School-based health research funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Abstract

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.