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Harlem Strong Mental Health Coalition
Harlem Strong Mental Health Coalition: A Multi-sector Community-Engaged Collaborative for System Transformation
Who can join
Ages 18 to 65 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Black and Latino adults between 18 and 65 years * Harlem residents from low-income housing developments or receiving primary care services in Harlem * PHQ-4 Total Score ≥3, moderate risk for depression Exclusion Criteria: * Those with risk for depression or anxiety who screen positive for severe mental illness (e.g., psychosis, mania, substance abuse, and high suicide risk) using screening items from the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview will be excluded from the study and referred to MH services at higher levels of care
About the study
Addressing health disparities, especially in the face of coronavirus pandemic, requires an integrated multi-sector equity-focused, community-based approach. This study will examine the impact of Harlem Strong Community Mental Health Collaborative, a community-wide multi-sectoral coalition in which a health insurer works with a network of community-based organizations, medical providers, and behavioral health providers to engage in a network-wide implementation planning process to: (1) problem-solve financing, access, and quality of care barriers, (2) support capacity building for mental health (MH) task-sharing for community health workers, (3) facilitate coordination and collaboration across MH/behavioral health, primary care, and a range of social services, including case management, housing supports, financial education, employment support, and other community resources to improve linkages to services, and (4) identify a set of common MH, social risk, and health metrics and strategies to integrate these metrics into data systems across the network for continuous quality improvement of the system. The long-term goal of our study is to develop sustainable model for task-sharing MH care that will be embedded in a coordinated comprehensive network of services, including primary care, behavioral/MH, social services, and other community resources.
What is being tested
- MH task-sharing training (behavioral)
- Supervision (behavioral)
- Learning Collaborative (behavioral)
- Technology Intervention (other)
Sponsor: City University of New York, School of Public Health · Participants: 700 · Started: Apr 5, 2023
Contact the study team
- Srividhya Sharma, PhD, MPH · Phone: 347-395-7943
- Deborah Levine, LCSW · Phone: 917-549-6155
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05833555
Locations in the U.S.
| New York | CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, New York Harlem Congregation for Community Improvement, New York |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.