Expanding Access to Better Child Health Care
Official title: Research Expanding Access to Child Health (REACH)
Funded at Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware · NIH-11404402 · Data updated 2026-11-12
A center to improve how pediatric health care is delivered so more children get high-quality care.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Wilmington, United States) |
| Project start | March 1, 2022 |
| Project end | February 28, 2027 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $2,125,561 |
| NIH project number | 5P20GM144270-05 |
| Project ID | NIH-11404402 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Children aged 0-11 years who receive pediatric care at the participating institutions and communities.
✕Less likely to help
Children without access barriers or who are outside the study sites may see limited direct benefit.
What this research studies
This grant funds the REACH Center at a children’s hospital in Delaware to study and improve how pediatric care is delivered in real-world settings. It will build a multidisciplinary, stakeholder-engaged research program and mentoring resources to create practical, technology-enabled interventions. The goal is to identify feasible and acceptable ways to expand access and improve health outcomes for children from birth through early childhood. The work connects biomedical research with health care practice to make pediatric care easier to access and better coordinated.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, families and providers could see faster access to high-quality pediatric care and better health outcomes for children.
How similar studies have gone: Prior pediatric delivery research has shown that stakeholder engagement and care-delivery innovations can improve access and outcomes, though this center aims to build a robust, system-wide implementation framework.
Where this research is happening
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Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware
Wilmington, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Kazak, Anne E — Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware
- Study coordinator: Kazak, Anne E
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.