Clinical trials: Community Health Workers
Child Developmental Delay, Child Development
CASITA Intervention for Children at Risk of Delay in Carabayllo, Peru
Building on an intervention for early child development from the SPARK Center in Boston, Socios En Salud (SES) pilot tested "CASITA" a community-based package to screen and treat young children (ages 1-3 years of age) diagnosed…
- Conditions
- Child Developmental Delay, Child Development, Community Health Workers, Low Income Population
- Trial name
- NCT03010306
- Testing
- CASITA
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
HIV, Partner Violence
Improving South African Government Workers' Capacities to Deliver HIV Interventions
The purpose of this study is to address the United States Office of AIDS Research highest priorities: improving the workforce, reducing health disparities, and addressing HIV comorbidities.
- Conditions
- HIV, Partner Violence, Malnutrition, Alcohol Use/Abuse
- Trial name
- NCT02957799
- Testing
- Accountable Condition, Control Condition
- Where
- 2 sites in South Africa
- Volunteers
- 840 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Early Postpartum and Newborn Care, Maternal Mortality
Post Partum Maternal and Neonatal Intervention Package
Introduction of a community-based intervention package including prevention strategies, early recognition and management of common postpartum \& neonatal problems, as well as prompt referral of high risk/complicated cases through…
- Conditions
- Early Postpartum and Newborn Care, Maternal Mortality, Neonatal Mortality
- Trial name
- NCT01389219
- Testing
- Intervention
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Focus: Contraceptive Counseling, Focus: Postpartum Contraception
Investigating the Effect of a Prenatal Family Planning Counseling Intervention Led by Community Health Workers on Postpartum Contraceptive Use Among Women in the West Bank
The purpose of this study is to measure the difference in proportion of postpartum women using contraception after a Community Health Worker (CHW) family planning educational intervention compared to women who receive standard…
- Trial name
- NCT01854671
- Testing
- family planning counseling let by community health workers
- Where
- Palestinian Territories
- Volunteers
- 176 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
Type 1 Diabetes (T1D)
Utilizing Community Health Workers as Diabetes Technology Coaches for Children With Type 1 Diabetes Using Automated Insulin Delivery
This study uses community health workers (CHW) as diabetes technology coaches for African American children using automated insulin delivery systems but have an HbA1c of 8% or higher.
- Trial name
- CHWs AID Youth (NCT07154251)
- Testing
- Community Health Worker
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, Integrated, Community-Health Systems
Implementing an Integrated RMNCH Intervention by Community Health Workers in Achham and Dolakha: National Pilot
The investigators will conduct a cluster-controlled, stepped wedge implementation science trial of a bundled reproductive, maternal, neonatal, and child healthcare (RMNCH) delivery intervention within an approximate population of…
- Trial name
- NCT03371186
- Testing
- Community Health Worker, Continuous Surveillance, CB-Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness
- Where
- 2 sites in Nepal
- Volunteers
- 12,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Possible
Covid19
Novel Face Mask Sampling for COVID-19: A Diagnostic and Public Health Tool
COVID-19 has become a global problem. There is an urgent need to improve the diagnosis and screening of patients and healthcare workers for COVID-19 in the UK.
- Trial name
- COVMASK (NCT04481646)
- Testing
- Face mask sampling
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 630 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Leicester
Malaria
Factors Influencing Adoption of a Novel Malaria Treatment in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Rwanda
This non-interventional qualitative study will examine factors that influence the adoption of a novel malaria treatment in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Rwanda.
