Clinical trials: Rural Health Services
Social Isolation in Older Adults, Loneliness
Community-Based Social Connection Intervention Program to Improve Cardiovascular and Brain Health
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a community-based social connection intervention program (SCIP) designed to reduce social isolation and loneliness and improve cardiovascular and brain health among older adults living in…
- Conditions
- Social Isolation in Older Adults, Loneliness, Stroke, Cognitive Decline
- Trial name
- NCT07319663
- Testing
- Social Connection Intervention Program (SCIP): Community activities, peer-support groups, and home-based coaching to reduce social isolation and loneliness.
- Where
- Ecuador
- Volunteers
- 500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Especialidades Espiritu Santo
Maternal Care Patterns
Effectiveness and Acceptability of Availing Skilled Birth Attendance (SBA) Services Through Community Reproductive Health Nurses (CORN) to a Household Level at Rural Communities of Ethiopia; A Cluster Community Trial in Gedeo Zone, SNNPR
Rationale: Every year, 287,00 million women, and 3.1 million neonates continue to die, and the majority of these deaths have been identified as being avoidable.
- Trial name
- CORN (NCT02501252)
- Testing
- trained midwives and nurses working in the community to provide skilled SBA services
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 2,670 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Dilla University
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
The Impact of Community Health Worker Training by US Health Volunteers on the Health of Rural Ugandans
There are many trials measuring the impact of service work on volunteers themselves, but few studies measuring the impact of service on the local people.
- Trial name
- NCT02045706
- Testing
- Community Health Worker Trainings
- Where
- 2 sites in United States, Uganda
- Volunteers
- 1,419 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Edward O'Neil Jr, M.D.
HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis
Comparison of Door-to-door Versus Community Gathering to Provide HIV Counseling and Testing Services in Rural Lesotho
The purpose of this trial is to determine if door-to-door is more effective than community gathering in providing voluntary HIV counseling and testing (VCT) in communities in rural Lesotho.
- Conditions
- HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Diabetes Mellitus, Arterial Hypertension
- Trial name
- DoDoPi (NCT01459120)
- Testing
- Door-to-door, Pitso
- Where
- 2 sites in Lesotho
- Volunteers
- 1,800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- SolidarMed
Pediatrics, Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
School-Based Tele-Physiatry Assistance for Rehabilitative and Therapeutic Services
Using a randomized trial design, the goal of this project is to prospectively compare outcomes from a telemedicine-based model of care to two cohorts: patients who receive in-person pediatric physiatrist medical direction (the…
- Conditions
- Pediatrics, Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Physical Therapy Modalities
- Trial name
- STARS (NCT03320122)
- Testing
- Telemedicine, In-Person Pediatric Physiatrist, In-Person Non-Pediatric Physiatrist
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 350 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, Davis
Opioid-Related Disorders, Hepatitis C (HCV)
Kentucky Outreach Service Kiosk (KyOSK): Reducing HIV, HCV, and Overdose Risk
This study will test the effectiveness, implementation outcomes, and cost effectiveness of a locally-tailored, health kiosk to reduce overdose, hepatitis C, and HIV risk behavior and improve linkage to care in rural Appalachia.
- Conditions
- Opioid-Related Disorders, Hepatitis C (HCV), Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Drug Overdose
- Trial name
- NCT05657106
- Testing
- Health kiosk
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 752 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- April M Young
HIV Infections, Sexually Transmitted Infections
Utilization of HIV Clinical Services in Rural India
This community-based clinical trial based in two districts of rural Maharashtra, India compares utilization of an intervention model of "fully-decentralized," or rural primary clinic-based, HIV testing and care services, with a…
- Trial name
- NCT00554567
- Testing
- HIV Testing and Care Services
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 1,300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institute of Health Management, Pachod, India
Smoking Cessation, Smoking, Cigarette
Leveraging Community Pharmacists to Optimize Smoking Cessation Services for Rural Smokers in Appalachia
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of a pharmacist-delivered MTM (medication therapy management) approach, called QuitAid, to quitting cigarette smoking in rural Appalachia.
