Team-based care to improve blood pressure control in Colombia and Jamaica
Official title: Implementing and Scaling Up a Team-based Care Strategy for Hypertension Control in Colombia and Jamaica
Funded at University of the West Indies · NIH-11397664 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This project uses teams of doctors, nurses or pharmacists, and community health workers to help adults with high blood pressure in Colombia and Jamaica get their blood pressure under control.
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 start | September 15, 2020 |
| Project end | August 31, 2026 |
| Funding year | 2025 |
| Award (this year) | $157,724 |
| NIH project number | 3UH3HL152373-06S1 |
| Project ID | NIH-11397664 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Adults with diagnosed high blood pressure in Colombia or Jamaica who can attend local clinics and are willing to work with a care team and do home blood pressure monitoring are the best candidates.
✕Less likely to help
People without hypertension, those who cannot access participating clinics in Colombia or Jamaica, or patients needing highly specialized cardiovascular care may not benefit from this program.
What this research studies
You would work with a local care team made up of a physician plus a nurse or pharmacist and a community health worker who coach you, help with medicines, and support home blood pressure monitoring. Nurses or pharmacists follow a simple medication protocol to adjust blood pressure medicines under doctor supervision, while community health workers focus on lifestyle coaching and medication adherence. The project partners with local health systems and governments to put this team approach into routine care and measure how well it reaches people, works, is adopted, implemented, and sustained using the RE-AIM framework. The goal is to scale the approach across clinics in Colombia and Jamaica so more patients can benefit.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, more patients could achieve and maintain healthy blood pressure, lowering their risk of heart attack, stroke, and other complications.
How similar studies have gone: Similar team-based and task-shifting approaches have improved blood pressure control in other countries, though broad scaling in Latin America and the Caribbean has been less widely tested.
Where this research is happening
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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
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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.