Clinical trials: Social Workers
Support of the Family as a Caregiving System
Training Model to Advance Support of the Family as a Caregiving System in the Inpatient Oncology Setting
The purpose of this study is to provide a communication training program to inpatient nurses and social workers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in order to help them assist caregiving families.
- Trial name
- NCT01805609
- Testing
- Working with the Caregiving Family (WCF) training, questionnaires
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Inattention
Pilot Testing PREschooler Care, Community Resources, Advocacy, Referral, Education (PRE-CARE)
The goal of this proposed study is to pilot test a novel treatment model (PRE-CARE) addressing unmet social needs for families of preschool-age children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms.
- Trial name
- PRE-CARE (NCT04999982)
- Testing
- Screening, Resource Packet, Resource Navigation
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Substance-Related Disorders, Substance Use
Siyakhana Peer: Evaluating a Peer Recovery Coach Model to Reduce Substance Use Stigma in South African HIV Care
Alcohol and other drug use is common among people living with HIV in South Africa and is associated with worse engagement in HIV care.
- Conditions
- Substance-Related Disorders, Substance Use, Substance Use Disorders, Stigma, Social
- Trial name
- NCT05907174
- Testing
- Siyakhana - P
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 91 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, College Park
Obesity
SoSu-liv. Mobile Media for Health Promotion
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a web- and app-based tool for health promotion for social and health care workers in Denmark has an effect on body weight (primary outcome), body fat percentage, waist…
- Trial name
- NCT02438059
- Testing
- SoSu-liv website and app
- Volunteers
- 566 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Harassment, Non-Sexual, Harassment, Sexual
The Use of Mentoring to Promote Well-being for Female SMART Members
Women are highly underrepresented in the construction skilled trades. In addition to facing the industry's well-known physical risks, women are subjected to discrimination, harassment, and skills under-utilization.
- Conditions
- Harassment, Non-Sexual, Harassment, Sexual, Bullying, Workplace, Mental Stress
- Trial name
- NCT04247880
- Testing
- Mentoring program
- Where
- 19 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 96 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Dairy Consumption
Better Dairy for All Evaluation in Ethiopia
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)'s "Better Dairy for All" program in Ethiopia seeks to improve children's and workers' consumption of healthy foods by improving access, increasing demand, and improving the enabling…
- Trial name
- NCT05971888
- Testing
- Food system and demand generation
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- RTI International
Burnout, Professional, Work Related Stress
Asynchronous Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction to Reduce Burnout in Licensed Clinical Social Workers
This is a quasi-experimental study that will examine whether mindfulness based stress reduction, adapted to an online learning management system, will reduce factors related to burnout in private practice licensed clinical social…
- Conditions
- Burnout, Professional, Work Related Stress, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- NCT05472935
- Testing
- Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 8 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Stress, Psychological, Occupational, Stress, Psychological
Self-Help Plus (SH+) for Stress Reduction in Social Service Workers: A Pilot RCT
This is a two-arm, stratified cluster-randomized controlled pilot trial evaluating the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of the World Health Organization's Self-Help Plus (SH+) intervention for stress reduction among…
- Conditions
- Stress, Psychological, Occupational, Stress, Psychological, Psychological Distress, Burnout, Professional
- Trial name
- NCT07644949
- Testing
- Self-Help Plus (SH+), Enhanced Care as Usual (ECAU)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Medeniyet University
Mental Health Impairment
Impact Study of Workplace Mental Health Education on Early Intervention for Healthcare Workers With Mental Health Issues
The purpose of this study is to compare the impact of a new workplace-based mental health peer education program with standardized mental health literacy training on early intervention and support for healthcare employees with…
- Trial name
- NCT02158871
- Testing
- Beyond Silence, Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 216 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Direct Care Workers, Dementia Caregiver
Virtual Reality for Caregiver Assembly, Relief, Empowerment, and Support (VR-CARES)
The VR-CARES project is an innovative, collaborative effort that invites dementia care professionals into the design process of a virtual reality platform seeking to mitigate their work-related burden and social isolation by…
- Conditions
- Direct Care Workers, Dementia Caregiver, In-Home Care, Caregiver Social Support
- Trial name
- VR-CARES (NCT07430371)
- Testing
- Rendever VR Social Engagement Platform, VR-CARES Platform
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rendever, Inc.
