Mobile phone support for people with HIV, high blood pressure, and mental health needs in Uganda
An mHealth implementation strategy to address the syndemic of mental illness, hypertension, and HIV in Uganda
This project uses phone-based tools to help people living with HIV in Uganda manage anxiety, depression, alcohol use, and high blood pressure.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Yale University NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (New Haven, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11195267 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
You would receive mobile phone-based support that helps screen for and track depression, anxiety, alcohol use, and high blood pressure while connected to your HIV care. The tools are designed to reduce extra work for busy clinic staff by guiding consistent care steps and sending reminders or prompts. The team will roll out these mHealth tools in HIV clinics in Uganda and follow how well they help clinic teams find and treat these conditions. The approach looks at how social factors like stigma and poverty interact with these health problems to make care more practical in low-resource settings.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Adults living with HIV who receive care at participating clinics in Uganda and who have or are at risk for depression, anxiety, alcohol use disorder, or hypertension are ideal candidates.
Not a fit: People without regular access to a mobile phone or those not receiving care at participating Ugandan clinics are unlikely to benefit from this project.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could make it easier for people with HIV to get timely help for mental health, alcohol problems, and high blood pressure without overloading clinic staff.
How similar studies have performed: Mobile health has helped improve HIV care and some noncommunicable disease management in low-resource settings, but using an integrated, syndemic-focused mHealth approach for mental health, alcohol use, and hypertension together is relatively new.
Where this research is happening
New Haven, United States
- Yale University — New Haven, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Schwartz, Jeremy Ian — Yale University
- Study coordinator: Schwartz, Jeremy Ian
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.