- Conditions
- Smoking Cessation, Smoking, Cigarette, Smoking Reduction, Smoking
- Trial name
- NCT05660525
- Testing
- 4 weeks of Nicotine lozenge, 8 weeks of Nicotine Replacement Therapy Patch, QuitAid
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 768 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Virginia
Maternal Death Affecting Fetus or Newborn, Delivery Complication
Impact of a Smartphone Intervention on Tanzanian Women's Childbirth Location
This study investigates whether training Community Health Workers (CHW) to use a smartphone-based prenatal counseling application as a "job aid" instead of the existing paper based standard is associated with increased women's…
- Conditions
- Maternal Death Affecting Fetus or Newborn, Delivery Complication, Obstetric Complication, Birth Injuries
- Trial name
- SUSTAIN1 (NCT03161184)
- Testing
- SUSTAIN Smartphone training of CHW (SP+), SUSTAIN Paperbased training of CHW (SOC)
- Volunteers
- 572 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Smoking, Smoking Behaviors
Take A Break - Rural
The study team proposes a multi-level trial to test 1) novel implementation programs in rural counties designed to increase access to 2) recent advances in tobacco control services for people who are not-yet-ready-to-quit…
- Conditions
- Smoking, Smoking Behaviors, Smoking Cessation
- Trial name
- TABR (NCT05790486)
- Testing
- Take a Break plus Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) Sampling, The Comparison, Community Paramedicine Standard Plus Enhanced Implementation Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Pregnancy, HIV
Management and Optimization of Nutrition, Antenatal, Reproductive, Child Health & HIV Care
This study evaluates the impact of a quality improvement (QI) intervention on maternal and child healthcare services in seven primary healthcare (PHC) clinics, in a rural setting of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
- Trial name
- MONARCH (NCT02626351)
- Testing
- Quality Improvement, Baseline data collection (active comparator)
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 3,172 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of KwaZulu
HIV
Measuring the Impact of Integrating Maternal and Newborn HIV Testing With Childhood Immunization Services
This randomized evaluation measured the impact of two levels of support for the integration of infant and postpartum maternal HIV testing with routine immunization services in Southern Zambia on the number of postpartum maternal…
- Trial name
- NCT02479659
- Testing
- HIV testing commodity reinforcement, Policy reinforcement meeting, Opt-out HIV testing for mothers and newborns
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- IDinsight
Reproductive Behavior, Family Planning Services
Effectiveness of Integrating Family Planning - Maternal, Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) Services on Uptake of Voluntary Modern Contraceptive Methods
Aim To evaluate the impact of an integrated Family Planning-Maternal,Newborn and Child Health service delivery model to increase coverage of MCM in a rural Pakistan.
- Trial name
- RMNCH FP (NCT05045599)
- Testing
- Capacity Building of Health care workers and providers to deliver integrated Family Planning and Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 125,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University
Tobacco Use Cessation
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of 5A-5R Counselling Services for Tobacco Cessation
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are a major health burden in Bangladesh, following global trends. Tobacco use, both smoking and smokeless, is a key risk factor for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular disease…
- Trial name
- NCT06501209
- Testing
- 5A-5R-based counselling session, Counseling through mobile phone call and text message
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 714 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- BRAC University
Health Services Accessibility, Rural Health
Health Ahead Comparative Effectiveness Study
The Health Ahead Comparative Effectiveness Study is a pragmatic, parallel-arm interventional platform that systematically compares successive changes to preventive health screening on the path toward a fully automated screening…
- Conditions
- Health Services Accessibility, Rural Health, Medically Underserved Area, Preventive Health Services
- Trial name
- HACE (NCT07669168)
- Testing
- AI-Assisted Screening Interpretation (AI Reads), Human-Only Screening Interpretation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,000,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- William Brandenburg, MD
HIV Infections, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
MEMA Kwa Vijana Trial: Impact of an Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Intervention in Mwanza, Tanzania
The MEMA kwa Vijana Project is a community randomised trial which aims to assess the impact of a targeted intervention on adolescent sexual and reproductive health in Mwanza Region, Tanzania.
- Conditions
- HIV Infections, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Pregnancy, Sexual Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT00248469
- Testing
- In-school Sexual Health Education, Youth-friendly health services, Youth condom promotion & distribution
- Where
- Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 10,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Opioid-Related Disorders, Buprenorphine
Developing a Tailored Stigma Reduction Intervention to Increase Buprenorphine Prescribing
Buprenorphine is an evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder that also has strong potential to reduce HIV transmission in people who use drugs.
- Conditions
- Opioid-Related Disorders, Buprenorphine, Social Stigma, Rural Health Services
- Trial name
- NCT05505227
- Testing
- Stigma-reduction training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio University
Health Care Utilization
Evaluation of a Health System Integrated Model for Postpartum Education and Support in Rural Populations
This study was designed to evaluate the implementation of the Nurse Education and Support Team (NEST) Program for postpartum women who reside in 5 rural counties in North Carolina.
- Trial name
- NEST-Rural (NCT06682520)
- Testing
- Postpartum NEST-Rural Program (Hospital based service model)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Human Papillomavirus Vaccines, Adolescent Health Services
HPV Vaccine Communication ECHO for Primary Care Clinics
The safe, highly-effective human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine remains underused in the US; only 51% of 13- to 17-year-old girls and boys were up-to-date by 2018.
- Trial name
- NCT04587167
- Testing
- Project ECHO, Announcement Approach Training, Recall notices
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Antepartum Hemorrhage, Postpartum Hemorrhage
Strengthening Maternal Neonatal and Child Health Services in a Rural District of Pakistan
The Maternal Neonatal and Child health indicators in District Dadu of Pakistan portrays a dismal pictures and after the floods of 2010-2011 the health infrastructure of this district was badly affected.
- Conditions
- Antepartum Hemorrhage, Postpartum Hemorrhage, Anemia, Eclampsia
- Trial name
- SRC (NCT02797353)
- Testing
- Maternal Neonatal and Child Health Interventions
- Volunteers
- 15,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Aga Khan University