Clinical trials: Community Health Workers
Incentives, Health Behavior
Advancing the Health of Rural Communities in Uganda Through Strong Community Health Programs
The overarching goal of this study is to improve the health of women and children in rural areas of Uganda through strengthening of the community health workforce, which provides critical health services to the rural poor.
- Conditions
- Incentives, Health Behavior, Health Care Utilization
- Trial name
- NCT05176106
- Testing
- CHW Incentives Intervention
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 769 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Covid19
Novel Face Mask Sampling for COVID-19: A Diagnostic and Public Health Tool
COVID-19 has become a global problem. There is an urgent need to improve the diagnosis and screening of patients and healthcare workers for COVID-19 in the UK.
- Trial name
- COVMASK (NCT04481646)
- Testing
- Face mask sampling
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 630 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Leicester
Child Development, Father-Child Relations
A Quasi-experimental Evaluation of the Malezi Program in Tanzania
The quality of caregiving and the parent-child relationship is critical for early child development (ECD) and has been shown to be modifiable.
- Conditions
- Child Development, Father-Child Relations, Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Safety Issues
- Trial name
- Malezi II (NCT05244161)
- Testing
- RMV-ECD
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 1,248 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Substance Use Disorders, Overdose
Emergency Medicine Peer Outreach Worker Engagement for Recovery
This is an observational, prospective case-control study evaluating the effects of an emergency department community health worker-peer recovery specialist program (PCHW), the Substance Misuse Assistance Response Team (SMART).
- Conditions
- Substance Use Disorders, Overdose, Opioid Use Disorder, Alcohol Use Disorder
- Trial name
- EMPOWER (NCT06320015)
- Testing
- Substance Misuse Assistance Response Team (SMART), Usual Care Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Chronic Disease, Community Health Workers
Unidos: Linking Individuals to Social Determinant and Community Health Services
For 19 years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-funded Arizona Prevention Research Center (AzPRC) has been engaged in academic community collaborative research to reduce chronic disease health disparities among the…
- Trial name
- NCT04124224
- Testing
- Unidos
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arizona
HIV Infections, Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Home HIV Testing for Older Adults in South Africa
Many older adults in rural South Africa still lack knowledge of their HIV status despite a high probability of infection. Older adults tend to test less for HIV because most HIV testing and prevention programs have been targeted…
- Trial name
- Test@Home (NCT04131465)
- Testing
- Home HIV self-testing, Home HIV rapid testing, Home HIV self-testing and rapid testing
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 3,578 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
Behavioral Symptoms, Community Health Workers
Health Equity and Rural Education (HERE!) Clinical Trial
The goal of this community-engaged research is two-fold. The first goal is to gather stakeholder feedback to inform a school-based community health worker intervention with youth with poor school attendance and an enhanced usual…
- Conditions
- Behavioral Symptoms, Community Health Workers, Social Determinants of Health, Educational Problems
- Trial name
- HERE (NCT06460116)
- Testing
- School-Based Community Health Worker (SB-CHW) intervention, Enhanced Usual Care (EUC) Methods
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 126 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Hospitalism
Community Health Worker Care Transitions Study
This study focuses on pairing community health workers (CHWs) with patients that are high risk for readmission prior to hospital discharge in order to assess differences in hospital readmission rates, ED visits, patient…
- Trial name
- CCAT (NCT03085264)
- Testing
- Community Health Worker
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Alcohol Use, Underage Drinking
Parent-Focused Alcohol Prevention Program for Hispanic Families in Faith-Based Settings
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine whether Guiando Buenas Decisiones, a parent-focused alcohol prevention program, can help prevent or delay alcohol initiation and use among Hispanic immigrant adolescents ages 12 to…
- Conditions
- Alcohol Use, Underage Drinking, Parenting Intervention, Prevention
- Trial name
- NCT07869550
- Testing
- Guiando Buenas Decisiones (GBD)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 440 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Work Related Stress, Burnout, Psychological
Character-Strengths Based Coaching For Work-Stress Reduction For Health Workers
The purpose of this two-arm, parallel group individual randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of a character-strengths based coaching intervention consisting of a five-day residential workshop focusing on…
- Conditions
- Work Related Stress, Burnout, Psychological, Mental Health Issue
- Trial name
- NCT06013488
- Testing
- Character Strengths Based Coaching Support, Routine Supervision
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 330 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Templeton World Charity Foundation
HIV, Substance Use Disorders
The Collaborative Care PrTNER Study
A randomized controlled trial to assess the ability of a Collaborative Care Prevention, Treatment, Navigation, Engagement, Resource (PrTNER) intervention to increase initiation of preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) (for those at-risk…
- Conditions
- HIV, Substance Use Disorders, Substance Use, AIDS
- Trial name
- PrTNER (NCT06585631)
- Testing
- CC PrTNER
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 275 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Liver Neoplasms, Hepatitis B
Lay Health Worker Model to Reduce Liver Cancer Disparities in Asian Americans
The study was conducted between April 2013 and October 2014. In the parent study, 600 foreign-born Asian American adults 18 years of age and older were drawn from the community in the Baltimore Washington Metropolitan Area.
