NIH Funded Longitudinal Study Follows San Antonio Gang Members Into Young Adulthood
Feb 14th, 2009 | By buddy1 | Category: Children's Health, Health & Wellness NewsThe University of Houston Center for Drug and Social Policy Research (CDSPR) has been awarded a $2.4 million grant by the National Institutes of Health to study the long-term consequences of adolescent gang membership among Mexican Americans. The funds will be awarded over the next four years. “This is a follow-up to a study we conducted 10 years ago with 160 gang members in west San Antonio,” said Avelardo Valdez, principal investigator and director of CDSPR.
