Project Grant H4932720

This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) provides $1,626,470 to the University of Illinois to conduct a 5-year mixed methods longitudinal study examining contextual and protective factors impacting racial/ethnic health disparities among preschool children with developmental delays. The study aims to: 1) determine how structural racism and discrimination influence access...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) will support a randomized controlled trial to compare technological and relational approaches to improve attendance at well-child visits among a diverse, urban population. The $465,000 award to Wake Forest University Health Sciences will fund a one-year study to: 1) demonstrate the feasibility of integrating community health worker...

This $800,000 Project Grant award from the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs (CFDA 93.110) will support a partnership between the National Healthy Start Association (NHSA) and the National Parent Leadership Institute (NPLI) to expand policy change resources and build policy change capacity in six local Healthy Start communities. Key activities will include training parents, family members, and community leaders to become...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) provides $755,909 to Duke University to develop a validated measure of practice-level equity and institutional racism in primary care settings. The key objectives are to: 1) Identify practice-level structures, processes, policies, and norms that promote equity or create health inequities between non-Hispanic Black and White patients; 2)...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health awarded a $584,692 Project Grant to Illuminate Colorado Inc. under the Community Programs to Improve Minority Health Grant Program (CFDA 93.137). The grant will support the implementation and enhancement of the Family Connects model in Colorado to address maternal and infant mortality rates, particularly among underrepresented racial/ethnic and language minority populations. The key objectives of the 4-year project...

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), awarded a $720,716 Project Grant under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) program to Inovcares Connected Comprehensive Healthcare Corporation, a minority-owned small business. The award aims to evaluate the efficacy of Inovcares' culturally-sensitive telehealth platform in fostering community-based care coordination to address maternal mental...

This federal Project Grant award of $1,487,860.00, provided by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research), aims to investigate racial/ethnic disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes among women who receive assisted reproductive technology (ART) and other fertility treatments. The key products and services to be delivered include: Quantifying racial/ethnic disparities in maternal morbidity, mortality,...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), provides $736,279 to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) from April 15, 2025 to January 31, 2030. The goal of this research project is to determine how specific maternal and infant transfer policies affect racial/ethnic disparities in where very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants deliver and in neonatal...

This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) to Duke University is focused on developing and evaluating an equity-focused communication intervention for clinicians. The $793,477 award will support the co-development of a communication coaching program with input from Black and Latino(a/x) caregivers and clinicians. The intervention aims to improve clinician-caregiver communication...

This Project Grant award of $241,500.00 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (CFDA 93.307 - Minority Health and Health Disparities Research) will support research by Duke University to investigate racial and ethnic disparities in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and severe maternal morbidity (SMM) in the United States. The key objectives are to: 1) Develop and validate a Markov state-transition model of the natural history of HDP and its impact on...