This federal Project Grant award of $1,255,424.00 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (under CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program) aims to test the efficacy of a multi-level, community-based intervention called "Family Health=Family Wealth (FH=FW)" to increase modern contraceptive use and reduce unintended pregnancy in low-resource settings in Uganda. The study will conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial to...
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 $781,926 to Emory University to develop and pilot test an innovative intervention to improve postpartum family planning (PPFP) services in Zambia. The key objectives are to: 1) evaluate structural and contextual factors influencing healthy birth intervals through stakeholder interviews and facility...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), part of the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), provides $325,000 to assess the effects of government-led cash transfer programs on health outcomes among women and young children in low- and middle-income countries. The research will leverage data from 37 countries to generate longitudinal mortality datasets for approximately 7 million adults and children....
This $771,872 Project Grant 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) supports research to understand social and cultural norms related to interpregnancy intervals among African immigrant populations in the United States. The project aims to: 1) Describe, using qualitative methods, the social and cultural norms about optimal birth spacing, including how cultural beliefs...
This federal Project Grant award of $2,567,596 from the 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 longitudinal study on the impacts of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on the sexual, reproductive, and mental health (SRMH) of young adults in Malawi, a low-income country. The study aims to: 1) estimate the longitudinal impacts of ACEs on SRMH outcomes like HIV...
This $146,550 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) will support a mixed methods research study to investigate the combined effects of mental health distress, intimate partner violence, and caregiver-adolescent communication on HIV risk behaviors among South African adolescent girls and young women (SA-AGYW). The study will conduct secondary analyses of baseline data from a...
This $666,909 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) aims to create a comprehensive, open-access data dashboard of state-level sexual and reproductive health (SRH) policies from 1973 to 2028. Key objectives include: Compiling SRH policy data across 90 state-level policies related to abortion, contraception, and sex education through rigorous legal research and data coding....
This $1,033,334 Project Grant 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), aims to improve the understanding of stillbirth and neonatal mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa. The grant will fund the collection of new prospective data on these critical public health issues across three surveillance sites in Ethiopia, Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau. The research seeks to address...
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded Emory University a $1,764,975 Project Grant under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to conduct a cluster randomized trial of the "Ghya Bharaari Ekatra" (GBE) primary prevention intervention for intimate partner violence (IPV) among newly married couples in India. The study aims to: 1) Quantify the impact of the GBE intervention on preventing IPV experience,...
The U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $170,748 Project Grant under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). The objective of this 4-year grant, with an end date of May 31, 2028, is to develop and pilot test a scalable pediatric clinic-based intervention designed to identify and address unmet postpartum contraceptive needs among new mothers....