- Trial name
- NCT07896746
- Volunteers
- 184 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Mother-to-child Transmission of HIV, Pregnancy
Trial to Improve Access to PMTCT Services and Reduce HIV Transmission From Mother to Child
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, feasibility and acceptability of an enhanced community health worker (CHW) intervention and outreach system to improve antenatal care and PMTCT…
- Trial name
- FS (NCT01932138)
- Testing
- Enhanced CHW intervention, Standard of care
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 190,530 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Health Behavior, Behavior
Health Behaviors of Medical Personnel in Hospital Maternity Ward
The purpose of this study is to characterize the existing health behaviors and obstacles to healthy lifestyle among the medical staff in a maternity ward in order to develop a specifically-tailored intervention to help improve…
- Trial name
- NCT04138732
- Testing
- Improve health behaviors of medical personel
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hadassah Medical Organization
Acute Respiratory Infection
Children's Automated Respiration Monitor (ChARM) for Child Pneumonia Diagnosis by Community Health Workers in Mali
The primary objective of this study is to estimate the impact of a self-monitoring tool (ChARM), used as a teaching/monitoring device, on the CHWs respiratory rate counting accuracy when assessing children under the age of 5…
- Trial name
- NCT03457519
- Testing
- Children's Automated Respiration Monitor (ChARM)
- Where
- 2 sites in Mali
- Volunteers
- 141 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Diego Bassani
Type 1 Diabetes
GO TEAM: Glucose Optimization Through Technology Assisted Management
Black/African American children and young adults with type 1 diabetes are less likely to use diabetes technologies, such as continuous glucose monitors, insulin pumps, and automated insulin delivery systems, compared to White…
- Trial name
- NCT06074458
- Testing
- Glucosano, Community Health Worker diabetes technology coach
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Sarah MacLeish
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
ComBaCaL HIV Prevention TwiCs
This cluster-randomized intervention is embedded in the ComBaCaL (Community-Based Chronic disease care Lesotho) cohort study (EKNZ ID AO_2022-00058, clinicaltrials.gov ID NCT05596773, Lesotho NH-REC ID 210-2022), a platform for…
- Trial name
- CoPrev (NCT07581600)
- Testing
- CoPrev model, Referral to the nearest responsible health facility
- Where
- 2 sites in Lesotho, Switzerland
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Pediatric Asthma
The Airports, Air Quality, and Asthma (AAA) Study
For children with asthma, exposure to indoor air pollution increases the risk of a serious asthma exacerbation, which can be life-threatening.
- Trial name
- NCT07047430
- Testing
- Portable air cleaner with HEPA filter, Less effective portable air cleaner (no HEPA)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Child Behavior, Parenting
Natural Helpers and PCIT
The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effect of a time-limited (i.e., 18 weeks) community health worker (CHW) intervention, referred to as the Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) plus natural helper (NH) model, on…
- Trial name
- NCT05400434
- Testing
- Standard Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Natural Helpers (NH)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- University of Miami
Healthy
Team-Based Goals and Incentives for Community-Based Health Workers to Promote Maternal and Child Health in Bihar, India
This study is designed to evaluate the impact of team-based goals and performance-based incentives for community-based health workers on health-promoting behaviors among women related to reproductive, maternal, newborn and child…
- Trial name
- NCT03561012
- Testing
- Team-Based Goals and Incentives, Control Condition
- Volunteers
- 3,581 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Tuberculosis
Community-based Tuberculosis Tracing and Preventive Therapy
The many gaps observed in the cascade of care of tuberculosis (TB) child contacts occur mostly in the screening, preventive therapy (PT) initiation and PT completion steps and the main drivers of these gaps are considered to be…
- Trial name
- CONTACT (NCT03832023)
- Testing
- Screening and initiating preventive therapy in communities
- Where
- 25 sites in Cameroon, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 1,400 people
- Sponsor
- Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Hiv
COMMIT HIV Trial Nepal
Community Healthcare Workers (CHWs), who live in the communities they serve, have the potential to reach patients who poorly engage in their care.
- Trial name
- NCT04462679
- Testing
- COMMIT mHealth application
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 86 people
- Sponsor
- Possible
Early Childhood Caries
Oral Health Intervention for Caregivers of Children Presenting for Dental Surgery
Too many young children, particularly those living in poverty, present for dental surgery under anesthesia - an expensive, potentially dangerous, short-term fix that often results in recurring oral health disease and subsequent…
- Trial name
- PROTECT (NCT07220850)
- Testing
- Behavioral Treatment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 420 people
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Asthma
Coordinated Healthcare Interventions for Childhood Asthma Gaps in Outcomes
Chicago is an epicenter for asthma health disparities in the U.S., with African-American children 5-11 yrs bearing a disproportionate share of the burden.
- Trial name
- CHICAGO (NCT02319967)
- Testing
- CAPE, CHW home visits
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 373 people
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago