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NIH Issues a Notice of Intent to Publish for a FOA on Understanding and Addressing the Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination on Minority Health and Health Disparities

  • 1.  NIH Issues a Notice of Intent to Publish for a FOA on Understanding and Addressing the Impact of Structural Racism and Discrimination on Minority Health and Health Disparities

    Posted Feb 24, 2021 14:37

    The CSWE Public Policy Initiative (PPI) is sharing a notice of intent to publish (NOITP) a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), with other institutes, within the National Institutes of Health (NIH).  The PPI is able to provide high-level context about this opportunity.

    NIMHD, with other NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices (ICOs), intend to publish a FOA to  "solicit applications on (1) observational research to understand the role of structural racism and discrimination (SRD) in causing and sustaining health disparities, and (2) intervention research that addresses SRD in order to improve minority health or reduce health disparities."

    Research objectives include:

    • "Observational Studies: Research may (1) examine the impact of SRD on health, and/or (2) evaluate the impact that existing efforts to address SRD (e.g., laws, policies, programs, organizational practices and procedures) have on the health of individuals, families, and communities. Projects may involve collection of primary data/and or analysis of existing data and may involve quantitative or mixed methods approaches. Projects must be exclusively domestic, including U.S. territories; and
    • Intervention Studies: Research may focus on health promotion, treatment, and/or prevention. Interventions may focus primarily on addressing SRD to improve health outcomes, or SRD may be included as one of several determinants of health addressed to improve health outcomes. For both types of intervention approaches, interventions must directly address the cause or source of SRD, not just help individuals or populations to cope with SRD."

    The FOA is expected to be published in April 2021 with an expected application due date in August 2021.

    The full NOITP can be found at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-MD-21-016.html

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    Andrew Herrin
    Legislative Research Assistant
    Lewis-Burke Associates LLC
    Washington, DC DC
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