The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) awarded a $1,702,133 project grant (CFDA 93.361 Nursing Research) to the University of Massachusetts Medical School to conduct a hybrid implementation and effectiveness evaluation of a multi-component nutrition program developed through a clinical-community partnership. The project aims to: 1) quantify the effects of the food insecurity intervention on clinical outcomes, cost, and healthcare utilization among Medicaid enrollees with chronic...
This Project Grant award of $468,978 from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), under the Nursing Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.361), will fund the development and delivery of a short course titled "Advancing Social Determinants of Health Research through a CBPR Lens." The course aims to prepare nursing and other health professional researchers to design and implement community-based participatory research (CBPR) studies that investigate the impacts of social...
This Federal Project Grant award of $155,922 was provided by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), under the Nursing Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.361), to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York on January 2, 2025. The funding supports a mixed methods study to examine the role of social determinants of health in reproductive coercion (RC) and identify potential targets for future intervention development. The study aims to: (1) determine social...
This federal Project Grant award of $802,551 was provided by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242) program. The grant supports a 5-year mixed-methods research study to examine the effects of Medicaid reimbursement increases for mental health services on provider participation and patient outcomes. The key products and services to be delivered include: 1) An event study analysis using national Medicaid claims data to assess changes in...
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) awarded a $264,676 Project Grant (CFDA 93.361 - Nursing Research) to Yale University to establish the "Comprehensive Advancement in Research Education and Training for Social Determinants of Health (CARES)" program. The 3-year program aims to address gaps in the education and training of nursing researchers in social determinants of health (SDOH). Key objectives include orienting emerging nurse researchers to SDOH principles, developing...
This Project Grant award, in the amount of $437,562, was provided by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) under the Nursing Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.361). The goal of this prospective, dyadic- and social determinants of health theory-informed study is to gain insight into the role that social determinants of health play in heart failure (HF) management, with a focus on quantifying the relationships between symptoms, social determinants of health, and contributions...
This federal Project Grant award of $4,865,034 from the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), under the Nursing Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.361), will fund a study to examine the impact of non-congregate shelter policies on mental health outcomes for people experiencing homelessness in Connecticut. The study will use a mixed-methods approach to: 1) qualitatively explore the mechanisms linking non-congregate housing policies and mental illness, 2) characterize the effect of...
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), under the Nursing Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.361), awarded a $114,866 project grant to The Ohio State University to conduct a mixed methods study on approaches from the perspectives of sexual and gender minority (SGM) clients and primary care clinicians that facilitate awareness, uptake, and persistence of same-day pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (DoxPEP) in the primary care setting. The...
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) awarded a $4,614,708 Project Grant (CFDA 93.361 Nursing Research) to the University of Utah to implement the "Enhanced Digital Access to Bridge Social Needs and Reduce Health Disparities: The E-SINCERE Study." The study aims to develop and test an ICT screening and access program that provides stable cellphones, digital navigation assistance, and referrals to 211 service navigators for emergency department patients with social needs and...
The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) awarded a $644,279 Project Grant under the Nursing Research program (CFDA 93.361) to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. (Bidmc) to conduct research on leveraging the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to improve cardiovascular health among low-income adults in the United States. The project, titled "Leveraging SNAP Policies to Improve the Cardiovascular Health of Low-Income Adults in the United States," will use...
The federal Project Grant award R01NR021390, titled "Oregon Medicaid Policy, Social Services, and Health (RESOLVE)", is funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) under the Nursing Research federal grant program (CFDA 93.361). The $2,208,321 award from September 2024 to May 2029 will support a quasi-experimental mixed-methods study to evaluate the impacts of Oregon's new Medicaid social care policies on social risk screening, community-clinical linkages, and chronic disease outcomes and disparities. The study will create a comprehensive dataset on social risk screening, referrals, social service receipt, and clinical outcomes for over 170,000 Medicaid members seen at community health centers across Oregon. Quantitative and qualitative analyses will assess how the new Medicaid policies affect social care activities and their subsequent impacts on chronic disease prevalence, preventive care, and healthcare utilization. The findings will provide critical evidence to inform social care policy efforts at both the state and national levels.