Improving heart health for people with serious mental illness in community mental health clinics
Reducing disparities in cardiovascular health in community mental health settings: optimizing implementation strategies
This project will bring proven heart‑health programs into mental health clinics to help people with serious mental illness manage blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, and smoking.
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-11187063 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
This project works with community mental health clinics (behavioral health homes) to bring proven heart‑health programs into regular care and tailor them for people with serious mental illness and cognitive challenges. Researchers will work with clinics to try different ways to help providers adopt two programs called IDEAL and Life Goals so patients can get blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, and smoking support where they already receive mental health care. An early phase will refine the best approaches and a later phase will expand them across multiple clinics to reach more people.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Adults with serious mental illness who receive care at community behavioral health clinics and have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, or who smoke are the ideal candidates.
Not a fit: People without serious mental illness or those not connected to participating mental health clinics are unlikely to be included or benefit directly from this project.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could help people with serious mental illness get effective heart‑risk care in their mental health clinics and reduce heart disease and premature death.
How similar studies have performed: Some prior programs (IDEAL and Life Goals) have reduced cardiovascular risk in people with serious mental illness, though behavioral health homes have improved access without consistently improving risk factors until now.
Where this research is happening
Baltimore, United States
- Johns Hopkins University — Baltimore, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Daumit, Gail L. — Johns Hopkins University
- Study coordinator: Daumit, Gail L.
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.