University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.
Hisp Health Care Int. 2021 Sep;19(3):203-206. doi: 10.1177/1540415321998722. Epub 2021 Mar 15.
National Institute of Health (NIH) stated in their strategic plan that a diverse research workforce is an important goal for the advancement of health care science; however, there is little evidence to show funding goes to National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) minority nurse scientists. The study's aim was to determine NINR grant recipients' race/ethnicity, gender, and licensed nurse status.
A descriptive research design was used with NIH providing NINR award recipients' names and employing organizations. An online survey with questions about their gender, race, ethnicity, and being a licensed nurse was sent to 619 award recipients.
Survey responses were collected from 135 NINR recipients receiving awards. Almost 50% NINR grant recipients were non-nurses. With licensed nurse recipients, White female was the dominate race and gender. Hispanic licensed nurses were 6.8% of the NINR grant recipients over the 3-year period. In addition, Asians and Blacks were the lowest race categories at 4.1% award percentage over the 3-year period.
NIH strategic plan is for a diverse research workforce in order to advance health care science. NINR must lead the efforts to grow a diverse nursing workforce including Hispanic and underrepresented nurses in order to successfully compete in NINR grants and funding.
美国国立卫生研究院(NIH)在其战略计划中指出,多元化的研究人员队伍是推进医疗保健科学发展的重要目标;然而,几乎没有证据表明资金会流向美国国立护理研究院(NINR)的少数族裔护士科学家。本研究旨在确定 NINR 资助获得者的种族/民族、性别和持照护士身份。
采用描述性研究设计,由 NIH 提供 NINR 获奖者的姓名和任职组织。向 619 名获奖者发送了一份在线调查,其中包含有关其性别、种族、民族和持照护士身份的问题。
从 135 名获得 NINR 奖项的获奖者中收集了调查回复。近 50%的 NINR 赠款获得者不是护士。在持照护士获奖者中,白人女性是占主导地位的种族和性别。在三年期间,西班牙裔持照护士占 NINR 赠款获得者的 6.8%。此外,在三年期间,亚洲人和黑人为获奖人数最少的种族类别,占比分别为 4.1%。
NIH 战略计划是为了建立多元化的研究人员队伍,以推进医疗保健科学。NINR 必须带头努力培养多元化的护理人员队伍,包括西班牙裔和代表性不足的护士,以便在 NINR 赠款和资金方面成功竞争。