Cooperative Agreement AID386A1600001

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development awarded a $383,192 Project Grant under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to Rhode Island Hospital, a division of Lifespan Corporation, to evaluate the use of a smartphone-based, non-invasive method for detecting anemia in young children in Western Kenya. This research seeks to develop and validate a mobile health (mHealth) screening tool that can accurately diagnose anemia, a common and...

This federal Project Grant award of $595,552 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) will develop a two-way SMS platform to prevent and treat wasting among HIV-infected and HIV-exposed uninfected children. The project will create a novel "Maternally Administered Malnutrition Monitoring System (MAMMS)" combined with an "Infant and Young Child Education...

This $187,491 federal Project Grant award was provided by the Fogarty International Center (CFDA 93.989) to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to develop and test a digital health tool for assessing and reducing intersectional stigma in order to improve HIV care in ART centers in Nepal. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year grant include: Intervention design, pre-piloting, and execution of the INCLUDE digital health tool, in...

This $533,333.34 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health (CFDA 93.137 - Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program) will fund the "Care Your Way" (CYW) initiative led by the EngageWell Independent Practice Association (EW IPA) and its partner Housing Works Health Services III, Inc. (dba Housing Works Community Health Care). The CYW initiative aims to improve health disparities and health outcomes...

This $262,627 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants) supports the development and testing of a novel peer navigator mHealth intervention to increase uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and modern contraception among female university students in Zambia. The key products and services to be delivered under this grant include: Adapting an existing app, PEBRA, using human-centered design and qualitative methods to create a...

This $465,000 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) aims to compare technological and relational approaches to support families after a missed well-child visit. The study will: Demonstrate the feasibility of integrating a new referral protocol into existing resources for community health worker (CHW) outreach following missed well-child visits. Compare well-child visit...

This $298,640 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) aims to develop and pilot a mobile health application called ADEPT (Accessible Diarrhea Etiology Prediction Tool) to support rural healthcare providers in Bangladesh in the management of pediatric diarrhea. The ADEPT app will provide clinical decision support and promote antimicrobial stewardship among these frontline...

This federal Project Grant award, totaling $1,330,652, was provided by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242). The grant will fund a hybrid type-1 effectiveness-implementation trial of the "Motivation Matters!" mHealth intervention to support early antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence in HIV-positive African women engaged in sex work. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) a randomized controlled...

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under CFDA 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants is providing $664,382 to the University of Massachusetts Medical School to develop and pilot a mobile health (mHealth) intervention to overcome stigma and promote use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among Thai young transgender women (TGW), a population at high risk of HIV. The award will fund the adaptation of the Healthy Choices (HC) intervention for mHealth...

This federal Project Grant award of $1,861,650.00, provided by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program), supports the development and national testing of a culturally tailored mHealth intervention called MASP+ that aims to address smoking cessation, mental health, and HIV disease management among Black adults with HIV. The 5-year project will involve formative research to refine the MASP+...