Request For Information: Studying Community Programs to Reduce Childhood Obesity http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HL-09-122.html Issued by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov <http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/> ) Purpose The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in collaboration with other partners, is planning to conduct an evaluation study of communities that will examine outcomes associated with community programs to reduce childhood obesity through policy, environmental, behavioral, and educational activities addressing energy balance. The goal is to examine effects of childhood obesity programs by using a natural experiment al design. Results will be disseminated to inform national and local policy for reducing the prevalence of childhood obesity. The NHLBI plans to issue a Broad Agency Announcement to establish this evaluation study, with one five-year contract for a Research Coordinating Center anticipated. Accordingly, the NHLBI is soliciting input from the scientific community, national organizations that address childhood obesity, and the public on scientific issues to address, as well as on information about relevant existing community programs. ============================================================= TO JOIN THE MAILING LIST: Send an e-mail message to: * listserv@... * The subject line should be blank * The message should read SUBscribe BSSR-Guide-L [your full name]. The message is case sensitive; so capitalize as indicated! Don't include the brackets. For example, for Robin Smith to subscribe, the message would read SUBscribe BSSR-Guide-L Robin Smith TO LEAVE THE MAILING LIST: You may leave the list at any time by sending an e-mail message (from the address at which you receive the mailings) to: * listserv@... * The message body should read SIGNOFF BSSR-GUIDE-L ARCHIVE OF PREVIOUS MAILINGS: http://list.nih.gov/archives/bssr-guide-l.html SEND QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS TO: Ronald P. Abeles, Ph.D. OBSSR/OD/NIH E-mail: abeles@... |
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