Clinical trials: Social Networking
Psoriasis
A Survey on the Role and Benefits of Online Social Networks on Filipino Patients With Psoriasis
With the rise of usage of the internet, online social networks have recently been gaining popularity. Joining these groups can be beneficial to patients with chronic medical illness, such as psoriasis.This was a cross-sectional…
- Trial name
- NCT01465061
- Testing
- Online support group
- Volunteers
- 124 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of the Philippines
Social Networks, Addiction
Prevalence of Problematic Use of Social Media
In 2023, French individuals spend an average of two hours per day on social media platforms (SM), primarily Facebook, TikTok, X, YouTube, Instagram, and Snapchat.
- Trial name
- PURPLE (NCT06798480)
- Testing
- Self-administered survey
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Personality Disorders
Biological Effects of Schema Therapy
Background: The major aim of this study is to compare the effects of emotion focused (experiential) and cognitive interventions of schema therapy (ST) on emotion regulation deficits in patients with borderline personality…
- Trial name
- BE-ST (NCT06367907)
- Testing
- schema therapy
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jena University Hospital
Telemedicine, Training
Evaluation of an Online Telemedicine Course Through Facebook
Health professionals with adequate training are required to provide quality remote care. There are few telemedicine and telehealth training programs for doctors and medical students.
- Trial name
- NCT04173806
- Testing
- Facebook intervention, Control Training:
- Where
- Peru
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Covid19
Community Network-driven COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination of Vulnerable Populations in the Central US
This C3 project, Community network-driven COVID-19 testing of vulnerable populations in the Central US, will implement and evaluate a COVID-19 testing and vaccination approach that combines an evidence-based Social Network…
- Trial name
- C3 (NCT04743908)
- Testing
- Social Network Strategy + COVID-19 messaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,328 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Chicago
Sexual Behavior, Alcohol Drinking
Adolescent Safer Sex Social Network Intervention
Social networks are thought to hold the potential for shaping behavior on the grounds that social and situational factors more strongly influence behavior than do personality variables.
- Conditions
- Sexual Behavior, Alcohol Drinking, Marijuana Smoking
- Trial name
- NCT00107562
- Testing
- Adolescent Safer Sex Social Network Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Obesity, Obesity, Childhood
In-home Obesity Prevention to Reach Low-income Infants
Existing obesity prevention efforts have had limited success among underserved, low-income children. This study capitalizes on the strengths of a nationwide ongoing Home Visitation Program (HVP), which serves at-risk, low-income…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Obesity, Childhood, Obesity; Familial
- Trial name
- NCT03529695
- Testing
- Standard HVP Curriculum, Obesity Prevention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Contraception
The Share Health Study: Teen Social Connections and Health
The purpose of this study is to determine whether delivery of SpeakOut, a behavioral intervention to increase social communication about long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) methods among adolescents, is associated with…
- Trial name
- NCT02791971
- Testing
- SpeakOut, Alcohol Control Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 207 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Diarrhea, Respiratory Infection
Evaluating the Impact of Community Led Total Sanitation Programs in Mali
Behavioral change is a key ingredient for successful adoption of better sanitation practices in rural Africa. Sanitation programs have, for some time now, incorporated the need to raise awareness and emphasize the benefits of…
- Trial name
- CLTS (NCT01900912)
- Testing
- CLTS
- Where
- Mali
- Volunteers
- 39,246 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Nacional de La Plata
HIV
Online Social Networking for HIV Prevention
In this randomized controlled trial, we will identify social networks on Facebook, an randomly assign each network to control or intervention status.
- Trial name
- NCT00725959
- Testing
- Online social networking HIV prevention
- Volunteers
- 1,578 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Colorado School of Public Health
Health Care Utilization
Increasing Teen Access to Sexual and Mental Health Care
Investigators will form community partnership with community sites that will disseminate curated educational information on Sexual and Reproductive Health/Mental Health (SRH/MH).
