THE EFFECT OF ETHNIC AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION/BIAS ON HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
Application Receipt Dates(s): February 1, June 1, October 1
The purposes of this Program Announcement (PA) are: (1) to improve the measurement of racial /ethnic discrimination in health care delivery systems through improved instrumentation, data collection and statistical/analytical techniques; (2) to enhance understanding of the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination in health care delivery and its association with disparities in disease incidence, treatment and outcomes among disadvantaged racial/ethnic minority groups; and (3) to reduce the prevalence of racial/ethnic health disparities through the development of interventions to reduce the influence of racial/ethnic discrimination on health care delivery systems in the United States. This funding opportunity will use the NIH Research Project Grant (R01), the Exploratory/Development (R21) and the Small Grant (R03) award mechanisms.
For more information go to http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-05-006.html