Clinical trials: Community Health Workers
Primary Health Care for Children, Nutritional Status
Evaluation of Digital Decision-support Tool for Child Nutritional Monitoring: a Protocol for Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial in Urban and Semi-Urban Areas in Indonesia
This research is a collaborative study between Indonesia's Strategic Development Initiatives (CISDI), Knowledge Partnership Platform Australia - Indonesia (KONEKSI), Center on Child Protection and Wellbeing (PUSKAPA), and Center…
- Trial name
- KSI-RCT (NCT07027384)
- Testing
- Web-Based Apps PRIMA, Apps PRIMA Mobile, Advance GEDSI Training
- Where
- 6 sites in Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 1,091 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Center for Indonesia's Strategic Development Initiatives
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
Vaccine Hesitancy, COVID-19 Testing
A CHW Intervention to Identify and Decrease Barriers to COVID 19 Testing & Vaccination
The objective of this study is to compare the results of a COVID-19 specific curriculum led by LACDHS Community Health Workers (CHWs) from these same communities of safety-net patients to effectively increase COVID-19 testing and…
- Conditions
- Vaccine Hesitancy, COVID-19 Testing, Community Health Workers
- Trial name
- NCT05473936
- Testing
- Community Health Worker led curriculum
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science
Caregivers, Community Health Workers
Intervention to Help Orient Men to Excel (IN-HOME) Phase II Study
The goal of the study is to examine the effect of outreach from IN-HOME-trained CHWs on changes in male informal caregiver knowledge/skills, positive attitudes, self-efficacy, and intentions about caregiving topics.
- Conditions
- Caregivers, Community Health Workers, Knowledge, Attitude
- Trial name
- IN-HOME (NCT07704060)
- Testing
- Intervention to Help Orient Men to Excel (IN-HOME), Supplying Useful Perimenopause Through Post-menopause Online Resources and Tools (SUPPORT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 360 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KDH Research & Communication
Hearing Loss
Community Health Workers and Teleaudiology as a Culturally-relevant Approach to Improving Access to Hearing Health Care
The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of a teleaudiology intervention with assistance from Community Health Workers to improve access to hearing health care.
- Trial name
- NCT03864003
- Testing
- Community Health Workers and Teleaudiology as a Culturally-Relevant Approach to Improving Access to Hearing Health Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Substance-Related Disorders, Substance Use
Siyakhana Peer: Evaluating a Peer Recovery Coach Model to Reduce Substance Use Stigma in South African HIV Care
Alcohol and other drug use is common among people living with HIV in South Africa and is associated with worse engagement in HIV care.
- Conditions
- Substance-Related Disorders, Substance Use, Substance Use Disorders, Stigma, Social
- Trial name
- NCT05907174
- Testing
- Siyakhana - P
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 91 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, College Park
Childhood Obesity, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Family Matters Intervention
The proposed study is a 12-month, individual randomized controlled trial (RCT). The main aim of the study is to decrease cardiovascular disease risk (BMI percentile, neck circumference) and improve child diet quality in children…
- Trial name
- NCT02669797
- Testing
- In-home Visits and Food Preparation Activities, Ecological Momentary Intervention, Feedback on Video-recorded Family Meals
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Behavior Problem
Enhancing the Health Extension Workers Capacity for Promotion of Maternal and Child
Background: Maternal and child nutrition is a lingering public health concern, affecting the lives of the most vulnerable individuals, in particular mothers and children.
- Trial name
- NCT05028010
- Testing
- Capacity building
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 92 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Gondar
SARS CoV 2 Infection, COVID-19 Breakthrough
SARS-CoV-2 Specific Antibody Responses and Impact for COVID-19 Disease in Ethiopia
In this study we aim to characterize SARS CoV-2 strain specific immune response (SARS-CoV-2 Spike IgG) in health care workers and general populations at the Jimma Medical Center and the St.
- Conditions
- SARS CoV 2 Infection, COVID-19 Breakthrough, COVID-19 Recurrent
- Trial name
- CoVICIS (NCT06435403)
- Where
- 2 sites in Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Michael Hoelscher
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Diabetes Mellitus Risk
Healthy Communities Through CHW Initiatives
Latino(a)s suffer from poor social determinants of health (SODH) conditions more than non-minority populations, and being a minority is risk factor alone for diabetes.
