# Train and EMPOWER A Community Health workforce to achieve equity and reduce disparities in mental health (TEACH)

> **NIH NIH U01** · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ARLINGTON · 2024 · $141,006

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY
Lack of diversity among the workforce is a significant contributor to disparities in quality of care for racial and
ethnic minority populations and represents a major obstacle to meaningfully addressing the social
determinants of poor mental health in these population groups. Several key barriers to ensuring a
representative mental health workforce and improving access to quality care include: the massive shortage
and inequitable distribution of skilled providers; the high cost and lack of scalability of training and supervision;
the lack of delivery channels acceptable to recipients; and the lack of attention to social determinants. To
address this, the TEACH study will implement a scalable task-sharing model aimed at building capacity and
supporting a racially diverse workforce of non-specialist providers to deliver brief interventions for the indicated
prevention and early intervention for depression and anxiety, combined with new content tailored to the local
context in low resource, racial and ethnically diverse settings with emphasis on assessing and addressing the
social determinants of mental health in these communities, ultimately contributing to the reduction of disparities
in their communities. The proposed diversity supplement will complement the larger project and will train an
early career researcher in implementation science methodology, training and intervention development, and
grantsmanship in order for her to gain research independence.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 11102627
- **Project number:** 3U01MD019540-02S1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ARLINGTON
- **Principal Investigator:** Katherine Sanchez
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $141,006
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2023-09-24 → 2025-03-29

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/11102627

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 11102627, Train and EMPOWER A Community Health workforce to achieve equity and reduce disparities in mental health (TEACH) (3U01MD019540-02S1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-02 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/11102627. Licensed CC0.

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