Clinical trials: Community Health Workers
Parent-Child Relations, Behavioral Intervention
Mobile Health (mHealth) Tools to Improve Delivery Quality of a Family Home Visiting Intervention
This study will pilot a family-focused, behavioral health intervention while also developing and piloting mHealth tools to support Community Health Workers (CHWs) in Sierra Leone.
- Conditions
- Parent-Child Relations, Behavioral Intervention, Exposure to Violent Event, Child Development
- Trial name
- NCT04481399
- Testing
- Family Strengthening Intervention for Early Childhood Development, Community Health Worker Routine
- Where
- Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston College
Suicide Ideation, Suicidal Behaviors
A New Clinical Model for the Engagement of Latinx Youth With Suicidal Behavior
This study will test a model of providing treatment to Latinx/Hispanic youth, who experience suicidal thoughts and behavior, and their caregivers.
- Conditions
- Suicide Ideation, Suicidal Behaviors, Depressive Symptoms
- Trial name
- NCT06882798
- Testing
- Socio-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicidal Behavior (SCBT-SB), SCBT-SB + CHW
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Bradley Hospital
Breastfeeding, Exclusive, Immunization; Infection
Leading Advancements in the Uptake of Newborn Community Health
The primary objective of the study is to determine the impact of a behavior change intervention that partners Orthodox priests with members of the Health Development Army (HDA) and train them to conduct newborn health outreach to…
- Conditions
- Breastfeeding, Exclusive, Immunization; Infection, Growth; Stunting, Nutritional
- Trial name
- LAUNCH (NCT05111899)
- Testing
- Newborn Health Education
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 316 people
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Childhood Obesity
La Vida Buena Childhood Obesity Program
Mariposa Community Health Center, a health center in Nogales, Arizona on the US-Mexico border, will provide a program to prevent obesity in children and create a community environment that supports a healthy lifestyle.
- Trial name
- NCT03781856
- Testing
- La Vida Buena Program, Brief Educational Session
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
HIV, Substance Use Disorders
The Collaborative Care PrTNER Study
A randomized controlled trial to assess the ability of a Collaborative Care Prevention, Treatment, Navigation, Engagement, Resource (PrTNER) intervention to increase initiation of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) (for those at-risk…
- Conditions
- HIV, Substance Use Disorders, Substance Use, AIDS
- Trial name
- PrTNER (NCT06585631)
- Testing
- CC PrTNER
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 275 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Sickle Cell Disease
Hydroxyurea Adherence for Personal Best in Sickle Cell Treatment: HABIT
The investigators propose that culturally aligned community-based interventions in our multi-ethnic sickle cell disease (SCD) population, augmented by task-focused communication technology, can improve self-managed adherence to…
- Trial name
- HABIT (NCT02029742)
- Testing
- Community Health Worker (CHW), Education
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Improving Community Based Tuberculosis Care in Ethiopia
The purpose of this study is to see if involving community health workers improves tuberculosis case finding and treatment outcome.
- Trial name
- community (NCT00803322)
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 318 people
- Sponsor
- University of Bergen
Contraceptive Usage, Postpartum Family Planning
Utilizing All Health System Contacts to Offer Postpartum Family Planning (PPFP) in Ethiopia
This study is investigating whether use of postpartum family planning (PPFP) increases if messages on PPFP and, if desired, PPFP services are integrated into as many contacts as possible between women/couples and the health…
- Conditions
- Contraceptive Usage, Postpartum Family Planning, Contraception, Prenatal Care
- Trial name
- NCT03585361
- Testing
- Health centers provide PPFP counseling and services, HEWs provide PPFP counseling and services, Volunteers (Development Army) promote PPFP
- Where
- 6 sites in Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 776 people
- Sponsor
- Jhpiego
Pregnant Women, Home Visits
Using Community Health Nurses and Workers for Home Visits to Pregnant Women to Improve Maternal and New Born Health in Ghana
Title: Using Community Health Workers (CHWs) and Nurses (CHNs) to increase Skilled Attendant at Birth (SAB) and improve Maternal and Neonatal Health in Rural Ghana Background: SAB is a key strategy for improving maternal and new…
- Trial name
- CHNCHW (NCT03907332)
- Testing
- Home visits
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 952 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ghana Health Services
Vaccination, Hygiene
Microbe-Literacy Germ-Watching Workshops for Hygiene and Vaccine Acceptance in Sargodha, Pakistan
This cluster randomized controlled trial evaluated whether a single microscope-based "germ-watching" workshop, delivered by Lady Health Workers (LHWs) to mothers and female caregivers of children under three years, improves…
- Conditions
- Vaccination, Hygiene, Vaccine Hesitancy, Health Knowledge Attitudes and Practice
- Trial name
- MLI-Sargodha (NCT07771738)
- Testing
- Microbe-literacy germ-watching workshop
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 1,200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Development Synergies International (Private) Limited