NIH Small Research Grant Program (R03) for research on religiosity and spirituality on health risk behaviors

NIH Small Research Grant Program (R03) for research on religiosity and spirituality on health risk behaviors is sponsored by National Institutes of Health (NIH). This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits qualitative, quantitative, and combined methods research studies.

Expired PA-06-402: The Influence of Religiosity and Spirituality on Health Risk Behaviors in Children and Adolescents (R03) This notice has expired. Check the NIH Guide for active opportunities and notices. Department of Health and Human Participating Organizations National Institutes of Health (NIH), ( http://www.

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gov ) Title: The Influence of Religiosity and Spirituality on Health Risk Behaviors in Children and Adolescents (R03) Update: The following update relating to this announcement has been issued: September 17, 2007 - Expiration Date adjusted to accommodate recent changes to standing submission deadlines, per NOT-OD-07-093.

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htm for details Information To Be Available Date (Url Activation Date): Not applicable Date: July 2, 2009 (now September 8, 2009 per NOT-OD-07-093 ) This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits research studies that are qualitative, quantitative, and combined methods; that examine the mechanisms, mediators, and moderators by which religious and spiritual beliefs develop and are transmitted across generations; and whether and how these beliefs influence early sexual behaviors and alcohol or other drug use that may facilitate the transmission of HIV in children and adolescents.

The focus is on the positive and negative effects of religiosity and spirituality on health risk behaviors in children and adolescents. In view of the increasingly plural religious landscape in the United States, it is important to consider the beliefs and behaviors promulgated by numerous religions.

will use the NIH Small Research Grant (R03) award mechanism and runs in parallel with an FOA of identical scientific scope, PA-06-401 , that solicits applications under the R01 and PA-06-403 that solicits applications under the R21 award mechanism.

The R03 grant mechanism supports different types of projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology. The R03 is intended to support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources. The R03 is not renewable.

the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary.

The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend upon the mechanism numbers, quality, duration, and costs of the applications Budget and Project Period: Budgets for direct costs of up to $50,000 per year and a project duration of up to two years may be requested for a maximum of $100,000 direct costs over a two-year project Eligible organizations: For profit or non-profit organizations; Public or private institutions, such as universities, colleges, hospitals, and laboratories; Units of State and local governments; Eligible agencies of the Federal government; Domestic or Foreign institutions/organizations; Faith-based or community-based organizations; Indian/Native American Tribal Government (Federally Recognized); Indian/Native American Tribal Government (Other than Federally Recognized); and Indian/Native American Tribally Designated Organizations.

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Other Information - Required Federal Citations - Full Text of Announcement Section I. Funding Opportunity Religious and spiritual beliefs play a significant role in the lives of American adolescents as evidenced by estimates that over 85 percent of teenagers affiliate with an organized religion, 80 percent pray, 40 percent pray daily, and more than half attend religious services at least monthly.

The majority of American high school seniors report that religion is very important or pretty important to them. Religiosity has been identified as a protective resource for young people with religiosity predicting lower levels of drinking, drug use, delinquency, and early sexual behavior.

This FOA calls for research studies that examine the mechanisms, mediators, and moderators by which religious and spiritual beliefs develop and are transmitted across generations, and whether and how these beliefs influence early sexual behaviors and alcohol or other drug use that may facilitate the transmission of HIV in children and adolescents.

The focus of this solicitation is on the positive and negative effects of religiosity and spirituality, henceforth referred to solely as religiosity, on health risk behaviors in children and adolescents. There is an increasingly pluralistic religious landscape in the United States which makes it important to consider the influences and impacts of beliefs and behaviors promulgated by numerous religions in the United States.

Religiosity may be thought of as a belief in God or higher power and practices associated with faith-related institutions.

Religiosity involves religious identity (religious group affiliation, religious self-identity), behavior (attendance at religious services or individual religious practices), attitudes (importance of religion), perceptions (religion s negative sanctions against certain behaviors), and practices (adherence to rules and sanctions).

