This $258,301 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) to develop and validate a new measure of patient-centered peripartum contraceptive care. The objective is to create the "Patient-Centeredness of Peripartum Birth Control Counseling (PPBC)" measure, which will assess the patient experience of contraceptive care during pregnancy and...
This Project Grant award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), provides $1,371,278 to Northwestern University over approximately 5 years from March 2025 to November 2029. The grant supports research to investigate patient, partner, and provider determinants of postpartum contraception and inter-pregnancy intervals. The goal is to address the issue of...
This Project Grant award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), will fund a $1,311,866 research project to investigate the impact of reduced access to contraception in Texas. The project will: Expand an individual-level longitudinal dataset, Reproduction in People's Lives (RIPL), to track women's fertility and human capital formation across the U.S....
This Project Grant award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), will support a research project titled "Assessing the Impact of a Postpartum Intrauterine Device Intervention on Contraceptive Decision-Making". The $118,320 award will fund a doctoral dissertation project that aims to: (1) assess if a postpartum IUD intervention was...
This federal Project Grant award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), will fund a $693,365 research project to evaluate the longer-term impacts of a medical-financial partnership (MFP) intervention delivered through pediatric care. The MFP intervention provides financial coaching to low-income families, with the goal of improving child developmental...
This Project Grant award, ID K01HD111612, was provided by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The $287,202 award, with a project period from September 2024 to June 2029, will fund activities to train Dr. Littlejohn, a sociologist, to become an independent investigator studying risk perceptions and tolerance in contraceptive use among couples. Key...
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $243,030 Project Grant (CFDA 93.865) to the University of Tennessee to develop and pilot test a couple-based prenatal contraceptive education program called "Planning Together" for economically marginalized families. The program aims to improve consistent desired contraceptive use in the postpartum period by addressing social and structural barriers, including partner involvement, joint decision-making,...
This Project Grant award of $606,824.23, provided by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), supports research on the effects of the Medicaid continuous coverage requirement during the COVID-19 public health emergency on postpartum coverage and maternal and infant care after childbirth. The award recipient, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, will...
This Project Grant award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under the federal Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), aims to examine barriers to contraceptive care delivery for pregnancy-capable veterans with autoimmune conditions who utilize the Veterans Health Administration (VA) system. The $147,486 award, with a performance period from September 2024 to July 2027, will employ a mixed-methods...
This Project Grant award of $1,485,921.00 was provided by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver 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 mixed-methods study to understand individuals' knowledge, attitudes, and intent to use state-level policy protections for confidential use of health insurance coverage for sensitive reproductive health services in Massachusetts. The...