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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
HRSA-13-173
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Jan 09, 2013
Creation Date:
Jan 09, 2013
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Mar 11, 2013
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Mar 11, 2013
Archive Date:
May 10, 2013
Funding Instrument Type:
Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity:
Health
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
1
Estimated Total Program Funding:
Award Ceiling:
$150,000
Award Floor:
$0
CFDA Number(s):
93.110
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Maternal and Child Health Federal Consolidated Programs
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
State governments
County governments
City or township governments
Special district governments
Independent school districts
Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
As cited in 42 CFR Part 51a.3(b), only public and nonprofit institutions of higher learning and public or private nonprofit agencies engaged in research or in programs relating to maternal and child health and/or services for children with special health
Agency Name
Health Resources & Services Administration
Description
The Maternal and Child Health Bureau will award a cooperative agreement to support a LCRN focused on improving the understanding of the socio-environmental determinants of health experienced at different life course stages for the maternal and child health (MCH) population through engagement of researchers, practitioners, policymakers and consumers in a collaborative, innovative, and multidisciplinary research project. The LCRN is designed to accelerate the translation of the life course theory to MCH practice and policy and foster its rapid adoption into clinical and public health practice through systems integration and collaboration with entities that have a common goal of improving MCH outcomes (e.g., Title V programs, state and local health departments, community safety net programs and other public health programs serving underserved communities).
The life course theory posits that multiple determinants, such as healthcare, nutrition, stress and supports, and environmental exposures, operating over the life course are the real drivers of MCH outcomes. The improvement of these outcomes requires rethinking of current practice, policy, and investment strategies including workforce development. For example, what does the life course perspective tell us about how we should invest in MCH? The LCRN will develop a translational research agenda and, similar to other research networks that MCHB supports, carry out the research agenda through other funding sources.
The LCRN will:
Advance the research agenda on MCH life course health development in identifying the influences of early growth and development, childhood disease, poor nutrition, cultural and economic intricacies, and social and psychosocial disadvantage across the life-course in the healthy development of the MCH population;
Foster collaboration among network members through ongoing interaction, sharing of information and tools, and development and implementation of research studies;
Facilitate the process for the development, selection, and implementation of scientific research studies focused on how the social and physical contextual factors in childhood underlie socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities in shaping various life course pathways for the MCH population;
Advance and implement critical research that will address the gaps and priorities identified by the LCRN, through both MCHB and other funding sources;
Accelerate the synthesis, analysis and translation of existing and future knowledge so that it can be applied to practice and effective health policy at the state and national levels; and
Coordinate the dissemination of findings to health professionals, policymakers, family members and the greater public.
