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Dated: June 4, 1996.

Joseph R. Carter,

Acting Associate Director for Management

and Operations, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

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[Announcement 641]

Health Promotion Disease Prevention

Research Center for Teen Pregnancy

Prevention

Introduction

The Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC) announces the

availability of fiscal year (FY) 1996

funds for a cooperative agreement

program for a Health Promotion Disease

Prevention Research Center (PRC) to

address teenage pregnancy prevention.

Teen pregnancy is a nationally

recognized social problem requiring

multifactorial approaches, including

behavioral interventions that focus on

prevention. The central theme for the

PRC will be teenage pregnancy

prevention.

CDC is committed to achieving the

health promotion and disease

prevention objectives of ‘‘Healthy

People 2000,’’ a national activity to

reduce morbidity and mortality and

improve the quality of life. This

announcement is related to the priority

area of Family Planning. (For ordering a

copy of ‘‘Healthy People 2000,’’ see the

section ‘‘Where To Obtain Additional

Information.’’)

Authority

This program is authorized under

Section 1706 (42 U.S.C. 300u–5), of the

Public Health Service Act, as amended.

Smoke-Free Workplace

CDC strongly encourages all grant

recipients to provide a smoke-free

workplace and promote the nonuse of

all tobacco products, and Public Law

103–227, the Pro-Children Act of 1994,

prohibits smoking in certain facilities

that receive Federal funds in which

education, library, day care, health care,

and early childhood development

services are provided to children.

Eligible Applicants

Assistance will be provided to an

academic health center defined as a

school of public health, medicine, or

osteopathy that has:

A. Multidisciplinary faculty with

expertise in public health and which

has working relationships with relevant

groups in such fields as medicine,

psychology, nursing, social work,

education, and business.

B. Graduate training programs

relevant to disease prevention.

C. Core faculty in epidemiology,

biostatistics, social sciences, behavioral

and environmental health sciences, and

health administration.

D. Demonstrated curriculum in

disease prevention.

E. Capability for residency training in

public health or preventive medicine.

Eligible applicants may enter into

contracts, including consortia

agreements (as described in the PHS

Grants Policy Statement), as necessary

to meet the essential requirements of

this program and to strengthen the

overall application.

In Senate Report 50–52, Congress

directed CDC to initiate one new

prevention center that would ‘‘* * *

focus on research, demonstration,

evaluation, and training, for health and

other public sector professionals, and

community-based organizations to

prevent teen pregnancy.’’ This report

further stated that the development and

evaluation of successful programs

which prevent teen pregnancies is one

of the nation’s most pressing needs.

Excluded are the University of

Washington, Columbia University

School, Johns Hopkins University,

University of North Carolina at Chapel

Hill, University of South Carolina,

University of Alabama at Birmingham,

the University of Illinois at Chicago,

University of Texas Health Science

Center at Houston, and the University of

California at Berkeley, which were

funded under Program Announcement

328: ‘‘Health Promotion and Disease

Prevention Research Centers

Cooperative Agreements’’; the

University of Oklahoma, the University

of New Mexico, and Saint Louis

University, which were funded under

Program Announcement 432: ‘‘Health

Promotion and Disease Prevention

Research Centers Cooperative

Agreements’’; and the West Virginia

Health Promotion and Disease

Prevention Research Center funded

under Program Announcement 461:

‘‘West Virginia Health Promotion and

Disease Prevention Research Center

Cooperative Agreement.’’

Availability of Funds

Approximately $375,000 is available

in FY 1996 to fund 1 Health Promotion

and Disease Prevention Research Center

dedicated to teenage pregnancy

prevention. It is expected that the award

will be made on or about September 30,

1996. The award will be funded for a

12-month budget period within a project

period of up to 2 years.

Continuation awards within the

project period are made on the basis of

satisfactory progress and the availability

of funds.

If requested, Federal personnel may

be assigned to a project in lieu of a

portion of the financial assistance.

The amount of this award may not be

adequate to support the PRC activities

and other sources of funding may be

necessary.

