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Engaging Partners in Caring Communities (EPICC): Building capacity to implement health promotion programs in African American churches

Award Number: U01MD019397
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/23/2021
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2026

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Engaging Partners in Caring Communities (EPICC): Building capacity to implement health promotion programs in African American churches - EPICC PROJECT SUMMARY Engaging Partners in Caring Communities (EPICC) is designed to reduce health disparities associated with chronic health conditions such as obesity, hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer, by supporting delivery of evidence-based health promotion programs in churches serving African American communities. This academic-community partnership will support 30 churches in developing implementation teams of 4-5 members to participate in tis project. They will have access to the EPICC App and website will be designed with community input to guide implementation teams in selecting evidence-based programs (EBPs) approved by federal agencies. They will then complete the web-based EPICC Survey developed for this project to assess their organization’s capacity to implement the program they select. This will be used to identify facilitators and challenges they may face as they offer the EBP in their congregation. The research team will use a recently developed analytic tool to guide them in offering technical assistance based on the results of that survey. This mixed methods step-wedge cluster randomized trial will provide information about the approach to disseminating information about EBPs to faith-based communities, assessing strengths and challenges, and delivering technical assistance to build church capacity to promote health. It is also designed to bring implementation teams from participating churches together in a learning collaborative to identify and address social determinants of health that constitute additional impediments to health equity. will also bring implementation teams together to identify and address social determinants of health that are relevant to their shared goals. Successful completion of this project will potentially transform approaches to community engagement and empowerment to improve health equity. The Partners who will be engaged in this project include four academic faculty from two historically Black colleges/universities (HBCUs) who will offer graduate and undergraduate students opportunities to participate in community-engaged research, learn about implementation science, observe and reflect on development and deployment of several technological products designed with community input.


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: 2025 ( Subtotal = $605,619 )
2025	2025	TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY	3500 JOHN A MERRITT BLVD	NASHVILLE	TN	37209	DAVIDSON	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	4	4/21/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$605,619
														Subtotal = $605,619

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $1,402,524 )
2024	2024	TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY	3500 JOHN A MERRITT BLVD	NASHVILLE	TN	37209	DAVIDSON	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	002	3	5/6/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$830,580
2024	2023	TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY	3500 JOHN A MERRITT BLVD	NASHVILLE	TN	37209	DAVIDSON	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	2	2/13/2024	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$0
2024	2023	TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY	3500 JOHN A MERRITT BLVD	NASHVILLE	TN	37209	DAVIDSON	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	001	2	4/15/2024	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$571,944
														Subtotal = $1,402,524

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $745,909 )
2023	2023	TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY	3500 JOHN A MERRITT BLVD	NASHVILLE	TN	37209	DAVIDSON	USA	Trans-NIH Research Support	000	2	9/7/2023	CHANGE OF GRANTEE / TRAINING INSTITUTION / AWARDING INSTITUTION	$745,909
														Subtotal = $745,909

Grand Total All Awards = $2,754,052

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Engaging Partners in Caring Communities (EPICC): Building capacity to implement health promotion programs in African American churches

Award Number: U01MD019397

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

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

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 09/23/2021

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 04/30/2026

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