Clinical trials: Health Promotion
Breastfeeding, Intention
Prenatal Interventions to Promote Exclusive Breastfeeding
Background: Exclusive breastfeeding through age 6 months is the optimal infant feeding method due to lifesaving benefits for children and mothers (AAP, others).
- Conditions
- Breastfeeding, Intention, Health Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT03107715
- Testing
- Breastfeeding Champion, Positive Messaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 243 people
- Sponsor
- Lydia Furman
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Safe Sex
P3 (Prepared, Protected, emPowered)
P3 (Prepared, Protected, emPowered) is an interactive smartphone app for HIV-uninfected YMSM and YTW that utilizes social networking and game-based mechanics as well as a comprehensive understanding of what constitutes "best…
- Conditions
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Safe Sex, Adherence, Medication
- Trial name
- P3 (NCT03320512)
- Testing
- P3, P3+, Control
- Where
- 9 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 246 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Childhood Cancer
SurvivorLink: Scalability of an Electronic Personal Health Record
Previous research suggests that children and adolescents with cancer are at heightened risk of late effects that can occur months or years after cancer treatment, yet little is known about programs that increase their return for…
- Trial name
- NCT03543852
- Testing
- SurvivorLink
- Where
- 12 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 542 people
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Obesity, Childhood, Behavior, Health
Summer Youth Employment Programs for Health Promotion
The purpose of this proof-of-concept study is to assess the initial signal of effectiveness of summer youth employment programs (SYEP) on understudied obesity-related outcomes in adolescents.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Childhood, Behavior, Health, Healthy Lifestyle
- Trial name
- NCT07227220
- Testing
- Summer Youth Employment Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Houston
Adolescent, Accidents, Traffic
Web-based Intervention to Prevent Risky Driving
The specific aim of this study is to assess the feasibility of a web-based intervention to prevent risky driving with teen drivers licensed in the previous 90 days.
- Conditions
- Adolescent, Accidents, Traffic, Attention, Motor Vehicles
- Trial name
- NCT02319317
- Testing
- Risky driving prevention, Control group general health promotion
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Neoplasms
Smart-phone Application to Promote Medication Adherence in Adolescents and Young Adults (AYA) With Cancer
To explore use of a smart-phone medication reminder application to promote adherence to oral medications by AYA with cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT01618344
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Diet, Healthy
Promoting Healthier Eating Among Children in Restaurants
Restaurants are normative eating contexts for many families. Restaurant meals tend to be higher in calories and lower in nutritional quality than those prepared at home.
- Trial name
- NCT04334525
- Testing
- Choice architecture + repeated exposure, Active comparator
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 554 people
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Motor Performance, Physical Activity
A PATH (Promoting Activity and Trajectories of Health) for Children
Physical inactivity in children is a major public health risk factor and a health objective for the nation. This study aims to investigate the short- and long-term effects of a movement and physical activity program - the…
- Trial name
- PATH (NCT03189862)
- Testing
- Motor Skills Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 299 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
Strengths-Based Behavioral mHealth App for Parents of Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes-Pilot Study
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) management is particularly challenging during adolescence as responsibility for management begins to shift from parents to youth, and positive family teamwork is critical to achieving optimal diabetes…
- Trial name
- T1DoingWell (NCT02877680)
- Testing
- T1Doing Well
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Prediabetes
INcreasing Veteran EngagemeNT to Prevent Diabetes (INVENT)
This study will evaluate a VA MyHealtheVet Secure Messaging intervention that uses different intervention messaging strategies designed to increase engagement in behaviors to prevent type 2 diabetes.
- Trial name
- INVENT (NCT03403231)
- Testing
- INVENT Secure Messaging Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Developmental Delays
A Family Centered Intervention to Promote Optimal Child Development
This is a randomized controlled trial aimed at assessing the effectiveness of a patient decision aid (PDA) and text message reminder in promoting early intervention referral completion when infants and toddlers are identified…
- Trial name
- NCT01941186
- Testing
- Patient Decision Aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Dental Caries in Children, Health Behavior
Coordinated Oral Health Promotion (CO-OP) Chicago
This study assesses the impact of oral health promotion delivered by community health workers in medical clinics, Women, Infants and Children (WIC) centers, and family homes.
- Conditions
- Dental Caries in Children, Health Behavior, Healthcare Disparities
- Trial name
- NCT03397589
- Testing
- Community Health Worker (CHW) services
- Where
- 13 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 420 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Dental Caries
Family-centered Oral Health Promotion for New Parents
Early childhood caries (ECC) is a global health problem that causes pain and infection to the children affected. It is a common disease among preschool children in Hong Kong.
- Trial name
- NCT02937194
- Testing
- Personal oral health instruction + pamphlets distribution, Pamphlets distribution
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 580 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Childhood Obesity
Motivational Interviewing for Weight Loss
The investigators studied the effect of motivational interviewing (MI) on self-efficacy, health behaviors, and health outcomes in overweight children and adolescents (ages ranging from 10 to 18 years).
- Trial name
- NCT01246349
- Testing
- Motivational Interviewing (Treatment Group), Social Skills Training (Control Group)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
HIV
Crowdsourcing A Public Health Campaign
The purpose of this stepped wedge randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of a crowdsourced intervention on promoting HIV testing among young Chinese men who have sex with men (MSM).
- Trial name
- NCT02796963
- Testing
- Crowdsourced intervention, Traditional intervention campaign
- Volunteers
- 1,381 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Parenting, Parent-Child Relations
Study of an Online Program to Help Parents Talk With Their Tween Children About Health, Gender, Body-Image, and Relationships
The goal of this study is to learn if Media Aware Parent - Tween, an online program for parents of children ages 9-12, helps parents have effective conversations with their child about health and media.
- Conditions
- Parenting, Parent-Child Relations, Communication
- Trial name
- NCT06408818
- Testing
- Media Aware Parent - Tween, Active Control Resource
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 390 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Innovation Research & Training
Knowledge, Attitude to Health
Comparing the Effect of Online and Conventional Oral Health Education in Egypt
This study aims to compare the results of online oral health education and conventional oral health education methods in terms of their effectiveness towards improving the knowledge and practice of oral hygiene in primary school…
- Conditions
- Knowledge, Attitude to Health, Practice
- Trial name
- NCT05570500
- Testing
- Oral health education
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 636 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ain Shams University
Influenza, Vaccine Hesitancy
Precision Vaccine Promotion in Underserved Populations
Previous studies have shown that low-cost, behavioral nudges through texting can increase influenza vaccination uptake compared to usual care.
- Trial name
- NCT05537441
- Testing
- Text messaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 228,831 people
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Fluoride Varnish and Oral Health Promotion, Usual Care
Preventing Caries in Preschoolers: Testing a Unique Service Delivery Model in American Indian Head Start Programs
An intensive intervention of specially trained paraprofessionals, called community oral health specialists (COHS), administering on a quarterly basis for 2 years fluoride varnish and oral health promotion education, compared to…
- Trial name
- NCT01116739
- Testing
- Fluoride varnish, Oral health education, Dental services delivered by the Indian Health Service.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,060 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Obesity, Maternal, Hypertension in Pregnancy
Expanding the Family Check-Up in Early Childhood to Promote Cardiovascular Health of Mothers and Young Children
This randomized-controlled pilot study will examine the implementation of a cardiovascular health intervention on postpartum mothers and infants.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Maternal, Hypertension in Pregnancy, Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced, Diabetes
- Trial name
- NCT05473767
- Testing
- Family Check Up Heart, Family Check-Up
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 117 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh