Office of Research on Women's Health NIH Health Disparities Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2004-2008.

摘要

To ensure that the health and career concerns of specific groups of underrepresented and minority women and men are adequately and appropriately addressed, the ORWH has given priority to the initiation of new research studies that address health and health disparities including sex/gender factors. The ORWH has initiated programs to increase opportunities for women of all races in biomedical careers. Further, the ORWH is addressing issues to increase the participation of diverse populations of women and minorities in clinical research through monitoring the implementation of the NIH inclusion policy, as well as through efforts to help investigators recruit and retain diverse populations in their clinical studies. The ORWH will develop and expand programs to increase and encourage opportunities for a diverse pool of women to enter and successfully advance in biomedical careers. The ORWH will continue in its collaborative efforts with the Office of Extramural Research (OER) and the ICs, to ensure that the inclusion policy requiring women and minorities in clinical research is continually addressed and recognized as part of the scientific review within the grant application process.