Funding
Digital Healthcare Interventions to Address the Secondary Health Effects Related to Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 (R01 - Clinical Trial Optional) (read more)
Full Proposal Deadline(s) (due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time): August 20, 2020
Purpose
This funding opportunity announcement aims to support research to strengthen the healthcare response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and to future public health emergencies, including pandemics. While the direct clinical effects of COVID-19 are studied elsewhere, the pandemic has social, behavioral, and economic impacts on a wide range of health conditions. Thepurpose of this research is to focus on the role and impact of digital health interventions to address access, reach, delivery, effectiveness, scalability and sustainability, particularly in populations who experiencehealth disparitiesand vulnerable populations.
Background
Across the life span, the COVID-19 pandemic will result in behavioral, social, and economic changes that impact health. Both new cases of disease as well as worsening of existing health problems are anticipated and may include mental disorders (e.g. posttraumatic stress, anxiety, depression), increased alcohol and substance use, suicidal thoughts and behaviors, and sleep disturbances. Furthermore, based on data from prior disasters, this far-reaching global pandemic is likely to cause exacerbations of symptoms in individuals with pre-existing health conditions and related comorbidities and to reduce healthy behaviors that promote individual wellness for many. These adverse effects are compounded by disruptions in the provision and access to healthcare including access to allied health providers, such as therapists and visiting nurses. (read more)
Purpose
This funding opportunity announcement aims to support research to strengthen the healthcare response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and to future public health emergencies, including pandemics. While the direct clinical effects of COVID-19 are studied elsewhere, the pandemic has social, behavioral, and economic impacts on a wide range of health conditions. Thepurpose of this research is to focus on the role and impact of digital health interventions to address access, reach, delivery, effectiveness, scalability and sustainability, particularly in populations who experiencehealth disparitiesand vulnerable populations.
Background
Across the life span, the COVID-19 pandemic will result in behavioral, social, and economic changes that impact health. Both new cases of disease as well as worsening of existing health problems are anticipated and may include mental disorders (e.g. posttraumatic stress, anxiety, depression), increased alcohol and substance use, suicidal thoughts and behaviors, and sleep disturbances. Furthermore, based on data from prior disasters, this far-reaching global pandemic is likely to cause exacerbations of symptoms in individuals with pre-existing health conditions and related comorbidities and to reduce healthy behaviors that promote individual wellness for many. These adverse effects are compounded by disruptions in the provision and access to healthcare including access to allied health providers, such as therapists and visiting nurses. (read more)
Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Development and Preliminary Testing of Health-related Behavioral Interventions (read more)
First Available due dte: July 23, 2020 Expiration date: September 26, 2022
Purpose
The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) and participating ICOs are issuing this Notice to highlight interest in the systematic development of novel health-related behavioral interventions that leverage new, emerging or understudied areas in basic behavioral and social sciences research (bBSSR). To achieve more potent and sustained strategies to promote health-related behavior change, there is a need for intentional and methodical translation of foundational behavioral and social science discoveries into new or improved interventions. This includes research that focuses on use-inspired bBSSR, understanding of mechanisms of action underlying initial and sustained behavior change, and systematic development and testing of health-related behavioral interventions and their components.
Background:
While there have been many important prevention and treatment advances based on behavioral and social science research, it is not uncommon for even the most robust interventions to work only in a subset of those intervened upon and for changes to be difficult to sustain over time. There is a need for intervention development research that bridges basic and applied behavioral science, in which insights from basic research about the mechanisms and moderators of human behavior are used to develop more effective, efficient, and enduring interventions for health-related behavior change. (read more).
Purpose
The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) and participating ICOs are issuing this Notice to highlight interest in the systematic development of novel health-related behavioral interventions that leverage new, emerging or understudied areas in basic behavioral and social sciences research (bBSSR). To achieve more potent and sustained strategies to promote health-related behavior change, there is a need for intentional and methodical translation of foundational behavioral and social science discoveries into new or improved interventions. This includes research that focuses on use-inspired bBSSR, understanding of mechanisms of action underlying initial and sustained behavior change, and systematic development and testing of health-related behavioral interventions and their components.
Background:
While there have been many important prevention and treatment advances based on behavioral and social science research, it is not uncommon for even the most robust interventions to work only in a subset of those intervened upon and for changes to be difficult to sustain over time. There is a need for intervention development research that bridges basic and applied behavioral science, in which insights from basic research about the mechanisms and moderators of human behavior are used to develop more effective, efficient, and enduring interventions for health-related behavior change. (read more).