- Trial name
- NCT05965869
- Testing
- diabetes program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
Gestational Diabetes, Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Pregnancy
Clinic to Community Connections - Broader Distribution
This study addresses education needs in gestational diabetes care and followup at the staff and patient levels. In the initial phase, nurses and community health workers will complete specific training modules on gestational…
- Trial name
- NCT04474795
- Testing
- Staff -Educational training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Obesity
Healthy Kids & Families: Overcoming Social, Environmental and Family Barriers to Childhood Obesity Prevention
The study will test the impact of a community health worker (CHW)-delivered intervention aimed at helping families overcome barriers to childhood obesity prevention. Barriers include social, environmental, and family issues.
- Trial name
- NCT03028233
- Testing
- Healthy Lifestyle, Positive Parenting
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 244 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Diabetes Mellitus Risk
Virtual World Training for Community Health Workers (CHW)
Standard, effective, and scalable training models are needed to help equip community health workers in their community-based diabetes prevention awareness efforts.
- Trial name
- NCT04161846
- Testing
- Virtual Training, In Person Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Delaware
Covid19, Vaccine Refusal
COVID-19 Vaccine Education at the Point of Testing to Increase Vaccine Uptake in Vulnerable Communities in SE Louisiana
This project is a 2-year study to investigate vaccine hesitancy and vaccine completion among vulnerable communities in the Southeastern Louisiana region.
- Conditions
- Covid19, Vaccine Refusal, Vaccine Hesitancy
- Trial name
- NCT04939506
- Testing
- COVID-19 Vaccine Education at the Point of COVID-19 Testing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 377 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xavier University of Louisiana.
Parent-Child Relations, Behavioral Intervention
Mobile Health (mHealth) Tools to Improve Delivery Quality of a Family Home Visiting Intervention
This study will pilot a family-focused, behavioral health intervention while also developing and piloting mHealth tools to support Community Health Workers (CHWs) in Sierra Leone.
- Conditions
- Parent-Child Relations, Behavioral Intervention, Exposure to Violent Event, Child Development
- Trial name
- NCT04481399
- Testing
- Family Strengthening Intervention for Early Childhood Development, Community Health Worker Routine
- Where
- Sierra Leone
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston College
Community Health Aides, Industrial Hygiene
Work Should Not Hurt You: Reduction of Hazardous Exposures in Small Businesses Through a Community Health Worker Intervention
This project aims to reduce negative health outcomes in small businesses that primarily employ high-risk Latino workers by characterizing their exposures to hazardous chemicals and assessing if a community health worker (CHW)…
- Conditions
- Community Health Aides, Industrial Hygiene, Volatile Organic Compounds
- Trial name
- NCT03455530
- Testing
- Industrial Hygiene-Enhance Community Health Worker Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 268 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
Oral Health, Child
Guardians Receiving Information Through Navigators
A multi-arm study, experimental and control groups, to explore the impact of an online training program to help community health workers conduct effective outreach to support the dental health of high-risk youth via their…
- Conditions
- Oral Health, Child, Adolescent, High-risk
- Trial name
- GRIN (NCT07147244)
- Testing
- Treatment 1: Full GRIN course (Lessons 1-8), Treatment 2: Part 1 of GRIN (Lessons 1-4), Treatment 3: Part 2 of GRIN (Lesson 1, 5-8)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 455 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KDH Research & Communication
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
The Impact of Community Health Worker Training by US Health Volunteers on the Health of Rural Ugandans
There are many trials measuring the impact of service work on volunteers themselves, but few studies measuring the impact of service on the local people.
- Trial name
- NCT02045706
- Testing
- Community Health Worker Trainings
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 1,419 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Edward O'Neil Jr, M.D.
Occupational Stress, Stress, Physiological
SER+ Against COVID-19 - Interventions to Strengthen the Resilience of HCWs in Ecuador
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has particularly impacted Ecuador. By May 31, 2021, 426,000 cases (10% of health professionals) and 20,572 deaths. Care procedures, organization and priorities have been altered, if not broken.
- Trial name
- NCT05198414
- Testing
- Focus group
- Where
- 2 sites in Ecuador
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Miguel Hernandez de Elche
Blood Pressure, Hypertension
A Community Health Worker-Led LSSS Intervention in Bangladesh
The sodium found in salt is a powerful cause of high blood pressure, and most sodium ingested by humans is from their diet. High blood pressure is known to cause heart attacks and strokes, so various public health programs have…
- Trial name
- NCT05425030
- Testing
- Low-Sodium Salt Substitute, Information/Education
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 618 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University