Researchers, health care professionals, and community health workers: Looking for actionable and easy to access interventions that have shown to improve minority health or reduce #HeathDisparities? We’ve launched the #HDPulse Interventions Portal to help you make informed decisions about appropriate interventions for specific populations in your community. Explore the new resource today. 👉 https://bit.ly/4dVC7mO
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Research Services
Bethesda, Maryland 51,624 followers
Leading scientific research to improve minority health and reduce health disparities.
About us
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) is one of the 27 Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the nation’s premiere medical research agency. NIMHD’s work touches the lives of millions of Americans burdened by disparities in health status and health care delivery, including racial and ethnic minority groups, rural populations, populations with low socioeconomic status, and sexual and gender minorities.
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http://www.nimhd.nih.gov
External link for National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
- Industry
- Research Services
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Bethesda, Maryland
- Type
- Government Agency
- Founded
- 1990
- Specialties
- integrative biological science, behavioral science, community health, population science, clinical research, and health services research
Locations
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6707 Democracy Blvd
Suite 800
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-5465, US
Employees at National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
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Paul Cotton, PhD RDN
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Bethany Hoffman
Health and Science Writer-Editor at National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
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Edgar Dews
National Institutes of Health / National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
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Leonardo Mariño-Ramírez
Stadtman Investigator, Division of Intramural Research at NIMHD
Updates
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South Asian adults have higher co-occurrences of type 2 diabetes and hypertension compared to adults from other racial and ethnic minority groups. In a 6-month trial, the Diabetes Research, Education, and Action for Minorities (DREAM) intervention helped treatment group participants achieve more blood pressure control than usual care. DREAM is a feasible and culturally tailored health education intervention delivered by community health workers. Learn about the study findings: https://bit.ly/3X12X68 #NIMHDResearch
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NIMHD’s Dr. Rada Dagher, scientific program director, and Dr. Deborah Linares, scientific program director, were recently honored with the best paper award from the international, peer-reviewed journal Children for their paper, "A Critical Review on the Complex Interplay Between Social Determinants of Health and Maternal and Infant Mortality." The award highlights publications of high quality, significance, and extensive influence. Dr. Dagher and Dr. Linares' work offers crucial insights to strengthen our understanding of how social factors impact maternal and infant health. Learn more and access their award-winning paper: https://lnkd.in/eHAzHZzE
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🔬 Calling all #MinorityHealth and #HealthDisparities community leaders: 🤝 Join the growing community of researchers leveraging the PhenX Toolkit #SDOH Collection to use social determinants of health as a standard measure in their research. Using SDOH as a standard measure could be the key to a long-term strategy for addressing health inequities and shaping a healthy future for all! https://bit.ly/3rYFRkq
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Congratulations Cornell University, 2024 #DEBUTChallenge winners! The 2024 winning solution is A Gold Nanoparticle Solution for Non-Invasive Lead-in-Saliva Testing (NanoLIST). There are significant disparities in lead exposure and related health outcomes. Children from racial and ethnic minority and/or low socioeconomic status populations are at higher risk. NanoLIST is a rapid and inexpensive test kit for the detection of elevated lead concentrations in saliva. It's safe to use and simple to dispose of without the assistance of a clinician. Learn more https://bit.ly/3XkYSLt National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
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National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) reposted this
Congrats to this year’s undergraduate #DEBUTChallenge winners! Design teams from universities across the U.S. are set to receive $160,000 in prizes, sponsored by The National Institutes of Health and VentureWell, for their innovative #MedTech solution to challenges in hearing loss detection, post-operative recovery, cesarean delivery, and more. Read about the award-winning designs: https://lnkd.in/eD38pYeN National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), National Cancer Institute (NCI), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) #BiomedicalEngineering #Bioengineering #FemTech #WomensHealth #HearingLoss #Cancer
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Working toward an America in which all populations have an equal opportunity to live long, healthy, and productive lives requires multi-level interventions. That’s why NIMHD disseminates evidence-based research findings on interventions at the individual, community, and population level to encourage the elimination of health disparities. https://bit.ly/3LX7JMM
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National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) reposted this
What is practice-based research, and how can it be leveraged to improve health equity? Tune in to a virtual learning series offered by the Network for Community-Engaged Primary Care Research (NCPCR) to learn about: 💡 Data sources that can help tell community stories 💡 How health care providers can promote health equity and use a social determinants of health lens in their work 💡The history and value of practice-based research networks, and more. Access NCPCR's full YouTube playlist and share with your networks today: https://bit.ly/3MbzFwx
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National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) reposted this
"We moved incredibly quickly to get messaging out, to dispel myths and misconceptions about COVID. But it seemed we weren't getting the word out fast enough," explained Alabama (AL) CEAL team member Susan J. Driggers, director of communications for University of Alabama at Birmingham Minority Health & Health Equity Research Center. To address this challenge, AL CEAL, led by UAB Minority Health & Health Equity Research Center, teamed up with Acclinate Inc to create a digital communications engine that empowered communities with accurate health information and resources to meet their needs. Discover more about how AL CEAL's tool served as a solution following the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic: https://bit.ly/46EFMmo
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Accessing evidence-based interventions has never been easier. ✅ Explore the newly launched NIMHD HDPulse Interventions Portal to find #MinorityHealth and #HealthDisparities interventions that are relevant to your community. https://bit.ly/4dJpU4A
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