The Immigration/Migration signature research area group was awarded a CPRC seed grant for its proposal, entitled:
Comments and Measures for Immigration Research in New York City in the 21st Century: An Interdisciplinary Collaborative Project of the Immigration/Migration SRAG, CPRC.
Abstract:
The Immigration/Migration Signature Research Area Group of the Columbia Population Research Center is dedicated to developing innovative theories, interventions, and policies designed to improve the health and well-being of diverse populations of immigrants and migrants in the United States (U.S.) and abroad, with a special focus on immigrant/migrant communities in New York City. The present project will conduct formative research to enable the Immigration/ Migration group to modify and fill gaps in existing conceptual frameworks related to migration and adaptation and, in relation to these, to develop, evaluate and refine a new generation of measures for immigrant populations. The proposed project and related study will generate data for the preliminary studies section of a subsequent R21 grant to the National Institutes of Health focused explicitly on Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences. Outcomes and data from the present study will contribute an important body of information to immigration/migration researchers and policy makers.