NINR hosted a technical assistance webinar for the recently released funding opportunity announcement RFA-NR-23-002: Advancing Integrated Models (AIM) of Care to Improve Pregnancy Outcomes among Women Who Experience Persistent Disparities (R01 Clinical Trial Optional). Staff provided an overview of the funding opportunity and answered questions from potential applicants.
Funding Opportunity Purpose
Disparities in pregnancy outcomes are a public health crisis that requires new insights and solutions. The purpose of this initiative—advancing integrated models (AIM) of care—is to stimulate research to develop or evaluate supportive care models that address healthcare access or healthcare quality, together with structural or social inequities in efforts to prevent adverse pregnancy outcomes among racial and ethnic minority women. This includes original intervention research and research evaluating the impact of federal, tribal, state, local, or organizational policies and programs on pregnancy outcomes. Outcomes of interest include morbidity and mortality due to comorbid conditions (e.g., hypertension, diabetes, obesity, mental illness), severe maternal morbidity (e.g., cardiomyopathy, embolism, eclampsia), other factors for which risk is markedly elevated during and following the period of pregnancy (e.g., homicide including when involving a firearm, suicide), and health behaviors that increase risk of poor pregnancy outcomes (e.g., diet and dietary behaviors, physical activity, substance use).