Maternal and Child Health Measurement Research Network

Funding Opportunity Number: HRSA-16-034 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: HealthCFDA Number: 93.110Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: HHS-HRSAClosing Date: May 27, 2016Award Ceiling: $0Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Mar 23, 2016Funding Opportunity Description: Measures are essential to identifying needs, recording trends, and informing programs and policies.  MCH stakeholders are faced with challenges in accessing and using available data tools.  The purpose of the Maternal and Child Health Measurement Research Network (MCH-MRN) is to support a forum that will create a national agenda for health measurement research by producing an evolving compendium of available high quality measures of maternal and child health, and by identifying gaps in existing measures for future development purposes.  The MCH-MRN will thus provide national leadership in enhancing and developing a set of culturally appropriate health measures for: MCH programmatic planning; screening; service provision; interventions that promote physical and psychosocial health and well-being; and clinical decision-making for primary and secondary prevention of disease, injury, and behavioral issues among at-risk mothers, children (including children with special healthcare needs), adolescents, and f...
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