NIH Strategic Research Plan to Reduce and Ultimately Eliminate HealthDisparities. Fiscal Years 2002-2006

摘要

A comprehensive national effort to prevent disease, promote health, and deliverappropriate care to racial and ethnic minorities--all of which are necessary to achieving the goal of reducing, and even eliminating, these disparities--cannot, however, be accomplished by NIH-supported research alone. Federal, State and local governments each have their roles to play, as do private sector healthcare providers and payers, as well as patients and their families. In order to make substantial inroads in the reduction of health disparities, the nation must, for example, monitor the health status of different populations; use the information gained from research to change the delivery of services; and ensure the distribution of these services across all segments of our population. Recognizing the importance of sustaining and enhancing its commitment to improve minority health, the NIH will focus its initial efforts on specific racial/ethnic minority populations, including African Americans, Asians, Pacific Islanders, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Alaska Natives. The NIH has also developed this five-year NIH Strategic Research Plan to Reduce and Ultimately Eliminate Health Disparities. This plan sets forth NIH's objectives for reducing and ultimately, eliminating health disparities among radical and ethnic minorities and describes some of the many initiatives that will be expanded or created to meet these goals. The plan is focused on three major areas: research; research infrastructure; and public information and community outreach.