Psychosocial Risk and Disease Prevention Study Section [PRDP]

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The Psychosocial Risk and Disease Prevention (PRDP) study section reviews applications to develop and/or test behavioral interventions to prevent or reduce risk for morbid physical conditions or disease states, particularly chronic conditions in which behavior plays a major role in etiology and progression. Research may include psychosocial, pharmacological, or biological variables but the predominant intervention component should be behavioral. Research participants may be comorbid for psychological conditions (e.g., depression). 

Specific areas covered by PRDP:

  • Obesity development and prevention, including efforts to reduce risk of further obesity development or to maintain weight loss.
  • Chronic disease risk reduction through changes in dietary intake and physical activity
    • Prevention of metabolic syndrome and diabetes development.
  • Cancer risk prevention or reduction, including efforts to develop screening protocols, improve adherence to screening recommendations, and enhance quality of life in cancer survivors.
  • Cardiovascular disease risk prevention or reduction, including efforts to reduce risk of subsequent cardiac events.
  • Sleep disorder development and prevention.

Study sections with most closely related areas of similar science listed in rank order are:

Behavioral Medicine Interventions and Outcomes Study Section [BMIO]
Kidney, Nutrition, Obesity and Diabetes [KNOD]
Community-Level Health Promotion Study Section [CLHP]
Cardiovascular and Sleep Epidemiology [CASE]
Psychosocial Development, Risk, and Prevention Study Section [PDRP]

 



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