Purpose

The purpose of this award is to

support health promotion and disease

prevention research that focuses on teen

pregnancy prevention.

Program Requirements

The primary goal of the Health

Promotion Disease Prevention Research

Center Program will be to advance the

scientific knowledge base and work

with CDC-funded demonstration

programs, such as Special Interest

Projects (SIPs), to identify and

disseminate strategies for teen

pregnancy prevention. Lessons learned

from these programs will be translated

into models for teen pregnancy

prevention, advance professional and

community education and training so

that effective interventions for teenage

pregnancy prevention can be more fully

integrated into communities.

The Health Promotion Disease

Prevention Research Center Program

must be interdisciplinary in approach,

provide a behavioral science and

evaluation focus, educate professionals,

and work directly with teen populations

through community partnerships.

In conducting activities to achieve the

purpose of this program, the recipient

will be responsible for the activities

under A. (Recipient Activities), and

CDC will be responsible for the

activities listed under B. (CDC

Activities).
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A. Recipient Activities

1. Implement and evaluate one or

more existing strategies that

demonstrate teen pregnancy prevention

in a defined community or targeted

population.

2. Implement and evaluate a

‘‘demonstration project’’ in teen

pregnancy prevention with a State/local

health/education department, or

community based organization.

3. Establish collaborative activities

with appropriate community

organizations, national and professional

organizations, health and education

agencies at the State and local level.

4. Establish an advisory committee to

provide input on major program

activities. The committee should

include a multidisciplinary team

comprised of behavioral scientists, a

variety of health-care providers, health

and education agency officials,

voluntary health organizations and

consumers including teens.

5. Coordinate and collaborate with

other health and human services

supported research programs to prevent

duplication and enhance overall efforts.

B. CDC Activities

1. Collaborate as appropriate with

recipient in all stages of the project.

2. Provide programmatic and

technical assistance.

3. Participate in improving program

performance through consultation based

on information and activities of other

projects.

4. Provide scientific collaboration.

5. At the request of the applicant,

assign Federal personnel in lieu of a

portion of the financial assistance to

assist with developing the curriculum,

training, or conducting other specific

necessary activities.

6. Facilitate the coordination and

collaboration of prevention center

research with other health and human

services supported research programs

that address teen pregnancy prevention

so that duplication is avoided and

overall research efforts and findings are

maximized.

Evaluation Criteria

Applications will be reviewed and

evaluated through a dual review

process. The first review will be a peer

evaluation of the scientific and

technical merit of the application

conducted by the Prevention Centers

Grant Review Committee. The second

review will be conducted by senior

Federal staff, who will consider the

results of the first review, national

program needs, and relevance to the

mission of CDC. Awards will be made

on the basis of priority score rankings by

the peer review, recommendations

based on program review by senior

Federal staff, and the availability of

funds.

The Prevention Center Grants

Program Objective Review Committee

may recommend approval or

disapproval based on the intent of the

application and the following criteria:

A. Background Section (25 points)

1. The extent to which the applicant

understands and identifies the problems

related to teenage pregnancy and

prevention, assesses the current state of

the art in teen pregnancy prevention,

identifies gaps in current evaluation and

intervention, and professional training

needs.

2. The extent to which

community(ies) needs that will be

served by the PRC are identified and

provides supporting documentation

comparing these needs with 1 above.

3. The extent to which the applicant

demonstrates their capacity and unique

resource to decrease the number of teen

pregnancies in the community(ies)

served by the PRC or to build the

capacity of agencies or professionals

that serve teenagers.

B. Goals and Objectives (5 points)

The extent to which the overall

program plan has clear objectives that

are specific, measurable, and realistic,

and makes effective use of Prevention

Center resources to advance the theme

of teenage pregnancy prevention.

C. Specific Project Plans (45 points)

The technical and scientific merits of

the proposed projects, the potential to

achieve the stated objectives and the

extent to which the applicant’s plans are

consistent with the purpose of the

program.

1. Core activities.

2. Demonstration and evaluation

projects.

3. Collaborative project with State and

local health or education department, or

community organizations.

