Clinical trials: Refugee Health
Diabetes, Depression
Diabetes Risk Reduction Through Eat, Walk, Sleep and Medication Therapy Management for Depressed Cambodians
The primary aim of the study is to compare the effect of three different interventions on lifestyle risk factors and biological risk factors for type 2 diabetes in depressed Cambodians.
- Trial name
- DREAM (NCT02502929)
- Testing
- Social Services, Lifestyle, Lifestyle Plus Medication Therapy Management
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 182 people
- Sponsor
- UConn Health
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Stress Related Disorder
Mindfulness-SOS: Stress Reduction for Refugees
The COVID-19 pandemic crisis is associated with a wide range of stressors for the general population. For forcibly displaced persons (FDPs), the turmoil of this crisis is magnified significantly, and elevated pre-existing…
- Trial name
- NCT04761510
- Testing
- Mindfulness-SOS for Refugees
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Haifa
Mental Health Issue, Mental Health Disorder
Intervention to Address Disparate Mental Health Consequences of COVID-19 Pandemic on Latinx and African Newcomers
This study tests the effectiveness of a community-based peer advocacy, mutual learning, and social support intervention (Refugee and Immigrant Well-being Project) to reduce several negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic…
- Conditions
- Mental Health Issue, Mental Health Disorder, Stress, Emotional, Economic Problems
- Trial name
- RIWP+ (NCT05092542)
- Testing
- Refugee and Immigrant Well-being Project (RIWP)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,212 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New Mexico
Perinatal Depression
Perinatal Mental Health for Refugee Women
Since February 24th, 2022, the beginning of Russia's aggression against Ukraine, more than 80,000 women were expected to give birth.
- Trial name
- PMH-RW (NCT05654987)
- Where
- 2 sites in Poland, Ukraine
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Mental Health, Stress, Psychological
Syrian Refugee Young Adults as Community Mental Health Workers-Lebanon
In this pilot study, we aim to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and fidelity of Syrian refugee young adults as community mental health workers (Y-CMHW), and the impact of this work on outcomes of wellbeing, coping and…
- Trial name
- NCT05265611
- Testing
- low intensity psychosocial intervention - Problem Management Plus (PM+), Tutoring
- Where
- Lebanon
- Volunteers
- 115 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rema Afifi
Coping Skills, Social Connectedness
Va Meh Du: A Sports-based Mental Health Promotion Intervention for Karenni Refugees
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if a soccer program focused on mental health positively impacts mental health in Karenni refugee young boys and men.
- Conditions
- Coping Skills, Social Connectedness, Psychological Well Being, Physical Activity
- Trial name
- NCT06921499
- Testing
- Va Meh Du (Mental Health Education), Active Compartor
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Psychological Distress, Malnutrition, Child
Transforming Health and Resilience in Vulnerable Environments: Mental Health, Psychosocial Support, and Climate-Smart Farming in Nakivale
The study aims to evaluate if enhancing the mental health of refugee mothers can make them better able to implement new farming methods that are meant to improve food security in the face of climate change.
- Conditions
- Psychological Distress, Malnutrition, Child, Dietary Deficiency, Mental Health
- Trial name
- THRIVE (NCT06425523)
- Testing
- Home Gardening Intervention (HGI), Self-Help Plus (SH+), Enhanced Usual Care (EUC)
- Where
- Uganda
- Volunteers
- 904 people
- Sponsor
- Uppsala University
Health Knowledge, Attitude to Health
Community With Immigrants - a Step on the Road to Employment
The study will investigate if a standard integration programme in combination with a social and health promoting intervention can increase health and well-being among refugee families and influence success with education and…
- Conditions
- Health Knowledge, Attitude to Health, Practice
- Trial name
- NCT04725487
- Testing
- Standard integration program with social and health promoting intervention, Standard integration program
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 88 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University College Absalon
Cervical Cancer Screening
Cervical Cancer Self-Collection for Southeast Asian Immigrant and Refugee Women
The primary purpose of this study is to determine whether educational workshops paired with self-collected high-risk human papillomaviruses (hrHPV) screening will increase participation in cervical cancer screening among…
- Trial name
- NCT05286749
- Testing
- Workshop plus Clinician-Collected Cervical Swab, Workshop plus Participant-Collected Cervical Swab, HPV testing on Participant-Collected Cervical Swab Samples
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 153 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Affective Disorders
Mental Health in Refugees and Asylum Seekers
The objective of this study is to investigate a stepped and collaborative care model (SCCM) for adolescent and adult refugees suffering from depression living in Germany.
- Trial name
- MEHIRA (NCT03109028)
- Testing
- Peer-to-Peer-Groupintervention, Smartphone-based-Intervention, Gendersensitive-Groupintervention
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 584 people
- Sponsor
- Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Mental Health
Mental Health Literacy and Mental Health Promotion With Urban Refugee Youth in Kampala, Uganda
From our previous studies, we know that urban refugee youth commonly report depressive symptoms. The primary aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of youth-tailored interventions to improve mental health literacy and…
- Trial name
- NCT05187689
- Testing
- VR + MHL intervention, Group PM+
- Volunteers
- 330 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension
Use of Low-cost mHealth Intervention to Enhance Outcomes of Noncommunicable Diseases Care in Rural and Refugee Settings
Rural areas and refugee camps are characterized by poor access of patients to needed noncommunicable disease (NCD)-related health services, including diabetes and hypertension.
- Trial name
- NCT03580330
- Testing
- mHealth intervention
- Volunteers
- 2,359 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- American University of Beirut Medical Center
Depression
Validating the Patient Health Questionnaire in Pregnant and Post-partum Migrant Women
The objective of this study is to validate the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) and the Refugee Health Screener-15 (RHS-15) screening tools for depression in pregnant and post-partum migrant women on the Thai-Myanmar border.
- Trial name
- NCT02790905
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 370 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Refugee, Mental Health
Impact of the War in Ukraine on the Mental Health of Refugees Residing in Spain
Background: Following the outbreak of war in Ukraine on 24 February 2022, thousands of Ukrainians are crossing the borders every day in search of a place that offers them stability and security.
- Conditions
- Refugee, Mental Health, War Injury
- Trial name
- NCT07427056
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 123 people
- Sponsor
- Institut Investigacio Sanitaria Pere Virgili
Depression, Depression/Anxiety
START NOW Adapted: Culturally Adapted Version of START NOW
The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effectiveness of the culturally adapted skills-training START NOW in youth migrant populations.
- Conditions
- Depression, Depression/Anxiety, Anxiety, Adolescent
- Trial name
- NCT06324864
- Testing
- START NOW Adapted
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 80 people
- Sponsor
- Prof. Christina Stadler
Psychological Distress, PTSD
Feasibility and Acceptability of BRIGHT
Refugees and asylum seekers (RAS) face numerous stressors and adversities which put them at risk for developing mental health problems. However, access to adequate mental health care in host countries is limited.
- Conditions
- Psychological Distress, PTSD, Trauma, Psychological
- Trial name
- NCT06397105
- Testing
- Problem Management Plus
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 64 people
- Sponsor
- University of Zurich
Global Health of Asylum Seekers in France
Prevalence of Mental Disorder and Somatic Co-morbidities Among Asylum Seekers in Marseille
Introduction : World Health Organization (WHO) considers that the heterogeneity of concepts and definitions of migrants is an obstacle to obtaining evidence to inform public health policies.
- Trial name
- PREMENTADA (NCT05423782)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 419 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille