Grant Name: Pilot Interventions to Integrate Social Care and Medical Care to Improve Health Equity (R01 Clinical Trial Required)
Grant Description:
This funding opportunity announcement from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) aims to support pilot and feasibility trials that test interventions to integrate social care and medical care in order to improve health equity. The focus is on screening for and addressing adverse social determinants of health (SDoH), or social risks, during a health care visit. The goal is to identify and address social needs through appropriate referrals and linkages to resources in social service organizations. The trials will assess the feasibility and acceptability of screening for social risks, identifying social needs, and implementing referral service linkages. Additionally, preliminary signals of the interventions' impact on both social risks and NIDDK disease outcomes will be evaluated. Preliminary data on intervention efficacy are not required. The pilot and feasibility trials should serve as a foundation for larger clinical trials to integrate social care and medical care, with the aim of improving health outcomes related to the prevention and/or treatment of diseases within the mission of NIDDK. The anticipated outcome is the development of pragmatic approaches that can be implemented in health care settings to reduce health disparities and achieve health equity, particularly among racial and ethnic minority groups, rural populations, sexual and gender minority groups, and socioeconomically disadvantaged and medically underserved communities.
List of Required Information for Application:
1. Project Title
2. Project Abstract/Summary
3. Introduction and Background of the proposed pilot intervention
4. Research Objectives
5. Research Design and Methods
6. Feasibility of screening for social risks
7. Feasibility of identifying social needs
8. Feasibility of implementing referral service linkages
9. Preliminary plans for addressing transportation and housing needs, food insecurity, and other social risks/needs
10. Preliminary plans for evaluating intervention impact on social risks/needs and NIDDK disease outcomes
11. Preliminary research findings, if any (optional)
12. Significance of the proposed pilot and feasibility trials in the context of integrating social care and medical care
13. Proposed timeline and budget
14. Data management and analysis plan
15. Assessment of potential risks and mitigation strategies
16. Collaboration with social service organizations or co-located healthcare systems
17. Inclusion and diversity considerations in participant recruitment
18. Plans for dissemination of research findings
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