Deadline- May 07, 2016
National Institutes of Health (NIH) is pleased to invite applications for understanding and promoting health literacy in US. The aim of this project is to encourage researchers to address health literacy as it pertains to health care, prevention, healthy living, chronic disease management, community health, cultural competence, and health disparities. Research questions can focus on consumers, patients, providers, health care teams, educators, communities and organizations or systems.
Research appropriate for this funding announcement includes:
- Basic research to elucidate the mechanisms underlying health literacy and to determine the causal pathways that link health literacy to a behavioral outcome or to identify the underlying components of health literacy, such as cognitive ability or other constructs/skills integral to health literacy.
- Applied research addressing issues pertinent to health literacy practices (e.g., systems level interventions) and research-in-practice (e.g., active potential end users participate as research partners).
- Intervention research to develop and test the effectiveness of strategies to improve care (e.g., decision making, patient-centered care, self management) and health outcomes for individuals with limited health literacy.
- Intervention research to develop and test the effectiveness of strategies to reduce potentially harmful exposures by improving understanding of the link between environmental exposures and health outcomes for individuals with limited health literacy.
- Methodological and measurement research to refine constructs and to develop, validate and improve innovative methods and measures of health literacy of individuals, providers and health systems. Testing of measures that allow comparison across contexts, culture and settings are particularly encouraged.
- Public health research to improve population health literacy and elucidate and measure the role of health literacy as a contributor to health disparities.
- Implementation and dissemination research to adapt and test evidence-based practices and interventions in health care systems, communities, and diverse populations.
Eligibility & Criteria-
State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others
For more information, visit grants.gov and search by funding opportunity number.PAR-13-132
