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  font-weight:bold;language:en-US">Seeking Community Research Assistants</span></font></b></p>
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  font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;language:en-US">Community Research Project on Riverside Health</span></font></b></i></p>
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</span></font></b><font size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:16px;
  line-height:119%;font-family:Arial;language:en-US">In collaboration with the UCR Undergraduate Research in the Community Program,
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  font-family:Arial;language:en-US">participate in a community research project to gain social research experience and marketable
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  font-family:Arial;language:en-US">research skills and assist the City of Riverside with its health planning and policy development.</span></font></p>
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 What are the health needs and assets in the City of Riverside? What are the healthcare needs and assets in the City of Riverside? Issues will include morbidity and mortality, healthy lifestyle patterns, access to health care (insurance, services, and quality),
 providers and </span></font></p>
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  line-height:119%;font-family:Arial;language:en-US">facilities, skilled workforce and professional development
 programs, and health-related industry.</span></font></p>
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  line-height:119%;font-family:Arial;language:en-US">:
 a review of existing research literature and administrative reports, statistical analysis of data (e.g., healthycity.org), interviews with key stakeholders (city officials, community members, healthcare providers, and health industry representatives), and
 reporting of findings and </span></font></p>
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  line-height:119%;font-family:Arial;language:en-US">recommendations for city officials.</span></font></p>
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  line-height:119%;font-family:Arial;language:en-US">:
 The project runs from January-June 2012. Weekly time commitment: about 4 hours.</span></font></p>
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  font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;language:en-US">Benefits</span></font></b><font size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:16px;
  font-family:Arial;language:en-US">:
 Course credit. Professional and peer networking. Team building. Research skills and
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  font-family:Arial;language:en-US">experience. Faculty mentoring. Exposure to city government. Familiarity
 with Riverside health </span></font></p>
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  font-family:Arial;language:en-US">issues. Community action. Support from UCR&#8217;s Office of Undergraduate
 Research in the </span></font></p>
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  font-family:Arial;language:en-US">Community
</span></font><a href="http://ugr.ucr.edu/research.html"><font size="3" color="blue" face="Arial"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:16px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;
  language:en-US">http://ugr.ucr.edu/research.html</span></font></a><font size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:16px;
  font-family:Arial;language:en-US">.</span></font></p>
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  font-family:Arial;language:en-US">&nbsp;</span></font></p>
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  font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;language:en-US">To get involved</span></font></b><font size="3" color="black" face="Arial"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:16px;
  font-family:Arial;language:en-US">:
 send a resume, a minimum 2-page writing sample (e.g., class paper), and cover letter explaining your interest in and preparing for community research to Tanya Nieri via email.
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<b><font size="4" color="black" face="Arial"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:21px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;
  language:en-US">Contact: Tanya Nieri, PhD, Sociology Department,
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<b><font size="4" color="black" face="Arial"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:21px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;language:en-US"><span dir="ltr"></span>1216 Watkins,
</span></font></b><a href="mailto:tanyan@ucr.edu"><font size="4" color="blue" face="Arial"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:21px;
  font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;font-weight:bold;language:en-US">tanyan@ucr.edu</span></font></a><b><font size="4" color="black" face="Arial"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:21px;
  font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;language:en-US">,
 (951) 827-5854</span></font></b></p>
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