IHPC Comments on the NCCIH Strategic Five-Year Plan
IHPC’s comments address in the order the primary objectives set forth by NCCIH in its Draft.
- Advance Fundamental Science and Methods Development
- Improve Care for Hard-to-Manage Symptoms
- Foster Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
- Enhance the Complementary and Integrative Health Research Workforce
- Disseminate Objective Evidence-based Information on Complementary and Integrative Health Interventions
IHPC’s full comments on the draft (PDF) are here.
See the NCCIH page on the approved Strategic Plan for 2016-2021 here.
(IHPC also requested from NCCIH an estimate of the funding awarded to CAM institutions during the previous four years, both in total dollars and as a percentage of the total NCCIH research budget.)