# Family resources, food security, and child health during periods of temperature change and adverse climate conditions

> **NIH NIH R03** · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · 2024 · $78,103

## Abstract

SUMMARY
This project will use data from randomized controlled trials of cash transfers to poor households in Zambia and
Kenya to test whether these programs can protect food security, child health and youth lifecourse transitions
during periods of adverse climate conditions. Specifically, we will link longitudinal household data from these
two geographically dispersed trials to daily, high-resolution data on temperature and precipitation exposures.
We will then take advantage of the randomization of transfers and the effective randomization of climate
anomalies at the community level to test whether transfers modify the effects of climate shocks on a rich set of
household, child and youth outcomes. This will represent the one of the first studies to test whether transfers
can protect children and youth against temperature exposures, and will directly feed into the ongoing global
conversation about how best to protect vulnerable populations against climate change.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10862806
- **Project number:** 5R03HD109579-02
- **Recipient organization:** UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
- **Principal Investigator:** CLARK GRAY
- **Activity code:** R03 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $78,103
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2023-07-01 → 2025-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10862806

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10862806, Family resources, food security, and child health during periods of temperature change and adverse climate conditions (5R03HD109579-02). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-29 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10862806. Licensed CC0.

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