Tuesday, April 30, 2024
4/30/2024
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and related developmental disabilities (DD) are of significant public health concern. Questions still remain related to increasing prevalence, timing of diagnosis and intervention as well as the experience of adolescents and young adults with ASD. Over the past two decades, Washington University, in conjunction with state and local stakeholders have developed and sustained a productive and efficient multiple-source surveillance system for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities (DD) in the metropolitan St. Louis area as part of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network. We are responding to this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) in order to sustain and build upon our current surveillance activities. The funds available will allow us to continue to monitor changes in 8-year-old and 4-year-old ASD prevalence [Component A] over time with special attention to racial and other disparities, with the goal of providing high-quality, timely data that will inform both national and local efforts to reduce age of identification, identify and plan for resource/service needs, and reduce disparities in identification. Component B funds will allow us to expand our surveillance activities to a 16-year-old cohort of children. The following short-term project outcomes will be achieved using 4 ADDM Network strategies and related activities: 1. Outcome 1 (OC1): Improved comprehensive collection of multi-source data to estimate ASD prevalence and monitor progress in early identification of ASD among 4- and 8-year-old children 2. Outcome 2 (OC2): Improved comprehensive collection of multi-source data to describe characteristics of 16-year-old children with ASD 3. Outcome 3 (OC3): Enhanced partnerships and dissemination of data to community stakeholders 4. Outcome 4 (OC4): Improved reliability and efficiency of ADDM Network surveillance
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