This federal Project Grant award, funded by 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 support a $1,346,289 research study conducted by Drexel University. The goal of the study is to evaluate the effects of federal and state nutrition policies, as well as local community food environments, on childhood obesity and obesity disparities among diverse Asian American...
This federal Project Grant award, totaling $641,647.00, was issued by 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). The primary awardee, Brigham & Women's Hospital Inc., will conduct a hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial in rural Guatemala to assess an integrated intervention aimed at reducing the double burden of maternal-child malnutrition. The project...
This federal Project Grant award of $325,000 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 supports research investigating the effects of government-led cash transfer programs on health outcomes among women and young children in low- and middle-income countries. The research team at the University of Pennsylvania will use longitudinal mortality data from 37 countries to...
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), provides $759,665.80 to the University of Notre Dame DU Lac to conduct research on youth resilience to neighborhood disadvantage. The research aims to examine how resilience, including psychiatric, social, emotional, and academic dimensions, may change from middle childhood to...
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), provides $252,612 to the University of Washington to develop a culturally sensitive measure and mechanism for understanding parental psychological control (PPC) in Mexican immigrant families. The project aims to adapt an existing PPC conceptual framework and measurement tool to be...
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $154,880 Project Grant (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) to the University of Colorado-Denver to study the effects of exercise on neurobiology, social cognition, and systemic inflammation in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The 2-year project aims to determine if a 10-week exercise intervention can 1) enhance brain response in default mode network regions during a...
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 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 $674,338 to evaluate the impact of a cooking skills intervention combined with a multicomponent weight management program on long-term weight loss in 114 young adults with intellectual disabilities, including those with Down syndrome. The primary aim is to compare weight loss across 18...
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $1,999,766 Project Grant under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska to test the effectiveness of the "Eat for Prevention" multilevel community engagement model for improving dietary intake and health outcomes among 3-5-year-old children in rural family childcare homes. The project, running from September 2024 to...
This Project Grant award, totaling $556,806.00, was provided by 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). The project aims to assess the causal effects of School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) on students' short- and long-term health care utilization, behavioral, educational, and economic outcomes. Using difference-in-difference models, the research will examine...