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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452079903321

Titolo

Examining the health disparities research plan of the National Institutes of Health [[electronic resource] ] : unfinished business / / Committee on the Review and Assessment of the NIH's Strategic Research Plan and Budget to Reduce and Ultimately Eliminate Health Disparities, Board on Health Sciences Policy ; Gerald E. Thomson, Faith Mitchell, Monique Williams, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2006

ISBN

1-280-50663-6

9786610506637

0-309-65775-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ThomsonGerald E

MitchellFaith <1952->

WilliamsMonique

Disciplina

362.1/0425

Soggetti

Health services accessibility - United States

Social medicine - United States

Medical policy - United States

Medical care - United States - Evaluation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Reviewers""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Health Disparities: Concepts, Measurements, and Understanding""; ""3 Development and Availability of the Strategic Plan""; ""4 Budget and Finances""; ""5 The National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities""; ""6 Management of the Strategic Plan and the Health Disparities Research Program""; ""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""A PUBLIC LAW 106-525 NOV. 22, 2000""; ""B Agendas of Open Meetings""

""C List of Participants Providing Testimony or Written Commentary to the Committee""""D Overview of Health Disparities--Nancy E. Adler, Ph.D.""; ""E Schematic Diagram Showing Differences, Disparities, and



Discrimination in Health Care""; ""F National Institutes of Health NIH Health Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2004-2008, Volume I""; ""G Public Communications and Its Role in Reducing and Eliminating Health Disparities--Kasisomayajula Viswanath, Ph.D.""; ""H NIH Committee on Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Definitions and Application Methodology""; ""I Acronyms""

""J Centers of Excellence Funded by the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, 2005""""K NCMHD Endowment Program Awardees""; ""L Summary of Recommendations""; ""M Committee and Staff Biographies""; ""Index""