The Role of Work in Health Disparities in the U.S.
NICHD R01 - February 5, 2022
NICHD areas of interest for thie FOA include, but are not limited to :
- Work and educational, occupational, and/or life course pathways contributing to health disparities,
- The impact of employment on health outcomes for persons with intellectual, developmental, learning, physical and psychological disabilities,
- Variation in state employment policies on health outcomes,
- The physical location of work and ease of getting to service providers, whether of direct health care or facilitators of healthy behaviors (e.g., grocery stores and gyms),
- Labor market change (e.g., growth/dissolution of occupations/industries, changes in certification/education requirements) and associated occupational exposures with health, fertility, and pregnancy outcomes,
- Consequences of bias and discrimination in workplace policies (e.g., differential hiring, salary and promotion practices) on health, fertility, and pregnancy outcomes,
- Job-related exposures (e.g., essential and frontline workers during the COVID19 pandemic, high risk/stress occupations, shift work, etc.) and their impact on child health, reproductive health, and pregnancy outcomes.
Deadline : Standard R01 deadlines, beginning on February 5, 2022