Obesity Treatment Options Set in Primary Care for Underserved Populations

Additional Information:
http://www.pcori.org/funding-opportunities/funding-announcements/obesity-treatment-options-set-in-primary-care-for-underserved-populations/

Description:
In this PFA, we seek to determine the real-world comparative effectiveness of obesity treatment options set in primary care, in adults for racial/ethnic minorities, low socio-economic status populations, and/or rural populations. We aim to fund up to two pragmatic, randomized, multi-site clinical trials that focus on improving obesity treatment outcomes in these populations. We seek proposals where the interventions are set within primary care practices and where the comparator arm of the trial is the primary care obesity treatment that is currently reimbursed through Medicare. We encourage applicants to this PFA to leverage available staff, facilities, and community resources that are representative of real world (present and potential) linkages to primary care practices to increase the potential of adoption and uptake of the findings by other health care providers/systems. Areas of research focus should be generalizable to other settings and clinical practice sites.