Team-based care to improve blood pressure control in Colombia and Jamaica
Implementing and Scaling Up a Team-based Care Strategy for Hypertension Control in Colombia and Jamaica
This project brings together doctors, nurses or pharmacists, and community health workers to help adults with high blood pressure in Colombia and Jamaica manage their blood pressure.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of the West Indies NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Saint Augustine, Trinidad/toba) |
| Project ID | NIH-11190835 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
If you join, you would work with a team made up of a physician, a nurse or pharmacist, and a community health worker to set treatment goals and support self-care. Nurses or pharmacists will use a simple medication protocol under doctor oversight to adjust blood pressure medicines, while community health workers provide coaching on lifestyle and taking medicines, and you will be encouraged to do home blood pressure monitoring. The project uses the RE-AIM framework to track how many people are reached, how well blood pressure control improves, whether clinics adopt the approach, how faithfully it is delivered, and whether the results last over time. The team works with health systems and governments in Colombia and Jamaica to expand the approach to more clinics.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Adults with diagnosed hypertension who receive care at participating clinics in Colombia or Jamaica and are willing to engage with a care team and home blood pressure monitoring are ideal candidates.
Not a fit: People without high blood pressure, those living outside participating regions, or patients who cannot attend participating clinics or engage with team-based care may not receive benefit.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could help many more people in Colombia and Jamaica get their blood pressure under control and lower their risk of heart attacks and strokes.
How similar studies have performed: Team-based care and task-sharing have improved blood pressure control in other settings, but this project focuses on implementing and scaling that approach in Colombia and Jamaica.
Where this research is happening
Saint Augustine, Trinidad/toba
- University of the West Indies — Saint Augustine, Trinidad/toba (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Tulloch-Reid, Marshall Kerr — University of the West Indies
- Study coordinator: Tulloch-Reid, Marshall Kerr
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.