Child Health

Community Child Health Research

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DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY CHILD HEALTH RESEARCH

RELEASE DATE: May 7, 2002

RFA: HD-02-008

PARTICIPATING INSTITUTES AND CENTERS (ICs):

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
(nichd.nih. gov)

LETTER OF INTENT RECEIPT DATE: June 17, 2002

APPLICATION RECEIPT DATE: July 23, 2002

THIS RFA CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION

o Purpose of this RFA
o Research Objectives
o Mechanism of Support
o Funds Available
o Eligible Institutions
o Individuals Eligible to become Principal Investigators
o Special Requirements
o Where to send Inquiries
o Letter of Intent
o Submitting an Application
o Peer Review Process
o Review Criteria
o Receipt and Review Schedule
o Award Criteria
o Required Federal Citations

PURPOSE OF THIS RFA

The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) invites cooperative agreement applications for the development of a community-linked collaboration to investigate disparities in maternal and child health. The purpose of the solicitation is to support community-research institution partnerships that will work together over a two and one-half year span to plan a multi-site, multi-level study that examines how community, family, and individual level influences interact with biological influences and result in
health disparities in pregnancy outcome and infant and early childhood mortality and morbidity. The long-term goals are to decrease fetal and infant mortality and improve child health in minority urban and rural communities.

RESEARCH OBJECTIVES

Nature of the Research Problem

Attempts to explain disparities in child health arising along racial, ethnic
and socio-economic gradients have proliferated during the last decade. Many
approaches arising from biomedical and social-behavioral perspectives have
made progress in developing a satisfying explanation, but usually such
attempts have fallen short of a complete explanation. At the same time, the
need for greater involvement of minority communities in health disparities
research has become increasingly appreciated. Such involvement can help
assure that the science addresses relevant issues in their communities and
that an effective platform to translate scientific findings is created. In
order to address these needs, it is necessary to field a study that blends
biomedical and socio-behavioral science and establishes partnerships with
disadvantaged communities from the earliest stages of the study. This RFA
invites applications from research sites that wish to combine these factors
into a multi-site, multi-method study of community child health that is
predicated on community partnerships with the scientific team.

See also Child Health 487 1 - 4