The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Framework

TLDR

The NIMHD research framework is a multilevel, multidomain model that depicts a wide array of health determinants relevant to understanding and addressing minority health and health disparities and promoting health equity. The authors introduce the NIMHD research framework, describing its conceptual underpinnings and defining its components. The framework is presented as a tool for assessing research and priorities, with 2015 NIMHD grant projects mapped onto it to highlight gaps and opportunities. Mapping 2015 NIMHD grant projects onto the framework revealed gaps and opportunities for future minority health research.

Abstract

We introduce the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) research framework, a product that emerged from the NIMHD science visioning process. The NIMHD research framework is a multilevel, multidomain model that depicts a wide array of health determinants relevant to understanding and addressing minority health and health disparities and promoting health equity. We describe the conceptual underpinnings of the framework and define its components. We also describe how the framework can be used to assess minority health and health disparities research as well as priorities for the future. Finally, we describe how fiscal year 2015 research project grants funded by NIMHD map onto the framework, and we identify gaps and opportunities for future minority health and health disparities research.