NIH Primary and Secondary Prevention Research in Humans During 2012-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This paper provides the first detailed analysis of the NIH prevention research portfolio for primary and secondary prevention research in humans and related methods research.

Methods

The Office of Disease Prevention developed a taxonomy of 128 topics and applied it to 11,082 projects representing 91.7% of all new projects and 84.1% of all dollars used for new projects awarded using grant and cooperative agreement activity codes that supported research in fiscal years 2012-2017. Projects were coded in 2016-2018 and analyzed in 2018.

Results

Only 16.7% of projects and 22.6% of dollars were used for primary and secondary prevention research in humans or related methods research. Most of the leading risk factors for death and disability in the U.S. were selec

SUBMITTER: Murray DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6251492 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature