2022 CCTS Pilot Translational & Clinical Studies Program
Social Determinants of Health
According to Healthy People 2030, social determinants of health (SDOH) are defined as the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risk. Social determinants of health can be grouped into 5 general categories: Economic Stability, Education Access and Quality, Health Care Access and Quality, Neighborhood and Built Environment, and Social and Community Context (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services). Avoidable and unfair differences exist in social determinants of health across social groups in our communities. Most glaringly, the lower an individual's socioeconomic status, the worse health outcomes they experience. The purpose of this RFA is to stimulate and support transformative, innovative, interdisciplinary pilots and early-stage studies that seek to understand and address inequality in social determinants of health. The ultimate goal of this RFA is to strengthen efforts by The Ohio State University researchers on addressing social, economic, and environmental determinants of health with the aim of reducing health inequalities.
GENERAL GUIDELINES
Eligibility Criteria:
- All projects must be clearly focused on Social Determinants of Health, the inequality of their distribution, and their relationship to health outcomes.
- Applicants must have Principal Investigator (PI) status as defined by The Ohio State University or Nationwide Children's Hospital.
- Applicants have not received any CCTS pilot research funding award within 24 months prior to the pre-application deadline (December 1st, 2021).
Potential areas of significant interest include but are not limited to:
- Access to food, food insecurity, food deserts, and obesity and chronic conditions
- Access to emergency care, primary care, and health services
- Civic participation, social cohesion, and quality of life and health
- Crime and violence in social networks
- Discrimination, racism, and short and long-term health consequences
- Early childhood development and education's impact on adult health
- Employment and health
- Access to and enrollment in higher education and health
- Environmental conditions and health
- Access to housing, housing instability, and quality of housing and the impact of housing on health
- Climate change and health
- Poverty and health
Release Date: October 15, 2021
Pre-Application Due Date: December 20, 2021, midnight
Full Application Invitations: January 3, 2022
Mandatory Regulatory Consult with Rob Rengel : Before January 15, 2022
Full Application Due Date: January 31, 2022
Notice of Award Date: April 1, 2022
Earliest Start Date: June 1, 2022