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An mHealth Digital Dashboard for Quality Delivery of Evidence-based Interventions Promoting Family Mental Health and Functioning in Rwanda. A Hybrid Type III Study with Insights for the US

Award Number: R01MH136200
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 07/02/2024
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2029

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An mHealth Digital Dashboard for Quality Delivery of Evidence-based Interventions Promoting Family Mental Health and Functioning in Rwanda. A Hybrid Type III Study with Insights for the US - PROJECT SUMMARY Globally, mental disorders are the second largest contributor to the burden of disease in adults. Settings disrupted by war and violence can contribute to the significant unaddressed burden of mental disorders and family violence in adults with subsequent risks to children. In Rwanda the intergenerational mental health consequences of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi persist; recent studies found that 20% of the Rwandan population has one or more mental disorders with the highest rates observed in Genocide survivors. Sugira Muryango is an evidence-based, trauma-informed, family-based behavioral intervention to promote healthy family functioning, early childhood development and reduce family violence. In several trials, Sugira Muryango has led to improvements in parental mental health, child development outcomes, and family violence. To support scaling, the intervention partners developed a Digital Dashboard tool that: (a) streamlines collection of data on evidence-based intervention quality and reach; (b) improves visibility and searchability of implementation data by region; (c) facilitates caregiver mental health and social services referrals and follow up; and (d) serves as a training platform with resources to enhance interventionist fidelity and competence. The Hybrid Type 3 implementation-effectiveness study will collect outcomes measuring the program’s effectiveness, quality of program delivery, feasibility, and acceptability from program beneficiaries, interventionists, and supervisors. The study will compare the trajectories of fidelity, competence, and self-efficacy between dashboard-supported delivery and standard delivery. The study will also include social network analysis to understand how the characteristics of networks comprised of supervisors and interventionists affect trajectories over time. Lastly, the study will investigate the impact of dashboard-supported delivery by comparing the difference in child and caregiver mental health outcomes with standard delivery. These data will be used to analyze cost-effectiveness and return on investment of the intervention as delivered with and without the Dashboard. The results of the proposed research will identify scalable pathways to accelerate integration of technology and evidence-based mental health services into policy and practice for mental health promotion among diverse populations in poverty in the U.S. and globally. This research would be difficult and prohibitively expensive to conduct in the U.S. with families facing extreme poverty. Rwanda is particularly well positioned to host this study because of its robust policy initiatives focused on families in the graduation strategy who are being served by the social protection system. Such innovations from low resource settings globally could be used to address domestic health disparities in the U.S.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = $658,774 )
2026	2026	TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE	140 COMMONWEALTH AVE	CHESTNUT HILL	MA	02467	MIDDLESEX	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	002	3	8/25/2026	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$54,203
2026	2026	TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE	140 COMMONWEALTH AVE	CHESTNUT HILL	MA	02467	MIDDLESEX	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	3	8/14/2026	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$540,046
2026	2026	TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE	140 COMMONWEALTH AVE	CHESTNUT HILL	MA	02467	MIDDLESEX	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	001	3	8/25/2026	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$64,525
														Subtotal = $658,774

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $660,355 )
2025	2025	TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE	140 COMMONWEALTH AVE	CHESTNUT HILL	MA	02467	MIDDLESEX	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	2	8/5/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$449,433
2025	2025	TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE	140 COMMONWEALTH AVE	CHESTNUT HILL	MA	02467	MIDDLESEX	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	001	2	8/6/2025	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$140,492
2025	2025	TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE	140 COMMONWEALTH AVE	CHESTNUT HILL	MA	02467	MIDDLESEX	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	002	2	8/6/2025	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$70,430
														Subtotal = $660,355

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $689,363 )
2024	2024	TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE	140 COMMONWEALTH AVE	CHESTNUT HILL	MA	02467	MIDDLESEX	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	1	7/2/2024	NEW	$689,363
														Subtotal = $689,363

Grand Total All Awards = $2,008,492

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An mHealth Digital Dashboard for Quality Delivery of Evidence-based Interventions Promoting Family Mental Health and Functioning in Rwanda. A Hybrid Type III Study with Insights for the US

Award Number: R01MH136200

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 07/02/2024

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 05/31/2029

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