NIH NOSI to Support Studies on COVID-19’s Impact on Underserved and Vulnerable Populations
ORWH has announced its participation in Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Social, Behavioral, and Economic Impact of COVID-19 in Underserved and Vulnerable Populations (NOT-MH-21-330). The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that prevention and mitigation strategies for the pandemic are uneven—for a range of reasons, including a lack of trust in health systems, economic circumstances, and challenges in sustaining long-term adherence, especially for underserved and vulnerable populations. By increasing our understanding of the multifaceted effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and public health interventions that mitigate risk and promote resilience in high-risk populations, we can improve the long-term response to the pandemic and prepare more effectively for future public health emergencies.
To strengthen the understanding and response to social, behavioral, and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, NIH is encouraging the submission of applications that will:
- Address the roles and effects of interventions, particularly those under the umbrella of digital health, as well as community-engaged and multilevel interventions in health care settings to address access, reach, delivery, engagement, effectiveness, scalability, and sustainability of services that are utilized during and following the pandemic
- Encourage the leveraging of existing large-scale data sources with broad population coverage to improve prediction of various mitigation efforts (including vaccinations, masking, and physical distancing) on transmission reduction and on social and economic effects and assess the downstream health and health care access effects, with an emphasis on underserved and vulnerable populations
The first submission date is October 5, 2021, and subsequent receipt dates will extend through September 8, 2024.