Clinical trials: Public Health
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
Developmental Language Disorder and Language Impairment, Deprivation
Evaluating a Targeted Selective Speech, Language, and Communication Intervention at Scale - Protocol for the 'Happy Talk' Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial.
The overall aim of this clinical trial is to evaluate an at scale version of 'Happy Talk' in a large scale effectiveness study (examining inputs, outputs and outcomes) based on a sample of children from socially disadvantaged…
- Trial name
- HappyTalk (NCT06460090)
- Testing
- Happy Talk
- Where
- 4 sites in Ireland
- Volunteers
- 840 people
- Sponsor
- University College Cork
Vaccines, Vaccines Adverse Reaction
A Multifaceted Intervention on Reducing Immunization Errors
The goal of this trial is to reduce the general error related to vaccines and immunizations (composited on secondary endpoint), after 11 moths of folow-up after cluster randomization and stepped wedge on primary care on brazilian…
- Conditions
- Vaccines, Vaccines Adverse Reaction, Vaccine Practice
- Trial name
- THEIA (NCT06745635)
- Testing
- Usual Care, Multifaceted intervention
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Feasibility, Acceptability of Health Care
Introduction of Preconception Care Through Public Health System for Improving MNCH&FP
The goal of this study is to test the feasibility and acceptability of introducing preconception care into the public health system targeting newlywed couples in increasing the uptake of maternal, neonatal health, and family…
- Trial name
- MNCH&FP (NCT06175520)
- Testing
- Preconception care (PCC)
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 2,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Immunization Reminder System
Accountable Care Organizations/ Public Health Collaborative
This study focuses on implementing and evaluating an evidence-based collaborative method of increasing immunization rates among preschool children, adolescents and adults within an Accountable Care Organization-Public Health…
- Trial name
- ACO/PH (NCT02133391)
- Testing
- Centralized Reminder/Recall (R/R), Practice-based Reminder/Recall
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 78,354 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Quality-Adjusted Life Years, Epidemiology
Estimation of Disability Adjusted Life Years in Reunion Island and Comparison to Metropolitan France and Other Countries in the Indian Ocean Zone
AVIRON study aims at estimating the burden of various causes of death and morbidity in the Reunion Island population.
- Conditions
- Quality-Adjusted Life Years, Epidemiology, Public Health
- Trial name
- AVIRON (NCT02905500)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 800,000 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de la Réunion
Maternal Mortality, Access to Health Care
Project to Use Community Health Workers to Reduce Maternal Deaths
The purpose of this trial is to establish if several interventions will help women in rural Tanzania access health care services during pregnancy and at the time of delivery.
- Trial name
- EWH (NCT03024905)
- Testing
- Village meeting and travel vouchers, Birth kit with misoprostol
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 17,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bruyère Health Research Institute.
Depression, Anxiety
RCT of the Effectiveness of Big White Wall Compared to Other Online Support
A randomised controlled trial to compare the effect on wellbeing of an online peer review website (Big White Wall) compared to freely available online information (NHS Moodzone) for people with depression and anxiety.
- Trial name
- REBOOT (NCT02902159)
- Testing
- BWW Online Peer Support, NHS Moodzone Online Information
- Where
- 2 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 2,200 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
HIV Infections, Adherence, Medication
Technology Based Community Health Nursing to Improve Combination Anti-Retroviral Therapy (cART) Adherence and Virologic Suppression in Youth Living With HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has disproportionately persisted as a public health threat to adolescents and young adults (AYA) from minority communities in the United States.
- Trial name
- Tech2Check (NCT03600103)
- Testing
- Tech2Check
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Developing Adaptive Treatment Strategies for Children and Adolescents With Obsessive-compulsive Disorder.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder affects approximately 2% of the population, frequently has its onset during childhood or adolescence and is potentially incapacitating.
- Trial name
- SMART (NCT01148316)
- Testing
- fluoxetine, Group cognitive-behavioral therapy
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Roseli Shavitt
Maternal Death Affecting Fetus or Newborn, Delivery Complication
Impact of a Smartphone Intervention on Tanzanian Women's Childbirth Location
This study investigates whether training Community Health Workers (CHW) to use a smartphone-based prenatal counseling application as a "job aid" instead of the existing paper based standard is associated with increased women's…
- Conditions
- Maternal Death Affecting Fetus or Newborn, Delivery Complication, Obstetric Complication, Birth Injuries
- Trial name
- SUSTAIN1 (NCT03161184)
- Testing
- SUSTAIN Smartphone training of CHW (SP+), SUSTAIN Paperbased training of CHW (SOC)
- Volunteers
- 572 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
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
The Emergency Response Capabilities of Nurses (Including Occupational Protection, Critical Thinking, Communication Skills and Humanistic Care, Etc.)
Development and Evaluation of a Large Language Model - Based Training Program for Nurses in Public Health Emergencies
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the immediate efficacy of a Large Language Model (LLM)-assisted training program in enhancing nurses' emergency response capabilities in 204 practicing nurses with ≤5…
- Trial name
- NCT07141433
- Testing
- LLM-Assisted Public Health Emergency Training Program, Standard Public Health Emergency Training Program
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 204 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Affiliated Hospital Of Guizhou Medical University
Peer Group, Parents
Cluster-RCT Collective Nasopharyngeal COVID-19 Testing Amongst Pupils
Does the presence of fellow pupils and parents improves a pupil's resistance to undergo a nasopharyngeaal swab test?
- Trial name
- NCT04993547
- Testing
- Parent and peer presence
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 952 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Ghent
Infant Nutrition Disorders, Health Behavior
Sharing Histories: Test of a Teaching Method for Community Health Workers
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of an innovative methodology for training Community Health Workers that will improve their effectiveness in educating mothers to adopt best practice health behaviors in…
- Trial name
- NCT02903602
- Testing
- Sharing Histories training method for CHW, Standard training method for CHW
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Future Generations Graduate School
Violence
Preventing Physical and Emotional Violence by Teachers in Public Schools in Pakistan
Violence has severe and long-lasting negative consequences for children and adolescents' well-being and psychosocial functioning, thereby also hampering communities and societies' economic growth.
- Trial name
- ICC-T_Pak (NCT06001554)
- Testing
- Interaction Competencies with Children - for Teachers (ICC-T)
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 2,100 people
- Sponsor
- Bielefeld University
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
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, Recurrence
Patient-Centered Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) Study of Home-based Interventions to Prevent CA-MRSA Infection Recurrence
The overall goal of the project is to develop and evaluate a home-based intervention to prevent re-infection and transmission of Community-Acquired Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) in patients presenting to…
- Conditions
- Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, Recurrence, Staphylococcal Skin Infections, Antibiotic Resistance
- Trial name
- CAMP-2 (NCT02566928)
- Testing
- 2% mupirocin ointment, Chlorhexidine wash, Hygiene protocol
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 278 people
- Sponsor
- Clinical Directors Network
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
Asthma in Children, Atrial Fibrillation
Mitigating the Health Effects of Desert Dust Storms Using Exposure-Reduction Approaches
The MEDEA project is envisioned to provide the field-based evidence for the adoption of a strategic plan for mitigating the health effects of desert dust storm (DDS) events in South-Eastern Europe.
- Trial name
- MEDEA (NCT03503812)
- Testing
- Intervention (1) for outdoor exposure reduction - Asthma in Children, Intervention (2) for outdoor and indoor exposure reduction - Asthma in Children, Intervention (1) for outdoor exposure reduction - Atrial Fibrillation
- Where
- 3 sites in Cyprus, Greece and 1 more
- Volunteers
- 310 people
- Sponsor
- University of Cyprus