Clinical trials: Workers
COVID-19 Vaccines
Improving COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in Nursing Homes
SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, now being administered to skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents and staff, has highly variable acceptance between facilities.
- Trial name
- NCT04732819
- Testing
- High touch multi-pronged behavioral intervention
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 23,768 people
- Sponsor
- Brown University
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Package of Resources for Assisted Contact Tracing: Implementation, Costs, and Effectiveness
Having health workers assist HIV-infected persons with the recruitment and testing of their sexual contacts and biological children is an effective and efficient way of identifying additional HIV-infected persons in need of HIV…
- Trial name
- PRACTICE (NCT05343390)
- Testing
- Enhanced implementation package, Standard implementation package
- Where
- 33 sites in Malawi
- Volunteers
- 841 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Osteoarthritis, Knee, Osteoarthritis, Hip
Improving Resilience and Longevity for Workers Through Exercise
The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of an OA-specific aerobic and strengthening exercise program, delivered within the workplace, on mobility, pain, physical capacity, and resilience among workers with knee or hip…
- Trial name
- NCT03050320
- Testing
- Exercise, No Exercise
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 43 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Massage Therapy, Health-care Workers
Can Massage During One Year Improve Health in Health-care Providers Working in Hospital
The overall aim of this pilot study is to investigate the effect, "feasibility" and experiences of regular massage over 12 months on the mental and physical health of healthcare professionals, as well as the frequency of layoffs…
- Conditions
- Massage Therapy, Health-care Workers, Quality of Life, Psychological Distress
- Trial name
- NCT05555082
- Testing
- Massage
- Where
- 2 sites in Sweden
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Linkoeping
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Design and Usability Testing of a Tailored Intervention About Sleep and Sleep Disorders Among Transportation Workers
The objective of this protocol is to conduct a focus group to identify OSA beliefs, attitudes, and knowledge among employees in the transportation industry on shift schedules.
- Trial name
- NCT05039528
- Testing
- Personalized OSA messages, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 38 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Preeclampsia Postpartum, Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
A Community Health Worker Intervention to Address Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
United States maternal mortality and preterm birth rates are among the highest among high-income countries due in part to a combination of racial, regional and socioeconomic disparities in access to care and overall health.
- Trial name
- AW2H (NCT06353256)
- Testing
- usual postpartum care, usual postpartum care + community health worker intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Covid19, Health Care Seeking Behavior
New Jersey Healthcare Essential Worker Outreach and Education Study - Testing Overlooked Occupations
This mixed methods study evaluates the effectiveness and cost of a healthcare worker focused outreach intervention strategy versus community organization led outreach to explore contextual factors (individual, family, and…
- Conditions
- Covid19, Health Care Seeking Behavior, Health Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT04766333
- Testing
- Healthcare Worker Focused Outreach, Community Organization Led Outreach
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,017 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Fever, Malaria
Innovative Public-private Partnership to Target Subsidized Antimalarials in the Retail Sector (Aim 2)
The overall objective of this study is to evaluate the public health impact of targeted antimalarials subsidies through scale-up by determining the community-wide effects of targeting an antimalarial subsidy through a partnership…
- Trial name
- NCT02461628
- Testing
- Malaria RDT & conditional voucher for ACT from retail sector
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 40,340 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Vaccination Refusal, Communication
Emails Promoting COVID-19 Vaccination Among Healthcare Workers
In this evaluation, two versions of emails will be sent to Geisinger employees who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19. A delayed-contact control group will be emailed after a delay of at least two days.
- Trial name
- NCT04728594
- Testing
- Social Proof, Reframing, Scarcity Message
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 9,566 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Geisinger Clinic
Pre-exposure Prophylaxis, HIV Infections
Le Kip Kip: A Campaign to Change Social Norms and Build Sustainable Demand for PrEP Among Women in South Africa
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of a social media campaign and community engagement activities to promote pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use among young women and to influence community norms around PrEP in…
- Trial name
- NCT05417620
- Testing
- Social Media Campaign, PrEP Champions, Community Mobilization
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 601 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Claustrophobia, Complication of Diagnostic Procedure
Reduction of Claustrophobia and Patient Motion After Training of MRI Personnel in Comfort TalkTM
Annually, an estimated 700,000 patients do not complete their scheduled MRI scans because of claustrophobia or inability to hold still.
