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Innovation in Measurement for Diet-Related Disease Research: Optimizing Utility and Reach to Reduce Health Disparities

Award Number: R01CA248200
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 12/15/2020
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 11/30/2026

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Innovation in Measurement for Diet-Related Disease Research: Optimizing Utility and Reach to Reduce Health Disparities - Heart disease, cancer and diabetes are three of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States (US) and all are diet-related diseases. Latinos are the largest immigrant population in the US but they share an uneven burden of chronic disease including risk for cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes. Understanding the factors related to disease risk and developing culturally-appropriate population-level interventions are critical to reduce health disparities. Yet, such research is often stymied by the lack of measurement tools that are specific, appropriate, and valid for diverse populations; poor measurement tools cloud our understanding of disease-risk factors and may lead to inconclusive or wrong conclusions regarding the impact of interventions. High-quality measurement tools are part of the essential infrastructure needed for understanding and evaluating population health and advance the science of diet-related diseases. While myriad factors influence diet-related chronic disease risk, food consumed at home accounts for half of all food expenditures among US adults and represent the most proximal and modifiable factors that influence the foods and nutrients that people consume on a daily basis. However, few valid home food environment assessment tools exist and none have been validated with large, immigrant or low-literacy populations (i.e., limited understanding/use of the written form of one’s native language). In 2008, our team developed and validated a Home Food Inventory (HFI) to assess the healthfulness and obesity risk of home food environments using a checklist format. Our user-administered HFI instrument has been used extensively in the field for NIH-funded studies by our team and many others. Citation benchmarking statistics indicate our validation study article is in the top 2% globally compared to similar articles. Yet, the original HFI can only be used with English-speaking populations, is quite lengthy and paper-based. Our present objective is to further advance the science by developing an accessible home food environment assessment toolkit that includes valid and reliable paper and multi-media electronic tools targeting foods known to impact diet-related health that can be user-administered across literacy levels and in English and Spanish. Our specific aims are to: 1) Reduce the original Home Food Inventory (HFI) into a streamlined HFI-core instrument, maximizing utility and efficiency and minimizing participant burden while retaining foods most impactful on diet-related health; 2) Evaluate the HFI-core (English and Spanish paper versions) by assessing usability, acceptability, validity and reliability, and modify as needed; 3) Develop electronic HFI-core tools (eHFI) that present audio and visual representation of foods for English speakers and Spanish speakers in their native language to overcome language and literacy issues; 4) Evaluate both eHFI tools by assessing usability, acceptability, reliability and validity, and modify as needed; and 5) Facilitate broad use of the instruments through a permanent and easily-accessible storage platform and provide support and a technological assistance platform for future language adaptations and testing.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = $171,039 )
2026	2026	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	2221 UNIVERSITY AVE SE STE 100	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55414	HENNEPIN	USA	Cancer Cause and Prevention Research	000	6	12/11/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$171,039
														Subtotal = $171,039

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $642,170 )
2025	2025	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	2221 UNIVERSITY AVE SE STE 100	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55414	HENNEPIN	USA	Cancer Cause and Prevention Research	001	5	6/6/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$64,217
2025	2025	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Cancer Cause and Prevention Research	000	5	11/15/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$577,953
														Subtotal = $642,170

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $319,608 )
2024	2024	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Cancer Cause and Prevention Research	000	4	4/10/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$319,608
														Subtotal = $319,608

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $576,143 )
2023	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Cancer Cause and Prevention Research	001	3	3/22/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$47,032
2023	2023	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Cancer Cause and Prevention Research	000	3	12/7/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$529,111
														Subtotal = $576,143

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $594,647 )
2022	2022	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Cancer Cause and Prevention Research	001	2	6/8/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$48,544
2022	2022	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Cancer Cause and Prevention Research	000	2	1/12/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$546,103
														Subtotal = $594,647

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $601,565 )
2021	2021	REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	200 OAK ST SE # 224	MINNEAPOLIS	MN	55455	HENNEPIN	USA	Cancer Cause and Prevention Research	000	1	12/15/2020	NEW	$601,565
														Subtotal = $601,565

Grand Total All Awards = $2,905,172

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Innovation in Measurement for Diet-Related Disease Research: Optimizing Utility and Reach to Reduce Health Disparities

Award Number: R01CA248200

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 12/15/2020

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 11/30/2026

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