NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH
2022–2026 STRATEGIC PLAN
MISSION: Lead nursing research to solve pressing health challenges and inform
practice and policy—optimizing health and advancing health equity into the future.
RESEARCH LENSES
Social Population Prevention Systems and
Health Equity Determinants and Community and Health Models of Care
of Health Health Promotion
Reduce and Identify effective Address critical Prevent disease Address clinical,
ultimately eliminate approaches to health challenges and promote organizational, and
the systemic improve health at a macro level health through policy challenges
and structural and quality of life that persistently the continuum of through new
inequities that by addressing the affect groups of prevention—from systems and
place some at conditions in which people with shared primordial to models of care.
an unfair, unjust, people are born, characteristics. tertiary.
and avoidable live, learn, work,
disadvantage in play, and age.
attaining their full
health potential.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR RESEARCH
NINR will prioritize research that:
Tackles today’s pressing Discovers solutions Advances equity by Is innovative, develops
health challenges and across clinical, removing structural or applies the most
stimulates discoveries community, and policy barriers from research, rigorous methods, and
to prepare for, prevent, settings to optimize cultivating diversity in has the potential for
or address tomorrow’s health for individuals, perspectives and ideas, the greatest impact
challenges. families, communities, and fostering inclusion on health.
and populations. and accessibility in
designing, conducting,
and participating in
research.
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To learn more about NINR visit ninr.nih.gov