PRESOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Violence Prevention Among High-Risk Early-Adolescent Youth
- Notice Date
- 12/12/2001
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Contracts Management Branch 6100 Executive Blvd., Suite 7A07, MSC7510, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7510
- ZIP Code
- 20892-7510
- Solicitation Number
- RFP-NICHD-2002-03
- Response Due
- 2/27/2002
- Archive Date
- 3/14/2002
- Point of Contact
- Charles Newman, Contracting Officer, Phone 301-435-6960, Fax 301-402-3676, - Charles Grewe, Lead Contract Specialist, Phone 301-435-6957, Fax 301-402-3676,
- E-Mail Address
-
cn43m@nih.gov, cg59b@nih.gov
- Description
- The NICHD is planning to award a contract for a study on aggressive and risk taking behavior among high-risk early-adolescent youth. Preventing the prevalence and rapid increase in aggressive and violent behavior during adolescence is a national priority. Aggression and violence are the result of a combination of personal attributions and social influences. Risk and protective factors for aggression and violence include personal, family, and school factors. The goal of this study is develop and test an innovative program of interventions designed to prevent aggression and other problem behavior among a high-risk population of early adolescent youth. The primary objective of the research is to determine the extent to which exposure to intervention improves children's social skills and academic motivation, increases affiliation with pro-social individuals and institutions, and moderates aggression, violence, and other problem behavior. Secondary objectives are to increase parental monitoring and involvement in children's daily activities and to increase parental knowledge and usage of school and community resources. Youth violence has profound detrimental emotional, physical, and economic effects on the victims, perpetrators, and community (Gottfredson & Hirschi, 1994), and takes up substantial social resources (Melton & Hargrove, in press; Melton & Spaulding, 1998). Preventing the onset and reducing the amount of youth violence is a national priority (USDHHS, 1990). Aggression and violence are thought to have roots in childhood and progress with age, the result of a combination of personal attributions and reinforcing social environments (Fraser, 1996). Risk and protective factors for aggression and violence are diverse, including personal, family, and school factors (Gottfredson & Hirschi, 1994; Hawkins & Weis, 1985; Wilson & Howell, 1995). Variables such as academic, peer, and behavior problems put children at-risk for future antisocial behavior in adolescence (Ellickson & McGuigan, 2000; Lewin, Davis, & Hops, 1999). Interventions with high-risk youth could alter their trajectories of achievement, aggression, and violence. A sample of high-risk early-adolescent youth from one or multiple schools and a parent would be recruited to participate in the study. Participants would be randomly assigned to the comparison or special intervention group, involving participation in a violence-prevention after-school program and followed for a period of two years. Outcomes include parental involvement and child involvement in prosocial-activity and people; problem solving, self-control, and study skills and motivation; attitudes and perceptions about violence; and achievement, aggression, and violence. Organizations that believe they have the capabilities and recruitment ability necessary to participate this research study, may access the Request for Proposal(s), RFP-NICHD-2002-03, electronically on the FedBizOpps website at http://www.eps.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/NICHD/postdate_1.html on or about December 27, 2001. The NICHD does not intend to release hard copies of the RFP. The Government reserves the right to cancel the requirement at any time prior to contract award.
- Record
- SN20011214/00008029-011219123008 (fbodaily.com)
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