School-based health research funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
This paper presents a brief overview of the trends in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for school-based research and describes the school-based research initiatives for cardiovascular health promotion and disease prevention at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Currently, 15 cardiovascular school-based research studies are funded at the NHLBI. A summary table and a brief description are provided for each study including the name of the investigator, the name of the institute awarded the grant, the funding period, grade levels and racial/ethnic groups in each study, intervention components, research design, outcome measures, and a capsule of reported results.
D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002648:Child; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000517:prevention & control; D003479:Curriculum; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000191:economics*; D006266:Health Education / Q000191:economics; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D005082:Physical Exertion; D012106:Research; D012306:Risk; D012572:School Health Services / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States