Cooperative Agreement U58DP005749

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) program, is funding research to evaluate culturally appropriate anti-smoking messages for high-risk Asian ethnic subgroups, including Korean, Vietnamese, and Filipino Americans. The research aims to assess the acceptability and effectiveness of targeting strategies, such as deep structure (content reflecting Asian cultural...

The University Settlement Society of New York (USS) and the Asian American Federation (AAF) have been awarded a $400,000 federal Project Grant under the Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice program (CFDA 16.047) by the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance. The grant will fund a comprehensive, one-year community initiative to address the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes since the pandemic. Key components of the project include: Expanding the annual ROAR! festival to a...

This $315,062 federal Project Grant award was provided by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The award supports a secondary data analysis study to evaluate physical activity and body composition among South Asian American youth, as well as examine the relationships between parents' and daughters' cultural factors and the daughters' physical activity behaviors. Key...

This Project Grant award of $2,996,886 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) will fund a 12-month family-centered behavioral intervention, called Athletes for Life (AFL), plus a 1-year active sustainability phase. The project aims to increase total habitual physical activity and cardiovascular fitness in an underserved Latino population living in the U.S.-Mexico border region. The study will be...

This Project Grant award from the National Cancer Institute (CFDA 93.394 - Cancer Detection and Diagnosis Research) provides $215,985 to The Leland Stanford Junior University to develop a culturally adapted, dyadic self-management intervention called "SAFAD" (South Asian Family Approaches to Disease). The goal is to mitigate stress, loneliness, and social isolation among South Asian breast cancer survivors and their caregivers. The project will culturally adapt an existing...

The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration awarded Asian Health Services $814,050 under the Grants for Capital Development in Health Centers program (CFDA 93.526) from September 15, 2021 through September 14, 2024. This Project Grant will support immediate facility improvements to help increase Asian Health Services' capacity for delivering healthcare services in Oakland, California. The Grants for Capital Development in Health Centers program aims...

This $633,249 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) will fund the "Linking Exercise for Advancing Daily Stress (LEADS) Management and Resilience" intervention at the University of South Carolina. The goal is to evaluate the efficacy of this family-based resilience intervention in increasing moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) among overweight African American...

This $711,791 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), will fund a large longitudinal cohort study conducted by Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (Kaiser Permanente) to investigate the epidemiology and risk factors of type 2 diabetes among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander adolescents and young adults. The study aims to describe...

This federal Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) under the Public Health Emergency Response: Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Response (CFDA 93.354) program, aims to support the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) in implementing the National Alliance for Community Health Equity (NACHE) project. The $485,666 award, effective August 1, 2024 through July 31, 2029, will enable AAPCHO to enhance the...

This Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Primary Care Training and Enhancement (PCTE) program, titled "REACH (Rural Education and Community Health) for PA Students", aims to enhance physician assistant (PA) training in behavioral health and rural primary care. The $841,667 award to Touro University California will fund the following key activities over a 5-year period from July 2024 to June 2029: Expand longitudinal rural primary care...