Listening Sessions to Shape the Innovative NIH ComPASS Common Fund Program to Advance Health Equity

Alison G M Brown1, Danyelle Winchester1, Shalanda A Bynum1

  • 1Alison G. M. Brown is with the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD. Danyelle Winchester is with the Office of Science Policy, NIH. Shalanda A. Bynum is with the National Institute of Nursing Research, NIH. Sara M. Amolegbe, Nadra Tyus, and Cheryl Anne Boyce are with the Office of Strategic Coordination-The Common Fund, NIH. Yvonne O. Ferguson was with the Office of Strategic Coordination?The Common Fund, NIH, during the listening sessions and writing of the manuscript. Minnjuan Flournoy Floyd is with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH. Collene Lawhorn is with the National Institute of Mental Health, NIH. Jimmy T. Le is with the National Eye Institute, NIH. Jacqueline Lloyd is with the Office of Disease Prevention, NIH. April Y. Oh is with the National Cancer Institute, NIH. Damiya E. Whitaker is with the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, and was with the Office of Research on Women's Health, NIH, during the listening sessions and writing of the manuscript.

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Summary

The National Institutes of Health established the Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS) Program. This initiative empowers community organizations to lead efforts addressing social and structural factors impacting health equity.

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