KDH Research & Communication

What KDH Research & Communication does

KDH Research & Communication (KDHRC) is a privately held, certified woman-owned small business founded in 2006 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm translates scientific research into evidence-based public health programs, campaigns, and digital health interventions, serving federal health agencies (FDA, NIH, CDC), state and local health departments, healthcare providers, and community health workers (promotores de salud). Core service lines include formative and summative program evaluation, research translation, public health campaign development, and commercial Institutional Review Board (IRB) services operated continuously since 2007. Notable federal campaign work includes subcontracting scientific research and message testing for FDA's award-winning youth tobacco prevention campaign "The Real Cost."

The company's product portfolio spans more than 20 active programs across oral health (GRIN, Dientes Fuertes), maternal health (MOMS Postpartum), caregiver support (IN-HOME), teen sleep (PATH-S), clinical trial equity (MIMICT, LuCTT, OHRCT Clearinghouse), substance abuse prevention (AVOID vaping, POP-D prescription drugs, SecuRx, Above the Influence), lupus outreach (Latinas con Lupus), rare cardiac disease (CARDIAC), and menopause (SUPPORT). Programs are delivered through the CHW Virtual Academy online learning platform, Amazon marketplace, YouTube, and direct institutional licensing, with multimodal formats combining narrative video, text, quizzes, and in selected programs conversational AI avatars built with partner Alelo. AI enhancements appear in the MOMS Postpartum and SUPPORT courses, and PATH-S uses a recommendation-style engine with intermittent reinforcement.

KDHRC's revenue derives primarily from federal contracts and NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I and Phase II grants, supplemented by private foundation funding from organizations such as Pfizer's Global Medical Grants program and the American College of Rheumatology. The firm holds a GSA Schedule covering advertising, public relations, and marketing research services (SIN 541810, 541820, 541910). Operating as a fully remote organization of 11-50 employees, KDHRC was recognized as one of the top NIH-funded institutions in the state of Georgia in 2026.

Name

KDH Research & Communication

Legal name

KDH Research & Communication Inc.

Website

https://kdhrc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

KDH Research & Communication is a woman-owned, Atlanta-based research firm that translates public health science into evidence-based programs, digital health apps, and federal campaigns for agencies such as NIH, FDA, and CDC, plus community health workers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health Research and Program Development Services

NAICS

Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172), Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling (54191)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Health Promotion, Prevention & Community Health Programs (BPAIAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Behavioral Health & Substance Use Public Health Programs (BPAIAJAK), Health Equity, Access & Social Determinants Programs (BPAIAJAO), Health Research Funding Agencies (Public/Quasi-Public) (HLAJALAB), Community Health, Health Promotion & Behavior Change (SBCC) (BPADAIAL)

Keywords

• Public health research
• Behavior change programs
• Community health worker training
• IRB review services
• Federal health campaigns

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Federal Government Contracts: Primary revenue through federal contracts with agencies including FDA, NIH, CDC. GSA Schedule holder providing advertising services (SIN 541810), public relations services (SIN 541820), and marketing research and analysis (SIN 541910).
2. NIH SBIR Grants: Small Business Innovation Research funding from National Institutes of Health for program development including PATH-S, GRIN, IN-HOME, and OHRCT Clearinghouse
3. Private Foundation Grants: Funding from private pharmaceutical companies (Pfizer) and foundations for specific programs like CARDIAC
4. Program Licensing and Sales: Sale of professional development programs through Amazon marketplace and CHW Virtual Academy platform

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

KDH Research & Communication translates scientific research into evidence-based public health programs, behavior change interventions, and federal health campaigns. Core offerings include NIH SBIR-funded digital health programs (PATH-S app, MOMS Postpartum, IN-HOME, GRIN, OHRCT Clearinghouse), professional development courses for community health workers delivered via the CHW Virtual Academy, commercial Institutional Review Board (IRB) services, and scientific subcontracting for federal campaigns such as FDA's The Real Cost youth tobacco prevention effort.

