Project Number: 6251-53000-004-42
Project Type: Specific Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Sep 01, 2004
End Date: Aug 31, 2009

Objective:
The objective of this cooperative research project is to evaluate the nutritional health in the Lower Mississippi Delta, to identify nutritionally responsive problems, and to design and evaluate interventions that may be sustained at the community level and implemented on a larger scale in similar areas of the United States.

Approach:
Developing capacity as necessary, the Lower Mississippi Delta Nutrition Intervention Research Initiative (Delta NIRI) Consortium will identify environmental and community characteristics related to nutritional status; measure dietary intake; assess nutritional risk factors; design, conduct, and evaluate interventions in the Lower Mississippi Delta. Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute (ACHRI) specifically will support community-based participatory research activities in Marvell, AR, and other sites as mutually agreed upon. In addition, ACHRI will support the Delta NIRI through a series of interactions with all investigators involved in the Initiative so that research projects may be carried out in a timely fashion; provide consultation for secondary, tertiary, and ancillary analysis; and ensure that the results of each study are of the highest scientific merit and meet rigorous scientific criteria. ACHRI will also facilitate the publication of research findings.