National Institues of Health
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| Name
of Initiative or Program Activity: |
Prevention Sciences Initiative |
| Description
of Initiative: |
This initiative is devoted to the Prevention Science Initiatives
of the Office of
AIDS Research. These dollars will be used to supplement existing
grants, or as a way to expedite an award. Through these dollars
Institutes are encouraged to have currently funded investigators
seek supplemental funding on aspects of their grants that are of
particular relevance to minorities. In FY98, the OAR awarded $9.5
million in special funds through the Prevention Science Research
Initiative, to support new and/or expanded HIV intervention and
prevention programs targeting minority populations. Funds were awarded
to such projects as:
- risk reduction among Latinas;
- injection drug use and high risk sexual behaviors at the U.S./Mexico
border;
- culturally sensitive behavioral interventions for HIV+ Hispanics;
- HIV risk reduction in drug abusing minority youth;
- a phase I clinical trial testing a novel topical microbicide
for prevention of HIV transmission with will include primarily
minority women;
- intervention studies focusing on drug and substance abusing
youth; and
- a study of HIV-infected injecting drug users receiving highly
active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART). There is no RFA for these
funds as these are targeted to the Institutes, who contact their
grantees advising them of the availability of these funds through
the Prevention Sciences Initiative.
Through this mechanism, Institutes respond to a list of priorities
provided by the Office
of AIDS Research to identify appropriate investigators/grants.
This list has traditionally included research on high-risk populations
with high impact for the intervention, targeting youth, women and
minorities in particular.
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| Eligible
Entities: |
Investigators funded through an existing
NIH grant |
| Type of Funding: |
Supplement announced by the individual
Institutes to their existing grantees. |
| Amount of
Funds: |
$4 million |
| How Many
Grants anticipated: |
From 8 - 12 |
| Date Grants
to be Awarded: |
To be awarded by 8/l/99 |
| Contact persons
for additional information: |
Judith Auerbach, Ph.D
Behavioral and Social Science Coordinator and Prevention Science
Coordinator
Office of AIDS Research
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, Room 4CO6
9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20893
Tel: (301) 402-3555
E-mail: auerbacj@od.nih.gov
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| Name
of Initiative or Program Activity: |
Provider/Peer Education Project
through Telecommunications |
| Description
of Initiative: |
This is an expansion of recent pilot
work the Office of AIDS Research has conducted with a national minority
organization, using the technology of web-TV. In FY98, NIH in conjunction
with the National Minority AIDS Council conducted a series of town
hall style meetings to bring the cutting edge research findings to
the community. These meetings were designed, planned and executed
by community agencies within a region, including HIV positive individuals.
The participants were primarily people of color. However, if individuals
and/or agencies were unable to attend the workshop, the information
was not in a format that could be easily retrieved or recreated. Through
the technology of web-TV supported by this project, these town meetings
as well as any state-of-the-art lectures/presentations co-sponsored
or supported by OAR/NIH on HIV/AIDS can be accessed, as they will
be stored and catalogued on the NIH web site. The web-TV program will
be piloted in targeted locations, including the Historically Black
Colleges and Universities, as well as the community based organizations
that serve as the local sponsor for the National Minority AIDS Council
regional meetings. A total of 19 entities have been identified for
this effort. * A pilot is scheduled for the fall at Clark-Atlanta
University. |
| Eligible
Entities: |
National Minority Health Organizations
Regional minority agencies Local minority agencies
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
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| Type of Funding: |
Noncompetitive |
| Amount of
Funds: |
$1.5 million |
| How Many
Grants anticipated: |
15-20 |
| Date Grants
to be Awarded: |
Ongoing-- proposal submission 8/l/99 |
| Targeted
Entities |
- AIDS Partnership Michigan,
Detroit MI
- Bienestar, Los Angeles, CA
- Blacks Assisting Blacks Against AIDS, St. Louis, MO
- Brownsville Multi-Service Family Health Center, Brooklyn, NY
- Colorado AIDS Project,
Denver, CO
- Community Health Awareness Group, Detroit, MI
- CT Positive Action Coalition/The Living Center, Hartford, CT
- Del Norte Neighborhood Development Corp., Denver, CO
- Fundacion SIDA, San Juan, PR
- Hispanos Unidos Contal El SIDA, New Haven, CT
- Inciativa Communitaria, San Juan, PR
- Life Foundation,
Honolulu, HI
- MALANA PONO: The HIV Service Agency of Kauai, Kapaa, HI
- Minority AIDS Project, Los Angeles, CA
- Morris Heights Health
Center, Bronx, NY
- Planned Parenthood of Hidalgo County, McAllen, TX
- Positive Vision, El Paso, TX
- Project Connect, Jackson, MI
- Saint Louis Effort for
AIDS, St. Louis, MO
- Valley
AIDS Council, McAllen, TX
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| Contact persons
for additional information: |
Ms. Linda Jackson
Program Coordinator
Office of AIDS Research
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, Room 4B54
9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20893
Tel: (301) 402-3357
E-mail: ljackson@od.nih.gov
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| Name
of Initiative or Program Activity: |
Outreach Activities to National
Minority Organizations |
| Description
of Initiative: |
The NIH, through the Office
of AIDS Research (OAR), has had an ongoing relationship with the
National Minority AIDS Council.
