# Prism Capacity Building Component

> **NIH NIH U19** · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · 2021 · $124,057

## Abstract

Research Plan: Capacity Building Component
Abstract
The Capacity Building Core, as a key part of the Partnership in Implementation Science for Geriatric Mental
Health (PRISM) project, seeks to achieve the larger and long-term goal of closing the mental health treatment
gap first within the participating countries, Thailand and China, and also in other LMICs through other NIMH-
funded scale-up hubs in the South-East Asia region. Through development of regional capacity both to conduct
mental health implementation research and to use science-based procedures and information in developing
mental health programs and policies, PRISM will prepare the regional health care system for transformative
changes that will expedite the scale-up of evidence-based mental health services for older adults and other
service-users. The specific capacity development aims of PRISM include: 1) Establishing networks and
Communities of Learning for sharing and dissemination of learning products, first within Thailand and China,
and second, within countries targeted by other NIMH-funded scale-up hubs; 2) Providing a comprehensive
research training program to enhance the skills of health services researchers to conduct evidence-based
mental health scale-up implementation research; 3) Conducting a series of workshops to enhance the skills of
health care leaders and policy makers in using evidence informed decision making (EIDM) for policy
development and program planning; and 4) Compiling training materials, tools, and other project resources for
broader national and regional dissemination. Strategies will include a focus on improving capacities to
generate, communicate, and utilize mental health implementation research; developing infrastructure to
support a critical mass of trained researchers and policy makers and health care leaders, as well as a network
of collaborating institutions; and providing resources in the form of structured curricula for organizing the
learning experiences that are necessary for the improvement in skills to enable sustainable scale-up efforts.
The PRISM project is built upon partnerships among investigators who have collaborated over the past two
decades. Most relevant to the success of capacity building efforts are the partnerships that have been
established between the project lead investigators and key stakeholders in each of the two participating
countries. Long-term research collaborations among project investigators and committed partnerships with key
stakeholders will greatly facilitate the successful accomplishment of PRISM capacity building core aims.
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## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10198667
- **Project number:** 5U19MH113201-05
- **Recipient organization:** BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL
- **Principal Investigator:** Hongtu Chen
- **Activity code:** U19 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $124,057
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2017-08-10 → 2023-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10198667

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10198667, Prism Capacity Building Component (5U19MH113201-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10198667. Licensed CC0.

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