| October 29, 2002 |
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HRSA Awards $250,986 in MCH Research and Training Grants
HRSA has awarded two sets of grants totaling $250,986 to support research
to improve the health of mothers and children and train maternal and
child health professionals.
In one program, New Investigators in Maternal and Child Health Research:
Dissertation Awards, grants were given to:
- The University of Maryland School of Social Work, Baltimore ($29,395),
to look at how African-American women, as primary caregivers of dependent
children, alleviate stress and depression through social support and
spiritual pursuits;
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, also in Baltimore
($30,000), to examine the role of low birth weight in children’s health,
behavioral and cognitive problems;
- Boston (Mass.) University School of Public Health ($19,972), to
study drugs used to treat nausea and vomiting during pregnancy for
risks of birth defects and low birth weight;
- University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health ($20,560),
to examine the total costs associated with providing Medicaid prenatal
case management;
- University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health ($22,482),
to develop a screening tool for possible nutrition problems in children
with special health needs;
- University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis ($22,525),
to identify factors that affect low-income African American mothers’
intake of fruit, juice and vegetables, with a focus on cancer prevention;
and
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Social Work
($6,052), to estimate the impact of a statewide community-based, case
management program for pregnant adolescents and teen parents.
In the other program, New Investigators in Maternal and Child Health
Research: Training Program Enhancement Awards grants were made to institutions
that currently receive training grants through HRSA’s Maternal and Child
Health Bureau. Projects support MCH masters and doctoral candidates
in research to improve health policy and programs and services for mothers,
infants, children, adolescents and families.
The grants for $20,000 each were awarded to the University of Rochester
(N.Y.) School of Medicine and Dentistry; the University of Minnesota
Center for Adolescent Health and Research in Minneapolis; Children’s
Hospital Los Angeles; the Virginia Commonwealth University School of
Medicine in Richmond; and the Boston (Mass.) University School of Public
Health.
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