AHRQ INVITES COMMENTS ON AGENCY PRELIMINARY POLICY ON THE INCLUSION OF PRIORITY POPULATIONS IN RESEARCH Release Date: May 22, 2002 NOTICE: NOT-HS-02-007 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (http://www.ahrq.gov) This notice informs the research community that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is currently inviting comments on its preliminary policy on the Inclusion of Priority Populations in Research. A copy of the preliminary policy may be viewed on the AHRQ web-site, at http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/prioritypop.htm. This preliminary policy was written to implement a directive of the Healthcare Research and Quality Act, which directed AHRQ "to conduct and support research and evaluations, and to support demonstration projects, with respect to the delivery of health care in inner-city and rural areas (including frontier areas); and health care for priority populations, which include low income groups; minority groups; women; children; the elderly; and individuals with special health care needs, including individuals with disabilities and individuals who need chronic care or end-of-life health care." The Agency encourages feedback on the preliminary policy from the extramural community of researchers and users of AHRQ-sponsored research, and will consider all comments in developing the final policy. AHRQ plans to publish a policy on Inclusion of Priority Populations in Research in the NIH Guide during the summer, 2002. Feedback on the preliminary policy or questions regarding this Notice can be submitted to: info@ahrq.gov or to the Office of Research Review, Education, and Policy, 2101 E. Jefferson Street, Suite 400, Rockville, MD 20852, Attention: Priority Populations Policy, by June 28, 2002.
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