Examining the Health Disparities Research Plan of the National Institutes of Health: Unfinished Business

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dc.contributor.authorThomson, Gerald E.
dc.contributor.authorMitchell, Faith
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Monique
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:04:04Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:04:04Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractIn the United States, health among racial and ethnic minorities, as well as poor people, is significantly worse than the overall U.S. population. Health disparities are reflected by indices such as excess mortality and morbidity and shorter life expectancy. Examining the Health Disparities Research Plan of the National Institutes of Health is an assessment of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Strategic Research Plan and Budget to Reduce and Ultimately Eliminate Health Disparities. It focuses on practical solutions to remedy the state of the current health disparity crisis. The NIH has played the leading role in conducting extensive research on minority health and health disparities for more than two decades. Although additional research is critical to facilitating a better understanding of the overarching social, economic, educational, and environmental factors that predispose groups to specific diseases and conditions, there is also a great need to translate the existing and new information into best care practices. This means increasing communication with affected populations and their communities. Examining the Health Disparities Research Plan of the National Institutes of Health presents solutions to improving the health disparities nationwide and evaluates the NIH strategy plan designed to actively correct and combat the ongoing health disparities dilemma.
dc.description.urihttp://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11602#description
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/mpfs-oaeg
dc.identifier.citationThomson, Gerald E. and Mitchell, Faith and Williams, Monique (2006) Examining the Health Disparities Research Plan of the National Institutes of Health: Unfinished Business. National Academies Press, Washington, D.C..
dc.identifier.isbn0-309-10121-2
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 2989
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/23615
dc.publisherNational Academies Press
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectPolicy
dc.subjectResearch
dc.subjectracial and ethnic minorities
dc.subjectHealth disparities
dc.subjectNational Institutes of Health
dc.titleExamining the Health Disparities Research Plan of the National Institutes of Health: Unfinished Business
dc.typeBook

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