Product overview

KDH Research & Communication is a certified woman-owned small business that translates scientific research into public health programs and campaigns. The company operates a portfolio of evidence-based digital health programs, professional development courses for community health workers, and federal/subcontractor public health campaigns. Core offerings include NIH-funded digital health interventions (PATH-S app for teen sleep, MOMS Postpartum for maternal health, IN-HOME for male caregivers), online professional development courses for promotores de salud covering oral health, lupus, menopause, and other health topics, prevention toolkits for substance abuse (AVOID for vaping, POP-D for prescription drugs), interactive web-based resources (Cochlear Implant Support Center), and federal campaign work including FDA's The Real Cost tobacco prevention campaign. Programs are delivered through the CHW Virtual Academy online platform, Amazon distribution, YouTube, and direct access. The company also provides commercial IRB services and research/evaluation consulting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CHW Virtual Academy: An online learning platform offering professional development courses for community health workers (CHWs), including programs like Puentes, Latinas con Lupus, and Dientes Fuertes.
• Informing Public Health

Products and services

• PATH-S (Personalized Approach to Habits-Sleep) A gamified phone app funded by NIH to encourage teens, particularly those with asthma, to improve their sleep through consistent microhabits using casual gaming and intermittent reinforcement techniques.
• MOMS Postpartum (Monitoring and Outreach for Maternal Safety) An NIH-funded professional development course that prepares community health workers to support postpartum women in disproportionately impacted communities with their physical, mental, and emotional health. Includes AI avatar simulations.
• IN-HOME (Intervention to Help Orient Men to Excel) An NIH-funded program with two components: a professional development course preparing CHWs to support male informal caregivers of older adults, and an app for near-instant private communication between caregivers and CHWs.
• GRIN (Guardians Receiving Information through Navigators) A health-equity oral health education program for promotores de salud to provide oral health outreach to low-income Black parents and guardians. Received Phase II SBIR funding.
• OHRCT Clearinghouse (Oral Health Research and Clinical Trials) An NIH-funded web-based clearinghouse for researchers and providers to reduce barriers to collaboration during clinical trials and increase knowledge around meaningful and inclusive recruitment approaches.
• SUPPORT Program (Supplying Useful Perimenopause through Post-menopause Online Resources and Tools) An NIH-funded evidence-based online professional development course designed to prepare CHWs to conduct health outreach to African American women and Latinas experiencing menopause. Includes AI enhancements.
• The Real Cost FDA's award-winning youth tobacco prevention campaign. KDHRC serves as scientific subcontractor to FCB, handling content development, formative research, and youth participant enrollment.
• AVOID (Anti-Vaping Online Information Dissemination) The first discussion- and media-based vape prevention program anchored by videos designed to educate youth ages 12-16 about the potential risks and consequences of vaping.
• Cochlear Implant Support Center An interactive web-based resource to support older adults using cochlear implants, building knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, and social skills to realize optimum benefits from their devices.
• CARDIAC (Cardiac Rare Disease and Conditions) A Pfizer-funded video-based training to increase providers' knowledge and awareness about ATTR-CM (Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy), a cardiac condition more common among African Americans.
• Dientes Fuertes, Vida Sana A culturally competent training program for promotores to build Latino caregivers' oral health literacy and health care navigation skills to protect children's dental health.
• Puentes (Bridges) An online professional development course for promotores to empower Latino parents of children with special health care needs to navigate the health care and school systems.
• Latinas con Lupus (LLPI) A culturally tailored online professional development course for promotores to conduct outreach to Latinas with diagnosed or suspected lupus.
• En Familia: Families Resources to help community-based organizations implement trainings to improve Latino families' abilities to navigate the health care system and become skilled managers of their health.
• Todo Promotores Clearinghouse (TPC) A clearinghouse program including resources to support nonprofit organizations' formulation, implementation, and evaluation of promotores programs and increase health delivery capacity.
• Familias Fuertes A promotores training guide for community-based organizations serving Latino families with a child coping with cancer.
• LuCTT (Community Health Worker Lupus Clinical Trials Training) Evidence-based regional training summits on lupus clinical trial recruitment support for community health workers, developed with the American College of Rheumatology.
• MIMICT (Materials to Increase Minority Involvement in Clinical Trials) A lupus educational course and materials for health care providers to increase minority participation in lupus clinical trials, developed with the American College of Rheumatology.
• Arthritis Toolkit A toolkit for state health departments created by the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors to increase health care providers' physical activity counseling with arthritis patients.
• Medical Dental Integration A collaborative framework developed with the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors to build medical-dental integration strategies using research and expert input.
• SecuRx A professional development course to train school administrators on creating policies and procedures specific to prescription drug diversion and abuse in schools.
• POP-D (Proper Use of Prescription Drugs) A school-based prescription drug abuse prevention curriculum using science education focused on brain functioning and neurotransmission for seventh and eighth graders.
• CHW Virtual Academy An online professional development platform hosting multiple community health worker training programs including Puentes and Latinas con Lupus.
• IRB Services Commercial Institutional Review Board services to social-behavioral researchers and institutions, organizations, and companies ready to launch research studies.
• Above the Influence A national social marketing campaign sponsored by the Office of National Drug Control Policy to reduce and prevent teen drug use (primarily alcohol and marijuana).