4. Prevention Research Training and

training on teen pregnancy prevention.

5. The extent to which findings and

results from the PRC’s research will be

communicated and shared with

professional and lay communities.

6. The degree to which the applicant

has met the CDC Policy requirements

regarding the inclusion of women,

ethnic, and racial groups in the

proposed research. This includes:

a. The proposed plan for the inclusion

of both sexes and racial and ethnic

minority populations for appropriate

representation.

b. The proposed justification when

representation is limited or absent.

c. A statement as to whether the

design of the study is adequate to

measure differences when warranted.

d. A statement as to whether the plans

for recruitment and outreach for study

participants include the process of

establishing partnerships with

community(ies) and recognition of

mutual benefits will be documented.

D. Other Activities (5 points)

The extent to which prevention

research, developmental and evaluation

research, and behavioral science

research are integrated into the

proposal.

E. Management and Staffing Plan (15

points)

The extent to which the applicant

demonstrates the institution’s ability

and capacity to carry out the overall

theme, objectives, and specific project

plans.

F. Evaluation Plan (5 points)

The extent to which the overall

Prevention Center theme and objectives

will be evaluated in regard to progress,

efficacy, and cost benefit.

G. Budget (Not Scored)

The extent to which the budget and

justification are consistent with the

program objectives and purpose.

Applicants are strongly urged to include

a plan for obtaining additional resources

that lead to institutionalization of the

Center.

H. Human Subjects (Not Scored)

Whether or not exempt from the

Department of Health and Human

Services (DHHS) regulations, are

procedures adequate for the protection

of human subjects? Recommendations

on the adequacy of protections include:

(1) protections appear adequate and

there are no comments to make or

concerns to raise, or (2) protections

appear adequate, but there are

comments regarding the protocol, or (3)

protections appear inadequate and the

ORG has concerns related to human

subjects; or (4) disapproval of the

application is recommended because

the research risks are sufficiently

serious and protection against the risks

are inadequate as to make the entire

application unacceptable.

I. Review by Senior Federal Staff

Further review will be conducted by

senior Federal staff. Factors to be

considered will be:

1. Results of the peer review.

2. Program needs and relevance to

national goals.
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3. Budgetary considerations.

Executive Order 12372 Review

Applications are subject to

Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs as governed by Executive

Order (E.O.) 12372. E.O. 12372 sets up

a system for State and local government

review of proposed Federal assistance

applications. Applicants should contact

their state Single Point of Contact

(SPOC) as early as possible to alert them

to the prospective applications and

receive any necessary instructions on

the State process. For proposed projects

serving more than one State, the

applicant is advised to contact the SPOC

for each affected State. A current list of

SPOCs is included in the application

kit. If SPOCs have any State process

recommendations on applications

submitted to CDC, they should send

them to Sharron P. Orum, Grants

Management Officer, Grants

Management Branch, Procurement and

Grants Office, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC), 255 East

Paces Ferry Road, NE., Atlanta, GA

30305, no later than 45 days after the

application deadline date (the

appropriation for this financial

assistance program was received late in

the fiscal year and would not allow for

an application receipt date which would

accommodate the 60-day State

recommendation process period). The

Program Announcement Number and

Program Title should be referenced on

the document. The granting agency does

not guarantee to ‘‘accommodate or

explain’’ State process

recommendations it receives after that

date.

Public Health System Reporting

Requirements

This program is not subject to the

Public Health System Reporting

Requirements.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Number

The Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance number is 93.135.

Other Requirements

Human Subjects

If the proposed project involves

research on human subjects, the

applicant must comply with the

Department of Health and Human

Services Regulations, 45 CFR Part 46,

regarding the protection of human

subjects. Assurance must be provided to

demonstrate that the project will be

subject to initial and continuing review

by an appropriate institutional review

committee. The applicant will be

responsible for providing assurance in

accordance with the appropriate

guidelines and form provided in the

application kit.

