Table 1. Community-Engaged Research Projects Identified From the National Institutes of Health (NIH) RePORTER Funded in 2009 (N = 294) by Project Type: Descriptive, Intervention, or Other (Dissemination and Implementation or Policy Projects).
| Project Type, n (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Projects | Total (N = 294) | Descriptive, n = 61 (20.7) |
Intervention, n = 194 (66.0) |
Other, n = 39 (13.3) |
Statistics |
| Type of Funding Mechanism | 51.39*** | ||||
| R01 R18, R23, R24, R34, RC1, RC2 | 173 (58.8) | 28 (45.9) | 132 (68.0)a,c | 13 (33.3) | 3.24*** |
| U01, U19, U54 | 54 (18.4) | 8 (13.1) | 25 (12.9) | 21 (53.9) ab | −3.48** |
| U26 NARCH/ U48 PRC | 67 (22.8) | 25 (41.0)b,c | 37 (19.1) | 5 (12.8) | 4.00*** |
| Total Funds Awarded ($ millions: M, SD) |
2.7 (2.8) | 2.3 (2.3) | 2.6 (2.3) | 4.2 (4.8) ab | 2.41* |
| Length of Project (years: M, SD) |
4.6 (2.1) | 4.6 (1.9) | 4.6 (2.1) | 5.0 (2.1) | 0.64 |
| Race/Ethnicity of Population Served | 15.27** | ||||
| AIAN | 63 (21.4) | 24 (39.3) b,c | 32 (16.5) | 7 (18.0) | |
| Other: Asian, AA, Hispanic | 68 (23.1) | 9 (14.8) | 50 (25.8) | 9 (23.1) | |
| None specified or multiple | 169 (55.4) | 29 (45.9) | 117 (57.7) | 23 (59.0) | |
| Funding Institute and Center | |||||
| NIMHD | 56 (19.1) | 3 (4.9) | 47 (24.2) | 6 (15.4) | |
| NCI | 39 (13.3) | 4 (6.6) | 21 (10.8) | 14 (35.9) | |
| CDC affiliated | 37 (12.6) | 8 (13.1) | 29.0 (15.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| IHS-NARCH | 23 (7.8) | 10 (16.4) | 9 (4.6) | 4 (10.3) | |
| NIMH | 20 (6.8) | 1 (1.6) | 17 (8.8) | 2 (5.1) | |
| NIHLBI | 19 (6.5) | 2 (3.3) | 14 (7.2) | 3 (7.7) | |
| Child Health Human Development | 17 (5.8) | 9 (14.8) | 7 (3.6) | 1 (2.6) | |
| NIDA | 15 (5.1) | 3 (4.9) | 10 (5.2) | 2 (5.1) | |
| Environmental Health Sciences | 12 (4.1) | 9 (14.8) | 3 (1.6) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Other IC (<4%) | 56 (19.1) | 12 (19.7) | 37 (19.1) | 7 (17.9) | |
AA = African American; AIAN = American Indian/Alaskan Native; Asian = Asian American.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) includes the Prevention Research Center (PRC). Other funding institute and centers (IC) include the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response (COTPER), Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH), National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Center for Urban Horticulture (CUH), National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), National Institute of Aging (NIA), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), and United States Public Health Service (USPHS).
Data are reported as frequency (n) and percent (%), unless noted as mean (M) and standard deviation (SD).
No statistical test were conducted for funding institute and center.
Test statistics: analyses are conducted using the F test, t test, and Pearson χ2 and Wald χ2 as appropriate.
p < .05.
p < .01.
p < .001.
Project is significantly different than Project 1.
Project is significantly different than Project 2.
Project is significantly different than Project 3.