Fostering resilience in African American youth.

Summary

Encourages research that promotes health and well-being among African-American youth and seeks to understand the relationship between resilience and the various types of development including physical, identity, emotional, social, and cognitive. Supports related research. Endorses the development of centers on resilience. Encourages increased collaboration across federal funding agencies involved in resilience research. Promotes interdisciplinary partnerships among physicians, mental health practitioners, educators, schools, community leaders, government agencies, and families to ensure adaptation, dissemination, and implementation of culturally relevant, evidence-based treatments that incorporate resilience strategies in community settings for African-American youth, families, and communities.

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 7 May 2009

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  Introduced in House · EN · 7 May 2009

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 7 May 2009

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