- Trial name
- NCT01563198
- Testing
- Comfort Talk®
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 97,712 people
- Sponsor
- Hypnalgesics, LLC
Healthy
Mental and Physical Well-Being of Frontline Health Care Workers During Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Study to support the mental and physical well-being of US health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure high-quality care for patients through Stress First Aid.
- Trial name
- COVER-HCW (NCT04723576)
- Testing
- Stress First Aid
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 7,444 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RAND
Pre-exposure Prophylaxis, HIV Infections
Project Phakama: Testing Support Strategies to Empower Young Women on PrEP in South Africa
The goal of this trial is to understand which strategies work best to support pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use among female sex workers (FSW) and adolescent girls and youth women (AGYW) in uMgungundlovu, KwaZulu-Natal, South…
- Trial name
- NCT06274060
- Testing
- Case management, Food vouchers, PrEP support buddy
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 304 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Asthma
Coordinated Healthcare Interventions for Childhood Asthma Gaps in Outcomes
Chicago is an epicenter for asthma health disparities in the U.S., with African-American children 5-11 yrs bearing a disproportionate share of the burden.
- Trial name
- CHICAGO (NCT02319967)
- Testing
- CAPE, CHW home visits
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 373 people
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Brain Injuries, Traumatic
Interventions for Parent Caregivers of Injured Military/Veteran Personnel
This randomized clinical trial will test a behavioral caregiving intervention that has been used successfully for dementia and spinal cord injury caregivers to provide services to stressed and burdened parent caregivers of post…
- Trial name
- NCT03309046
- Testing
- REACH Individual Session, Education Webinar
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 163 people
- Sponsor
- Memphis VA Medical Center
Opioid-use Disorder, Opioid Dependence
Comparing Two Training Methods for Opioid Wizard
The prevalence of opioid use disorder (OUD) and opioid-related deaths has risen dramatically in recent years. Effective treatments, including medications for opioid use disorder (MOUDs; e.g., buprenorphine-naloxone and methadone)…
- Conditions
- Opioid-use Disorder, Opioid Dependence, Attitude of Health Personnel
- Trial name
- NCT04867382
- Testing
- Online training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 88 people
- Sponsor
- HealthPartners Institute
Contraception
Clinical Study of Depo Provera Comparing Lay Health Workers and Clinically-trained Health Workers
This is a randomized controlled trial comparing lay Lady Health Workers (Lay Health Workers) with Family Welfare Workers (Clinically- trained Health Workers) on quantitative measures of safety and effectiveness of Depo Provera…
- Trial name
- NCT03255941
- Testing
- DMPA, Sayana Press
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 460 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- FHI 360
Latent Tuberculosis Infection
Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Infection in Health Care Workers Using Ex-vivo Interferon-gamma Assay
The present study was to evaluate the usefulness of a whole-blood interferon-r release assays (IGRAs) as diagnostic tool of the latent tuberculosis infection for healthcare workers.
- Trial name
- NCT01007396
- Testing
- 1-step tuberculin skin test (TST) and blood sampling
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 322 people
- Sponsor
- Samsung Medical Center
Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Development of a Training Intervention to Improve Mental Health Treatment Effectiveness and Engagement for Youth With Documented Mental Health Disparities
The overall goal of the larger 3-aim study is to develop and pilot test a training intervention to increase mental health providers' use of evidence-based practices with youth patients.
- Trial name
- NCT05626231
- Testing
- Training Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 286 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston College
Childhood Asthma, Community Health Workers
West Philadelphia Controls Asthma
This project uses community health workers (CHW) or lay health educators to implement asthma interventions that have been proven to work in the primary care setting and in schools.
- Trial name
- WPCA (NCT03514485)
- Testing
- Yes We Can Children's Asthma Program, School-Based Asthma Therapy, Open Airways for School Plus
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 626 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia