Clinical trials: Homeless Persons
Mental Disorder, Mental Health
Engaging Homeless Youth in Vocational Training to Meet Their Mental Health Needs
This randomized controlled trial (RCT) compared the efficacy between the Social Enterprise Intervention (SEI) and Individual Placement and Support (IPS) with homeless youth with mental illness.
- Conditions
- Mental Disorder, Mental Health, Employment, Housing Problems
- Trial name
- SEI (NCT03118388)
- Testing
- Social Enterprise Intervention, IPS
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
Homeless Persons
Engaging Homeless Veterans in Primary Care
The objectives of this study are to test an evidence-based model for improving primary and preventive care engagement among homeless Veterans not currently receiving care and to demonstrate the additive benefit of primary…
- Trial name
- NCT00858507
- Testing
- RN Brief Intervention, Social Worker Outreach
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 221 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Substance Use, Unprotected Sex
Intervention for Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behavior in Homeless Youth
This study will evaluate a program called AWARE, which is a voluntary four session group-based motivational interviewing (MI) intervention to reduce substance use and sexual risk behavior among 18-25 year olds who are…
- Trial name
- NCT03735784
- Testing
- AWARE
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 276 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RAND
Homelessness
Applying a Case Management Model in a VA Homeless Program
The VA Grant and Per Diem (GPD) case management aftercare program provides six months of case management for homeless-experienced Veterans undergoing housing transitions.
- Trial name
- NCT05312229
- Testing
- Critical Time Intervention (CTI), External Facilitation, Replicating Effective Programs
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 192 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
End of Life Decision Making, Advance Care Planning
An Intervention to Improve End of Life Decision Making Among Homeless Persons
This project is a prospective, randomized controlled trial to improve the end of life experience for homeless persons by facilitating the expression of their wishes and enhancement of their dignity when facing serious illness…
- Trial name
- NCT00471016
- Testing
- Guided intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 59 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Cigarette Smoking
Text Messaging-Based Smoking Cessation Program for Homeless Youth
Unaccompanied homeless youth smoke at much higher rates than non-homeless adolescents and young adults. Many homeless youth smokers are motivated to quit; yet, strategies specifically developed for this vulnerable population are…
- Trial name
- NCT03874585
- Testing
- Group counseling and nicotine replacement, Group counseling, nicotine replacement, and text messaging support
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RAND
Alcohol Use Disorder
Phosphatidylethanol-Based Contingency Management for Housing
The investigators will evaluate the efficacy of contingency management (CM) in reducing alcohol use in individuals experiencing unstable housing but who are currently housed in shelters.
- Trial name
- NCT04038021
- Testing
- Phosphatidylethanol-based Contingency Management, Non-Contingent Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington State University
General Population
National Stigma Survey About Mental Illness, Intellectual Disability and Homelessness in Spain
This project is framed within the "Complutense University of Madrid (UCM)-Group 5 Against Stigma Chair", of the Faculty of Psychology.
- Trial name
- NCT05174962
- Volunteers
- 2,750 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Substance Use, Sexual Risk Behavior
Substance Use and Sexual Risk Reduction Intervention for Homeless Youth
The goal of this study is to evaluate a group-based motivational interviewing (MI)-delivered risk reduction program for homeless young adults.
- Trial name
- NCT02188797
- Testing
- Group MI risk reduction program
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RAND
Burnout, Professional, Anxiety
Storytelling Through Music to Improve Well-being Among Homeless Service Providers
Homelessness is a complex social issue and requires a dedicated workforce of helping professionals, including nurses and social workers.
- Conditions
- Burnout, Professional, Anxiety, Depression, Secondary Trauma
- Trial name
- NCT06536387
- Testing
- Storytelling Through Music
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas at Austin
Homeless Youth
Vaccination Coverage and Uptake in Young People Experiencing or at Risk of Homelessness
This retrospective audit will investigate if young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Melbourne were up-to-date with routine childhood and adolescent vaccines on first encounter with a nurse-led primary health…
- Trial name
- NCT04864678
- Testing
- Referral to the Young People's Health Service immunisation nurse
- Where
- Australia
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Drug Use
An Arts Intervention for Drug-Using Homeless Youth
In the study, homeless youth from a drop-in site and faculty from UCLA and California Institute of the Arts will develop, pilot test and evaluate a youth-based drug and health-promoting program.
- Trial name
- NCT00862238
- Testing
- Art Messaging, Health Promotion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 156 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Los Angeles
Homeless Persons
Effect of a Rent Subsidy and Mentoring on Youth Transitioning Out of Homelessness
Compared to the vast amount of literature about the risk factors associated with young people entering and becoming entrenched in homelessness, much less is known about how to facilitate and sustain transitions off the streets.
- Trial name
- NCT03779204
- Testing
- Mentorship, Rent Subsidies
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Substance Use
Evaluation of EBT With Young, Substance Abusing Homeless Mothers
A dearth of information is available regarding how best to intervene with substance use disordered homeless mothers and their young children.
- Trial name
- NCT02577666
- Testing
- Ecologically Based Therapy, Housing Only, Treatment as Usual
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Stress
Comparative Effectiveness of Stress Management
Many formerly homeless adults with chronic mental illness experience treatment resistant symptoms for which pharmaceutical agents and cognitive behavioral therapy are not effective.
- Trial name
- NCT03203902
- Testing
- Psychoeducation and Therapeutic Touch
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Youth, Homelessness
The Identity Project
Understanding how to create successful pathways out of homelessness is crucial. Thirty young people (aged 18 - 26 years) who have transitioned out of homelessness within the past three years will be offered scholarships to…
- Trial name
- TIP (NCT03772522)
- Testing
- dk Leadership
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 27 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Unity Health Toronto
Substance Use, Victimization
Safety Awareness For Empowerment (SAFE): An RCT With Young People Experiencing Homelessness
The SAFE study examines the effects of brief mindfulness-based cognitive-behavioral intervention aimed at improving risk-related attention skills (risk detection, problem solving, assertiveness, and help seeking) in order to…
- Trial name
- SAFE (NCT04183400)
- Testing
- Safety Awareness For Empowerment (SAFE)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 244 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Denver
Homeless Persons
Examination of Occupational Justice, Activity Performance and Quality of Life in Homeless People
This concerns the participation of individuals experiencing homelessness, as a disadvantaged group, in meaningful and purposeful occupations, evaluated within the framework of occupational justice.
- Trial name
- NCT06497192
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bezmialem Vakif University
Mental Health
Homeless Youth Study - Stepping Stone Project
Homelessness is associated with a multitude of negative consequences including an increased risk for mental health problems. Once homeless, these individuals face significant barriers to mental health care and are therefore less…
- Trial name
- NCT03620682
- Testing
- Coaching sessions, Mobile applications
- Volunteers
- 35 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rush University Medical Center
Feasibility
The EMERGE Project: Feasibility of Assessing Economic and Sexual Risk Behaviors Using Text Messages in Young Adults
As part of the development of the Engaging Microenterprise for Resource Generation and Health Empowerment (EMERGE) Project, the study team will conduct a single-group study to examine the feasibility of assessing economic and…
- Trial name
- NCT03237871
- Testing
- Text-message survey and informational text messages
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health