Through this relationship support has been provided for a variety
of programs targeting African Americans and other minorities. In addition
to sponsoring a one day research institute at the U.S. Conference
on AIDS sponsored by NMAC, the NIH has initiated discussions with
the National
Medical Association on developing programs for training minority
physicians in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. This initiative represents
an expansion of ongoing OAR work with national minority organizations
and regional/local agencies. Under this initiative there are additional
collaborations planned with a variety of national minority organizations
(e.g. National Minority AIDS Council, National Medical Association)
to provide information updates for health professionals. |
| Eligible
Entities: |
National or regional/local minority
agencies |
| Type of Funding: |
Ongoing proposal submission -- noncompetitive |
| Amount of
Funds: |
$3 million |
| How Many
Grants anticipated: |
6 - 8 |
| Date RFA
Expected: |
No RFA, proposal submission ongoing
for available funds |
| Contact persons
for additional information: |
Ms. Linda Jackson
Program Coordinator
Office of AIDS Research
National Institutes of Health
Building 31, Room 4B54
9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20893
Tel: (301) 402-3357
E-mail: ljackson@od.nih.gov |
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| Name
of Initiative or Program Activity: |
Project ACCESS (Adolescents Connected
to Care, Evaluation and Special Services) |
| Description
of Initiative: |
This is a social marketing campaign intended to: (1) raise consciousness
among sexually active minority youth about the need for HIV counseling
and testing; and (2) to provide youth with easy access to HIV counseling
and testing, which incorporates efficient and graceful transition
into adolescent-focused comprehensive care. The campaign consists
of producing a "Get Tested Week" campaign launch, community saturation
by peers with literature promoting the phone line for testing, a
public service announcement for television and local movie theatre
use, and campaign advertisements in public venues, public transportation,
and in places where adolescents gather.
NIH's interest in this campaign stems from the increasingly
important biomedical and therapeutic research agenda emerging for
HIV-infected adolescents. There is real discordance between the
estimated number of HIV infected adolescents and the limited number
of HIV+ teens who actually are in care. This campaign is designed
to begin the process of identifying and bringing more HIV+ adolescents
into care. This will assist the individuals concerned while providing
them with opportunities for prevention and clinical research. The
program could help establish clinical infrastructure and patient
volume so that research participation opportunities might be offered
to an important understudied population.
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| Eligible
Entities: |
Adolescent clinics within the NIH-funded
Adolescent
Medicine HIV/AIDS Research Network, selected based on willingness
and ability to launch the campaign in their metropolitan areas. Applications
were reviewed by a committee with state health department and CDC
representation. |
| Type of Funding: |
Supplement to existing U01 award |
| Amount of
Funds: |
$1.2 million |
| How Many
Grants anticipated: |
Six (Participant Sites: New York,
Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Miami, Los Angeles, Philadelphia) |
| Dates: |
Awards -April 1999 |
| Contact
persons for additional information: |
Audrey Smith Rogers, Ph.D
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Tel:( 301)435-6873
E-mail: ar44n@nih.gov
Gray Handley
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Tel: (301) 435-7566
E-mail: handleyg@exchange.nih.gov
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