Mechanisms of Behavior Change Initiation (MOBCI) for Drinking Behavior
Added: Jul 09, 2010 4:33 pm The proposed research program is aimed at stimulating research that will lead to the development of evidence-based strategies that encourage regular heavy drinkers to initiate and sustain a change from a maladaptive to a healthier lifestyle. A key innovative concept to be applied is the modeling of the drinking behavior control system, which integrates relevant variables and processes to produce specific drinking behaviors and trajectories and the interdisciplinary approach to understanding how and why behavioral change initiation for alcohol drinking occurs. The proposed research program is interested in tee levels of analyses: (1) Neurophysiologic factors, (2) Intrapersonal factors and (3) Interpersonal factors. The anticipated result of this research program is the development of new models to be used to design behavioral interventions in alcohol abuse. NIAAA-09-07 Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health
7/9/10, 4:33 PM Mechanisms of Behavior Change Initiation (MOBCI) for Drinking Behavior
Added: Mar 03, 2009 2:04 pm The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) intends to issue a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) entitled Mechanisms of Behavior Change Initiation (MOBCI) for Drinking Behavior. NIAAA is soliciting proposals for new, high risk approaches to traditionally intractable alcohol-related problems tough the development of mechanism-based strategies that induce maladaptive drinkers to initiate and sustain a change from maladaptive drinking behaviors towards more healthful drinking behaviors. NIAAA is looking for opportunities that will result in entirely new or quantum improvements in both the theory and methodologies used to understand how to induce sustainable, positive change in maladaptive drinkers. Although the long-term goal of this initiative is to develop strategies for sustained, positive drinking behavior change, this BAA focuses on the initiation of change as an initial step towards this goal. However, if suitably justified, this BAA does not discourage proposals that incorporate theory and approaches that look at both initiation and maintenance of positive drinking behavior change. This BAA is soliciting proposals for two types of projects, denoted by Category A: MOBCI Research Projects and Category B: MOBCI Coordinating Center. Category A: MOBCI Research Projects. The present BAA is soliciting proposals for innovative, foundational, systems-oriented research aimed at diagnostically relevant, quantitative, mechanism-based, dynamical models of drinking behavior. The purpose of this BAA is to inform the design of strategies to cause initiation of sustainable, positive drinking behavior change. Of particular interest is breaktough research that uncovers and explicates the mechanisms and associated controllable variables underlying such change, at the following tee levels of observation and analysis: Neurophysiologic factors: individual neurophysiology and relevant biology, Intrapersonal (e.g., cognitive, psychological, affective and behavioral) factors, and Immediate interpersonal factors: individual immediate social ecology (e.g., family, friends). Multi-level, multi-scale mechanisms are an emphasis area for this BAA. Category B: MOBCI Coordinating Center. In order to accomplish MOBCIs goals, NIAAA expects that there will be a need to support the incorporation and use of advanced analytic and modeling methods among Category A projects. The transdisciplinary integration of existing and new databases is of particular note in this context. NIAAA seeks to actively foster collaboration and sharing of approaches and data sources in order to enhance both the immediate success of all participants and the long-term contributions of MOBCI. Hence, Category B calls for proposals that would provide significant collaboration, archival, integration, and analysis services for the Category A projects. NIAAA anticipates awarding multiple contracts based on technical merit, availability of funds, and programmatic balance. NOTE: In contracts awarded as a result of this BAA, the Statement of Work will be proposed by the offeror and negotiated and accepted by the Government. NIAAA-09-07 Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health
3/3/09, 2:04 PM Mechanisms of Behavior Change Inititation (MOBCI) for Drinking Behavior
Added: Oct 08, 2009 11:12 am NIAAA-09-07 Department of Health and Human Services National Institutes of Health
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