Clinical trials: Capacity Building
Smoking Cessation
COVID-19 Brief Advice and Chat-based Support for Smoking Cessation Via "Quit to Win" Contest 2020
The present study will examine (1) the effectiveness of a combined brief advice and personalized chat-based support on COVID-19 related smoking messages and (2) explore the use of CBPR model to build capacity and to engage…
- Trial name
- QTW2020 (NCT04399967)
- Testing
- Chat-based support, AWARD plus COVID-specific advice, AWARD advice
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 1,166 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Capacity Building, Drug Use
Methadone Maintenance and HIV Prevention: A Window of Opportunity in China
This study is an intervention pilot that integrates the current methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) program in China with psychosocial and behavioral components in order to address the critical link between drug use and…
- Conditions
- Capacity Building, Drug Use, HIV/AIDS
- Trial name
- MMT1 (NCT01532609)
- Testing
- MMT CARE
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 220 people
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Education, Nursing
Health Coaching With Hospitalised Chronic Heart Failure Patients
Background: Nurses, the usual leaders in the follow-up of chronic cardiac patients, need to improve their training so that they are in the best position to empower these patients.
- Trial name
- NCT05300880
- Testing
- Training program
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra
Colon Cancer
Building Capacity for Screening & Early Diagnosis of Colorectal Cancer Through a Comprehensive Colonoscopy Training Program in Nigeria
This protocol seeks to develop a colonoscopy training program in Nigeria in order to increase the number of health care providers proficient in colonoscopy.
- Trial name
- NCT05686499
- Testing
- Didactic Lectures and demonstrations
- Where
- 2 sites in Nigeria
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital
Depression, Anxiety
Building Community Capacity for Disability Prevention for Minority Elders (Positive Minds - Strong Bodies)
The primary intervention offered through this study is a manualized and culturally adapted CBT intervention combined with an exercise intervention, administered by trained Community Health Workers and exercise trainers to ethnic…
- Conditions
- Depression, Anxiety, Physical Disability
- Trial name
- NCT02317432
- Testing
- Comparison of a combined CBT + exercise intervention and enhanced usual care
- Where
- 8 sites in United States, Puerto Rico
- Volunteers
- 307 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Covid19
Western Kenya Integrated COVID-19 Response
To respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, investigators will be deploying community health workers, equipped with mobile technology, and accompanied by youth to visit households door to door to screen for symptoms of COVID-19…
- Trial name
- NCT04501458
- Testing
- Training of youth, community health assistants and community health workers., Training clinicians in basic critical care and the management of severe COVID-19 cases
- Where
- Kenya
- Volunteers
- 200,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Surgical Systems Research Group
Depression
The Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Partnership for Mental Health Capacity Building
This is a 10-site cluster-randomized implementation science trial that compares two clinic-level implementation strategies to facilitate ongoing Ministry of Health efforts to scale up depression treatment within non-communicable…
- Trial name
- SHARP (NCT03711786)
- Testing
- Basic implementation package, Enhanced implementation package
- Where
- 12 sites in Malawi
- Volunteers
- 946 people
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Capacity Building and Service Enhancement in Integrated Home Care Services
As people live longer lives, the ageing population causes an unprecedented rise in healthcare and social services demand. Limited studies were to evaluate the effectiveness of risk management measures of home care service and the…
- Trial name
- NCT05192096
- Testing
- Train-the-trainer workshop
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 170 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Tuberculosis
Impact of Vitamin D Supplementation on Host Immunity to Mycobacterium Tuberculosis and Response to Treatment
Tuberculosis bacterium (TB) is a germ that can infect any part of the human body, especially the lungs. Vitamin D is a hormone present in humans that regulates blood electrolytes such as calcium and phosphate.
- Trial name
- NCT00918086
- Testing
- Vitamin D pill
- Where
- Georgia
- Volunteers
- 199 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Emory University
Education
Building Capacity of OT Students to Address Children's Mental Health During Fieldwork (OTFW)
The study involved a one-group (n=19) mixed methods design using using pretest-posttest surveys and qualitative analysis of written reflections was used to explore the meaning and outcomes of participation in the building…
- Trial name
- OTFW (NCT03170102)
- Testing
- Building capacity through education
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cleveland State University
Intervention
Family Navigator Plus for Foster Parents
The investigators have designed a 5-week Family Navigator Plus (FN+) educational program to support foster parents in better understanding their youth's mental health needs and in finding mental health services.
