Considering the possible project/program that I would
like to evaluate for class ELRC 7501, is The National
Institutes of Health. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Description:
NIH’s mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about
the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge
to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability.
The goals of the agency are:
- to
foster fundamental creative discoveries, innovative research strategies,
and their applications as a basis for ultimately protecting and improving
health;
- to
develop, maintain, and renew scientific human and physical resources that
will ensure the Nation's capability to prevent disease;
- to
expand the knowledge base in medical and associated sciences in order to
enhance the Nation's economic well-being and ensure a continued high
return on the public investment in research; and
- to
exemplify and promote the highest level of scientific integrity, public
accountability, and social responsibility in the conduct of science.
In
realizing these goals, the NIH provides leadership and direction to programs
designed to improve the health of the Nation by conducting and supporting
research:
- in
the causes, diagnosis, prevention, and cure of human diseases;
- in
the processes of human growth and development;
- in
the biological effects of environmental contaminants;
- in
the understanding of mental, addictive and physical disorders; and
- in
directing programs for the collection, dissemination, and exchange of
information in medicine and health, including the development and support
of medical libraries and the training of medical librarians and other
health information specialists.
Evaluating the National Institutes of Health program
would be conducive to my research because I am studying the disability population/community.
Evaluating and studying this population will help provide more resources for
this population.
Here is a link to The National Institutes of Health
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