Funding Opportunity Announcement: Developing Sustainable Healthy Behaviors in Children and Adolescents

by: Michael Saunders

The National Institutes of Health, being the US Department of Health and Human Services' primary agency responsible for bio-medical and health-related research, constantly works towards the promotion of efficient disease prevention mechanisms.

A considerable amount of data implies that a person's lifestyle can tremendously affect the prevalence of various disease conditions such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, substance abuse, and sexually transmitted diseases. The NIH has found that while several research bodies have explored the complexities of sustaining healthy behaviors, the effects of these behaviors in sustaining a healthy lifestyle in children and adolescents have remained under-studied.

In line with this discovery, the NIH, along with National Institute of Nursing Research, with participation from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institutes, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and finally the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, has issued the Funding Opportunity Announcement(FOA).

The FOA is designed to encourage the use of Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Awards in employing innovative research studies that would help in determining mechanisms that could promote and influence positive sustainable health behaviors in children and in adolescents, from birth to 18 years old.

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About The Author Michael Saunders is an editor of TopGovernmentGrants.com one the the most comprehensive Websites offering information on government grants and federal government programs. He also maintains Websites providing resources on foundation grants and youth program grants.

Additional Resources

category - Health Grants

Government Grants Within the United States Food and Nutrition Sector
The issue of food and nutrition is considered as one of the most essential components of a successful community as it makes up most of a person's daily life. The United States understands this, which is why it has created several governmental agencies that are tasked solely to support and consolidate food and nutrition-related concerns.

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Capacity Building Assistance to Improve Health in Tribal Populations Program
In keeping with all its existing programs and objectives, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recently established a funding opportunity to promote the Capacity Building Assistance to Improve Health in Tribal Populations Program.

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Biomedical and Behavioral Research Innovations to Ensure Equity in Maternal and Child Health
the National Institutes of Health has recently partnered with the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to establish the Biomedical and Behavioral Research Innovations to Ensure Equity (BRITE) in Maternal and Child Health Grant Program.

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Human Health and Heredity in Africa: Research Grants Program
The Human Health and Heredity in Africa: Research Grants Program wherein they intend to invite applications from foreign institutions that are based in African countries who have the desire to conduct scientific studies regarding the genomic/genetic/environmental contributors of human health and diseases which are common in Africa.

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