Quantifiable outcome

• 30% decrease in smoking initiation risk from The Real Cost campaign exposure (2014-2016), preventing ~350,000 U.S. youth from starting smoking
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered strategic, major and core.

• AlelostrategicTechnology or Integration · 10 January 2025Partnership to create AI avatar for MOMS Postpartum course to train community health workers on maternal health outreach using conversational AI technology.
• National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 May 2023Co-hosted National Action Framework for Medical-Dental Integration partner engagement meeting in Atlanta. Collaboration on systematic literature review and framework for oral medical care coordination.
• CDC Division of Oral HealthmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 May 2023Co-hosted National Action Framework for Medical-Dental Integration partner engagement meeting. Collaboration on medical-dental integration framework for whole-person care.
• FDA (Food and Drug Administration)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKDHRC serves as scientific subcontractor to FCB for FDA's award-winning The Real Cost youth tobacco prevention campaign. Responsible for vetting advertising language, coordinating formative research, and enrolling youth participants to test campaign messages.
• American College of RheumatologycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on lupus clinical trial training programs including MIMICT (provider education), LuCTT (community health worker training), and PALS 2.0 (peer-to-peer program) to increase minority participation in lupus clinical trials.
• Area Health Education Centers (AHECs)majorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership with AHECs to promote CARDIAC training to providers in southern states. Reached providers in 72 counties/parishes in Georgia and Louisiana through Blue Ridge AHEC, Magnolia Coastlands AHEC, and Southeast Louisiana AHEC.
• Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for Above the Influence national campaign. KDHRC coordinated expert input, managed research projects, and infused prevention best practices for youth drug prevention messaging.
• University of North Carolina-Chapel HillmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration with UNC-Chapel Hill on publication regarding minority enrollment in lupus clinical trials.
• University of Rochester Medical CentermajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration on lupus clinical trials publication focusing on minority enrollment and engagement.
• FCB (advertising agency)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrimary contractor for FDA's The Real Cost campaign; KDHRC serves as scientific subcontractor handling research and message testing.
• ProVention Health FoundationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on HALT (Health and Lifestyle Training) program research brief for prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes prevention using fully remote, asynchronous approach.
• Lupus Therapeutics / Lupus Research AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParticipation in LuCIN (Lupus Clinical Investigators Network) Community Meetings. Collaboration on lupus clinical trial recruitment and minority engagement programs.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Emerging players

• Kognito: A health-focused simulation and AI avatar company that trains health professionals and community members in conversations around behavior change — directly comparable to KDHRC's Alelo AI-avatar partnership for CHW training.

Direct peers

• GMMB: A media and communications agency focused on public health and social issues, working with federal agencies and major health nonprofits on campaigns and behavior change — similar buyer base and product mix to KDHRC.
• Fors Marsh Group: A research and consulting firm that supports federal health agencies with behavior-change campaigns, evaluation, and digital tools, with significant overlap with KDHRC's research-translation and federal-contracting business.
• Hager Sharp: A public-health and social-impact communications firm that develops campaigns and programs for federal agencies and nonprofits, directly comparable to KDHRC's federal contract and community health worker training work.
• CommunicateHealth: A health-literacy and public-health communication firm that designs evidence-based behavior-change programs, campaigns, and digital tools for federal agencies — closely aligned with KDHRC's research-to-campaign translation model.
• Rescue Agency: A behavior-change marketing agency that builds youth-prevention and public-health campaigns for federal and state clients (including tobacco and substance use), mirroring KDHRC's role on FDA's The Real Cost campaign.

Broad incumbents

• RTI International: A major nonprofit research institute conducting public health, behavioral, and clinical research for federal clients; competes with KDHRC for NIH and federal health evaluation work at significantly greater scale.
• Westat: A large employee-owned research firm with deep federal health-agency contracts in evaluation, surveys, and program assessment; overlaps with KDHRC's research and evaluation services at greater scale.
• ICF International: A global consulting and digital services firm with a large federal health practice spanning research, program evaluation, and behavior-change communications, comparable in mission if not in scale.

Others

• ProVention Health Foundation: A nonprofit focused on chronic-disease prevention that partnered with KDHRC on the HALT program; an ecosystem partner (not competitor) in the public-health research and CHW training space.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/KDHResearch
• Facebookfacebook.com/kdhresearch
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kdh-research-&-communication-inc-
• Instagraminstagram.com/kdhrc
• Xx.com/kdhresearch

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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