Clinical trials: Public Health
Health Systems, Electronic Community Health Information Systems
Digital Data Linkage and Scheduling to Track Pregnancy With or Without Community Data Use to Increase Antenatal Clinic Uptake in Western Kenya.
The investigators propose to increase ANC uptake through a health systems strengthening approach that links digital data platforms and trains community Work Improvement Teams (WITs) to use these data to identify problems and come…
- Conditions
- Health Systems, Electronic Community Health Information Systems, Antenatal Clinic Uptake, Pregnancy
- Trial name
- C-it-DU-it (NCT05929586)
- Testing
- The combined "C-it DU-it" intervention: community data use for ANC
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 1,440 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Healthy, Adolescents
Integration to Improve Adolescent Health and HPV Vaccination in Laos
The goal of this study is to find out if adding HPV vaccination to adolescent health services works to increase HPV vaccine uptake in 10-13-year-old girls in Laos.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Adolescents, Integrated, Community-Health Systems, HPV Vaccines
- Trial name
- NCT06650956
- Testing
- Integrated HPV and SRH Service Package, Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16, and 18) Vaccine, Recombinant
- Where
- Laos
- Volunteers
- 700 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Health Poverty Action
HIV
SEARCH SAPPHIRE Phase B
This study will evaluate the effects of optimized dynamic prevention and treatment packages delivered in a precision community health model on HIV incidence, as well as other health outcomes, in a community randomized trial…
- Trial name
- NCT05768763
- Testing
- Community-enhanced reach activities, Person-centered care delivery, Data system enhancement to improve reach and person-centered delivery
- Where
- 2 sites in Kenya, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 81,952 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Healthy
From FAST to FAST BEE - Video-Based Stroke Mnemonic Pilot
This online study evaluates immediate learning outcomes after viewing a short animated FAST BEE stroke-education video (1 minute 51 seconds).
- Trial name
- FAST BEE (NCT07440602)
- Testing
- FAST BEE Stroke Education Video (1 minute 51 seconds)
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 318 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute
Postpartum Hemorrhage
Effect of Prophylactic Administration of Oxytocin in Uniject™ on Postpartum Hemorrhage at Home Births in Ghana
This study is designed to test the hypothesis that the intramuscular administration of 10 IU of oxytocin in Uniject™ during the third stage of labor by a Community Health Officer (CHO) at home births in Ghana will reduce the risk…
- Trial name
- NCT01108289
- Testing
- Oxytocin in Uniject
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 1,586 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Malaria
Evaluation of the Public Health Impact of Seasonal Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPT) in Children in Senegal
In areas of seasonal malaria transmission the burden of severe disease and mortality due to malaria is mainly among children under 5 years of age.
- Trial name
- NCT00712374
- Testing
- sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus amodiaquine
- Volunteers
- 100,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Pediatric, Well Child Care
Comparing a Team-Based Approach to Standard Well-Child Visits To Improve Preventive Care Services
Parent-focused Redesign for Encounters, Newborns to Toddlers (PARENT) is a team-based approach to care that utilizes a community health worker in a health educator role ("Parent's Coach") to provide many of the Well-Child Care…
- Trial name
- NCT05852392
- Testing
- Adapted PARENT Model
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seattle Children's Hospital
Covid19, Schools
Back to School COVID-19 Simulation Study
This will be a prospective study simulating return to school for two full days prior to the start of the school year in September.
- Trial name
- NCT04531254
- Testing
- Wearing a face mask at all times
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 174 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
COVID-19
A Nurse-Community Health Worker-Family Partnership Model: Addressing Uptake of COVID-19 Testing and Control Measures
Historically, health disparities in the US are concentrated among underserved communities and socially vulnerable populations. The disproportionate COVID-19 related morbidity and mortality in communities of color and…
- Trial name
- NCT04832919
- Testing
- Nurse-Community-Family Partnership Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 392 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York University
Malaria, Public Health
Evaluation of a New Malaria Control Strategy Amongst Gold Miners Working Illegally in French Guiana (Malakit)
Illegal gold miners in French Guiana, a French overseas territory ('département') located in Amazonia, often carry malaria parasites (up to 46.8%).
- Trial name
- MALAKIT (NCT03695770)
- Testing
- kit for self-diagnosis and self-treatment
- Where
- 2 sites in Brazil, Suriname
- Volunteers
- 3,733 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne
Mortality
WittyFit - Live Your Work Differently
Individuals spend one third of their life working. Age of retirement is regularly pushed back. The main challenge in the nearest future will be to maintain workers health to deal with their work till retirement.
- Trial name
- WittyFit (NCT02596737)
- Testing
- wittyFit concept
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Reproductive Health
Study on Mhealth and Reproductive Health in Teens
The purpose of the Study on Mhealth and Reproductive Health in Teens (SMART) is to evaluate the effectiveness of using text messages to improve the knowledge, communication, and attitudes about reproductive health among female…
- Trial name
- SMART (NCT02031575)
- Testing
- Interactive Treatment, Basic Treatment, Control, comparator arm
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 1,419 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard University
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
Perinatal Mortality
Low-dose High-frequency Training of Facility Health Care Providers in Mali
This 3-arm cluster randomized trial (C-RCT) has the following objectives: Primary Aim To evaluate the effectiveness of an on-site case-based focused low-dose high-frequency training strategy in a primary health care facility…
- Trial name
- NCT03656237
- Testing
- Usual Training, Audits + LDHF Training
- Where
- Mali
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Anemia
Etiology of Anemia Among Preschool Children in Ethiopia
This study aims to determine the etiology of anemia among preschool children in selected regions of Ethiopia. The study is a longitudinal observational study to assess the determinant factors of anemia in two different seasons.
- Trial name
- NCT05626647
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 590 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oklahoma State University
Lead Poisoning, Obesity
QI Study of a Practice Facilitator's Impact in Working With Clinics on Improving Dental, Lead & Obesity Measures for Children
Funded by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services - Medicaid Technical Assistance and Policy Program (MEDTAPP), the "Child Health Excellence Center - a University-Practice-Public Partnership" (CHEC-UPPP) focuses on…
- Conditions
- Lead Poisoning, Obesity, Dental Decay
- Trial name
- NCT01739166
- Testing
- Practice-tailored intervention to increase rates of targeted services
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
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
HIV, Hypertension
SEARCH SAPPHIRE Phase A: A Multisectoral Strategy to Address Persistent Drivers of the HIV Epidemic in East Africa
The randomized trials in this record will assess effectiveness, fidelity and cost of prevention and treatment interventions for HIV and hypertension with the objective of informing a population-based study of multi-sectored…
- Conditions
- HIV, Hypertension, Alcohol Drinking, Maternal Child Health
- Trial name
- SAPPHIRE PhA (NCT04810650)
- Testing
- Mobility Dynamic Treatment Intervention, Health Living Intervention for Heavy Alcohol Users, Hypertension Linkage
- Where
- 2 sites in Kenya, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 2,233 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Blood Sugar, Lipid Profile
The Effect of Multimodal Nutrition Intervention on Glucose and Lipid Parameters of Arfa Iron and Steel Company Workers
The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the impact of nutritional interventions on glycemic and lipid profile factors among workers.
- Conditions
- Blood Sugar, Lipid Profile, Weight Change
- Trial name
- NCT06654362
- Testing
- nutritional interventions include education and modifying company's restaurant menu
- Where
- Iran
- Volunteers
- 1,097 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Peyman Sarsangi
Melanoma
War on Melanoma™ Public Health & Education Campaign
This trial studies how well a health educational campaign works in increasing early detection of melanoma in Oregon. The health educational campaign may provide information to help people learn about the early signs of melanoma.
- Trial name
- NCT04611568
- Testing
- Educational Intervention, Health Education, Media Campaign
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- OHSU Knight Cancer Institute