Clinical trials: Literacy
Colorectal Cancer
Health Literacy Interventions to Overcome Disparities in CRC Screening
In the proposed project the investigators will evaluate two different follow-up approaches to improve low income patients' completion of initial and annual colorectal cancer (CRC) screening using the Fecal Immunochemical Test…
- Trial name
- NCT02360605
- Testing
- automated telephone reminder, prevention coordinator, Health literacy appropriate education and demonstration
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 620 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport
Colorectal Cancer Screening
Information With or Without Numbers For Optimizing Reasoning About Medical Decisions
Experts believe that increasing the low uptake of screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) requires educating patients about all approved tests and helping them choose one that fits their preferences.
- Trial name
- INFORM (NCT02477553)
- Testing
- DA - Quantitative, DA - Verbal
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 728 people
- Sponsor
- Indiana University
Colorectal Cancer
Colorectal Cancer Screening Assessment Study
This study, led by the American Samoa Community Cancer Coalition's INdigenous Samoan Partnership to Initiate Research Excellence (INSPIRE) and the UH Cancer Center's project team including Dr.
- Trial name
- NCT04500171
- Testing
- Colocare Instruction Sheet: SAM + CAM SMOG, CDC Colorectal cancer screening for life brochure: SAM + CAM SMOG, Colocare Instruction Sheet: SAM + CAM - Superior rating SMOG - 5th Grade Level
- Where
- 2 sites in American Samoa
- Volunteers
- 264 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Hawaii
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
Memory Impairment
Better Memory With Literacy Acquisition Later in Life
This study aims to discover whether acquiring basic-literacy in adulthood can improve episodic memory and brain structural and functional connectivity.
- Trial name
- NCT04473235
- Testing
- Literacy training, Non-Literacy training
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 108 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Retention
Oral Health Literacy and Oral Education
This is study aims to evaluate the retention of information on oral health and eating habits in children under two years of age.
- Trial name
- NCT02436811
- Testing
- Written form instruction, Standardized oral instruction, Control
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 180 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade Federal do Paraná
Heart Failure, Heart Failure Hospitalization
Teach-Back Discharge Education to Improve Self-Care and Reduce 30-Day Readmissions in Heart Failure Patients
This study aimed to improve how patients with heart failure understand and manage their condition after leaving the hospital. Many heart failure patients are readmitted within 30 days due to confusion about their discharge…
- Conditions
- Heart Failure, Heart Failure Hospitalization, Readmission, Hospital
- Trial name
- NCT07280208
- Testing
- Teach-Back Discharge Education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people
- Sponsor
- Nova Southeastern University
Diabetes Mellitus
Point-of-care Health Literacy and Activation Information to Improve Diabetes Care
This hybrid effectiveness/implementation trial will be conducted in two phases over four years. In Phase 1, the investigators will evaluate the process of implementing a collaborative, diabetes goal-setting intervention…
- Trial name
- EPIC (NCT01876485)
- Testing
- Empowering Patients in Chronic Care (EPIC), Enhanced Usual Care (EUC)
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 280 people
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Intellectual Disability
New Skills - No Scores Research Study
The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of a physical literacy and food literacy intervention for children with Intellectual Disabilities ages 12-16 years.
- Trial name
- NCT04254666
- Testing
- Physical Literacy & Food Literacy Intervention.
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Hepatocellular Cancer
Sharing Decision-making Program for HCC Patients Treatment Decisions
Aim: Explore the effectiveness of sharing decision-making program interventions in the early stage of HCC to reduce treatment decisions conflicts and improving decision-making satisfaction.
- Trial name
- NCT03926039
- Testing
- sharing decision-making program
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
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.
Physical Activity, Motivation
Effect of Sport Education in University Required PE on Students' Perceived Physical Literacy and Physical Activity Level
This project examines the effects of implementing sport education model in university required physical education lessons on perceived physical literacy and physical activity levels of the students.
- Trial name
- NCT03888885
- Testing
- Sport Education Model
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 410 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hepatitis C, Chronic Kidney Diseases
Helping Empower Liver and Kidney Patients
The overall purpose of this study is to develop and test a web-based decision aid (DA) to support patients with Hepatitis C and Chronic Kidney Disease during decisions about whether, when, and how to treat each illness.
- Conditions
- Hepatitis C, Chronic Kidney Diseases, Patient Education
- Trial name
- Project HELP (NCT03426787)
- Testing
- Decision Aid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Hypertension
Northwestern University and Access Community Health Network Medication Education Study
Many patients have difficulty performing routine medication management tasks. Individuals with limited literacy are at high risk for these problems.
- Trial name
- NAMES (NCT01578577)
- Testing
- EHMI, Nurse Educator + EHMI
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 920 people
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University
Behavior, Health Risk, Implementation Science
Incentive-based and Media Literacy Informed Approaches to Improve Vaping Cessation
This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and compare the preliminary effect of vaping cessation program consisting of media literacy education and real-time text messaging support and leverage insights from behavioral…
- Conditions
- Behavior, Health Risk, Implementation Science, E Cigarette Use, Cessation, Smoking
- Trial name
- NCT05586308
- Testing
- Text-massaging suport, Financial incentive, Media literacy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Nebraska
Overweight and Obesity, Overweight Adolescents
Enhancing BodyWorks: A Canine Health Literacy Module
Dog ownership can serve as a vehicle for large-scale multi-level public health interventions, especially for pediatric overweight and obesity, due to dogs' unique place in children and adolescents' social networks.This study…
- Trial name
- BW (NCT04516252)
- Testing
- BodyWorks Intervention, Canine Curriculum, Ecological Momentary Assessment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 202 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles
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 Adherence
Telehealth-based Strategies to Increase Oral Chemotherapeutic Agent Medication Adherence
Oral chemotherapeutic agents (OCAs) are increasingly being used as an alternative to traditional intravenous chemotherapy, and factors promoting this trend include increased survival times requiring long-term therapy…
- Trial name
- NCT02543723
- Testing
- Nurse Coach Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 128 people
- Sponsor
- East Carolina University
Health Literacy, Health Insurance
Effective Communication to Improve Decision Making About Health Care Plans
The overall goal of the study is to better understand how communication strategies can help people make decisions about health insurance plans.
- Conditions
- Health Literacy, Health Insurance, Health Services Accessibility
- Trial name
- NCT01986790
- Testing
- Plain Language, Plain Language + Visuals, Plain Language + Narratives
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 343 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Washington University School of Medicine
Melanoma
Melanoma Perception and Health Literacy in People of Color
This study will examine the effectiveness of a targeted, health literate educational intervention for people of color compared to a standard melanoma education pamphlet for increasing knowledge and promoting early melanoma…
- Trial name
- NCT02437305
- Testing
- ABCDEs of Melanoma Skin Cancer, ABCDEs of Melanoma
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwestern University