Clinical trials: Health Volunteers
Improving Young Child Nutrition
Integrated Education Intervention to Improve Infant and Young Child Nutrition and Growth in Ghana
In Ghana the level of malnutrition is high among children below five years of age, particularly in rural areas. The objective of the study was to investigate the effects of an education intervention aimed at addressing poor…
- Trial name
- NCT01612442
- Testing
- nutrition and agricultural education, nutrition education
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 367 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McGill University
Early Child Development
Testing Means to Scale Early Childhood Development Interventions in Rural Kenya
This study aims to experimentally test the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of competing models of delivery of an Early Childhood Development (ECD) intervention in rural Kenya to determine how to maximize their reach to…
- Trial name
- NCT03548558
- Testing
- Group sessions, Group+Home sessions, Booster sessions
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,152 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Healty Volunteers
Online Medical Hypnosis Exercises to Improve Mental Health in Primary School Children and Prevent Future Mental Health Issues
The goal of this trial is to learn if listening daily to online hypnosis exercises helps to improve mental health and self-esteem in primary school children.
- Trial name
- Breinbaas (NCT07157358)
- Testing
- standardized audio hypnosis recordings for healthy children at primary school
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 345 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- St. Antonius Hospital
Maternal and Child Health
Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM) Delivered by Village Health Teams in Bushenyi District in Uganda
In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), many children die from diarrhoea, acute respiratory illness (ARI) and malaria, despite well- recognized, inexpensive and highly effective treatments, since health access and human resources are…
- Trial name
- NCT02046018
- Testing
- ICCM delivered by VHT, ICCM delivered by VHT with Cell Phone, No intervention
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Healthy Child Uganda
Healthy, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Brain Function in Mentally Ill Adolescents
The purpose of this study is to use brain imaging technology to examine the brain activity of adolescents with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and/or major depressive disorder (MDD) before and after treatment.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder
- Trial name
- NCT00025857
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 105 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Any Disease or Condition, Healthy
UCSF Research Participant Registry
The UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Consultation Service provides recruitment services and facilitates the enrollment of research participants into UCSF clinical studies.
- Trial name
- NCT01717378
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,541 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Asperger's Disorder, Asperger Disorder
QAIAx - SGI/SI Smart Health Cities: Microcity Enclave Program (Quantum SI/AGI Agency a/k/a AI City Hall Project - UPSTO App Nos. 64/074,526, 64/063,557, 64/105,164, 63/903,181, 63/729,428, 64/125,360; USPTO EO 9424 Assignment ID: 2101042 / ARN: REEL/FRAME: 76481/0026 - OUSD-R&E, Department of War)
BRIEF SUMMARY A. "What is the purpose of this study?" BACKGROUND. The QAIAx clinical trial (Quantum SI/SGI Public Health Agency), known operationally as the "AI City Hall Project," represents a landmark intergovernmental research…
- Conditions
- Asperger's Disorder, Asperger Disorder, Autism Disorder, Autism
- Trial name
- QAIAx (NCT07661823)
- Testing
- AI City Hall Project (AIhealth4u - Public Health Central), AI City Hall Project (QAIAx Microcity A - AI Public Health Central)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Veterans Recovery Network Inc.
Healthy, Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Molecular and Imaging Studies of Cardiovascular Health and Disease
Biobank is a program which collects biological samples, health information and imaging data from consented patients and stored them at the core facility.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Ischemic Heart Disease
- Trial name
- Biobank (NCT02804269)
- Testing
- Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, Fatmass measurement
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Heart Centre Singapore
Loneliness, Mental Health
Reducing Loneliness Among Older Adults in Hong Kong by Volunteer-delivered Mindfulness and Behavioral Activation Intervention
This study aims to recruit and train retirees and young people to be volunteers who will deliver the layperson-delivered, telephone-based behavioral activation and mindfulness intervention to older adults.
- Trial name
- NCT07283549
- Testing
- Tele-BA, Tele-MF, Tele-BF
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 251 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Education University of Hong Kong
Schistosomiasis, Health Education
Health Education Model Led by Community Health Volunteers.
The goal of this intervention study is to investigate the level of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of students on schistosomiasis in Pemba Island.
