Attendance is free and open to anyone concerned about cancer - patients, survivors and health care professionals. Refer to announcement PA 00-002. Targeted populations in the grant program are adolescents or adults with alcohol or illicit drug abuse problems, including women and their children affected by substance abuse. These grants are designed to bolster service delivery and organization of services, and can not support direct funding of care to patients. The ymposium will be held at FSU's Turnbull Conference Center in Tallahassee.
Chronic diseases pose a significant burden in mortality, morbidity, financial, and social cost.
While many individuals suffer from chronic diseases, the impact on minority populations is excessive. The FederalGovernment, as well as public and private health agencies, have established specific research priorities to address the health disparities among minority groups. The Initiative builds on Healthy People 2000, which was initiated in the late 1970s to provide a national framework for public health goals and performance measures. The Covering Kids Initiative, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has produced an outreach video on access to health insurance for children. The five-minute video demonstrates how having health insurance benefits children and families as well as the larger community.