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Improving Health and Wellness for People With Serious Mental Illness in Puerto Rico

NCT06859060 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2025-03-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study evaluates the effectiveness of a culturally tailored intervention, Bridges to Better Health and Wellness (BRIDGES), aimed at reducing chronic disease disparities among Puerto Ricans with serious mental illness (SMI). Participants receive monthly sessions with health care managers to address patient-provider stigma and care coordination.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

BRIDGES Healthcare Manager Intervention

A culturally adapted, multilevel intervention consisting of monthly 60-minute sessions over a 12-month period. Sessions will be conducted by graduate clinical psychology students acting as healthcare managers. The intervention focuses on care coordination, patient activation, and reducing provider stigma to improve access to preventive primary care services.

OTHER

Enhanced Treatment as Usual (ETAU)

Participants will continue to receive standard psychiatric care, including routine visits with their mental health providers at the designated clinical sites. They will also receive a booklet with information on how best to link with primary care providers. This ensures that participants are aware of available resources and basic health care recommendations, but does not include any active follow-up or intervention components.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • Ponce Medical School Foundation, Inc.

    lead INDUSTRY

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-08-31
Primary Completion
2029-02-28
Completion
2029-02-28

Countries

  • Puerto Rico

Study Locations

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Diseases

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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