of one and six years old to aid children affected by Hurricane Katrina and those afflicted with sickle cell anemia.
Find out more »Reception for Students Interested in Health Disparities in Racial and Ethnic Minorities
One important activity of the Center is the training and education of students interested in ensuring that all populations and in particular racial and ethnic minorities will have better health. If you are a student or post-doc interested in the health of racial and ethnic minorities please join us for a reception. Get to know other students from across the campus with similar interests and get to know what our Center does and the minority faculty connected with the Center! So save the date, and join us. Please share this announcement with other members of your organization but have each person RSVP separately. RSVPs should be made on our website starting Monday, August 15th.
Find out more »May 2005
Minority Health Disparities Lecture Series: Role of the Media in Women’s Drug Prescription Behavior
Judy Norsigian will address the current drug and medical device industry's promotional practices and the resulting influence on women's preferences for both prevention and treatment. She will also cover the "pills for prevention" trend, the effects of misleading advertising of prescription drugs, and the misuse of surveys to create drug demand even before a particular product makes it to the market. Norsigian will comment on how public priorities are increasingly skewed to meet the needs of a few rather than by the needs of the majority of women, especially groups of women traditionally marginalized and neglected by most institutions
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