HABIT - electronic newsletter from CfAH - F.Y.I.

[Patricia Mail]

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  H E A L T H   a n d    B E H A V I O R   
	I N F O R M A T I O N    T R A N S F E R    ( H A B I T  )
		August 26, 1998  <>  Vol. 1, No. 11 

   ==>   C O N T E N T S   <==
* GREETINGS
* RESEARCH NEWS
	1) PPI Report: "Planning for Serendipity"
	  --> First goal of setting NIH research priorities: to maximize health
gains
	2) Nicotine Addiction Science: Cells to Society
	  --> Report from an important conference
	3) New Funding: Basic Behavioral and Cognitive Research in HIV/AIDS
	  --> A conversation with Jaylan Turkkan, PhD, of NIDA
	4) Diabetes Research Working Group
	  --> Send them your comments!
* CONGRESSIONAL NEWS
	5) Managed Care Legislation: What's Research Got To Do with It?
	  --> Research related provisions in pending managed care legislation
* FROM THE CENTER
	"Facts of Life" Now Monthly
* HEALTH & BEHAVIOR HEADLINES
* RESOURCES (18 items)

Send ideas/comments to Roni Neff <rneff at cfah.org>.  See end for
subscription info.
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Dear Colleagues:
HABIT now goes out to several thousand health and behavior researchers,
policy makers, practitioners and other interested readers.  That's
pretty good for a new publication.  But we think there are a lot more
people who might want to get into the HABIT if they knew about it.

Starting with the new academic year in September, we are planning a
major outreach effort through academic departments, Health and Behavior
Alliance members, other research and professional societies, online
email lists, etc.  If you have suggestions of places to forward HABIT,
please let us know.  And please tell us how many people you REGULARLY
forward HABIT to, so we can count them.  (send to: Rneff at cfah.org). 
Thank you!
Sincerely,
Jessie Gruman, PhD
Executive Director
Center for the Advancement of Health


	==>   A B O U T  T H I S  N E W S L E T T E R   <==

HABIT is edited by The Center for the Advancement of Health for the
Health and Behavior Alliance.  The Alliance is 25 professional research
societies, representing over 230,000 researchers, working together to
increase the priority of and resources devoted to health and behavior
research.  Find member organizations and information about our
activities at <http://www.cfah.org/alliance/main.htm>.  

The Alliance is organized by the Center for the Advancement of Health, a
nonprofit policy organization that promotes an understanding of health
as the dynamic relationships among biology, behavior, emotion, and
social context.  The Center is funded by the John D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation and the Nathan Cummings Foundation.  Contact the
Center: <Rneff at cfah.org> or (202)387-2829.  Visit our website:
<http://www.cfah.org/>.
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