Community-driven innovations to reduce health disparities in primary care
Transforming Community Health with Disruptive Innovations
This project creates and tries community-led solutions to reduce unfair differences in diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes for people who get care in primary care clinics.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Florida State University NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Tallahassee, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11085089 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
You would see researchers working directly with patients, clinic staff, and local organizations to map the real-world factors that cause unequal care. The team uses community-engaged methods and systems science to find key points where small changes could have big effects. Together they co-design and pilot practical interventions in primary care and develop new tools to measure whether those changes reduce disparities. The approach combines several proven techniques in a new way and focuses on real clinic and community settings.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal participants are patients and caregivers who receive primary care in underserved or high-disparity communities and who are willing to work with clinics and community partners.
Not a fit: People who do not receive care in participating primary care clinics or whose conditions are unrelated to primary care-managed physical or mental health issues may not see direct benefit.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this work could lead to practical clinic and community programs that help people in underserved areas get better diagnosis and treatment for physical and mental health conditions.
How similar studies have performed: While community engagement and systems mapping have shown promise on their own, combining these methods to directly reduce primary care disparities is a novel approach with limited prior testing.
Where this research is happening
Tallahassee, United States
- Florida State University — Tallahassee, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Naar, Sylvie — Florida State University
- Study coordinator: Naar, Sylvie
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 below.