Women, Racial, and Ethnic Minorities

It is the policy of the CDC and the

Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry (ATSDR) to ensure that

individuals of both sexes and the

various racial and ethnic groups will be

included in CDC/ATSDR-supported

research projects involving human

subjects, whenever feasible and

appropriate. Racial and ethnic groups

are those defined in OMB Directive No.

15 and include American Indian,

Alaskan Native, Asian, Pacific Islander,

Black and Hispanic. Applicants shall

ensure that women, racial and ethnic

minority populations are appropriately

represented in applications for research

involving human subjects. Where clear

and compelling rationale exist that

inclusion is inappropriate or not

feasible, this situation must be

explained as part of the application. In

conducting review for scientific merit,

review groups will evaluate proposed

plans for inclusion of minorities and

both sexes as part of the scientific

assessment of scoring.

This policy does not apply to research

studies when the investigator cannot

control the race, ethnicity and/or sex of

subjects. Further guidance to this policy

is contained in the Federal Register,

Vol. 60, No. 179, pages 47947–47951,

dated Friday, September 15, 1995.

Application Submission and Deadlines

The original and five copies of the

application PHS 398 form (Revised 5/

95, OMB No. 0925–0001) must be

submitted to Sharron P. Orum, Grants

Management Officer, Grants

Management Branch, Procurement and

Grants Office, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC), 255 East

Paces Ferry Road, NE., Room 314,

Mailstop E–18, Atlanta, GA 30305, on or

before July 15, 1996.

1. Deadline: Applications shall be

considered as meeting the deadline if

they are either:

(a) Received on or before the deadline

date; or

(b) Sent on or before the deadline date

and received in time for submission to

the objective review group. (Applicants

must request a legibly dated U.S. Postal

Service postmark or obtain a legibly

dated receipt from a commercial carrier

or U.S. Postal Service. Private metered

postmarks shall not be acceptable as

proof of timely mailing.)

2. Late Applications: Applications

which do not meet the criteria in 1.(a)

or 1.(b) above are considered late

applications. Late applications will not

be considered in the current

competition and will be returned to the

applicant.

Where To Obtain Additional

Information

A complete program description,

information on application procedures,

an application package, and business

management technical assistance may

be obtained from Glynnis D. Taylor,

Grants Management Specialist, Grants

Management Branch, Procurement and

Grants Office, Centers for Disease

Control and Prevention (CDC), 255 East

Paces Ferry Road, NE., Room 314,

Mailstop E–18, Atlanta, GA 30305,

telephone (404) 842- 6508, by fax (404)

842–6513, or by Internet or CDC

WONDER electronic mail at

<gld1@opspgo1.em.cdc.gov>.

Programmatic technical assistance may

be obtained from Patricia L. Riley,

C.N.M., M.P.H., Director, Health

Promotion Disease Prevention Research

Center Program, or Donald E. Benken,

M.P.H., Health Education Specialist,

National Center for Chronic Disease

Prevention and Health Promotion,

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention (CDC), 4770 Buford

Highway, NE., Mailstop K–30, Atlanta,

GA 30341–3724, telephone (404) 488–

5395 or by Internet or CDC WONDER

electronic mail at

<pyr0@ccdod1.em.cdc.gov> or

<dxb0@ccdash1.em.cdc.gov>.

Please refer to Program

Announcement Number 641 when

requesting information and submitting

an application.

Potential applicants may obtain a

copy of ‘‘Healthy People 2000’’ (Full

Report, Stock No. 017–001–00474–0) or

‘‘Healthy People 2000’’ (Summary

Report, Stock No. 017–001–00473–1)

referenced in the ‘‘Introduction’’

through the Superintendent of

Documents, Government Printing

Office, Washington, DC 20402–9325,

telephone (202) 512–1800.

There may be delays in mail delivery

and difficulty in reaching the CDC

Atlanta offices during the 1996 Summer

Olympics. Therefore, CDC suggests

using Internet, following all instructions

in this announcement and leaving

messages on the contact person’s voice

mail for more timely responses to any

questions.

Dated: June 3, 1996.

Joseph R. Carter,

Acting Associate Director for Management

and Operations, Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC).

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