AHRQ Announces Interest in Grants focused on Health Issues of Minority Women
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) announces interest in grants focused on health issues of minority women encourages grant applications that propose research that focuses on minority women in health services research. This focus on a dual priority population is designed to improve clinical practice; improve the health care system’s ability to provide access to and deliver high quality, high-value health care; and provide policymakers with the ability to assess the impact of system changes on outcomes, quality, access to, cost, and use of health care services. Research lags in its ability to analyze the health services to women and minorities, especially when examining the cross-cutting issue of health issues affecting minority women. For example, primary outcomes may not be powered for subgroup analyses or recruitment strategies are not designed to focus on and attain sub-population samples that are sufficient for subgroup analysis. In addition, the IOM report on Women’s Health Research noted that racial and ethnic minority women have been underrepresented in many studies and as a result, generalizing findings is extremely limited.
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