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On the Frontline: Community-Based Organizations in Health Research

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ManChui also participated in the 2006 Price Fellowship at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA. Her fellowship project focused on the intersection of HIV/AIDS and domestic violence with the goal of improving HIV prevention for women of color. She continues her research project by conducting a review of promising practices in HIV and violence prevention programs in Asian immigrant and refugee communities.

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Leung, M., Srinivasan, S. (2009). On the Frontline: Community-Based Organizations in Health Research. In: Gaist, P. (eds) Igniting the Power of Community. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-98157-4_10

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