ENRICH: Coordinating program to improve heart health for mothers and young children
Official title: Early Intervention to Promote Cardiovascular Health of Mothers and Children (ENRICH) Multisite Resource and Coordinating Center
Funded at Johns Hopkins University · NIH-11388470 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This program will support home visits plus mobile and telehealth tools to help mothers and children build heart-healthy habits and stay connected to care.
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 start | May 5, 2022 |
| Project end | June 30, 2029 |
| Funding year | 2025 |
| Award (this year) | $192,216 |
| NIH project number | 3U24HL163114-04S1 |
| Project ID | NIH-11388470 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Ideal participants are pregnant people, new mothers, and families with children up to about 11 years old who are enrolled in participating evidence-based home-visiting programs and at elevated risk for poor cardiovascular health.
✕Less likely to help
Families who are not enrolled in a participating home-visiting program or who cannot access the program's in-person or digital services may not directly benefit from this project.
What this research studies
You and your child would get support through trained home visitors who work with families where they already receive care, using mobile apps and telehealth when helpful. The coordinating center at Johns Hopkins will create a common program that can be used across different home‑visiting models, train staff, and guide how the work is delivered. The project will collect simple heart-health measurements for mothers and children and follow them over time to see which approaches help most. The team will also look at social and access factors that make it easier or harder for families to benefit.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the program could help lower future heart disease risk for mothers and children and reduce health disparities by making prevention support easier to access early in life.
How similar studies have gone: Past home-visiting programs have improved some maternal and child health outcomes, but using a common cardiovascular-focused program across multiple home-visiting models with added mHealth and telehealth elements is relatively new.
Where this research is happening
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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Minkovitz, Cynthia S — Johns Hopkins University
- Study coordinator: Minkovitz, Cynthia S
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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.