Reducing Preterm and Low Birth Weight in Minority Families

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Reducing Preterm and Low Birth Weight in Minority Families: The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) invite applications to encourage collaborative multidisciplinary biobehavioral research that can elucidate the mechanisms underlying disparities in pregnancy outcomes as well as interventions to reduce such disparities. The disparity in pregnancy outcomes among minorities is largely due to preterm delivery (PTD) and low birth weight (LBW), which disproportionately affect these populations. While these problems occur across populations, and there are most likely commonalities among all groups, their greater incidence among minorities makes research with these groups particularly important. This program announcement solicits research to expand our understanding of the underlying mechanisms that contribute to the racial and ethnic variations in PTD and LBW and strategies for prevention. The goals of this program announcement are: (1) to develop innovative strategies to prevent PTD and LBW in minority populations; and, (2) to expand our understanding of how psychosocial and environmental factors affect or interact with the biologic mechanisms that influence pregnancy outcomes. This solicitation strongly encourages multidisciplinary biobehavioral approaches, defined as studies proposed by teams of scientists with the requisite expertise from diverse disciplines (e.g., nursing, medicine, social, behavioral, biological, health sciences, epidemiology) that reflect an integrated framework of social and biologic phenomena.