Clinical trials: Literacy
Sexual Behavior
Evaluation Study of the Online High School Media Aware Program
The main aim of this study is to conduct a pretest-posttest RCT with a three-month follow-up to investigate the sustainability of outcomes in students who use the Media Aware program.
- Trial name
- NCT04035694
- Testing
- Media Aware Sexual Health - High School
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 590 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Innovation Research & Training
Health Literacy, Language
English as a Second Language Health Literacy Program
This research is using a Community-Based Participatory Action Research (CBPAR) approach to design, implement, and evaluate English as a Second Language health literacy classes for Hispanic adults to reduce lead exposure.
- Trial name
- NCT04125680
- Testing
- ESL Health Literacy Classes
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Colorectal Cancer
Low-Literacy Physician-Patient Intervention Promoting Colorectal Cancer Screening
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a low literacy, physician and patient-directed intervention to promote colorectal cancer (CRC) screening among the medically underserved.
- Trial name
- NCT01103479
- Testing
- Physician Intervention, Physician and Patient Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 569 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Sexual Behavior
Young Men and Media Study
Adolescent sexual minority males (ASMM) continue to account for a disproportionate number of HIV infections in the United States. Racial and ethnic minority populations are particularly affected.
- Trial name
- NCT04109443
- Testing
- Young Men & Media Program, Available websites on safe sex and preventing STIs
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 154 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Effect of Game in Increasing Environmental Health Literacy
Evaluation of Prototype for Simulation for Environmental Exposure Education (SE3)
The goal of this clinical trial is to test a prototype of a new educational game about environmental health literacy with middle school age youth.
- Trial name
- SE3 (NCT05875467)
- Testing
- SE3 Game
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- dfusion Inc
COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 Testing and Vaccine Literacy for Women With Criminal Legal System Involvement
The objective of this research is to use a localized mHealth intervention to boost COVID-19 testing and vaccine literacy, access, and uptake among women with CLSI
- Trial name
- COVID-19 (NCT05582746)
- Testing
- Tri-City COVID Attitudes Study
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 295 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Improving Diabetic Patient Health Through Assistive-Reading Technology
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) affects over 30 million Americans and requires patients to competently manage their conditions at home.
- Conditions
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Literacy
- Trial name
- NCT05337306
- Testing
- GogyUp Reader
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 193 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- GogyUp Inc
Dementia, Alzheimer Disease
Efficacy Study of Kinto Care Coaching for Dementia Family Caregivers
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate Kinto's Care Coaching intervention for dementia caregivers. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does the intervention help caregivers to address their general caregiving goals…
- Conditions
- Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Lewy Body Disease, Vascular Dementia
- Trial name
- NCT05916664
- Testing
- Kinto Care Coaching
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 495 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kinto
Diet Habit, Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
iSIPsmarter: An RCT Evaluating the Efficacy of a Technology-Based Intervention to Reduce Sugary Drinks in Rural Appalachia
The proposed randomized controlled trial (RCT) is guided by the RE-AIM (i.e. reach, efficacy, adoption, implementation, maintenance) framework and targets 244 adults from rural Appalachia.
- Trial name
- NCT05030753
- Testing
- iSIPsmarter, Patient Education (PE)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 249 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Concussion, Brain
Developing an Implementation Strategy for Post-concussion Communication With Low Health Literacy Parents in the Emergency Department
Investigators will conduct a hybrid implementation-effectiveness evaluation of an educational intervention that supports communication with families post-concussion in the emergency department.
- Trial name
- NCT04112914
- Testing
- Post-concussion education for families
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 98 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Seattle Children's Hospital
Language Development, Literacy
Digital Literacy Promotion
This study evaluates the effects of digital versus standard literacy promotion, as well as dialogic language behaviors and reading comprehension among infants when comparing the use of e-books to standard board books.
- Trial name
- DLP (NCT03121365)
- Testing
- Digital/E-Book Arm, Standard/Board Book Arm
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 104 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Parent-Child Relations, Parenting
Literacy Promotion Using Automated Hovering
The purpose of this study is to incorporate behavioral economics (BE) approaches to determine whether 3 novel interventions of varying intensity improve the frequency of parent-child reading behaviors among low-income families.
- Conditions
- Parent-Child Relations, Parenting, Literacy
- Trial name
- LP (NCT04576481)
- Testing
- Texting, Regret, Lottery
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 55 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Cigarette Smoking, Nicotine Dependence
Smokers' Response to Nicotine Dependence Genotyping
Innovative strategies to reduce adult smoking prevalence include using genetic information to motivate cessation and, ultimately, to tailor cessation pharmacotherapy.
- Trial name
- NCT01780038
- Testing
- Receipt of Genetic Results, No results given
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
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
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
Decision Aid
Using Visual Arrays to Support Understanding of Genetic Risk
The goal of this study is to understand how people understand risk from genetic testing. The investigators want to understand what visual aid best helps people accurately assess risk.
- Trial name
- NCT06994832
- Testing
- Visual Array, Narrative Visual Array, Choice
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,045 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stephanie B. Seminara, MD
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Environmental Exposure
Personalized Mobile Intervention to Reduce Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Adults of Child-Bearing Age
The goal of this intervention study is to determine to what extent the Million Marker (MM) program reduces users' endocrine disruption chemical (EDC) exposure levels and changes their environmental health awareness and behaviors.
- Conditions
- Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Environmental Exposure, Health Literacy, Bisphenol A
- Trial name
- NCT05780047
- Testing
- Mail-in Urine Test for EDCs
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 434 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Million Marker Wellness, Inc.
Sugary Beverages
Kids SipSmartER, an Intervention to Reduce Sugar-sweetened Beverages
Overall Goal: To determine the effectiveness of Kids SIPsmartER in improving sugar-sweetened beverages behaviors among 7th grade students. Secondary aims are to determine (1) changes in secondary student outcomes (e.g.
- Trial name
- NCT03740113
- Testing
- Kids SipSmartER
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,013 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Medication Management
Discharge Medication Counseling in Hospitalized Children
Our objective is to design and test the efficacy of a health-literacy-informed discharge medication counseling intervention in the inpatient setting to reduce medication dosing errors and improve adherence in hospitalized…
- Trial name
- NCT05143047
- Testing
- Medication counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 198 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Child Development
Early Literacy Promotion Intervention
This study is testing the effects of early literacy promotion compared to standard literacy promotion at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
- Trial name
- ELPI (NCT02713659)
- Testing
- Early Literacy Promotion, Standard Literacy Promotion
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia