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Family & Health

The Family and Health Section promotes the health of diverse families and their members across the life span through interdisciplinary activities that faciliate excellence in family health practice, research, education, and policy development. Focus Groups: Issues in Aging

M. Elise Radina, Chair (2014)

Visit the Family & Health Section listserv page to email all section members.

Related Focus Groups (click the links to go to each Focus Group page):

A Focus Group consists of a set of NCFR members with a specific family life interest that is related to an existing NCFR Section, but that is not the sole focus of that Section.

Family & Health Section News

Section Officers

Section Awards

The Family and Health Section sponsors the Outstanding Professional Paper/Publications Award and the Outstanding Student/New Professional Paper Award.

2012 Outstanding Professional Paper/Publications Award
Hui"Cathy" Liu, Michigan State University
"Marital Dissolution and Self-Rated Health: Age Trajectories and Birth Cohort Variations"

2012 Outstanding Student/New Professional Paper Award
Russel B. Toomey, Arizona State University
"The Impact of Arizona's S.B. 1070 Immigration Law on Utilization of Health Care and Public Assistance among Mexican-Origin Teen Mothers and their Mother Figures"

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Section Governance

The bylaws of the National Council on Family Relations shall govern the Family and Health Section in all of its practices. The bylaws of this section shall not conflict with the bylaws of the National Council on Family Relations.