- Trial name
- NCT05444855
- Testing
- Peer Leader Model
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 51 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Dental Caries, Obesity Risk
Mothers' Action Project for Child Health
This randomized controlled trial will recruit Bangladeshi mothers and their young children into a 12 month intervention that provides child health and oral health education and seeks to build social networks among mothers.
- Trial name
- MAP-CH (NCT06753669)
- Testing
- health education and social network building, dental referral and educational materials
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 460 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Preterm Delivery, Hypothermia
Randomized Controlled Trial of Social Network Targeting in Honduras
Social network targeting strategies can be used to improve the delivery and uptake of health interventions. We will enroll approximately 30,000 individuals into a randomized controlled trial of different targeting algorithms in…
- Conditions
- Preterm Delivery, Hypothermia, Diarrhea, Upper Respiratory Infection
- Trial name
- NCT02694679
- Testing
- CBNH
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Honduras
- Volunteers
- 31,195 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Asymptomatic HIV, HIV Infections
ID and Testing Via Friendship Networks
This is a pilot study with a cross-sectional research design to recruit Hispanic/Latina and African American adolescent and young adult women, aged 13-24 years to serve as index recruiters, who will in turn recruit members of her…
- Trial name
- NCT00841360
- Testing
- Index Recruiter, Friendship Network Member
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 535 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Alcohol Misuse, Drug Misuse
Family and Social Intervention for Young People
Research evidence shows that there is a high prevalence of substance use among young people in the UK. Early onset and high levels of use are associated with a range of negative outcomes, including increased risk of later…
- Trial name
- YSBNT (NCT02399865)
- Testing
- Youth Social Behaviour and Network Therapy
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Birmingham
Attitudes
Pilot of Social Network Intrauterine Contraceptive (IUC) Intervention
This study has two goals: 1) to test an approach to helping women who use intrauterine contraception (IUC) spread the word about this type of long-lasting, highly effective birth control method among their friends and family and…
- Trial name
- NCT01965743
- Testing
- Contraception Information Packet
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 53 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Social Network Strategy, HIV Self Testing
SNS to Increase HIV Testing Uptake and Linkage to Double Cascade Services Among Adolescent MSM and TGW in Thailand
UNAIDS aims to end AIDS by 2030 using "90-90-90" diagnosis-treatment-viral suppression targets. Thailand has achieved elimination of HIV mother-to-child transmission, but continues to see new infections among adolescent men who…
- Conditions
- Social Network Strategy, HIV Self Testing, Men Who Have Sex With Men
- Trial name
- NCT04953858
- Testing
- Social network strategy (SNS)
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 202 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chulalongkorn University
Vaping, Preventive Psychiatry
Network Intervention to Prevent Vaping
Rates of adolescent vaping are increasing rapidly. Current high school student use of electronic vaping products (EVPs) rose from 1.5% in 2011 to 20.8% in 2018 - an increase from 220,000 to 3.05 million adolescent users.
- Conditions
- Vaping, Preventive Psychiatry, Social Networking
- Trial name
- NCT04678245
- Testing
- Above the Influence-Vaping (ATI-V)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3,950 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
Malnutrition, Dysentery
Social Network Interventions in Rural Honduras
This project will examine the spread of health interventions with a randomized control trial design by introducing public health interventions in 32 villages in the Honduran Department of Lempira.
- Conditions
- Malnutrition, Dysentery, Social Transmission of Health Behaviors
- Trial name
- NCT01672580
- Testing
- exposure to vitamin use, exposure to water chlorination, high in-degree
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 5,773 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard University
Adolescent Behavior
Randomized Trial of a Social Networks Intervention
Advancement via Individual Determination (AVID) is a college preparatory program that provides a unique opportunity to determine whether schools can reduce substance use by re-grouping at-risk students with high-performing…
- Trial name
- AVID (NCT03059433)
- Testing
- AVID Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 446 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles