Clinical trials: Poverty
Poverty, Primary Care
Connecting Families
Living in poverty has a profound negative impact on parenting stress and children's health. When poverty occurs early in childhood and continues for a long time, the impact on child health can be lifelong.
- Conditions
- Poverty, Primary Care, Intervention
- Trial name
- NCT05091957
- Testing
- Community Support Worker, Usual Care
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen's University
Psychopathology, Child Mental Health
Experimental Evidence of the Impact of Parental Income on Child Mental Health and Neuroimmune Function
Growing up in a lower-income family robustly predicts worse mental health in adolescence and early adulthood. How does variability in family income "get under the skin" of the developing child and via what mechanisms does it…
- Conditions
- Psychopathology, Child Mental Health, Anxiety Disorders, Mental Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT07641244
- Testing
- Psychological fMRI task
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Income, Infant, Newborn
Integrating Systems and Basic Income: Improving Outcomes for Families of Young Children
Early childhood is a critical period, laying the foundation for future growth and deveopment. This foundational period has an outsized effect, impacting health, well-being and achievement across one's lifespan. The U.S.
- Conditions
- Income, Infant, Newborn, Mothers, Poverty
- Trial name
- NCT07261254
- Testing
- Community Health Worker, Community Health Worker + Guaranteed Basic Income
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,400 people
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Child Poverty
Cash Transfers to Address Child Welfare Involvement
In partnership with New York Office of Child and Family Services (OCFS), investigators will execute a randomized controlled trial to determine the impacts of unconditional cash transfers of $500 per month for 12 months.
- Trial name
- NCT05857553
- Testing
- Unconditional Cash Transfer, No Direct Cash Transfer
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 450 people
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
Poverty, Child Health
Targeting Child Mental Health and Household Poverty
Living in poverty has long-lasting negative effects on children's mental health and on their mental health in adulthood. Child poverty is very common, affecting 17% of Canadian children.
- Conditions
- Poverty, Child Health, Behavior Problem
- Trial name
- NCT05667675
- Testing
- Community Support Worker, Control
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Imaan Bayoumi
Neuroblastoma, High-risk Neuroblastoma
PediCARE Health Equity Intervention in High-Risk Neuroblastoma
This is a randomized Phase II trial evaluating the addition of the Pediatric Cancer Resource Equity (PediCARE) health equity intervention to usual supportive care for poverty-exposed children with newly diagnosed high-risk…
- Conditions
- Neuroblastoma, High-risk Neuroblastoma, Pediatric Cancer, Disparities
- Trial name
- NCT06335745
- Testing
- PediCARE Intervention
- Sponsor
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Depression, Addiction
Adaptation and Pilot Testing of Web and Mobile Interface for the ATTACH™ Intervention
COVID-19 has placed unprecedented strains on parents impacted by toxic stressors (depression, addiction, family violence, and poverty) and reluctant to see mental health-service providers in home/clinic due to fears of infection.
- Conditions
- Depression, Addiction, Domestic Violence, Poverty
- Trial name
- ATTACH™ (NCT04857775)
- Testing
- Attachment and Child Health (ATTACH) Parenting Program
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Calgary
Poverty
Comprehensive Follow-up of Low Income Families. A Cluster-randomized Study
In a cluster-randomized design, the study evaluates the effectiveness of a skill- training program for social work professionals with the aim of improving the follow-up of low income families within Norwegian labor and welfare…
- Trial name
- CRCT-HOLF (NCT03102775)
- Testing
- Comprehensive follow-up program for low-income families, local family projects
- Where
- 29 sites in Norway
- Volunteers
- 884 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oslo Metropolitan University
Poverty
Promoting Self-Regulation Skills and Healthy Eating Habits in Early Head Start
The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of a new curriculum on toddlers' self-regulation skills and healthy eating habits.
- Trial name
- NCT03958214
- Testing
- Recipe 4 Success, Usual practice Early Head Start
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 244 people
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Poverty, Child Malnutrition
The Effect of a Cash Transfer Program and Preventive Nutrition Packages on Household Welfare and Child Nutritional Status in Mali
In the last two decades, cash transfer (CT) programs have emerged as a popular approach to long-term poverty alleviation. While the main goal of cash transfer programs is to reduce poverty, they also have the potential to improve…
- Trial name
- Jigisemejiri (NCT02858011)
- Testing
- Cash distribution during first 36 months, Accompanying information sessions on health, child nutrition, household economics and education during first 36 months, Preventive Nutrition Packages during last 12 months
- Where
- Mali
- Volunteers
- 4,320 people
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Obesity, Poverty
Promoting Healthy Development With the Recipe 4 Success Intervention
10-session home visit intervention conducted within Early Head Start and designed to reduce low-income toddler's obesity risk and improve their self-regulation skills and parents' sensitivity.
- Trial name
- NCT03976089
- Testing
- Recipe 4 Success, Treatment as Usual Early Head Start
- Volunteers
- 73 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Food Security, Poverty
Sustainability of Impacts of Cash Transfers, Food Transfers, and Behavior Change Communication in Bangladesh
This study assesses the sustainability of impacts, 4 years post-program, from a pilot safety net program that was implemented from May 2012-April 2014.
- Conditions
- Food Security, Poverty, Child Nutrition, Child Development
- Trial name
- TMRI (NCT03810300)
- Testing
- Cash transfer, Food transfer, Food and cash transfer
- Volunteers
- 5,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Poverty, Orphaned Children
Bridges to the Future: Economic Empowerment for AIDS-Orphaned Children in Uganda
Bridges to the Future: Economic Empowerment for AIDS-Orphaned Children in Uganda, represents the first study that measures medium-term efficacy and cost-effectiveness of a family economic empowerment intervention for…
- Conditions
- Poverty, Orphaned Children, AIDS Orphans
- Trial name
- NCT01447615
- Testing
- Bridges, Bridges PLUS, Usual Care
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 1,410 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Poverty, Low Income, Food Insecurity, Undernutrition
Impact Evaluation of Agribusiness Support and Nutrition Services Projects in Upper Egypt
This project seeks to evaluate the impact of two USAID-funded projects that are implemented in rural Upper Egypt. The first project is the Feed the Future Egypt, Food-Security and Agribusiness Support (FAS) project; the second…
- Trial name
- NCT03336021
- Testing
- FAS program
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Food Policy Research Institute
Macrosomia, Low Birth Weight
Wales Electronic Cohort for Children
The investigators are developing a research platform capable of improving children's health through the generation of knowledge from analysis of routinely collected data from within and outside the health service.
- Conditions
- Macrosomia, Low Birth Weight, Premature Birth, Childhood Obesity
- Trial name
- WECC (NCT01136681)
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 900,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swansea University
Poverty
The SUUBI Program: Asset-Ownership for Orphaned Children in Uganda
This study examines an economic empowerment model of care and support for orphaned adolescents in rural Uganda. The Suubi intervention focuses on economic empowerment of families caring for orphaned youths.
- Trial name
- SUUBI (NCT01163695)
- Testing
- Children's development account
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 286 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Poverty
Economic Empowerment Program Suubi-Maka
The overall goal of SUUBI-MAKA is to further develop and preliminarily examine a family economic empowerment intervention that creates economic opportunities (specifically Children Development Accounts) for families in Uganda who…
- Trial name
- Suubi-Maka (NCT01180114)
- Testing
- Suubi-Maka ('Hope for Families'), Usual Care
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University