Project Grant R43MD018557
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Health Tequity LLC received a $769,766 Project Grant award from the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) on September 17, 2025, with completion targeted for May 31, 2026. The awardee is developing and assessing the usability of ACTIVATE Artificial Intelligence Accessibility Engine (AIA), a multilingual digital care coordination platform designed...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston received a $156,000 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) for the period August 1, 2025 through July 31, 2027. The project delivers a bilingual mobile health application called INICIANDO! LA ADULTEZ, designed to support Latino young adults with autism spectrum...
- This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 - Aging Research) totaling $956,214 will fund Ceresti Health, Inc. to develop and validate a Spanish-language version of their Caregiver-Enabled Care Program (CECP) for Hispanic/Latino families caring for loved ones with dementia. The CECP is a digital population health intervention that provides personalized education, coaching, and remote monitoring to unpaid/informal caregivers via a dedicated tablet. This project aims...
- This $140,215 National Science Foundation project grant will fund the development of a privacy-preserving intelligent tutoring system and associated natural language processing models to improve health education for low-literacy Hispanic breast cancer survivors. Awarded on September 1, 2022 with a completion date of August 31, 2025, the grant supports two objectives. First, the awardee will customize an intelligent tutoring system using existing educational content to effectively interact with...
- This $413,660 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging (CFDA 93.866 Aging Research) will support a study to evaluate the impact of Illinois' Health Benefits for Immigrant Seniors (HBIA) and Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults (HBIS) programs on healthcare utilization and outcomes among aging Latino immigrants. The study aims to: 1) examine changes in emergency department visits and hospitalizations among Latino older adults, as well as uncompensated hospital care, following...
- This National Science Foundation Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program will fund the development of a privacy-preserving intelligent tutoring system to improve health education for low-literacy Hispanic breast cancer survivors. The $191,698 award will support the California State University Dominguez Hills Foundation from September 2022 to August 2025 to create a customized computer tutor that can effectively interact with and teach survivors in their...
- Federal Grant Award Summary Rush River Research Corp received a $4.15 million Project Grant from the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) to develop a modernized, culturally sensitive Family Health History (FHH) software tool designed specifically for African American populations. The award, effective September 18, 2025, with a completion date of May 31, 2027, addresses documented...
- This $113,439 National Science Foundation project grant will fund the development of a privacy-preserving intelligent tutoring system and associated algorithms for low-literacy Hispanic breast cancer survivors. The grant is awarded under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program to Texas A&M University-San Antonio, with the parent awardee being the Texas A&M University System. Specifically, the grant will support two key objectives. The first is to develop an...
- This $238,884 federal Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (CFDA 47.075) program is funding research to assess the efficacy of digital health technologies in low-resource settings. The primary awardee, the University of South Florida, is conducting in-depth interviews and behavioral observations with healthcare providers, patients, and their families to explore how digital health services impact treatment experiences,...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) awarded The Johns Hopkins University a $3.16 million Project Grant under the Minority Health and Health Disparities Research program (CFDA 93.307) on September 12, 2025, with completion targeted for June 30, 2029. The grant funds the development and testing of "+Language is Medicine" (+LIM), a culturally adapted, caregiver-implemented language intervention designed to prevent...
HEALTHYU-LATINX: A TECHNOLOGY-BASED TOOL FOR ADDRESSING HEALTH LITERACY IN LATINX SECONDARY STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES - PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT GIVEN THE BROAD NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF LOW HEALTH LITERACY, NATIONAL CALLS FROM MULTIPLE AGENCIES (E.G., CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, AMERICAN SCHOOL HEALTH ASSOCIATION, SOCIETY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION) HAVE BEEN MADE TO IMPROVE HEALTH LITERACY ACROSS ALL LEVELS OF THE US POPULATION. ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (ELS) FACE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES AS LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY FURTHER COMPOUNDS THE PROBLEM OF LOW HEALTH LITERACY, MAKING CERTAIN GROUPS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO HEALTH DISPARITIES. STUDIES REVEAL THAT HISPANIC/LATINX POPULATIONS HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE AT THE HIGHEST RISK OF LIMITED HEALTH LITERACY WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER MINORITY POPULATIONS. LIMITED HEALTH LITERACY HAS BEEN SHOWN TO ADVERSELY IMPACT USE OF PREVENTATIVE SERVICES, MINIMIZE VISITS TO HEALTHCARE FACILITIES, INCREASE NONADHERENCE TO MEDICAL PRESCRIPTIONS, AND LEAD TO HIGHER RATES OF PREVENTABLE HOSPITAL VISITS AS WELL AS USE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES. IN THIS PHASE I SBIR APPLICATION, WE PROPOSE TO DEVELOP A PROOF-OF-CONCEPT FOR A COMMERCIALLY VIABLE TECHNOLOGY-BASED SOLUTION, HEALTHYU-LATINX, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE HEALTH LITERACY FOR LATINX EL SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. HEALTHYU-LATINX WILL BE A WEB/MOBILE-BASED, SELF-PACED CURRICULUM, FEATURING ANIMATED INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS, LIVE DEMONSTRATION VIDEOS, READING MATERIALS, AND ENGAGING INTERACTIVE GAMES AND ACTIVITIES. THE PROTOTYPE WILL FEATURE BOTH A STUDENT-FACING COMPONENT FOR SCHOOL SETTINGS AND A FAMILY-FACING COMPONENT FOR THE HOME SETTING WHICH WILL INCLUDE SUPPORT FOR ROLE-PLAYS, AND FAMILY-BASED ACTIVITIES AND GAMES. THE INITIAL PROTOTYPE, BASED ON OUR SUCCESSFUL HEALTHYU PROGRAM, WILL FOCUS ON SKILLS SUCH AS ACCESSING AND USING INSURANCE, MEDICATION MANAGEMENT, MANAGING MEDICAL EMERGENCIES, AND ACCESSING HEALTH-RELATED RESOURCES AND SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY. THE PROTOTYPE WILL BE DEVELOPED ACROSS MULTIPLE ITERATIONS WITH SIGNIFICANT ENGAGEMENT WITH LATINX STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND WILL BE ASSESSED IN A SMALL STUDY WITH 40 FAMILIES IN BOTH SCHOOL AND HOME SETTINGS WHERE WE WILL ASSESS FEASIBILITY, USABILITY, AND IMPROVEMENTS IN KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $0 | 12/10/25 | ||
| Not listed | $275.8k | 8/6/23 |