Project Grant PHEPA000002

This $588,655 federal Project Grant was awarded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct the "Adaptations and Impacts Understanding Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs" (AIM-UP) project. The AIM-UP project aims to advance the understanding of how evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs can be effectively adapted and...

This $243,030 Project Grant award from the National Institutes of Health's Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) supports the development and pilot testing of the "Planning Together" couple-based prenatal contraceptive education program. The program aims to improve consistent desired contraceptive use among economically marginalized families by addressing social and structural barriers. The key activities include: 1) Developing the Planning...

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $340,143 Project Grant to Teen Health Research, Inc. under the CFDA 93.865 Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program. The grant will fund the development of "TheTalk", a customizable online platform to improve parent-adolescent communication about sexual and reproductive health. The platform aims to provide adolescents aged 10-13 with inclusive, medically accurate, age-appropriate, and...

This federal 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) supports the adaptation and evaluation of the Safe Dates for Teen Mothers (SDTM) program for virtual delivery. The $228,140 award, with a period of performance from August 2024 to July 2026, aims to (1) adapt the existing SDTM curriculum for virtual implementation and assess feasibility and acceptability,...

This Project Grant award of $662,582 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) aims to improve the measurement and identification of risky sexual behaviors, including virtual and in-person sex trading, among young adults. The project has three key objectives: 1) adapt an existing sex trading measure for the general population through cognitive interviews, 2) use the resulting...

This $1,156,440 Project Grant was awarded 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 grant funds a 5-year study to evaluate the effectiveness of the ICHAMPSS 2.0 implementation strategy in increasing the adoption, implementation, reach, and maintenance of evidence-based sexual health programs in 15 school districts in South Texas. The goal is to scale up effective sexual...

This $2,500,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion supports the "Connections for Health: Centering School Connection and Health for Rural Young People" program (CFDA 93.079). The five-year project, awarded to Education Training & Research Associates (ETR), a non-profit behavioral health organization, aims to improve the health and well-being of middle and high...

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $617,620 under the Affordable Care Act Personal Responsibility Education Program (ACA PREP, CFDA 93.092) to the Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024. The purpose of this Formula Grant award is to support projects that educate youth ages 10-19 and pregnant/parenting youth under 21 on abstinence and contraception to prevent pregnancy and sexually...

This $512,244 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) aims to develop and pilot test a scalable pediatric clinic-based intervention to address the unmet postpartum contraceptive needs of women. The central hypothesis is that the pediatric clinic is a feasible and acceptable setting to identify and address these needs, with the goal of preventing undesired...

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 $791,988.00 to Innovation Research And Training, Inc. (IRT) to conduct a longitudinal study examining sexual health and media use trajectories of community college students across emerging adulthood. The study aims to: 1) explore sexual health and quality of life outcomes among this underserved...