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We focus our grant-making on issues that improve health and the health care system in the following three areas: •Obesity: Addressing the rising rate of obesity among U.S. adults and children •Racial and Ethnic Health Care Equity: Promoting equity in health and health care for common chronic conditions and infant mortality •Integrated Health Care: Advancing high-quality health care by improving care coordination and communications among health care professionals; creating informed and involved patients; and promoting cost-effective, affordable care Within the three program areas, we will award the following types of grants: •Research: Grants that will generate new knowledge, making use of either quantitative or qualitative techniques •Projects: Grants that will test, apply or disseminate new practices; designed to improve health and health care •Policy: Grants that analyze and promote policies to ensure that programs and practices to improve health and health care can be replicated and disseminated broadly. |
