Deadline: 6 February 2017
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an agency of Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking proposals from eligible organisations for Validation of survey questions to distinguish type 1 and type 2 diabetes among adults with diabetes.
The major goal of this project is to evaluate the validity of survey questions (or algorithms based on them) to distinguish between adults (aged 18 years of age) with type 1 and type 2 diabetes in a representative sample of adult diabetic patients in a diabetes patient registry or database.
Using a gold standard, validity will be assessed by examining the sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive value of algorithms to identify type of diabetes across demographic strata such as age, sex, and race. A secondary goal is to validate definitions of type of diabetes using electronic health records.
Most survey-based prevalence estimates of type 1 diabetes among adults have been based on self-reported information about a young age at diagnosis (e.g. 30 years and 40 years) and insulin use within a year of diagnosis. However, this estimation approach misses type 1 diabetes in adults with older age of onset and may misclassify some cases of type 2 diabetes as type 1 if insulin use begins soon after diagnosis.
Funding Information
- The estimated total program funding is $1,000,000
- Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between $100,000 to $500,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- For profit organizations other than small businesses
- Small businesses
- City or township governments
- Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
- State governments
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Independent school districts
- Special district governments
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
- County governments
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Private institutions of higher education
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply electronically via given website.
Eligible Country: United States
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