This NOFO will provide supplemental funding to CDC Prevention Research Centers (PRCs) to conduct Special Interest Projects (SIPs).
The purpose of the SIPs is to inform public health practice through high-quality applied health promotion and disease prevention public health research in real-world
settings to identify, design, test, assess, evaluate, disseminate, and translate interventions (i.e.
programs, practices, policies, or strategies) and tools or resources to prevent and reduce risk for the leading causes of illness, disability, and death in the United States.
The 13 SIP proposals that will be included in this NOFO are listed below.Understanding the needs of ovarian cancer survivorsSurvivorship care plans and mortality among adult cancer survivorsCancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN)Gauging men’s reaction to relabeling of GG1 prostate cancer and understanding of pathology reportsUnderstanding the impact of reducing social isolation and loneliness on health indices among cancer survivors Nutrition Obesity Policy Research and Evaluation Network (NOPREN)Physical Activity Policy and Evaluation Research Network (PAPREN)Managing Epilepsy Well Network (MEW)Arthritis Management and Well-being Research Network (AMWRN)Mental Health and Chronic Disease Prevention Network (MHCDPN)Assessment of perceptions and effectiveness of interventions to increase MMR vaccination among children in close-knit communities with longstanding vaccine hesitancyAdvancing Research in Immunization Services Network (ARISe)Understanding the potential of schools in promoting non-mandating childhood vaccinations