This federal Project Grant award, with a total funding of $249,000 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), will evaluate the impact of prenatal housing assistance on birth outcomes in California. The study aims to (1) estimate the effect of prenatal housing assistance on adverse birth outcomes, (2) determine if the effect varies by category or timing of assistance, and (3) explore the role of neighborhood quality and maternal health behavior as mediators....
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 federal Project Grant award of $187,715 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 research on the effects of the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act's expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) on child protective services (CPS) involvement and child well-being. The research aims to evaluate the impact of the unconditional CTC cash transfers on CPS...
This Project Grant award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), under CFDA Program 93.865 Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research, will fund a $2,068,239 research project conducted by Tulane University from August 2024 to May 2029. The goal is to empirically test the effects of six state-level economic security policies, including paid family leave, paid medical leave, child care and development fund, earned income tax...
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 multi-site randomized clinical trial to evaluate the impact of a medical-financial partnership (MFP) intervention on perinatal and postnatal parent mental health, birth outcomes, and child developmental risk. The $494,251 award will support a community-partnered study...
This federal Project Grant award of $510,492 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 research on maternal health outcomes and the impact of state policies expanding public insurance coverage for non-qualified immigrant populations before, during, and after pregnancy. The key objectives of this 5-year project are to: 1) examine differences in...
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 will provide $154,706 in funding to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco to conduct research on the effects of state-level initiatives to reduce early-term elective deliveries (EEDs) on maternal and newborn outcomes. The key objectives are to investigate and compare the effects of...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307), is providing $512,244 to The Regents of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to conduct research aimed at improving the long-term health of Black preterm infants. The key objectives of this 5-year project are to: 1) determine associations between neighborhood-level social drivers of health (SDH)...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) provides $176,255 to the University of Nevada, Reno to conduct research on the social contextual factors contributing to racial inequities in maternal and infant health outcomes. The study aims to uncover how adolescent social developmental contexts shape biological and social stress pathways that impact maternal health and birth...
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...
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $2,100,726 Project Grant under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to the University of California, Berkeley to evaluate the California Abundant Birth Project (CA-ABP). The CA-ABP is a guaranteed income program for pregnant populations at elevated risk of preterm birth in five California counties, funded by the state and local governments, and philanthropic sources.
The goal of the evaluation is to use a rigorous, mixed-methods approach to determine whether providing guaranteed income to Black pregnant individuals can advance perinatal health equity by reducing adverse pregnancy outcomes, stress, and improving maternal mental health and infant development. The project expands the original evaluation by adding three additional survey timepoints and medical records abstraction, with a focus on the impact for Black participants. The sub-award to Oregon Health & Science University will support the quantitative data analysis and collaboration with the project's community partners.