The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

NIH to research health disparities of chronic diseases

25 August 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer

This program responds to the need for more robust, ecological approaches to address chronic diseases among racial and ethnic minority groups, under-served rural populations, people of less privileged socio-economic status, along with groups subject to discrimination who have poorer health outcomes often attributed to being socially disadvantaged...