- Trial name
- LHWAA (NCT02760537)
- Testing
- Lay Health Worker Intervention
- Volunteers
- 232 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Thomas Jefferson University
Maternal Health
RESTORE - Phase II
The study will apply the principles of Community Based Participatory Research to evaluate implementation strategies, designed to assist in the delivery of an evidence-based lifestyle counseling intervention for pregnant…
- Trial name
- NCT06349070
- Testing
- Low Touch - Text Messaging Implementation Strategy, High Touch - Community Health Worker (CHW) Implementation Strategy
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 1,050 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Maternal-Child Health Services, Health Service Utilization
Integrated Community Based Health Systems Strengthening Preliminary Study in Kozah Togo
This preliminary study aims to inform the design and delivery of the integrated facility and community-based health systems strengthening (ICBHSS) model in four Kozah District health facilities over a period of 48 months.
- Trial name
- ICBHSS-Kozah (NCT03773913)
- Testing
- ICBHSS model
- Where
- Togo
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Integrate Health
Mental Disease
Mental Health Reinforcement in Wayapi and Teko Communities in French Guiana : Evaluation of the Impact of a Mediation Based Activity in Municipalities of Camopi and Trois Saut in French Guiana
In French Guiana, Indigenous people experience high levels of psychological distress and higher rates of suicidal behavior than the rest of the population.
- Trial name
- MCS Impact (NCT07808801)
- Where
- French Guiana
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier de Cayenne
Oral Health, Child
Testing Preliminary Effectiveness of a Training to Support CHWs Outreach on Dental to African American Caregivers
Two arm study, experimental and control, to explore the impact of an online training program to help community health workers conduct effective outreach to support the dental health of African American youth via their caregivers.
- Conditions
- Oral Health, Child, Adolescents, Self Efficacy
- Trial name
- GRIN (NCT05511935)
- Testing
- professional development training for CHWs on dental health (GRIN)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 143 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KDH Research & Communication
Healthy Aging
An Aging Healthy Intervention for Older Adults Delivered by Community Health Workers in Senior Centers: A Clinical Trial
The aCT Study will develop, implement and evaluate a community health worker (CHW) integrated model of care delivery for older adults that is senior center based.
- Trial name
- aCT (NCT07428174)
- Testing
- aCT CHW intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- George Mason University
Dementia
PLAN: Dementia Literacy Education and Navigation for Korean Elders With Probable Dementia and Their Caregivers
Early detection of dementia allows for a transition to early dementia care that may delay or slow deterioration of cognitive functions and functional disabilities and enable families to adequately plan for the potential…
- Trial name
- PLAN (NCT03909347)
- Testing
- PLAN, Standard of Care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 574 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Pregnancy Related, Food Insecurity
Nourishing Beginnings: Addressing Food Insecurity During Pregnancy
This is a pilot project designed to test the feasibility of implementing a community health worker (CHW)-led intervention to improve nutritious food access and consumption among pregnant people and to evaluate the effectiveness…
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Related, Food Insecurity, Premature Birth, Pregnancy Complications
- Trial name
- NCT05341960
- Testing
- Food Delivery, Financial Support
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 162 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Case Western Reserve University
Caregiver Burnout
Testing Preliminary Effectiveness of a Community Health Worker (CHW) Training Program on Caregiving
Two arm study, experimental and control, to explore the impact of an online training program to prepare community health workers (CHWs) conduct effective outreach to support African American and Latino male caregivers of older…
- Trial name
- IN-HOME (NCT06049043)
- Testing
- Intervention to Help Orient Men to Excel (IN-HOME), AARP's English "Care at Home" resource webpage
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 107 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- KDH Research & Communication