ENRICH: Coordinating center to improve heart health for mothers and young children
Early Intervention to Promote Cardiovascular Health of Mothers and Children (ENRICH) Multisite Resource and Coordinating Center
This program brings coordinated home-visiting support, phone apps, and telehealth to help mothers and their young children build healthier hearts.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Johns Hopkins University NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Baltimore, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11130940 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
As a parent, this program would connect you with evidence-based home visitors who work with you where you already get care. The coordinating center makes sure the same heart-health approach is delivered across different home-visiting programs and sites. You may be offered digital tools like mobile health apps and telehealth visits alongside in-home support to track and improve diet, activity, and blood-pressure-related behaviors. The study will use simple heart-health measures for both mothers and children to see how the approach works across communities and address differences by race, income, and location.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal candidates are pregnant people or mothers with infants and young children who are enrolled in or eligible for evidence-based home-visiting programs.
Not a fit: People who are not enrolled in home-visiting programs, older children beyond the targeted early years, or those needing specialist cardiovascular care may not see direct benefit from this program.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the program could help lower long-term heart disease risk and reduce health disparities for mothers and their children by improving early-life health habits and care.
How similar studies have performed: Home visiting and mobile health approaches have improved some maternal and child health outcomes before, but using a common cardiovascular-focused intervention across multiple home-visiting models is relatively new.
Where this research is happening
Baltimore, United States
- Johns Hopkins University — Baltimore, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Minkovitz, Cynthia S — Johns Hopkins University
- Study coordinator: Minkovitz, Cynthia S
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.