Project Grant R01HD114789

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $745,325 Project Grant under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to the University of Wisconsin System for the project "CAREGIVING NETWORK CONTRIBUTION TO CHILDREN WITH MEDICAL COMPLEXITY'S HEALTH." The goal of this 5-year research project is to understand how caregiving networks influence health outcomes for children with neurologic impairments, including the factors that facilitate or hinder effective caregiving networks. The research will use a mixed methods approach involving social network analysis and qualitative interviews to identify network characteristics correlated with serious health events and quality of life. This foundational Stage 0 research will inform the development of network-based interventions to improve the health of this population.