Spirituality remains an elusive term with a variety of meanings regarding the deeply personal and individualized response to sacred matters or matters affecting the spirit. The distinction between religiosity and spirituality may be apparent for adults and adolescents, but young children have difficulty differentiating the two concepts.

It is likely that children s religious faith progresses in stages related to cognitive, moral, and psychosocial development. Children’s understanding, acceptance, and commitment to religious/spiritual beliefs may vary by their developmental stage, age, gender, race, ethnicity, and social environment.

Religiosity in adolescents has been linked positively to healthier diets, exercise, sleep habits, and self-esteem, and negatively to alcohol and drug use, engagement in early sexual behavior, delinquency, depression, and suicide.

Despite what is known about the association between adolescent religiosity and health risk behaviors, a paucity of empirical research exists on how religiosity develops in children and young adolescents, and if and how religious beliefs and practices influence early sexual behavior and alcohol and The context in which children live, learn, and play may also influence their religious beliefs and the manner in which these beliefs translate into behaviors.

Parents serve as educators, disciplinarians, role models, and monitors for their children and can have considerable influence over their children’s beliefs and behaviors. Religious beliefs may be transmitted from one generation to the next and can play a role in promoting healthy behaviors by the proscription of unhealthy or health risking behaviors.

Religious teachings and traditions have been credited with contributing to moral and prosocial development. Religious involvement can be associated with the development of social capital and social support via the family and community. Religious communities can also provide an expanded network of caring, nurturing adults and peers who may contribute emotional support as well as physical and financial resources.

Relevant research questions include, but are not limited to For Methodological Issues (Definitions and Instruments) definitions, terminology, and measures of religiosity will be useful in investigating religiosity’s influence on risk behaviors? religiosity be operationalized? Can measures of morality or moral development be distinguished from such measures?

What are valid, reliable, and developmentally appropriate measures of religious affiliation, beliefs, and practices that might be construed to influence health risk behaviors? How can, or can, these be disentangled from other measures of socio-economic status and education? What other constructs can be measured to indicate an individual’s sense of religiosity?

In a nation with many religions, with adherents of various races, ethnicities, and cultural practices, how can studies determine the specific aspects of religiosity that promote protective influences on risk behaviors? What are the mechanisms by which religious beliefs develop during childhood and how do they protect against or promote risky behaviors?

What are the cognitive and social pathways by which religious beliefs are processed and internalized, and how do these beliefs later influence risky behaviors? What are the mechanisms involved at the intersections of developmental trajectories (social, cognitive, physical, and psychological) with the trajectories of religious beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors, in the context of risk behavior?

What kinds of developmental trajectories are most conducive to producing children with religious beliefs and practices that serve as protective influences against risky What are the roles of cognition, memory (including experiential), emotion, and belief formation in the development of religious and moral beliefs?

What moderating effects do religious and moral beliefs have on cognition and memory as they influence Do religious beliefs influence impulse control and sensation seeking through neural pathways and hormones to influence risky behaviors? If so, what are the mechanisms? How do youths perceptions of religion’s proscriptions influence their health risk behaviors?

What are the motivational influences behind religious beliefs and behaviors? Can these motivational forces be directed to promote protective behaviors? How can genetic and neuroscience studies enhance our understanding of the influence of religious beliefs and behaviors on health risk behaviors of youth?

How do family structure, gender, race, and ethnicity influence the relationships between religiosity and health risk behaviors in youth? environment (family, peers, school, and community) influence religious beliefs and behaviors in youth and through these religious beliefs and behaviors influence health risk behaviors in youth?

beliefs and practices influence their parenting styles and what protective or contributory roles do these styles play in influencing risky behaviors How are religious belief's transmitted across generations and does the method of transmission (written versus oral, from one or both parents or grandparents) influence risk behaviors in children and adolescents?

Does exposure to several or multiple religions affect an individual’s sense of religiosity and his/her inclination to participate in risky behaviors? Are the effects of religiosity on risk behavior similar for individuals affiliated with religious minority groups, with religious majority groups, or for non-affiliated individuals? In families with mixed religious traditions, are there different pathways of influence?

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