Background on Health Disparities
About NIDA
- 2010 Strategic Plan
- Organization
- Offices
- Office of the NIDA Director (OD)
- Director's Page
- AIDS Research Program (ARP)
- International Program (IP)
- Intramural Research Program (IRP)
- Special Populations Office (SPO)
- Related Funding Opportunities
- NIDA SPO Research Programs
- Research Training Opportunities
- African American Researchers and Scholars Work Group (AARSWG)
- Asian American Pacific Islander Researchers and Scholars Workgroup (AAPI)
- National Hispanic Science Network
- American Indian/Alaska Native Researchers and Scholars Workgroup (AIANRSWG)
- American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) Coordinating Committee
- Staff Listing
- LPC Staff
- SPO/Lead Program Coordinating (LPC) Task Force
- FAQs About: Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Diversity Supplements)
- Instructions to Principal Investigators Applying for Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
- NIDA Consortium on Diversity Affairs
- Health Disparities
- Women & Sex/Gender Differences Research Program
- Office of Management (OM)
- Office of Extramural Affairs (OEA)
- Office of Science Policy and Communications (OSPC)
- Office of the NIDA Director (OD)
- CCTN
- Divisions
- Workgroups, Interest Groups and Consortia
- Offices
- Director's Page
- Legislative Activities
- Advisory Boards & Groups
- Employment Opportunities
- Donating to NIDA
- Contact Us
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In 2000, NIDA established a Strategic Plan on Reducing and Ultimately Eliminating Health Disparities. The plan set forth NIDA's relevant goals to eliminate health disparities by (1) improving understanding of the incidence and causes of drug abuse and addiction in all racial/ethnic groups by recognizing diversity, (2) strengthening and expanding the community and research infrastructure for conducting research with racial/ethnic populations, (3) improving prevention and treatment for racial/ethnic groups at highest risk for addiction and medical consequences of drug use and addiction, and (4) disseminating information on drug use and the disease of addiction in racial/ethnic communities identifying best approaches to prevention and treatment.
The Special Populations Office (SPO) coordinates NIDA's health disparities efforts. The SPO works to stimulate and encourage research that will lead to more drug abuse and addiction prevention and treatment approaches for health disparity populations, increase the number of scholars engaged in addiction research from groups underrepresented in science, and prepare researchers to better address health disparities related to drug abuse and addiction.
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