Tobacco Cessation
Intervention Study to Increase Smoking Cessation Rates Among Public Housing Residents
The purpose of this study is to determine whether public housing residents trained in Tobacco Cessation and Motivational Interviewing Techniques to become Tobacco Treatment Advocates(TTA) will be effective in increasing the quit…
- Trial name
- NCT01651611
- Testing
- Motivational interviewing, Smoking cessation counseling, Navigation to smoking cessation resources
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 330 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston University
Gun Violence Prevention
Social Workers Addressing Firearm Risk
Aim 2: Evaluate the preliminary efficacy of the SAFR intervention using a randomized controlled trial. An additional 100 practicing social workers (excluding participants from Aim 1) will be recruited, with n = 50 allocated to…
- Trial name
- SAFR (NCT05784662)
- Testing
- Social Workers Addressing Firearm Risk
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 111 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Behavioral Symptoms, Community Health Workers
Health Equity and Rural Education (HERE!) Clinical Trial
The goal of this community-engaged research is two-fold. The first goal is to gather stakeholder feedback to inform a school-based community health worker intervention with youth with poor school attendance and an enhanced usual…
- Conditions
- Behavioral Symptoms, Community Health Workers, Social Determinants of Health, Educational Problems
- Trial name
- HERE (NCT06460116)
- Testing
- School-Based Community Health Worker (SB-CHW) intervention, Enhanced Usual Care (EUC) Methods
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 126 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Health Personnel Attitude, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Healthcare Provider Human Papillomavirus Education and Professional Skills Intervention
Healthcare providers (HCP) serving the El Paso U.S.-Mexico Border Region will be recruited to compare educational and professional skills interventions focused on the human papillomavirus (HPV).
- Trial name
- NCT05120869
- Testing
- Tailored HPV Education and Professional Skills Intervention Group, General HPV Education and Communication Skills Control Group
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 161 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas, El Paso
Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), Hypertension
Arizona CEAL: Linking Social Care With Healthcare Systems to Address SDOH
The goal of the Arizona Community Engagement Alliance (AZ-CEAL) will be to combine social care with healthcare programs. The study will be connecting selected patients from clinics with trained community health workers (CHW) who…
- Conditions
- Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, Hypercholesterolaemia
- Trial name
- AZCEAL (NCT07799961)
- Testing
- Community Health Worker intervention, Usual Care
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 740 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sairam Parthasarathy
HPV Vaccination, Vaccine; Uptake
PREVENT HPV-Related Cancers - BootCamp Translation
This study will serve as one of the first to develop and test the effectiveness of strategies to promote HPV vaccination among diverse rural parents and caregivers of children ages 9-17 years in the Mountain West.
- Conditions
- HPV Vaccination, Vaccine; Uptake, Vaccination; Series Completion
- Trial name
- PREVENT (NCT06290206)
- Testing
- PREVENT - BCT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 18 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Smoking Cessation, Family
A Family-Focused Intervention for Asian American Male Smokers
This project proposes two aims. The first aim is to evaluate the efficacy of a family-focused intervention in promoting smoking cessation in Chinese and Vietnamese male smokers using a 2-arm cluster randomized controlled trial…
- Conditions
- Smoking Cessation, Family, Health Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT02307734
- Testing
- Quit Smoking for a Healthy Family, Healthy Living
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 680 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia
Randomized Controlld Trial of Dementia Education Resources for Action
The goal of this intervention trial is to evaluate the effectiveness the online training program Dementia Education and Resources for Action (DERA) in improving Alzheimer's disease and related dementia-(ADRD) knowledge, stigma…
- Trial name
- DERA (NCT07545577)
- Testing
- DERA Online Training Program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- George Mason University
Gender, Empowerment
Establishing and Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Augmented Reality Technology in Gender Empowerment System
Background: In the interventional study of gender mainstreaming, few studies have been conducted on gender empowerment in long-term care.
- Conditions
- Gender, Empowerment, Long Term Care
- Trial name
- NCT05686187
- Testing
- AR's platform for gender empowerment
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Substance-Related Disorders, Mental Disorder
Community Health Worker Training to Reduce Depression and Substance Use Stigma in TB/HIV Care in South Africa
Poor engagement in care contributes to HIV- and TB-related morbidity and mortality in South Africa (SA). Community health workers (CHWs) are frontline lay health workers who work to re-engage patients who are lost to follow-up…
- Conditions
- Substance-Related Disorders, Mental Disorder, Social Stigma, Depression
- Trial name
- Siyakhana (NCT05282173)
- Testing
- Siyakhana CHW Training
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, College Park