Title: To those of you also attending GSA meeting....

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Section/SPIG: Aging & Public Health

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If you also attend the Gerontological Society of America meetings, their preconference workshops may be of interest to you:

Approaches for Developing/Adapting/Evaluating Health-Related Concepts and Measures in Diverse Older Populations
9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 18, 2005

Sponsored by Research in Quality of Care (RESQCARE) Formal Interest Group; the Gerontological Society of America's Task Force on Minority Issues; Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research (RCMAR); National Institutes of Health; and the National Institute of Aging

In this workshop, the Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research investigators will share examples of the methodological approaches used in their research related to minority health and disparities in health and health care. RCMAR investigators have extensive experience in developing, adapting, and evaluating health-related measures for diverse older populations.

Improving the Quality and Credibility of Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research in Aging
9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 18, 2005

Sponsored by the John A. Hartford Foundation

This workshop builds upon the highly subscribed workshop held in 2004. This workshop convened journal editors, representatives of funding agencies, and national leaders in qualitative and mixed methods research in order to enhance investigators' capacity to design, conduct, and publish scientifically sound qualitative research in aging. A limited number of scholarships are available for this session only. Contact <Renee_Shield@Brown.edu>.

For a full list of GSA preconference workshops go to
<http://www.agingconference.com/workshop_submission.cfm>.


And don't forget to join us for the APHA Annual Meeting Dec. 11-14 in Philadelphia.