Title: Addressing Health Disparities in Maternal and Child Health through Community-Based Participatory Research (R03)
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
Sponsor Deadline: November 20, 2015
Link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-15-072.html
Synopsis: The areas of research emphasis include: preterm birth; infant mortality; sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); maternal mortality; reproductive health; uterine fibroid tumors; childhood, adolescent, and/or adult obesity; violence prevention; perinatal HBV and HIV/AIDS prevention; HIV/AIDS prevention; asthma; intellectual and developmental disabilities; pediatric injury prevention; and medical rehabilitation. Support will be provided for formative research; pilot or feasibility studies; development, adaptation and/or testing of methodologies; and development and/or testing of technology for the purpose of reducing maternal and child health disparities through the use of CBPR.