- Trial name
- FN+ (NCT06978959)
- Testing
- FN+ Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Depression Mild, Depression Moderate
Treatment of Depression Using a Mobile Application in the Dominican Republic
The overall objective of this study is to develop a feasible and acceptable mental health app which delivers Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for depressed patients in the Dominican Republic.
- Trial name
- NCT04948996
- Testing
- El Buen Consejo Móvil- Group (EBCM-G), El Buen Consejo Móvil- Individual (EBCM-I)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Dominican Republic
- Volunteers
- 27 people
- Sponsor
- Northern Illinois University
Smoking Cessation
Promoting Smoking Cessation in the Community Via "Quit to Win" Contest 2017
The present study will examine (1) the effectiveness of regular messages and semi-personalized instant messaging with AWARD brief advice and active referral to smoking cessation (SC) services and (2) explore the use of CBPR model…
- Trial name
- NCT03182790
- Testing
- Instant Messaging IM, Regular messages, AWARD advice
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 1,311 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong
Spinal Cord Injuries, Spina Bifida
Examining Capacity Building of Youth With Physical Disabilities to Pursue Participation Following the PREP Intervention.
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about how a participation-based intervention builds capacity of youth with physical disabilities to pursue activities of their choice in the community.
- Conditions
- Spinal Cord Injuries, Spina Bifida, Musculoskeletal Disorder, Juvenile Arthritis
- Trial name
- NCT06007885
- Testing
- Pathways and Resources to Engagement and Participation (PREP)
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- McGill University
Capacity Building, Support for Midlevel Health Professionals
Integrated Infectious Disease Capacity-Building Evaluation
This evaluation aim is to investigate a cost-effective way to build capacity for the care and prevention of infectious diseases among mid-level practitioners (MLP) in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Conditions
- Capacity Building, Support for Midlevel Health Professionals, Diagnostic Training
- Trial name
- IDCAP (NCT01190540)
- Testing
- Training and supervision, Integrated Management of Infectious Disease (IMID)
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
HIV, PrEP
Pharmacy-based Provision of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Tanzania
Implementation study comparing standard pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) services to four models of pharmacy-based PrEP access for young women aged 18-24 (YW) in Tanzania.
- Trial name
- MWOTAJI (NCT07687888)
- Testing
- Pharmacy-based PrEP services, Distribution of HIV self-test kits
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 2,818 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mzumbe University - Centre of Excellence in Health Monitoring and Evaluation
Stroke
Building Capacity in the System to Support Persons With Stroke and Cognitive Impairment
Patients with cognitive impairments following a stroke are often denied access to inpatient rehabilitation, despite evidence of its benefits for them.
- Trial name
- CO-OP_KT (NCT02597569)
- Testing
- CO-OP KT Exposure
- Where
- 5 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Human NiV Infection
Community Intervention to Prevent Nipah Spillover
Several human Nipah virus (NiV) outbreaks have occurred in Bangladesh since 2001with 71% case fatality. Outbreak investigations have repeatedly identified drinking fresh date palm sap as a risk factor for NiV transmission.
- Trial name
- NCT01811784
- Testing
- Ask people not to drink raw sap, Ask people not to drink sap or drink sap from skirt protected trees, No Intervention
- Where
- 4 sites in Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 7,782 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Obesity & Overweight, Prediabetes
Precision Nutrition for Obesity and Prediabetes Prevention in Under-supported Communities
This randomized controlled trial will evaluate the effectiveness of a culturally sensitive precision nutrition intervention for improving obesity- and diabetes-related outcomes among African American and Hispanic/Latino adults…
- Trial name
- PNOD (NCT07850531)
- Testing
- Precision Nutrition Intervention, Standard Nutrition Counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- Prairie View A&M University
Smoking Cessation Intervention
Promoting Smoking Cessation in the Community Via QTW 2015
Although smoking prevalence is decreasing in Hong Kong, there are still 648,800 daily smokers 10.8% (Census and Statistics Department, 2013) and half will be killed by smoking (Lam, 2012) which accounts for over 7,000 deaths per…
- Trial name
- NCT02539875
- Testing
- AWARD and brief leaflet/ Referral leaflet and active referral/ Smoking cessation booklet and general advices
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 1,306 people
- Sponsor
- The University of Hong Kong