RECOVERY ACT - ARRAOS: Increasing Adoption of Early Intervention to Prevent Diabetes after Gestational DM

RECOVERY ACT - ARRAOS: Increasing Adoption of Early Intervention to Prevent Diabetes after Gestational DM.

This notice is provided FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. This opportunity is awarded through the GSA Schedule 874, MOBIS, utilizing procedures prescribed in FAR Part 8.4.

This project is funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is a form of diabetes that is first diagnosed during pregnancy. About 7 percent of all US pregnancies - about 200,000 each year - are complicated by gestational diabetes. Women who have been diagnosed with GDM are at a markedly increased risk of having it again during future pregnancies or developing type 2 diabetes later in life. The purpose of this task order is to provide Recovery Act funding for a study focusing on this population that is at the highest risk for developing type 2 diabetes, that will identify effective ways to bring proven interventions into clinical practice, and engage women with a history of GDM and their health care providers in lifestyle behavior changes and/or medical therapy to prevent or delay type 2 diabetes.