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 develop and validate a multi-item measure to identify the prevalence and characteristics of in-person and virtual sex trading behaviors among young adults aged 18-34 in the United States. The $662,582 award will fund a multi-phase, mixed-methods study to: 1) adapt the...
This $1,055,984 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 support a longitudinal study examining the reproductive and sexual health trajectories of emerging adult community college students. The awardee, Innovation Research And Training, Inc. (IRT), a woman-owned small business in Durham, North Carolina, will leverage an...
This $244,814 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) will fund a mixed-methods research study to investigate the social and behavioral drivers of HIV risk among South African adolescent girls and young women (SA-AGYW). The primary objectives are to: 1) conduct secondary analyses of baseline data from an existing HIV prevention intervention to examine the roles of mental health...
This Project Grant award of $149,000 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research (CFDA 93.865) program aims to examine the impact of longitudinal patterns of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on adolescent sexual and reproductive health. The research will utilize innovative analytic methods applied to longitudinal data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to: 1) uncover patterns of...
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 $2,567,596 in funding from September 2024 to May 2029 to support a longitudinal study on the intergenerational impacts of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on the sexual, reproductive, and mental health of young adults in Malawi. The primary objectives are to: 1) estimate the longitudinal impacts of...
This Project Grant award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research provides $1,399,812 to develop and validate a comprehensive, multi-dimensional scale to measure sexual well-being. The 5-year project aims to identify all potential dimensions of sexual well-being, generate a pool of questionnaire items, conduct large-scale validation studies, and assess the scale's...
This $1,163,796 Project Grant, awarded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), will support a 4-year study entitled "Adaptations and Impacts Understanding Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs" (AIM-UP). The study aims to advance understanding of how evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programs can be effectively adapted and replicated, with a focus on four key areas:...
This federal Project Grant award of $2,156,700 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 mixed-methods study to prospectively examine multi-level impacts on family formation plans among sexual and gender minority (SGM) couples. The study aims to quantitatively test the influence of factors like state-level structural stigma and couple...
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), aims to improve the global measurement of intimate partner violence (IPV). The $156,486 award, granted on January 1, 2025, will support a research study with the following key objectives: Assess the performance of a quantitative method to control for measurement error and underreporting of IPV data....
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $126,042 to Duke University to conduct a mixed methods study on intersectional discrimination and sexual health among young Black men who have sex with men (YBMSM). The overarching goals are to: Identify latent subgroups of YBMSM with different patterns of intersectional discrimination experiences. Determine the relationship between the...
This Project Grant award of $889,687.00, 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), supports a sequential explanatory mixed-methods study to assess the prevalence, correlates, and consequences of rough sexual behaviors among U.S. adolescents and young adults (ages 15-29).
The key objectives of this study are to: (1) conduct a nationally representative survey of 800 adolescents and 1,000 young adults to determine the prevalence and correlates of rough sexual behaviors; (2) perform follow-up in-depth interviews with 150 diverse participants to understand how rough sex is experienced and related to health; and (3) examine whether rough sex experiences, expectations, and consequences vary across demographic subgroups. A youth advisory board will be involved throughout the project. The findings are expected to inform impactful mental and sexual health programming to address issues like sexual assault, mental health, unintended pregnancy, and STI acquisition among this population. Indiana University is a sub-awardee responsible for leading the survey activities and providing mentorship.