The impact of funding disruptions on large-scale teen pregnancy prevention research projects.
Autor: | Hofert GG; Cabarrus Health Alliance. 300 Mooresville Rd., Kannapolis, NC 28081, USA., Martinez-Garcia G; Healthy Teen Network, PO Box 741, Churchville, MD 21028, USA., Tingey L; Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health, 415 N. Washington St., Baltimore, MD 21231, USA., Ybarra M; Center for Innovative Public Health Research, 555 N. El Camino Real #A347, San Clemente, CA 92672-6745, USA., Philliber A; Philliber Research & Evaluation, 6 Main Street, Accord, NY 12404, USA., Karas J; Cabarrus Health Alliance. 300 Mooresville Rd., Kannapolis, NC 28081, USA., Grafals M; Cabarrus Health Alliance. 300 Mooresville Rd., Kannapolis, NC 28081, USA., Garrido M; Healthy Teen Network, PO Box 741, Churchville, MD 21028, USA., Parchem S; Chicago Department of Public Health, 333 S. State St., Room 200, Chicago, IL 60604, USA., Yager-DeConcini E; Child & Family Resources, Inc., 2800 E. Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85716, USA. |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Zdroj: | Health policy OPEN [Health Policy Open] 2023 Aug 11; Vol. 5, pp. 100101. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Aug 11 (Print Publication: 2023). |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.hpopen.2023.100101 |
Abstrakt: | To advance the field of teen pregnancy prevention, new interventions must be developed and tested. The federal Teen Pregnancy Prevention program (TPP) funds the evaluation of promising interventions. We report on a funding disruption to 21 TPP Tier 2B research grantees across the US that was unusual for its ideological causation, sudden timing, severity, and ultimately court decisions compelling the agency to reverse the decision. We address the following question: How did challenges presented by the attempted funding termination impact grantees' ability to continue with their intended research? Results from grantee surveys in 2019 demonstrate the funding disruption negatively impacted participant recruitment, organizational collaboration, program delivery, research rigor, and compromised grantees' ability to complete high-quality evaluations. Results also show most projects could continue, with modified research goals, when funding was reinstated. We conclude administrations should avoid arbitrarily and prematurely terminating research projects. However, there is merit in reinstating funds to projects should a disruption occur. Results from this work are particularly relevant as we anticipate how health research projects may manage other disruptions to funding or timetables, such as those caused by COVID-19. Results are relevant to policy makers, researchers, government and private funders, grantees, and technical assistance teams. Competing Interests: The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: Declarations of financial interest: none. Other potential competing interest: Some of the authors served in some capacity on or with the grantee projects being described in this paper. (© 2023 The Authors.) |
Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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