- Trial name
- NCT06312462
- Testing
- health education
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 978 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pemba Ministry of Health Zanzibar
Healthy Volunteers
Quality of Life and Behavioral Change of Retired Persons
Researchers have found that the first phase of aging, called "frailty", is insidious, silent and slowly progressive. It begins well before the first signs of aging and possibly before retirement age with physiological reserves…
- Trial name
- R-FORM' (NCT06432010)
- Testing
- Group nutrition and physical activity coaching, Group cognition coaching
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut Pasteur de Lille
Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Volunteering and Cardiovascular Risk in Adolescents
This study tested whether getting youth engaged in helping others (volunteering) would benefit youth's physical health. 106 predominantly minority and low socioeconomic status (SES) youth were randomized to either volunteer…
- Trial name
- NCT01698034
- Testing
- Volunteering
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Cardiometabolic Health Indicators, Vascular Function in Healthy Volunteers
Mango Intake and Gut and Cardiometabolic Health in Hispanic/Latino Adolescents
Mangos contain a number of nutrients that may improve gut and metabolic health. The purpose of this research is to see how eating mangos every day for 4 weeks instead of snacks high in calories and low in nutrients such as…
- Conditions
- Cardiometabolic Health Indicators, Vascular Function in Healthy Volunteers, Inflammation
- Trial name
- NCT07125001
- Testing
- Ataulfo mango
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Healthy Volunteers
Milk Free From A1-Type β-Casein With Human Milk Oligosaccharides on Gut Health, Immunity, Cognitive Development, and Temperament in Toddlers
The aim of the study is to compare the effects of HMOs in A1-type β-casein-free formula on gut health, immunity, inflammation, gut microflora, cognitive development, and temperament compared with HMOs in conventional formula in…
- Trial name
- NCT07882043
- Testing
- a2 toddler milk with HMOs, Conventional toddler milk with HMOs
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- a2 Milk Company Ltd.
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary, Quality of Health Care
The Effectiveness of Health Facility-based and Community-based Care for Tuberculosis
The purpose of the study is whether the provision of tuberculosis care using volunteer community health workers or self-administered treatment for 7 months is equally effective with the existing 8 months of TB care in public…
- Conditions
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary, Quality of Health Care, Community Health Care, Volunteer Health Workers
- Trial name
- NCT00939419
- Testing
- Health workers TB care group, Community health workers TB care group, Self-administered treatment group
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 924 people
- Sponsor
- University of Leeds
Neonatal Death, Perinatal Death
CHV-NEO: Community-based Digital Communication to Support Neonatal Health
Neonatal mortality (defined as death in the first 28 days of life) remains unacceptably high in sub-Sarahan Africa. The concentrated risk of neonatal illness in the first weeks of life and its potential to rapidly deteriorate…
- Trial name
- NCT05187897
- Testing
- CHV-NEO
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Community Health Services, Telemedicine
Using mHealth Tools to Deliver Integrated Community Case Management (ICCM) to Village Health Team (VHT) Volunteers.
This study compares the traditional, didactic method of training Ugandan community health workers with training using tablets in pneumonia management, a common, life-threatening illness in children in rural areas.
- Trial name
- NCT02971449
- Testing
- Amazon Fire Tablet, ICCM Traditional Trainins
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Omni Med
Pregnant Women, Lactating Mother
Can Village Health Volunteers/Workers Working As Male-Female Pairs Improve the Use of Postnatal Care Services in the Lao People's Democratic Republic
The study aims to assess the effectiveness of male-female VHV/Ws working in pairs on women's uptake of second PNC visits in rural Sepone, Lao PDR.
- Trial name
- NCT06654505
- Testing
- Paired Community Health Workers
- Where
- Laos
- Volunteers
- 302 people
- Sponsor
- University of the Ryukyus
Healthy Volunteers
Evaluation of Assessments of Motor Performance, Physical Impairments and Functional Abilities
This study will evaluate new assessment tools and equipment and new ways of using existing tools and equipment in the NIH Clinical Center s Rehabilitation Medicine Department in order to maximize patients function.
- Trial name
- NCT00747955
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Diarrhoea, Pneumonia
HCU: Can VHVs Trained in ICCM Improve Care for Children
This study will assess how the current VHV (VHV=CHW, community health worker) scope can be expanded to include iCCM and if such group interventions can provide improved access to treatment for children.
- Conditions
- Diarrhoea, Pneumonia, Malaria
- Trial name
- HCU:VHV/ICCM (NCT02072629)
- Testing
- Training of VHVs in iCCM
- Volunteers
- 4,071 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary