Notice Number: NOT-OD-11-020

Key Dates
Release Date: December 6, 2010

Issued by
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) (http://obssr.od.nih.gov)
National Cancer Institute (NCI) (http://www.nci.nih.gov)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) (http://www.niaaa.nih.gov)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (http://www.nida.nih.gov/)

Purpose

Recognizing the need to develop more effective behavioral treatments for patients with multiple chronic health conditions, the Trans-NIH Integrated Health Strategies Working Group held a workshop at the NIH campus in April 2010 to identify research priorities and gaps. This meeting highlighted the need for more effective research methods and measures for conceptualizing, triaging and assessing the health behavior (e.g., adherence, mental health problems, diet and exercise, substance use/abuse disorders) of patients with multiple chronic health conditions. 

The purpose of this Notice is to draw attention to an existing NIH funding opportunity announcement (FOA) that investigators might use to obtain support for this research. More specifically, researchers are encouraged to utilize program announcement PAR-08-212 [Methodology and Measurement in the Behavioral and Social Sciences (R01)]. Examples of measurement areas of particular interest for this announcement include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Development and refinement of measures, instruments, or surveys that fill a gap in assessing multiple chronic health behaviors in behavioral and social science research.
• Measurement issues in using technology, such as computer assisted data collection, web-based technology, mobile phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs).
• Development of instruments that assess not only degree of multiple behavior change, but also rate and variable direction of change in multiple health behaviors.
• Development of behavioral and social science measures that can be used for efficient data collection for assessment, triage, and/or outcomes research in clinical practice-based, research networks.

Inquiries

For further information regarding the opportunities on this Notice, please contact the program scientist listed below and in the program announcement. 

For other inquiries regarding NIH opportunities in this general area you may wish to contact the Extramural Program Contact from the Institute, Center or Office that best represents your area of interest.

Extramural Program Contacts, by NIH Component:

Page Chiapella, Ph.D.
Division of Treatment and Recovery Research
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
5635 Fishers Lane, Room 2044, MSC 9304
Bethesda, MD 30892-9304
Telephone: (301) 443-4715
Fax: (301) 443-8774
Email: [email protected]

Elizabeth M. Ginexi, Ph.D.
Health Scientist Administrator
Prevention Research Branch
Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research
National Institute on Drug Abuse/NIH/DHHS
6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 5185 MSC 9589
Bethesda, MD 20892-9589
Telephone: (301) 402-1755
Fax: (301) 443-2636
Email: [email protected]

Catherine M. Stoney, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
6701 Rockledge Drive, Suite 10018, MSC 7936
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7936 (20817 for express mail)
Telephone: 301-435-6670
Fax: 301-480-5158
Email: [email protected]