The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health launched a new program focused on the development and implementation of community-based interventions to address chronic disease among underserved populations.
The initiative will take aim at improving care for chronic diseases like cancer, heart disease and diabetes among racial minority groups, marginalized rural populations, people with economic hardships, as well as other groups subject to poorer health outcomes due to discrimination, lack of resources and proximity to care.
Two new centers will share approximately $20 million supplied by the NIMHD over five years to conduct the new initiative. Both will share ties to academic institutions. The new centers are The Native-Controlling Hypertension and Risk Through Technology (associated with Washington State University in Pullman) and The Flint Center for Health Equity Solutions (associated with Michigan State University in East Lansing).
"Multilevel interventions that take into account complex interactions between individuals and their environments can better address determinants of health and enhance chronic disease prevention and health promotion for local communities," said Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD, director of the NIMHD. "Studies in these centers will add to our knowledge of what works in health disparities populations, thus advancing knowledge towards our nation's health."
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