Building Connections
Building Connections Between Practices, Patients, and Community Health
Massachusetts General Hospital
3,600 participants
Aug 7, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
Building Connections seeks to address health and healthcare inequities in socially vulnerable communities. The project will be conducted in collaboration with clinical practices across Massachusetts, serving a diverse population heavily represented in Community Clinics and Health Centers. The program will offer evidence-based interventions in obesity/weight management, cancer screening, and mental health.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria4
- Obesity: Patients with a body mass index of 30 kg/m2 or greater (i.e., obese category).
- Cancer screening: Average-risk patients without recommended colorectal or cervical cancer screenings for their age group and biological sex. Specifically:
- And/or
- Mental health: Patients with moderate to severe depression or anxiety symptoms.
Interventions
This is the comparison condition, in which participants will receive treatment as usual for their conditions at the clinic.
The combined Building Connections intervention incorporates three areas. Participants take part in those for which they are eligible. The obesity/weight management intervention offers coaching and support for education on evidence-based anti-obesity medications (AOM) and a lifestyle behavioral intervention offered by Community Health Workers focused on diet and physical activity. The cancer screening intervention focuses on developing workflows and systems to offer a CHW-delivered population-based intervention to improve colorectal and cervical cancer, focusing on newer screening modalities and monitoring adherence for individuals with a positive screening test result. The mental health intervention uses the evidence-based Strong Minds intervention, a 10-session psychoeducational program provided by trained community health workers with clinical supervision. The skills-based intervention uses an integrative approach aimed at improving depression, anxiety, and trauma-related symptoms.
Locations(1)
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NCT07091032