School-based preventive health services to improve kids' health and school success in Colorado
Official title: Provision of School-Based Preventive Health Services to Improve Health and Education Outcomes Among School-age Children and Adolescents in Colorado
Funded at Rand Corporation · NIH-11392229 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This project will expand and compare school health services to see how they change health and school outcomes for children and teens in Colorado.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Rand Corporation NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Santa Monica, United States) |
| Project start | August 12, 2024 |
| Project end | February 28, 2027 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $594,604 |
| NIH project number | 5R01MD019798-03 |
| Project ID | NIH-11392229 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Ideal participants are school-aged children and adolescents in Colorado, particularly those in rural or low-income communities and their schools.
✕Less likely to help
Adults, children outside Colorado, and students who already have comprehensive primary care outside school are unlikely to benefit directly from participation.
What this research studies
If your child goes to school in Colorado, researchers will compare schools that have on-site health centers with those that do not to learn how offering preventive care at school affects kids. They'll use real-world data and quasi-experimental methods to estimate what changes in health and attendance are likely caused by school-based services. Computer simulation models will project longer-term effects and costs, and a positive deviance approach will identify practical practices from high-performing centers to guide implementation. The focus is on reaching children in rural and low-income communities who face barriers to traditional clinic care.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this work could increase access to preventive care at school, reduce missed school days, and improve management of chronic conditions for children and adolescents.
How similar studies have gone: Previous school-based health center programs have improved access to care and shown promising health results, but rigorous causal evidence on wide health and education impacts is limited.
Where this research is happening
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Rand Corporation
Santa Monica, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Gromis, Ashley — Rand Corporation
- Study coordinator: Gromis, Ashley
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.