This federal Project Grant award of $363,663 from 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 evaluate the impact of the Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court decision, which eliminated federal protections for abortion rights, on fertility, maternal health, and infant health outcomes over time and across different population subgroups. The research will use high-quality...
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) aims to examine the impact of changes in state-level abortion restrictions on severe maternal morbidity (SMM) in the United States. The $686,049 award will support the creation of a comprehensive dataset using hospitalization records from 42 states and Washington D.C. from 2019-2023, which will include...
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a Project Grant in the amount of $156,000.00 to the University of Maryland, College Park on September 19, 2023 under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865). The primary objectives of this award are to: Develop and test an "abortion list experiment" indirect questioning method to overcome underreporting of abortion in survey data. This will enable more accurate...
This federal Project Grant award in the amount of $1,077,438.00 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). The funding supports a longitudinal observational study to examine the health and economic consequences faced by individuals who sought abortions immediately following the implementation of a statewide abortion ban, compared to those who were legally served prior...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), will support time-sensitive research on barriers to pregnancy care in the Midwest United States amidst recent policy shifts restricting access to abortion. The $873,810 award to Indiana University Indianapolis will fund a two-phase study to: 1) recruit 500 pregnant people searching for abortion information...
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $449,886 Project Grant under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The 2-year grant (award date: 9/21/2024, completion date: 9/20/2026) will leverage medical records data to examine the underreporting of abortion in survey data, particularly in the aftermath of the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court decision that...
This Project Grant award of $3,422,481 from 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 develop a comprehensive genomic resource to characterize novel causes of unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL). The key products and services to be delivered under this 5-year award include: 1) leveraging the hospital's large clinical service for RPL and genetic research program to...
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) awarded a $451,358 Project Grant (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) to the University of Maryland, College Park to evaluate the validity and performance of indirect survey question methods for understanding the characteristics, attitudes, and behaviors of individuals seeking and obtaining abortions across nine U.S. states. The key objectives of the project are to: 1) evaluate the internal...
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), will provide $102,168 to support a research study conducted by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). The study aims to evaluate the effects of state-level initiatives to reduce early-term elective deliveries (EEDS) on maternal and newborn outcomes, as well as disparities in these outcomes. The...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (CFDA 93.865 - Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research) totaling $692,141 will fund research to address employment-related barriers to prenatal care for minoritized pregnant patients. The primary awardee, Duke University, will develop and pilot test the PROMOTE (Provider Remote Obstetric-related Employment Education) intervention to educate obstetric clinicians on federal employment...
This Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), will provide $1,324,642 to Emory University to conduct an exploratory sequential mixed methods study on pregnancy loss care. The key objectives are to:
Characterize clinician attitudes, knowledge, and decision-making related to clinical management protocols for pregnancy loss in states with new abortion restrictions following the Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court decision. This will involve in-depth interviews with 30-40 diverse clinicians providing pregnancy loss care.
Document patient experiences with pregnancy loss management practices in states with and without new abortion restrictions following the Dobbs decision. The research team will conduct 40-50 in-depth qualitative interviews with patients experiencing pregnancy loss.
Monitor and evaluate the impact of restrictive abortion policies implemented post-Dobbs on first and second trimester pregnancy loss management practices using electronic medical record data from four case study institutions. This will include developing and validating search filters to identify relevant data.
The award will support this multifaceted research effort to assess the influence of new abortion policies on pregnancy loss care and identify barriers and facilitators to patient-centered quality care, with the goal of informing policy and practice to support maternal health outcomes.