Telehealth coaching and navigation by community health workers for high blood pressure
Coaching and Navigation by CHWs through Telehealth for High-risk Hypertension
This project offers telehealth coaching and navigation from community health workers to adults with severe or uncontrolled high blood pressure to help them connect with care and manage their blood pressure.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (New York, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11417364 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
You would speak with a trained community health worker by phone or video who helps you connect to primary care, find medications, and use practical lifestyle strategies tailored to city living. The team will refine the program with local community input to make sure it fits the needs and resources of nearby neighborhoods. Participants' blood pressure, linkages to care, and serious outcomes like hospital visits or death will be tracked to see whether the approach helps. The program focuses on urban communities in South Asia where many adults have uncontrolled hypertension and limited access to continuous care.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Adults with severe or uncontrolled hypertension living in the urban communities where the program is offered, who can use phone or video visits and are willing to work with a community health worker, are ideal candidates.
Not a fit: People with already well-controlled blood pressure, those under 21, those in immediate hypertensive emergency care, or individuals without reliable phone/internet access may not benefit from this program.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this approach could help more people get regular care, improve blood pressure control, and reduce hospital visits and deaths from high blood pressure.
How similar studies have performed: Previous programs using community health workers or telehealth have shown improvements in blood pressure control, but combining telehealth coaching and navigation for high-risk urban populations in South Asia is less commonly tested.
Where this research is happening
New York, United States
- Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ — New York, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Razzak, Junaid Abdul — Weill Medical Coll of Cornell Univ
- Study coordinator: Razzak, Junaid Abdul
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.