ENRICHED Study: Completion of Follow-up Assessments for Phase 1 and Prenatal and Neonatal Assessments for Phase 2

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Abstract

The Division of Population Health Research (DiPHR) at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development conducts studies focusing on child health and human development. As part of DiPHR's mission, one area of interest is the investigation of the developmental origins of health disparities - i.e., differences in developmental outcomes between socially advantaged and disadvantaged groups. Here, we refer to unequal health outcomes between socioeconomic and race/ethnic groups, although disparities may also exist in the context of other socially disadvantaged statuses including intellectual disability and sexual minority status. Health disparities in the United States - in life expectancy and chronic disease - have their origins as early as the prenatal period. Early life conditions including poverty and discrimination generate disparities in health over the life course that become further entrenched in the population through their transmission across generations. Parental mental health problems, which are strongly linked with social and economic disadvantage as well as child development, may play a key mediating role in the transmission of disparities across generations. However, maternal and paternal psychopathology have not been fully considered as mechanisms contributing to disparities nor have been measured using phenotypically validated approaches (e.g. through structured diagnostic interviews). As a result, though disparities in health are well documented, the developmental mechanisms that impact disparities at the very beginning of life are not, particularly those which lead to developmental deficits that emerge long before disease states. The NICHD 2020 strategic plan highlights health disparities as a cross-cutting problem impacting the advancement of maternal health, birth outcomes, and child development; it emphasizes that “understanding the contribution of social, economic, structural, and regional factors is vital to advancing preventive, diagnostic, and intervention efforts” designed to mitigate health disparities. Advancing knowledge of the developmental mechanisms that generate disparities requires a more thorough understanding of how socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity influence the determinants of prenatal health and child development from gestation onward. The Rhode Island Children’s Health Equity & Development Study (ENRICHED) includes a comprehensive set of social exposures potentially related to disparities, focuses on parental psychopathology as a main factor, and addresses limitations of previous studies that neither fully considered paternal or maternal psychopathology nor measured psychopathology using phenotypically validated approaches . The purpose of this Task Order is to complete follow-up assessments on participants from Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the study. For Phase 1, this will include conducting 12-months home visits, maintaining retentions rates as listed below. For Phase 2, it w...

Key facts

NIH application ID
11181773
Project number
75N94023D00005-0-759402400001-1
Recipient
BROWN UNIVERSITY
Principal Investigator
Michael Silverstein
Activity code
N01
Funding institute
NIH
Fiscal year
2024
Award amount
$1,217,005
Award type
Project period
2024-09-03 → 2025-06-02