Reducing health harms from policing in North Texas
Official title: Improving Officer and Civilian Health through Macro-level Changes in North Texas
Funded at Healthy Tarrant County Collaboration · NIH-11491318 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This project will try community and police-level changes to help police officers and local residents in North Texas have better health and less stress.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Healthy Tarrant County Collaboration NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Fort Worth, United States) |
| Project start | September 20, 2023 |
| Project end | September 19, 2028 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $1,396,691 |
| NIH project number | 3OT2OD035659-01S3 |
| Project ID | NIH-11491318 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Ideal participants are North Texas law enforcement officers and civilians who interact with or are affected by local policing and who are connected to participating agencies or communities.
✕Less likely to help
People outside North Texas or not connected to the collaborating law enforcement agencies are unlikely to see direct benefits from this project.
What this research studies
If you are a police officer or community member, this project asks people like you to help identify big-picture policies and workplace conditions that affect health. Using the PRECEDE-PROCEED framework, researchers and partners will design changes at the agency and community level to reduce stress, injury, and other occupational harms. You may be invited to take surveys, do interviews, or allow use of agency records so the team can compare health and safety measures before and after the changes. The study blends community input, policy work, and mixed-methods measurement across participating North Texas agencies.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the effort could reduce stress and injuries and improve mental and physical health for officers and civilians through safer policies and workplace practices.
How similar studies have gone: Most prior work has focused on individual-level interventions; macro-level policy and agency-wide approaches like this are less tested and represent a newer direction.
Where this research is happening
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Healthy Tarrant County Collaboration
Fort Worth, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Fulmer, Linda — Healthy Tarrant County Collaboration
- Study coordinator: Fulmer, Linda
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.