Diversity & Inclusion
The NIH wants to make sure that vaccines and treatments work for everyone — not just for some.
Diversity in COVID-19 Science

Diversity in COVID-19 Science
Safety always guides the scientific pathway toward vaccines and treatments. And at each step on the pathway, we can find people like us – a diverse group of people. Here are just a few who are working every day to help us conquer the pandemic.
Explore the Scientific PathwayThe Importance of Inclusion in Clinical Trials

The Importance of Inclusion in Clinical Trials
Participants in any clinical trial should represent the patients who will use the drug or vaccine being tested. But issues of mistrust, along with other barriers to participation, have deterred people from communities of color from volunteering. This mistrust is understandable, given historical mistreatment and exclusion of research participants who are members of these groups.
NIH is committed to removing barriers and making sure African American, Hispanic/Latino, and American Indian/Alaska Native communities take part in COVID-19 vaccine trials because it is essential for the development of vaccines and treatments that are safe and effective for these communities.

Health Equity and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Health Equity and the COVID-19 Pandemic
In the United States, COVID-19 has struck racially and ethnically diverse communities particularly hard. African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, and American Indians/Alaska Natives are around four times more likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than are white people. 1
The inclusion of people from these hard-hit communities of color is critical to making sure that vaccines and other treatments developed to combat COVID-19 are safe and effective for the people who need them most.
Resources
Inclusion Resources You Can Share
A fact sheet on why it is more important than ever for clinical trial volunteers to represent all ages, races, ethnicities, genders, and physical abilities and to have different underlying health conditions.
- PublisherNIH Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL)
- LanguageEnglish
- File TypePDF
- File Size140KB
A fact sheet about contact tracing and how it can stop the spread of COVID-19
- PublisherCenter for American Indian Health at Johns Hopkins University (CAIH)
- LanguageEnglish
- File TypePDF
- File Size100KB
A fact sheet about using face masks, including instructions on how to make your own non-sewn cloth mask
- PublisherCenter for American Indian Health at Johns Hopkins University (CAIH)
- LanguageEnglish
- File TypePDF
- File Size460KB
Fact sheet from the FDA’s Office of Minority Health about the importance of minority participation.
- PublisherU.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Minority Health (FDA)
- LanguageEnglish
- File TypePDF
- File Size3.6M
Video from the FDA on the importance of diversity when developing medical products.
- PublisherU.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- LanguageEnglish
- Length00:24
Dr. Griffin P. Rodgers explains the importance of participating in the Coronavirus Prevention Network clinical trial and encourages the public to consider joining.
- PublisherNational Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- LanguageEnglish
- Length01:52
Video from NHLBI on encouraging women, including minority women, to participate in research trials.
- PublisherNational Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- LanguageEnglish
- Length03:36
All CAIH materials about how to stop the spread of COVID-19 are available for tribes in this online resource library.
- PublisherCenter for American Indian Health at Johns Hopkins University (CAIH)
- LanguageEnglish
Blog post by NIH leaders about the importance of participation in COVID-19 testing.
- PublisherNational Institutes of Health (NIH)
- LanguageEnglish
Esta hoja informativa contiene información general de lo que es la investigación de COVID-19 y por qué la participación comunitaria es beneficiosa.
- EditorNIH CEAL Inclusive Participation Working Group
- IdiomaEspañol
- Tipo de archivoPDF
- Tamaño del archivo415KB
Esta hoja informativa explica quiénes son los trabajadores comunitarios de la salud.
- EditorNIH CEAL Inclusive Participation Working Group
- IdiomaEspañol
- Tipo de archivoPDF
- Tamaño del archivo471KB
Aquí hay tres razones que explican por qué es más importante que nunca que los voluntarios de los estudios clínicos sean de todas las edades, razas, etnias, géneros y capacidades físicas, y que tengan diferentes afecciones de salud subyacentes.
- EditorNIH Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL)
- IdiomaEspañol
- Tipo de archivoPDF
- Tamaño del archivo139KB
Esta hoja informativa sobre la confianza de la comunidad se desarrolló en base a las experiencias y los aportes de los equipos de CEAL.
- EditorNIH CEAL Communication Work Group
- IdiomaEspañol
- Tipo de archivoPDF
- Tamaño del archivo376KB
La FDA está lanzando una serie de videos educativos y materiales para aumentar la concientización sobre la importancia de la participación de los latinos y otras minorías en los ensayos clínicos.
- EditorU.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- IdiomaEspañol
- Duración01:01
Hoja informativa de la Oficina de Salud de las Minorías y Equidad en la Salud sobre las minorías en los estudios clínicos.
- EditorU.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Minority Health (FDA)
- IdiomaEspañol
Conozca cómo los estudios clínicos de NIH están cambiando las vidas a través de estas historias personales de los participantes e investigadores.
- EditorNational Institutes of Health (NIH)
- IdiomaEspañol
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1. COVIDView: A Weekly Surveillance Summary of U.S. COVID-19 Activity. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, November 20, 2020. Accessed November 23, 2020.