The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Office of Population Affairs, has announced more than $6 million for Title X Family Planning Research grants, Research-to-Practice Center grants and Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Evaluation and Research grants, as part of its work to protect and expand access to reproductive healthcare.
The funding is intended to improve service delivery, promote the adoption of healthy behaviors and reduce existing health disparities, Healthcare Finance reports.
It is among many actions taken by HHS to ensure reproductive health services following the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
Title X Family Planning Research grants aim to conduct research or analyses to generate information that will improve the delivery of family planning services and expand equitable access to quality sexual and reproductive health services offered under Title X of the Public Health Service Act. Read more.
